MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced a $631,235 Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant to the city of Marinette. The grant will support road construction to improve traffic flow around Fincantieri Marinette Marine as the shipbuilding company grows its operation. “As Fincantieri

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined Senate conservatives and impeachment managers from the House of Representatives in a press conference to discuss the importance of holding Secretary Mayorkas accountable for not faithfully executing the law. They called for conducting

(Milwaukee, WI) Museum of Wisconsin Art proudly announces Pow-litical Comics: From Ripon to the RNC, on view at MOWA | DTN inside Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel from April 12 to July 22. Coinciding with the Republican National Convention, July 15–18, Pow-litical Comics: From Ripon to the RNC is a timely

KIMBERLY, WI — Northeast Wisconsin native and Navy veteran Alicia Saunders is asking her opponent to speak out against an anti-LGBTQ+ group which has accused the Neville Public Museum of “grooming” children for hosting an exhibit about LGBTQ+ stories of Northeast Wisconsin. Saunders issued the following statement: “I am urging my opponent to

MADISON, WI – After the Biden-⁠Harris Administration introduced a new action to implement the bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Representative Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) released the following statement:  “Today is a momentous day! Finally, we as a nation are taking definitive steps toward ending the constant, unmitigated gun violence that claims lives

MADISON – Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, recently received two national awards recognizing her performance in election administration. On April 14, the American Society for Public Administration honored Wolfe as a 2024 recipient of its National Public Service Award. ASPA and the National Academy of Public Administration

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WHAT: The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) tomorrow is holding a Behavioral and Threat Assessment Management (BTAM) training in Appleton, Wis. ahead of the 25-year anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Col. that occurred on April 20, 1999.  Attorney General Josh Kaul,

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Lodi – Today, 14th State Senate District candidate Sarah Keyeski released the following statement in response to Senator Joan Ballweg’s no-show at this morning’s Special Session for the Joint Committee on Finance: “If you decided to not show up for work, you’d be out of a job,” said Sarah Keyeski. “So

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after introducing the Interstate Commerce Simplification Act. This bill would prevent states from applying their income tax to businesses who sell goods or services into a state but otherwise have no physical presence there. Specifically, the bill would define the term

This morning, Johnson & Johnson announced it raked in $21.4 billion this quarter – a 2.3 percent increase over last year. They make billions while charging Americans prices up to four times higher than in other countries, forcing patients to cut pills and skip doses to make ends meet. Johnson

WHITEFISH BAY, WI – Today, in response to Senator Duey Stroebel’s absence from a Joint Finance Meeting to release PFAS funding needed to address the needs of thousands of people across Wisconsin currently without access to safe drinking water, Democratic candidate for State Senate, Jodi Habush Sinykin released the following statement:

Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Deputy Secretary Kristina Boardman yesterday joined county and local officials to urge people to drive safely in work zones throughout Wisconsin this construction season. Each year, more than 2,100 crashes happen in Wisconsin work zones, putting workers and motorists’ lives at

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) to review and resolve consumer complaints against airlines and ticket agents. The agreement streamlines how the attorney general and U.S. DOT will work together to review consumer complaints and identify violations

MADISON – After serving the people of the 87th Assembly District for nearly ten years, Representative James “Jimmy Boy” Edming (R-Glen Flora) announced today that he will not be seeking re-election to the State Assembly. With this announcement, Rep. Edming released the following statement: “After conversations with my family and prayerful consideration,

School shootings have a traumatic effect on the entire school community and can cause long-term harm to youth mental health and well-being. Children who survive shootings have twice as many pain disorders, are 68% more likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis, and are 144% as likely to develop a substance

Today the Joint Finance Committee refused to answer the Governor’s special session call to take action on releasing state budget funds to assist communities dealing with PFAS pollution in their drinking water. River Alliance of Wisconsin is frustrated at the lack of meaningful action by the state legislature to help

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wisc. – On Saturday morning, Third Congressional District Republicans unanimously endorsed Congressman Derrick Van Orden for re-election at their district caucus in Onalaska, Wisconsin. Van Orden, a first-term congressman who flipped the Third Congressional District seat in 2022, released the following statement in response to the party endorsement. “I