UW-Green Bay: Named one of the top 30 schools in the country for LGBTQ+ students
GREEN BAY – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has been selected again for Campus Pride’s “Best of the Best” list. In order to receive this designation, UW-Green Bay has achieved 5 out of 5 stars on the Campus Pride Index (CPI), the definitive national
Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: Chairman Gallagher’s opening remarks, witness testimony
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is holding a hearing titled, “Systemic Risk: The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to U.S. Financial Stability.
AFL-CIO: Statement by President Bloomingdale on the unconstitutional threat to impeach Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz
Statement by Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale on the unconstitutional threat to impeach newly-elected Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz: “In an eleven-point landslide victory this spring, the people of Wisconsin decisively elected Justice Janet Protasiewicz to the State Supreme Court.
For Our Future Wisconsin: Announces campaign against GOP’s anti-democracy impeachment attempt
MADISON, WI – For Our Future Wisconsin today announced that it will run an aggressive community engagement program to alert Wisconsinites to the effort to impeach Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz. The program will include sending over 500,000 text messages
US Cellular: New statewide survey: Rural Wisconsin residents want access to internet now and don’t care how they get it
Proposed state legislation would leave over 70,000 rural residents unconnected MADISON, Wis. (Sept. 11, 2023) — Access to quality home and mobile internet is a crucial issue facing Wisconsin, especially for its hard-to-connect rural communities. A new statewide survey* shows rural
Sen. Jacque: Special Election Cost Relief Act clears committee
MADISON… A bipartisan bill proving relief to communities for the costs of holding special elections for state offices cleared a Senate committee today in a unanimous vote. State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) and State Rep. Shae Sortwell (R-Gibson), who
Marquette University: Department of Political Science to host world’s leading journal on federalism
MILWAUKEE — The Department of Political Science in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences will host Publius: The Journal of Federalism, with Dr. Paul Nolette, director of the Les Aspin Center for Government, and Dr. Philip Rocco, associate professor
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture NASS: Wisconsin ag news-crop progress and condition
SEIU: Statement on Justice Protasiewicz impeachment
MADISON, WI – Today, SEIU WI Executive Director, Louis Davis, issued the following statement in opposition to the outrageous calls for the impeachment of Justice Janet Protasiewicz, just after she was elected by a commanding majority to a ten-year term:
Dept. of Natural Resources: To offer unique gun deer hunting opportunity as part of study
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a unique gun deer hunting opportunity this fall at Sandhill Wildlife Area in Babcock as part of a study on deer density. The Sandhill Wildlife Area’s 2023 Gun Deer Hunt will
Diocese of Superior’s Catholic Charities Bureau: Catholic ministry asks court to recognize that serving the poor is religious
WASHINGTON – The Diocese of Superior’s Catholic Charities Bureau was in the Wisconsin Supreme Court today to explain that its care for the poor, the elderly, and the disabled is part of its religious mission. In Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor
Protect Our Care: Reminder: Merck is raking in record profits as it goes to court to raise drug prices on American seniors
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the federal government will be filing a judgment motion in Merck v. Becerra et al. Merck is one of several drug companies suing the federal government to stop Medicare from negotiating lower prescription drug prices on
Sen. Feyen: Statement on Executive Session vote
Madison, WI – Today, Senator Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac), released the following statement after voting in an Executive Session of the Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection. “Today I voted against the appointment Meagan Wolfe to
WisDems: Newsweek: Republican primaries grow bitter as MAGA clashes with wealthy self-funders
MADISON, Wis. — As Republicans continue to jockey behind the scenes to decide who will lose to Tammy Baldwin, the leading GOP grassroots recruit, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is attacking Eric Hovde and Mitch McConnell’s strategy of recruiting wealthy candidates like Hovde.
Rep. Edming: Seeks nominations for First Responder of the Year Award
MADISON – Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) is excited to announce that his office is once again accepting nominations for the 87th Assembly District’s First Responder of the Year Award. The Assembly’s First Responder of the Year Award program was created in
Sens. Marklein, James, Reps. Moses, Summerfield: Circulate Crisis Urgent Care and Observation Centers legislation for mental health services
MADISON— State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), Representative Clint Moses (R-Menomonie), Senator Jesse James (R-Altoona) and Representative Rob Summerfield (R-Bloomer) circulated legislation to create the framework for Crisis Urgent Care and Observation Centers for individuals experiencing a severe mental health crisis.
U.S. Sens. Johnson, Blumenthal: Seek complete records of Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON – Ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and as part of an ongoing inquiry into Saudi Arabia’s attempts to influence United States, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) asked Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau
NIH: High levels of particulate air pollution associated with increases breast cancer incidence
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that living in an area with high levels of particulate air pollution was associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,
WILL: Files motion to protect WI elections
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin Election Law, on behalf of two Wisconsin voters and the Association of Mature American Citizens, Inc. (AMAC), a membership association