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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2024 – Starting next Wednesday, dairy producers will be able to enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program offered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that provides producers with price support to help offset milk

MADISON – Yesterday, the Wisconsin State Assembly adjourned for the calendar period after a day of voting on over 90 bills on the final scheduled floor session. Over the course of the last 14 months, Representative Snodgrass has joined her Democratic

MADISON – The State Assembly took up over 20 bills this week relating to K-12 education in our state. Among these bills was Assembly Bill 900 which would send hundreds of millions of state general funds to voucher and independent

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MADISON – The Assembly convened on Thursday to pass many bills. Among those bills are three that comprise the ‘Complex Care Package.’ Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) praised Rep. Patrick Snyder (R-Schofield) for bringing this package forward. “Every day, there are

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MADISON, Wis. – With a March 1st deadline to pass federal government funding packages and avoid a partial government shutdown, Congressional Republicans’ continued push for harmful cuts and extreme policies is delaying action. Recent reports detail how the demands of

Madison – Yesterday, the Assembly was in session. Assembly leadership has indicated that this session will be the last of the year. Representative Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) issued the following statement on his final session day: “For my last session day, I hoped for

MADISON, Wis. — With 10 months left to go in 2024, Republican lawmakers in the Wisconsin Assembly are declaring they intend to call it quits for the year – more than a month before the last general business floor period listed

Madison, WI – Rep. Treig E. Pronschinske released the following statement succeeding the end of the Wisconsin State Legislative Assembly session: “Today, my colleagues and I wrapped up the legislative session in the Wisconsin State Assembly by hearing north of 90

MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin released a new video highlighting California bank owner Eric Hovde’s (R–Laguna Beach) lavish Laguna Beach, California lifestyle and his strong ties to the state of California, including the $2.8 billion California bank he owns, which

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges youth users of recreational vehicles and their parents to operate responsibly, including on private lands. Fatal crashes happen on private lands each year, with one fatal UTV crash on private property

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Madison –State Representative Joy Goeben’s (R-Hobart) released the following statement about Assembly Bill 1004 / Senate Bill 916 which relates to requiring local governments to communicate with a local representative when the federal government designates a municipality in Wisconsin for refugee

MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, Aidison Yang, 42 of Eagan, Minnesota, was found guilty by a jury of three counts of First Degree Sexual Assault by Use or Threat of Use of a Dangerous Weapon, in connection with a 2005 sexual

MADISON – Yesterday, the Wisconsin State Assembly met in regular session. Rep. Sue Conley (D-Janesville) issued the following statement in response: “We passed close to 200 bills this week in the Assembly, and I am glad we moved forward several

Madison – February 22, 2024 –Black and Brown Womyn Power Coalition (BBWPC), End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault applaud the Wisconsin State Assembly for passing legislation that increases funding for sexual assault and domestic abuse services.

MADISON, WI – On Tuesday, Feb. 20, more than 150 advocates from across Wisconsin met in Madison for the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2024 Wisconsin Advocacy Day. These advocates met with legislators at the State Capitol to ask that Alzheimer’s disease and

Madison, WI – Representative Rob Swearingen (R – Rhinelander) released the following statement after the Wisconsin State Assembly took action on Senate Bill 312—  a comprehensive bill aimed at tackling the pervasive threat of PFAS contamination in Wisconsin. “These chemicals are not going

MADISON – Representative Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) released the following statement on the recent floor session in the State Assembly: “I am excited to see that legislation I’ve authored, Senate Bill 67 & Senate Bill 687, passed the State Assembly concurred in.