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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement in response to the House Financial Services Committee’s passage of his legislation, the Making the CFPB Accountable to Small Businesses Act, which requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to presume that size

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) released the following statement after voting for H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act. “Over the past two years, President Biden has maxed out America’s credit card, fueling record price hikes that are forcing Americans to pay

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald released the following statement in response to the passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act: “From the start, House Republicans have been clear that we cannot raise the debt ceiling without cutting wasteful spending

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today released the following statement after voting for the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023. “President Biden recklessly spent trillions of dollars, helped turbocharge inflation, and maxed out the nation’s credit card. Continuing down this path

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler released the following statement in response to all six Wisconsin Republicans in the U.S. House backing Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA debt ceiling bill: “Confronting the threat of a catastrophic and unprecedented debt

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined a letter with 17 Republican senators to the Biden Administration’s Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson. This letter expressed the Senators’ outrage at FHFA’s proposal to penalize Americans who have

MADISON, WI (April 26, 2023) – Today, Audubon advocates from across Wisconsin gathered at the State Capitol to meet with elected officials to encourage them to support protections for Wisconsin’s wetlands, conservation funding, and climate friendly policies to protect birds, other

Washington, DC — Yesterday, the White House released a new analysis showing that 21 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care under the latest Republican plan to impose so-called work requirements for millions of people on Medicaid.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) released a statement after voting to pass H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, legislation to responsibly increase the debt ceiling for one year and limit federal government spending to save

“Republicans continue to push our country toward economic disaster unless Democrats meet their extreme demands. Their Default on America Act shows their hand, proving again they are uninterested in lowering our deficit. Instead, their bill would only enact their MAGA

[Madison, WI] – Yesterday, State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) joined his Assembly Republican colleagues in supporting a package of workforce legislation aimed at preventing fraud and abuse in the state’s welfare system, while also encouraging a return-to-work for Wisconsinites who are

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the bipartisan Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act,legislation that seeks to return aircraft maintenance to the U.S. by removing incentives for airlines to offshore this work. The legislation

Madison – Representative Chanz Green (R-Grand View) issued the following after voting in favor of helping people move on from government when it comes to the workforce in Wisconsin.  “The workforce issue in Northern Wisconsin is one of my top priorities,”

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates of unemployment and employment statistics for Wisconsin metropolitan areas, major cities, and counties in Wisconsin for March 2023.In brief, the nonseasonally

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is conducting a public involvement meeting to discuss the US 14 resurfacing project from Oak Street in Arena to Walter Road in Mazomanie, Dane and Iowa counties. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to support and strengthen the aviation workforce by breaking down barriers for Americans looking to become commercial pilots. The Flight Education Access Act supports the pipeline of highly

LAC COURTE OREILLES RESERVATION — Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, today announced that Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School and 24 other schools around the state will receive more than $560,000 in

MADISON – Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG), a statewide, bipartisan, non-profit organization, is pleased to announce that Patti Solis Doyle will be headlining the Annual Scholarship & Recognition Gala at Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center on Wednesday, May 17, from 5

The federal government has announced the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end May 11. In Wisconsin, case numbers, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19 are significantly lower than they were during the surge in late 2021 and early 2022, and the

[Minocqua, Wis.] – A coalition of arts organizations and creative businesses from across Wisconsin are collaborating to highlight the vital role of the creative sector in propelling economic growth in rural communities throughout the state. Wisconsin’s Creative Economy Coalition, which is