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MADISON, Wis. — Today, new reporting emerged detailing a disturbing incident between Wisconsin GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden and teenage participants in the U.S. Senate Page Program. First reported by Punchbowl News, Van Orden reportedly verbally harassed a group of pages he encountered

EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. –According to a new report, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) yelled at and cursed out a group of high-school-age Capitol pages on Wednesday evening.  Van Orden called the pages “lazy sh-t-” and demanded they “get the f–k up” off of the

Derrick Van Orden’s temper was on full display last night as he screamed and cursed out Senate pages for taking photos in the U.S. Capitol. Van Orden even had the gall to call their innocent actions “disrespectful” to the space, despite the fact that

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, is applauding the Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan approval of the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills for the Department of

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced on March 15, 2023, that he is seeking applicants for Price County District Attorney and subsequently extended the application deadline. The governor announced today he is accepting applications on a rolling basis until the vacancy is filled. The appointment

https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/230728demaddress.mp3 MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address urging Republican legislators to invest in making child care more affordable and accessible statewide. In the governor’s 2023-25 biennial budget proposal, he proposed making the Child Care Counts Program a permanent

https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/230728gopaddress.mp3 Hello, I’m State Senator Cory Tomczyk. A few weeks ago, we witnessed the Governor radically use his line-item veto in the budget. The Legislature passed a commonsense budget that would have cut taxes for all Wisconsinites and made sure

LA CROSSE, Wis. – According to a new report from Punchbowl News, Congressman Derrick Van Orden spent Wednesday night yelling at Senate pages while giving a late-night tour of the Capitol: Punchbowl News:  Van Orden, a freshman, was giving a

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 4366, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations. “Today, Republicans reaffirmed our promise to deliver for America’s veterans. This appropriations bill

Washington, D.C – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, a member of the Ways and Means “Work and Welfare” Subcommittee, introduced legislation, H.R. 4933, the Opportunities to Support Mothers and Deliver Children (OSMDC) Act, which would create a new demonstration project within

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) released the following statement: “The Capitol Rotunda served as a field hospital where countless Union soldiers died fighting to free men in the Civil War. I have long said our nation’s Capitol

Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW) Board of Directors is excited to announce that Jill Jacklitz will become its next Executive Director, effective August 22, 2023. Jill comes to DRW from the UW-Madison Center for Patient Partnerships, where she served as Co-Director

MADISON, Wis. — Today, Punchbowl News reported that GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden verbally harassed students participating in the Senate Page program, referring to them as “lazy shits” and demanding they “get the fuck up” off the floor of the Capitol Rotunda, where

MADISON – University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have recently revealed that the effectiveness of common antibiotics could depend on the neighborhood where you live. Here are the details. An innovative look at an old problem: Led by postdoctoral fellow Laurel Legenza,

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, introduced the Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act, legislation that would make clear that child welfare agencies should not separate children from their parents solely due to

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle to discuss the latest developments surrounding Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal and why it should be rejected and also to talk about the mounting evidence of corruption

WEST ALLIS, Wis. – The Wisconsin Dental Association Foundation has awarded $30,000 in scholarships to dental and hygiene students to alleviate education expenses and ensure the availability of statewide quality oral care for years to come. Five dental students who

Washington, DC — Yesterday, House Democrats introduced a bill to build on the Inflation Reduction Act’s historic measures to lower prescription drug prices. The Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act would increase the number of drugs subject to Medicare