Brown to provide legal guidance and leadership for Milwaukee County elected officials and departments MILWAUKEE – County Executive David Crowley, County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson, and the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors are announcing that Scott Brown has been unanimously appointed Milwaukee County’s new Corporation Counsel, effective immediately. “Mr. Brown’s diverse

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced Kevin Green, 19, of Reedsburg, Wis. has been sentenced after pleading guilty to Homicide by Negligent Operation of a Vehicle for driving the vehicle that struck and killed a 13-year-old child as she boarded a school bus on May

Increased funding will bolster workforce delivering care to older adults and people with disabilities Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov  MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced he is directing the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) to invest $258 million in funding already designated for home and community-based services (HCBS) to create and fund

Everytown Will Hire and Deploy 30 New Organizers in Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Reach 10 Million Voters and Get Out the Vote for Gun Sense Candidates at All Levels of the Ballot MEDIA CONTACTpress@everytown.org NEW YORK — Today, following last week’s endorsement of

VERONA – Today, Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison), Verona Mayor Luke Diaz and Dane County Supervisor Chad Kemp hosted a press conference outside of Verona City Hall to discuss the use of drop boxes in local elections and the importance of voting in this fall’s elections. On July 5th, the Wisconsin

[Wales, Wisc.] A bipartisan committee of state legislators, along with agricultural, birding, and hunting  representatives will meet this week to begin looking at the issues associated with Wisconsin’s rapidly  growing sandhill crane population. The Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes has  been tasked with coming up with approaches to

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) today applauded investments of $33.6 million in rural road improvement projects benefiting Wisconsin dairy businesses. The funding is part of the first $50 million round awarded through the new Agricultural Roads Improvement Program (ARIP), a $150 million state budget initiative championed by

UWM has temporarily suspended five student organizations associated with a coalition that posted alarming messages on Instagram. The suspensions come as part of UWM’s ongoing investigation. A July 19 Instagram story post to the uwm4palicoalition account included intimidating language aimed at Jewish community members and organizations that support Israel. UWM strongly

MADISON – Wisconsin registered nurses currently face more demand than they can meet, and economic forecasts predict that this gap, caused by demographics trends decades in the making, will call for a range of solutions to meet patients’ needs, according to a report released today by the Department of Workforce

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MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detailed how Wisconsinites struggling against toxic PFAS contamination in their water supplies have been left behind and ignored by Republican politicians in Madison who have refused to release already-approved funding for PFAS remediation for over a year. Gridlock in Madison created by Republican politicians like Eric

Town of Erin –  Assembly candidate Jim Piwowarczyk said Wednesday that his primary opponent, Don Pridemore, should resign immediately from the two Hartford area school boards he serves on after Pridemore’s indefensible July 23 vote to force elementary and middle school students to adhere to Joe Biden’s radical “gender identity”

STEVENS POINT, WI – Congresswoman Betty McCollum, an environmental champion from Minnesota’s neighboring 4th Congressional District (St. Paul/Stillwater), has endorsed State Rep. Katrina Shankland for Congress in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. On Tuesday, July 30, McCollum and Shankland hosted a special “Coffee with Katrina” in River Falls as part of Shankland’s

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed his bill to rename the U.S. Post Office in Muskego in honor of Colonel Hans Christian Heg. The bill, H.R. 7199, designates the facility of the United States Postal Service

MADISON – The WMC Litigation Center – an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the combined state chamber of commerce and manufacturers’ association – filed a lawsuit on behalf of two taxpayers against the Town of Eureka on Wednesday, alleging the town’s permitting requirements for livestock farms are unlawful. In

CONTACT: press@tammybaldwin.com MADISON, Wis. – Today, Tammy Baldwin announced her campaign has raised $2.5 million in the pre-primary reporting period between July 1st and July 24th.  Tammy received donations from more than 9,000 Wisconsinites. Her average online donation was $34.67. This cycle Tammy has received donations from every county in Wisconsin and

Hovde refuses to cut financial ties to California bank if elected to the US Senate as the bank takes millions from foreign banks and governments MADISON, Wis. — This morning, State Senator Brad Pfaff called out Eric Hovde for being a walking conflict of interest. Senator Pfaff and Wisconsin Democrats hosted the call after

Invent Here, Make Here Act expands Baldwin-championed requirements to manufacture cutting-edge technologies in the U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) announced their Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023 advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee. The bipartisan legislation ensures taxpayer-funded inventions are not manufactured

Six top emerging companies to compete Aug. 20 for opportunity to pitch Silicon Valley investment firms this fall MADISON – Today the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce announced the six finalists competing in the 11th annual Pressure Chamber startup initiative, which returns to the Majestic Theatre on Aug. 20 during

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