MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, today announced their departments of transportation have requested federal funding to help rebuild the John A. Blatnik Bridge between Superior and Duluth, Minnesota. More than $1 billion is available through the federal Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant program, which is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). “This project

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Public Health Madison & Dane County have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in a Wisconsin resident this year. The individual is a resident of Dane County. Cases of West Nile virus have also been reported in three horses in Wisconsin, and

In response to reporting Donald Trump will dodge Wisconsin next week, BFP spokesperson Kevin Munoz released the following statement: “Of course Donald Trump wants to avoid appearing in Wisconsin because he knows Wisconsin is a state that illustrates his failed leadership. Just this week, Foxconn announced another move out of the

Ad buy includes largest, earliest investment in Hispanic and African American media for a reelection in history Ads will run across battleground states on television and digital platforms Today, Biden-Harris 2024 announced its third major ad buy of the 2024 election cycle, focused on President Biden’s economic agenda that is

OSHKOSH – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will host a roundtable at the Urban League of Greater Madison on Friday, August 25 to explore commonsense ideas to remove barriers from incarceration to work. The roundtable will be held in partnership with Jerome Dillard, Tamra Oman, and Shannon Ross who have a

MADISON, Wis. — Ahead of the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) summer meeting in Milwaukee next week, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming was named Midwestern Regional Co-Chairman for the RNC’s State Chairmen’s Advisory Committee. This appointment comes from Chairman Ronna McDaniel — showcasing once again the importance of Wisconsin. The RNC

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges youth ATV/UTV operators and their parents to operate responsibly. Over the last five years, 70% of fatal crashes involving operators or passengers under the age of 18 occurred on private lands. Lack of helmets, not using seatbelts in UTVs

WASHINGTON – On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Inspector General (HHS IG) Christi Grimm calling for an investigation into potential abuses of federal record keeping procedures at HHS and its sub-agencies including the National

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages new and experienced hunters to enroll in a hunter education course before the upcoming fall season. Courses are available across the state and in a variety of formats. Those who complete a hunter education course play a vital role in keeping Wisconsin a

MADISON, Wis – Painters & Allied Trades, District Council No. 7 would like to thank U.S. Attorney Timothy O’Shea for joining other prosecutors from red and blue states that criminally prosecute construction labor brokers for payroll fraud. Gustavo Reyes was sentenced on August 18, 2023, for federal tax evasion in

Adrianne Melby called Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos to account today for his continued refusal to comply with Open Records Requests (ORR) concerning an overseas trip to Ireland where twenty legislators will accompany him. Melby emailed an ORR to Speaker Robin Vos’ office on July 30th, 2023. It remains

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare lizard, which may result from the X11 Transmission Line Uprate project. Incidental take refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants that does not put

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare lizard, which may result from the Melrose Gravel Pit project in La Crosse County. Incidental take refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants

Milwaukee, WI – The Coalition to March on the RNC 2024 is planning a protest of the upcoming Republican presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum on August 23, 2023. We will be joined by Chrisley Carpio of the Tampa 5 who will be making a statement at the rally. The protest

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will award more than $6 million to local groups to protect and improve surface water. Lake groups, river groups, local governments, nonprofit organizations and producer-led groups are encouraged to apply for a grant. Interested organizations should submit a pre-application by Sept. 15 to

The Wisconsin State Patrol is urging everyone to plan ahead as the summer travel season wraps up, to avoid the potentially deadly consequences of impaired driving. There were 7,048 crashes involving alcohol or drug impairment in Wisconsin in 2022. Alcohol was involved in more than one-quarter of all traffic fatalities

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the Rib Mountain Sanitary District is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes the installation of temporary treatment for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at