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MADISON – On Tuesday, June 13th, Assembly Representative Jacobson (D-Oregon) released the following remarks regarding the Gun Safety Coalition press conference Monday at the Capitol: “As we heard yesterday, Wisconsin’s kids, our future, relies on common-sense gun safety bills. With

CHETEK, Wis., June 13, 2023 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Wisconsin State Director, Julie Lassa, alongside Chetek Mayor Jeff Martin, Market and Johnson, CBS Squared, and City of Chetek officials, today helped the community celebrate the groundbreaking

MADISON – Today, Republican JFC members are poised to cut millions of dollars from the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement in response to Speaker Vos’ comments and in anticipation of a multi-million

MADISON – This morning the Assembly Committee on Education held a public hearing on one bill. Assembly Bill 305 would increase the per pupil payments in the parental choice and the Special Needs Scholarship Program and provide an increase in the

Madison, Wisconsin (June 13, 2023) – The Supreme Court recently acted to deny review in the cases listed below. As the state’s law-developing court, the Supreme Court exercises its discretion to select for review only those cases that fit certain

MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that annual inflation has fallen for eleven months in a row, bringing inflation to its lowest annual rate in more than two years. “While Republicans are fighting tooth and nail to

Today, IRG Action Fund delivered written testimony for informational purposes on Assembly Bill (AB) 321 to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. The Committee is holding a public hearing on the bill this afternoon and may vote on it yet this week. A similar

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), Chair and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Cyber, Information Technology, and Innovation subcommittee, sent a letter to the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) expressing

Washington, DC — Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a partial stay pending appeal in Braidwood Management v. Becerra, protecting free preventive care for 150 million Americans as the case moves through the courts. In his initial ruling

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society is excited to share a first look inside the new state-of-the-art history center that is expected to be completed in late 2026. The history center will sit squarely at the intersection of Madison’s

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) introduced a resolution honoring the 85th anniversary of the National Treasury Employees Union. NTEU has long been at the forefront of improving the lives and livelihoods of federal workers fighting for better

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today slammed Republicans on the Joint Committee on Finance for newly released plans to cut tens of millions in funding for the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. Republicans are set to take up the UW System cuts

MADISON, Wis. – Today, Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) announced that the Joint Finance Republicans would be gutting $32 million dollars from the University of Wisconsin System’s budget request, funding that would have gone to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. 

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – June 13, 2023– Lowlands Group, a longtime supporter of cycling in Wisconsin, announced its participation in the upcoming 14th annual Kwik Trip Tour of America’s Dairyland (ToAD) as a series sponsor and title sponsor for three of the most popular

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) introduced the Rail Inspector Safety Act, which will provide an authorization increase of $3 million per year to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to add 15 rail investigators. He also separately

MADISON, Wis. — Last weekend, Democrats from across Wisconsin gathered in Green Bay for the 2023 WisDems State Convention to celebrate Democrats’ accomplishments for working Wisconsinites and to rally to reelect Senator Tammy Baldwin and President Joe Biden in 2024. Convention

MASON, Wis., June 13, 2023 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Wisconsin State Director, Julie Lassa, alongside other local officials, today visited the village of Mason in Bayfield County to help the community celebrate improvements to local infrastructure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation, led the subcommittee to pass its mark for H.R.2670, the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In

When schools and doctors’ offices check to see how all children are feeling – not just those kids who display symptoms of mental distress – they are implementing universal screening, an important strategy in addressing youth mental health. Universal screening

MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel unveiled the official logo of the 2024 Republican National Convention, which will take place at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, next summer. This logo is designed to showcase not