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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to get outside, learn and take action on slowing the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin during Invasive Species Awareness Weekend (ISAW), June 20-21, 2026. Invasive Species Awareness

Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced application materials are now available for several Rural Health Transformation Program grants. This initial application period will distribute $40 million in grant funding to support projects across the state

June 15, 2026 — More than 500 hospitals across the country have been warned by the federal government for failing to comply with hospital price transparency requirements, including 10 hospitals in Wisconsin. The findings underscore a growing affordability crisis in healthcare where major hospital

MAUSTON, Wis. – A corps of 91 cadets became the Wisconsin National Guard Challenge Academy’s 56th graduating class June 10, following a drill team performance and formal commencement ceremony at the Mauston High School gymnasium in Mauston, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take immediate action to contain and respond to the outbreak of New World Screwworm (NWS) in the United States. The

MADISON — Two Wisconsin students have earned a place among the world’s top young Braille readers and will advance to the 2026 Braille Challenge Finals in Los Angeles, Calif., later this month after earning top scores among more than 2,000 competitors from around the world.  Bo

Eau Claire, WI — More than 600 people gathered in Eau Claire on Saturday for Uniting West Wisconsin: A Regional Response to Data Centers, followed on Sunday by dozens more residents, local leaders, and elected officials at the West Wisconsin

Madison, WI — The WisDem Convention is officially over, and attendees confirmed via straw poll they want to double down on the failed radical policies of the last eight years.   Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) reminded voters that Tom Tiffany is running on

UW-Stout Polytechnic mechanical engineering student Dominick Marco faced several challenges when he became team leader for the second semester of a capstone project on behalf of Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions. In addition to designing and building a prototype that would automatically assemble a plastic

MADISON, Wis. — Recent ads being run on behalf of GOP State Senator Howard Marklein attempt to sell him as a bipartisan legislator. But his legislative record tells a very different story. Marklein, who represents areas from Brodhead to Dodgeville to

NEENAH, WI — Independent congressional candidate Elizabeth Fitzgibbon announced today that her campaign has secured its place on the general election ballot in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District after the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejected every single one of the more than 800

Madison Tenant Power is urging city officials and residents to support targeted investments in tenant safety during the upcoming community budget meeting on June 24 at 6 p.m. at Warner Park Community Recreation Center. Sign the Madison Tenant Bill of

MADISON, Wis. — Ben Wikler, the political organizer and strategist who led the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from 2019 to 2025, today announced a Wisconsin and national book tour in support of his forthcoming book, This Is The Plan: How

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), during June Dairy Month, today announced that 18 Wisconsin meat processors will receive grants through the 2026 Meat Processor Infrastructure Grant Program. Created by

Madison, WI — On the main stage at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention, congressional candidate Peter Burgelis delivered a powerful three-minute speech that highlighted a record of results, accountability, and winning tough elections, demonstrating why he is uniquely positioned to defeat

Contact: WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross, 608-669-8418 MADISON — Democratic Party of Wisconsin conventioneers voting in a WisPolitics straw poll favored Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez to be the party’s nominee for governor in 2026, with state Rep. Francesca Hong close behind.

Madison, WI — Madison Breakfast Rotary Club Foundation has made a grant to WorldWise Microfinance (WMF) that will help support a new program in Malawi, where 70 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty. Club president Bruce Harville saluted

Contact: WisDems Press (press@wisdems.org) MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Young Democrats of Wisconsin, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced that the Young Democrats of America convention will be hosted for the first time ever in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Fourteen Common Ground leaders attended today’s meeting of the County Supervisors Committee on Intergovernmental Relations and delivered this statement: Thank you to all of the County Supervisors who signed on to the resolution calling for an audit of the Milwaukee

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is responding to a fertilizer spill impacting the Sheboygan River in Sheboygan County. On June 11, while responding to a fish kill, DNR staff observed a leaking fertilizer tank east of