MADISON, WI — Wisconsin State Senator Melissa Ratcliff has been selected as a 2025 Fellow for the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD), a prestigious program offered by The Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Legislative Conference. Senator Ratcliff will join a distinguished group of early-career legislators from across the

MADISON — On Thursday, Senator Julian Bradley (R-New Berlin), Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma), and Representative Bob Wittke (R-Caledonia) announced the Price Transparency for Patients Act, legislation laying out clear requirements for hospitals to publicly share pricing information with consumers. The legislation requires that hospitals in Wisconsin comply with federal hospital price

The News: On Thursday, State Senator Julian Bradley (R-New Berlin) and State Representative Bob Wittke (R-Caledonia) introduced the Price Transparency for Patients Act (LRB-1381). The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) supports this legislation because it sets clear, enforceable standards for hospital price transparency – ultimately empowering patients, laying out

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wisconsin cannot discriminate against Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior because of its religiously motivated care for the poor, the elderly, and the disabled. If you are covering this, would you please consider including reaction from The Catholic Association’s Ashley McGuire? “Today’s unanimous

MADISON, Wis. — Organizations throughout Wisconsin that provide emergency shelter, transitional residences, and extremely low-income housing are encouraged to apply for grants from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) Foundation. The WHEDA Foundation, Inc., celebrating its 40th anniversary, will award $2 million for the 2025 cycle, to be announced

Madison, WI – Today, Senator Julian Bradley (R–New Berlin), Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R–Tomahawk), and Representative Robert Wittke (R–Caledonia) introduced Price Transparency for Patients: legislation to empower patients and reduce healthcare costs through healthcare price transparency. “Imagine waking up with sudden pain, but you’re scared to go to the doctor because the

Menomonie, Wis. – Alongside more than 100 of their peers, 16 University of Wisconsin-Stout seniors were awarded the Samuel E. Wood Medallion, the university’s highest nonacademic honor for students, for their outstanding leadership, involvement and service at the annual Leadership Awards. Two Wood Medallion recipients were also named Outstanding Student Leaders

Madison, WI – Today, Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) and Reps. Scott Allen (R-Waukesha), Jerry O’Connor (R-Fond du Lac), Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield), and Jeffrey Mursau (R-Crivitz) released a bill that would adjust court fees to meet inflation and allow counties to keep the increase to help fund the courts. Many of

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a decision Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission in which the court unanimously overturned a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that said Catholic C… Please

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking the public’s help on the ongoing investigation into the cause of a fire that destroyed the 68-year-old Tank Creek Bridge in Trempealeau County on the Great River State Trail. The fire occurred in the evening on Thursday, May 15.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a bill to protect striking workers from their employers terminating their health care benefits. The Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act would protect workers’ health care benefits and prevent employers from using their power to cancel or

The News: Hours after WILL filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) challenging its “Black Business Accelerator” (BBA) program, the major online retailer removed dozens of references to the program, scrubbing its websites, and insisting it no longer supports the program’s goals. Since

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to head outdoors for the 13th annual Free Fun Weekend happening June 7-8, 2025. State Park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are waived for all visitors. With 50 state parks, 15 state forests, 44 state trails,

MADISON – The four Democratic members on the Joint Finance Committee released the following statement following Republicans abandoning a bipartisan compromise with Governor Evers:  “Instead of fully funding our public schools, preventing the closure of child care centers, or meeting the healthcare needs of Wisconsinites, Legislative Republicans have caved to

MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today released the following statement regarding Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature backing out of budget negotiations with Gov. Tony Evers. “The success of our state is directly tied to the health of our public schools, our child care providers, and our system of

Madison, Wis. — Statement from Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) and Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine): “The people of Wisconsin have a reasonable expectation that their elected leaders will work together to produce a state budget that prioritizes what matters most: lowering costs for families and investing in

Madison – Senator Rob Stafsholt (R – New Richmond) and Rep. Clint Moses (R – Menomonie) testified today in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue on the Wisconsin Farmland Protection Act, the bill authored by the legislators. Their bill would reduce the amount of agricultural land a foreign person or

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Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov  MADISON — Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature on Wednesday backed out of months’ worth of bipartisan budget negotiations with Gov. Tony Evers toward reaching bipartisan compromise on the 2025-27 Biennial Budget. Despite having secured the governor’s support for Republicans’ half of the proposal, which included an in… Please log in to access subscriber content. If