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Contact: 608-266-5300 State Senator Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac) released the following statement after Governor Tony Evers’ 2025 State of the State Address: “Governor Evers wants to highlight the tax cuts he has implemented over the last six years, emphasizing

Chris BucherInterim Communications DirectorWisconsin Department of Public Instruction(608) 266-3559 Gov. Evers unveils initiatives aligned with State Superintendent Underly’s budget MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today applauded Gov. Tony Evers for in large part supporting her budget initiatives on youth mental

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov  Governor’s 2025-27 Executive Budget declaration builds on administration’s commitment to doing what’s best for kids, bolstering youth mental health, ensuring safe drinking water in schools and communities, and more  MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers tonight, during his 2025 State of the State address, declared

CONTACT: Ryan Billingham, Communications Director, Wisconsin Conservation Voters, 608-208-1129 (office), 608-213-6972 (mobile/text), or ryan@conservationvoters.org MADISON –  In his annual State of the State Address tonight, Gov. Tony Evers announced emergency rules to protect Wisconsinites from lead poisoning. The emergency rules will lower the definition

Contact: Senator Chris LarsonT: (608) 266-7505E: justin.bielinski@legis.wisconsin.gov Madison, WI – Sen. Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) issued the following statement in response to Governor Evers’ State of the State Address: “As families across Wisconsin continue to be devastated by the scourge of deadly gun

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CONTACT: Emilee Taylor, ETaylor@standtogether.org Madison, WI – In his State of the State Address tonight, Governor Evers declared 2025 as “the Year of the Kid,” but failed to support education freedom which gives every child the opportunity to succeed.   AFP-WI State Director Megan

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CONTACT: Emilee Taylor, ETaylor@standtogether.org Madison, WI – During his State of the State address, Governor Evers falsely took credit for legislature led tax cuts and failed to acknowledge that his veto of middle-class tax cuts created even greater tax increases, including a

MADISON, Wis. — Tonight, we will witness Governor Tony Evers attempt to mislead Wisconsinites by distracting them from his record of failure.  “Tax and Spend Tony Evers has previously said he would deliver tax cuts for Wisconsinites but his record proves

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Contact: Kiersten PelsPress@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, named Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) as the chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Sen. Johnson

CONTACT: Rep. Bob Donovan, (608) 237-9161 Questions Unanswered as the Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission Denies Promotion for Distinguished Officer Madison – Representative Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) gave the following statement after sending a letter to the Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission

CONTACT: Sen. Mary Felzkowski, 608-266-2509 Madison, WI- Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) issued the following statement after the top DEI Officer at UW-Madison was removed after University found “areas of concern about financial operations and fiscal judgements in the division”:

MADISON, WI – Dane County Executive Melissa Agard is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Everett as the new Director of the Dane County Department of Human Services. Everett brings a wealth of experience in behavioral health and human

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke at Politico Playbook: The First 100 Days – Tax Reform. The senator discussed a potential three-step reconciliation plan and the need to simplify and rationalize the existing tax code. Sen. Johnson discussed three priorities: avoiding a massive

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and 5 of his Senate colleagues reintroduced the Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions (CURD) Act. The CURD Act establishes a statutory definition of “natural cheese” and deems a food to be misbranded and prohibited from sale

MADISON, Wis. – Republicans in Congress have suggested they may tie disaster recovery funding to a massive spending bill that includes President Trump’s key priorities, namely massive tax breaks for the ultra-rich and big corporations. Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh released the following statement

MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly released the following statement today regarding recent policy decisions at the federal level that threaten the education of Wisconsin students. “No child decides their own immigration status. All students, no matter their immigration status, have