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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service recently updated income eligibility guidelines for meals served at schools and day care programs based on federal poverty levels. The income guidelines, updated annually, are effective July 1, 2023, through June

WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) invited Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to visit Wisconsin to highlight the state’s robust domestic manufacturing sector and discuss how the state is uniquely positioned to drive the country’s efforts to rebuild

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Angus King (I-ME), Co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today released the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement to institute a cybersecurity certification and labeling program, a policy move that was

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today, with Wisconsin Department of Trade, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (DATCP), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of

[Madison, Wis.] – On Wednesday, July 12, the Senate Committee on Health held a public hearing on Senate Bill 121. The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by over one-third of the Legislature, increases access to life-saving breast imaging by eliminating patient cost-sharing

RACINE, Wis. – Opportunity Wisconsin’s latest TV ad in the 1st Congressional District highlights Congressman Bryan Steil’s record on Social Security and Medicare cuts, and his previous votes to give even more tax breaks to big corporations.  “Working families across Wisconsin have

WISCONSIN – Wisconsin Conservation Voters launched a digital campaign today calling on Sens. Eric Wimberger, Robert Cowles, and Mary Felzkowski to remove the polluter loophole from SB 312, the legislation that could determine how $125 million in state budget PFAS

The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) transferred authority of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) headquarters staff mission to the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina National Guard, July 14 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Devonti Wilson, 38, Janesville, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 13 years in federal prison for armed robbery and brandishing a firearm

MILWAUKEE – Today, both the Committee on Personnel [5-0], as well as the Committee on Finance [4-3] voted to recommend the adoption of a resolution, authored by Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson, which amends Chapter 22 – Sales and Use Taxes of the Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances to enact an additional 0.4% County

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today joined Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) officials and community leaders in Kenosha to celebrate the improvements to Wisconsin Highway 50 (WIS 50) in Kenosha County. “Highway 50 serves as a critical east-west connector route in the

WASHINGTON, DC – As first reported by the New York Times, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Chairwoman Virginia Foxx of the Education and the Workforce Committee (R-NC), last week, sent a letter to Dr. Michael

Committee Members Advanced Revenue Measure Through Joint Committee Meeting MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, in a special joint hybrid meeting of the Committees on Finance and Personnel, committee members advanced a resolution to enable an update to the current countywide sales tax

MILWAUKEE, WI — The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce announced that it is hired Lo Villarreal as the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (Trans) Program Manager, a new position that has been added to the

Madison, WI – State Representative David Steffen (R – Howard) and State Senator Rachael Cabral Guevara (R – Appleton) introduced legislation to create tax-free retirement in Wisconsin.   The bill would exempt the first $100,000 of retirement income for individuals age

BARRON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer involved critical incident in Barron, Wis. that occurred on the afternoon of July 14, 2023. At approximately 2:30 p.m., U.S. Marshals, assisted

MADISON, Wis. — Joined by colleagues and family, Command Chief Warrant Officer Charles Mattison was promoted to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 5 at a July 12 ceremony at Joint Force Headquarters. As the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 10th