MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to participate in the rescheduled 38th annual Bald Eagle Watching Days happening on Saturday, Feb. 10, in Sauk Prairie. All Bald Eagle Watching Days events are free and open to the public. Bald eagle lovers can watch eagles soar above

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, January 30, 2024 CONTACT: press@tammybaldwin.com Hi folks! Welcome back to Tammy Tuesdays, our weekly update email on Tammy’s work and the big fights she’s taking on for Wisconsin families. Tammy knows that there’s more that unites us than divides. She understands that Wisconsin’s middle-class families all

For Immediate Release: January 30th, 2024Contact: info@press-melissaagard.com Download this release MADISON – Today, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 965 announced their endorsement of Senator Melissa Agard to be the next Dane County Executive. “Senator Agard has consistently proven to be an advocate for workers’ rights, never hesitating to be the

MADISON, Wis. – It takes some brass to criticize your colleagues for something you created.  Today, Governor Tony Evers vetoed his own legislative maps under the pretense of Republican gerrymandering. From The Center Square:“As expected, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed the political maps that he mostly drew. “Evers on Tuesday said he

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: January 30, 2024Contact: Emily Duernberger, (608) 266-9170 MADISON – Today, Senator Melissa Agard introduced legislation that would create a grant program for establishing recovery residences with Representative Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon). State Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement: “Everyone in their lives knows someone who has

(Madison) – A bill authored by Representative Melissa Ratcliff (D-Cottage Grove) and Senator Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) to close a glaring loophole in Wisconsin Campaign Finance Laws, was passed today by an 8-0 vote in the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections. AB599 would prohibit a foreign national from making a

An ethics complaint has been filed against Derrick Van Orden by one of his  constituents, requesting that the Office of Congressional Ethics investigate him for accosting and being “physically aggressive” toward teenage Senate pages in the Capitol rotunda. This wasn’t the first time he’s bullied kids. He blew up at a teenage library worker in his

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024CONTACT: Ryan Billingham, Communications Director, Wisconsin Conservation Voters, 608-208-1129 (office), 608-213-6972 (mobile/text), or ryan@conservationvoters.org MADISON – Today, Gov. Tony Evers once again protected Wisconsin’s democracy by vetoing the dangerous redistricting bill AB 415. Passed by the state legislature, the bill would have continued … Please log in to access

WISCONSIN – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction will receive $1,475,000 for its Unlocking Pathways Wisconsin initiative to connect more high school students with good-paying jobs upon graduation. The funding, from the Perkins Innovation and Modernization grant program, will go towards increasing career advising

MADISON – Today, Representative Sue Conley (D-Janesville) introduced a bill that requires the legislature to create and convene a shared revenue advisory council following each U.S. decennial census. Representative Conley releases the following statement: “Since becoming a State Representative for Janesville, I have continued to push for the legislature to re-examine our

MADISON, Wis. — A Better Wisconsin Together is applauding Governor Tony Evers for vetoing the disingenuous, last minute map submitted by GOP legislators to protect their gerrymander and stall the adoption of truly fair maps. Last month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court deemed the current GOP-drawn state legislative maps unconstitutional. Instead of

MADISON, Wis. –  In case you missed it, a Brown County Circuit Court Judge overturned a disorderly conduct conviction against a Wisconsin poll observer who was charged at the demand of Green Bay City Hall, and in retaliation to a Wisconsin Elections Commission complaint made against Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys

MADISON, Wis. — In response to Gov. Evers vetoing Republican legislation seeking to draw lines to protect incumbent Republican politicians, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler issued the following statement: “There’s a word for when politicians draw lines to maximize their own chance of reelection: It’s called gerrymandering. Republicans are desperate

For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 30, 2024 ContactTomas Graglia   graglia@democraticredistricting.com  Washington, D.C. — Today, John Bisognano, President of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), released the following statement in response to Governor Tony Evers vetoing another Republican attempt to gerrymander:  “Once again, Wisconsin Republicans tried to push th… Please log in to access

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 30, 2024 Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today kept his promise to Wisconsinites and vetoed the gerrymandered legislative maps Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature passed last week. Earlier this month, Gov. Evers submitted fair maps to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the Court to consider in ongoing redistricting litigation. T… Please log in to access subscriber

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The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today announced it has been awarded a $1.475 million per year federal grant to aid public schools in improving and modernizing career and technical education, in addition to ensuring workforce skills taught in programming align with labor market needs. The grant will be funded for three

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024, legislation to strengthen reporting and enforcement of foreign investment in American agricultural land. The bill was prompted by a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, which detailed alarming gaps in how the U.S.