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MILWAUKEE — A free, family-friendly outdoor music series in support of veterans will wrap up its fourth season on Thursday, Aug. 21, at Milwaukee’s lakefront.  “Music in the Garden” will be 6-8 p.m. at the War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln

His announcement will be held on Wednesday, August 20 th at 2:00pm and should last for no more than 10 minutes. The location of the announcement will be at Mitchell BOULEVARD Park (not to be confused with Mitchell Park) and

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) are releasing additional resources, guidance, and information for the community following extreme flooding and storms that occurred last weekend.  Milwaukee County officials remain in the

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced 3,058,500 total nonfarm jobs in the state, according to July 2025 preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Preliminary employment estimates for July 2025 showed Wisconsin’s seasonally

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – Wisconsin’s cranberry growers are forecasting a 5.3-million-barrel harvest in 2025, according to the latest USDA National Agriculture Statistic Services (NASS) crop production report. If projections hold, Wisconsin will remain the largest cranberry producer in the world,

MADISON, Wis. — Did Rep. Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) get sign-off from state ethics regulators or other legal approval before paying himself thousands of dollars in campaign funds to help cover his housing costs? Based on a request made to his state

EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. – Today, the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare PAC endorsed Rebecca Cooke for Congress in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District on the 90th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law. 

Milwaukee – (July 29, 2025) – The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Cancer Center’s inaugural Audaxity bike ride is uniting researchers, cancer patients and survivors, doctors, families, and the entire community in a bold mission to end cancer. Set for Sunday, August 17, 2025, at American

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will award more than $6 million to local groups to protect and improve surface water. Interested and eligible organizations are encouraged to apply for a surface water grant.

Madison—New data shows that transmission rates charged by American Transmission Company (ATC) have increased by 43% since 2019, far outpacing 27% CPI inflation. As these costs continue to climb, preserving and promoting competition is more important than ever to help

Aug. 14, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Mayers, WisPolitics-State Affairs, mayers@wispolitics.com MADISON – An expert panel on Sept. 16 will examine how President Trump’s tariffs are affecting the Wisconsin economy. The moderated panel discussion will be part of a

The Employes’ Retirement System of the City of Milwaukee (Retirement System) was created in 1937 and is a cost-sharing, multiple-employer, defined-benefit pension plan with 29,223 members and a fiduciary net position of $6.0 billion as of December 31, 2024. The Retirement System is administered by

The State Retiree Health Insurance program, which is one of the other postemployment benefits (OPEB) plans offered by the State of Wisconsin to eligible retirees, is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF). OPEB refers to the

MADISON, Wis. — On the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, and just weeks after Wisconsin’s Republican delegation in Congress voted to pass Trump’s budget bill that poses a serious threat to the program, A Better Wisconsin Together is calling on Wisconsin

His announcement will be held on Wednesday, August 20 th at 2:00pm and should last for no more than 10 minutes. The location of the announcement will be at Mitchell BOULEVARD Park (not to be confused with Mitchell Park) and

Today marks 90 years since the Social Security Act was signed into law. Thanks to President Trump and Derrick Van Orden’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the vast majority of senior citizens will pay NO TAX on their Social Security benefits.  “Derrick Van

MADISON, WI – As the number of enrolled apprentices continue to rise across Wisconsin, union-led programs remain the gold standard in preparing Wisconsin’s next generation of skilled workers and delivering the workforce backbone that the state’s economy demands. Union apprenticeship programs

Madison, WI — Last week, Governor Tony Evers signed several bipartisan bills into law, nine of which Representative Miresse Co-Authored or Co-Sponsored. Some of the newly signed laws include: Act 17 – Adjusts the scope of Advanced Practitioner Registered Nurses by allowing them

MADISON- Last week, Democratic Governor Tony Evers vetoed Assembly Bill 87, a bill that would have created additional barriers to restoring Wisconsinites’ right to vote following the completion of court-ordered sentences. In response, Rep. Hysell (D- Sun Prairie) released the

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) issued a statement in response to Rep. Delia Ramirez’s recent comments in Mexico City, where she described herself as “a proud Guatemalan before an American.”  “It is deeply troubling to see a sitting member of