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On May Day: A Day without Latinx and Immigrants, Wisconsin lawmakers can lift up every family by restoring driver licenses for all. This would help keep families together, increase economic opportunities for working families, ensure safer roads, and boost state

State elected officials and senior Wisconsin National Guard leadership will join family and friends at a May 7 sendoff ceremony for the deploying members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) at the unit’s headquarters

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) welcomes Clean Air Month this May by celebrating the accomplishments of the last 20 years, including the improvement in overall air quality in Wisconsin. Air quality successes over the last twenty years

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced his appointment of Carol Demko to serve as Florence County Register of Deeds. The appointment fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Laurie J. Boren, effective May 1, 2023. Demko will serve

MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, (R- Rochester) will be the guest speaker at a Newsmaker Luncheon set for Friday, May 5, hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com. Vos, who is in his 10th term in the Assembly, will take questions

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) now offers the new Ice Age Trail license plate on its website (wisconsindmv.gov/specialplates). Through the annual $25 tax-deductible contribution to the Ice Age Trail Alliance, a non-profit organization, this plate supports conservation,

MADISON – To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is once again recognizing rural neighbors through its Heroes of Hope campaign.  Heroes of Hope is focused on shedding light on rural heroes who have helped others

The 54th Annual Municipal Clerks Week is April 30 – May 6, 2023. Municipal clerks play a key role in administering our elections and upholding voting rights. To recognize Municipal Clerks Week, the Wisconsin Disability Vote Coalition (WDVC) has invited

OAK CREEK, WI – On Saturday, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) announced Ryannah Glassen from Union Grove High School as the 2023 Artistic Discovery Contest winner. Ryannah’s self-portrait will be displayed in the United States Capitol for one year. Ryannah is a

This week, President Biden and Vice President Harris announced their bid for reelection, highlighting their commitment to fighting for freedom in the face of MAGA Republicans who are trying to take us backward. Here’s what they were reading on front pages

This week, vulnerable Republican Derrick Van Orden joined extreme MAGA Republicans and voted to enact disastrous cuts to services that veterans in Wisconsin depend on. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, their plan would cut nearly 81,000 health service jobs within

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing received their first F-35 Lightning II aircraft April 25, making it only the second Air National Guard unit with the advanced fighter. The fifth-generation fighters flown by pilots Capt.

BELOIT, WI – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin visited Beloit to highlight her support for Made in Wisconsin small and minority-owned businesses through the American Rescue Plan and meet with the Beloit Police Department to discuss public safety.  “I supported the

MADISON, Wis. – Commissioner Julie Glancey, clerk Commission member and Democratic Party appointee, announced her intent to resign from her role on May 1 following a long career of supporting Wisconsin election administration. Glancey, 72, a former Sheboygan County Clerk, was

MADISON – Gov. Evers, together with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC), announced today the statewide Internet for All Wisconsin Listening Tour, a series of nine in-person and two virtual interactive meetings to help develop the state’s five-year action plan to

(WISCONSIN) – Monday, May 1st, is a national day of action for the immigrant rights movement. Nationally, organizations part of the FIRM (Fair Immigration Reform Movement) network are escalating pressure on the Biden administration to deliver on promises to roll back anti-immigrant policies

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican majority on the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), the legislative committee responsible for negotiating the state budget, announced today their plan to remove from consideration hundreds of provisions in Governor Evers’ budget. The provisions being stripped

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi issued the following statement today regarding the County Board’s process to review the nomination of State Representative Shelia Stubbs as Director of the Department of Human Services: “Members of the Dane County Board last night

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Katie Britt (R-AL) joined Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in sponsoring the Fighting Trade Cheats Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. trade law enforcement and give American manufacturers the opportunity to

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To wrap-up Financial Literacy Month, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) introduced the Student Empowerment and Financial Literacy Act, a bill that would create a grant program within the Department of Education to promote financial literacy programs