MADISON – Today, Assembly Representative Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon) issued the following statement regarding the anti-trans bills put forward by Assembly Republicans. “These bills are extremely harmful to our LGBTQ+ communities. They are a blatant attempt to codify discrimination and perpetuate damaging, inaccurate, and deeply offensive stereotypes against the trans community.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds hunters that the state’s 2023 pheasant season opens at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 and will run through Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Pheasant hunters need a valid small game license and a 2023 Pheasant Stamp, which can be purchased through the Go

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MADISON – This week, Representative Lori Palmeri and Representative Michael Schraa, on behalf of  the Wisconsin State Assembly, recognized Mee and Lee Yang as recipients of the 2023-24 Hometown  Hero Award for their service and community advocacy in Oshkosh for both the Hmong population and  the betterment of the entire

WEST ALLIS — New data released today by the Department of Public Instruction shows that participation in Wisconsin’s parental school choice programs continues to grow. Nearly 55,000 students are enrolled in one of Wisconsin’s four parental choice programs — an increase of 2,760 from last year — attending one of

CLEVELAND — Gov. Tony Evers today, at the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers (GSGP) 2023 Leadership Summit that is taking place now through October 15th in Cleveland, Ohio, announced Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be the next chair of the GSGP. “Serving as chair of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers

MADISON, WI—Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents President Karen Walsh and Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman today appointed an 11-member Search and Screen Committee to help identify the next UW-La Crosse chancellor. Regent Ashok Rai will chair the Search and Screen Committee. Enilda Delgado, Professor of Sociology and Criminal

MINOCQUA, WI – After the filing of our lawsuit yesterday against the school choice program, we have received several questions regarding the effect of our lawsuit on charter schools. There are two types of charter schools in Wisconsin. There are independent schools, which are the minority of charter schools, and

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, Congressman Derrick Van Orden didn’t mince words when he stood by his decision to take Joe Biden’s administration to task during a classified briefing about the terrorist attack, carried out by Hamas, on Israel that killed more than 1,000 Israelis, 25 Americans, and

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a bipartisan group of senators are urging Secretary of State Blinken to make it the official policy of the United States to freeze $6 billion in Iranian assets in the wake of Hamas’s deadly terrorist attacks on Israel. In September of this

MADISON, WI—On Thursday, the Minocqua Brewing Company SuperPAC filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court challenging the state’s private school voucher programs and Independent Charter School Program. Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin is calling on the Supreme Court to dismiss this case. The grassroots organization is a leading advocate of school choice programs that

Madison—State Representative Paul Melotik (R-Grafton) selected Carol Barthel from Southern Ozaukee Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department as Assembly District 24’s First Responder of the Year.  Carol started in 1981 as an EMT with the Mequon Ambulance Service that provided emergency medical care to the City of Mequon. As Carol’s career progressed, she

Madison — Yesterday, during the Wisconsin Assembly Floor Session, Representative Donna Rozar (R-Marshfield) honored Beth and Doug Zarnke, along with Beth’s father, Mr. Martin Wolf of Memory Lane Farm in Marshfield with a Hometown Hero Award.  Staff member Madeline Hensel attended the award ceremony as well. The Hometown Hero Award is

WISCONSIN — Sunday, October 15, is the beginning of Medicare open enrollment and 65 million Americans will sign up for 2024 coverage. As seniors select their plans, they will see new benefits that could save them thousands of dollars on their vaccines and prescription drug costs. Signed into law by

Two members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing and their counterparts in the Papua New Guinea Defence Force were part of a recent subject matter expert exchange for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Sept. 18-22 at Camp Ripley Training Center, Little Falls, Minnesota. Thirty EOD specialists — including

MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Robin Vos reacted to days of embarrassing coverage of his own advisors advising him against impeachment with a desperate attempt to move the goalposts on the GOP’s impeachment threats. Instead of impeachment now, Vos threatened impeachment only if Justice Protasiewicz ruled in a way he disagreed with. Like the

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages the public to try out programs and opportunities offered in Wisconsin that provide experience shooting firearms and archery equipment.  The DNR owns 11 public shooting ranges statewide and works with partners to provide public access to more ranges through the