Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Victory Fund: Announce $45M program for 2024 elections; launches new voter outreach program to bolster voter contacts in eight key states
Everytown Will Hire and Deploy 30 New Organizers in Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Reach 10 Million Voters and Get Out the Vote for Gun Sense Candidates at All Levels of the Ballot
Agard campaign: Senator Melissa Agard, Mayor Luke Diaz and Supervisor Chad Kemp voice support for ballot drop boxes
VERONA – Today, Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison), Verona Mayor Luke Diaz and Dane County Supervisor Chad Kemp hosted a press conference outside of Verona City Hall to discuss the use of drop boxes in local elections and the importance of
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association: Legislative study on sandhill crane kicks off Thursday
[Wales, Wisc.] A bipartisan committee of state legislators, along with agricultural, birding, and hunting representatives will meet this week to begin looking at the issues associated with Wisconsin’s rapidly growing sandhill crane population. The Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill
WCMA: Cheers $33 million dairy industry impact of new Wisconsin Agricultural Road Improvement Program
MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) today applauded investments of $33.6 million in rural road improvement projects benefiting Wisconsin dairy businesses. The funding is part of the first $50 million round awarded through the new Agricultural Roads Improvement
UW–Milwaukee: Temporarily suspends student groups associated with intimidating Instagram posts
UWM has temporarily suspended five student organizations associated with a coalition that posted alarming messages on Instagram. The suspensions come as part of UWM’s ongoing investigation. A July 19 Instagram story post to the uwm4palicoalition account included intimidating language aimed
Dept. of Workforce Development: Releases 2022 – 2040 registered nurse supply and demand forecast results
MADISON – Wisconsin registered nurses currently face more demand than they can meet, and economic forecasts predict that this gap, caused by demographics trends decades in the making, will call for a range of solutions to meet patients’ needs, according
USDA NASS: Wisconsin ag prices
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WisDems: GOP games leave Wisconsinites struggling with contaminated drinking water
MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detailed how Wisconsinites struggling against toxic PFAS contamination in their water supplies have been left behind and ignored by Republican politicians in Madison who have refused to release already-approved funding for PFAS remediation for over a
Piwowarczyk campaign: Don Pridemore should resign from Hartford School Boards and drop out of the Assembly Race after inexcusable Biden Title IX vote
Town of Erin – Assembly candidate Jim Piwowarczyk said Wednesday that his primary opponent, Don Pridemore, should resign immediately from the two Hartford area school boards he serves on after Pridemore’s indefensible July 23 vote to force elementary and middle
Shankland campaign: Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Mississippi River policy leader, endorses Katrina Shankland for Congress
STEVENS POINT, WI – Congresswoman Betty McCollum, an environmental champion from Minnesota’s neighboring 4th Congressional District (St. Paul/Stillwater), has endorsed State Rep. Katrina Shankland for Congress in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. On Tuesday, July 30, McCollum and Shankland hosted a special
U.S. Rep. Fitzgerald: Commends passage of Colonel Heg Post Office bill in Senate markup
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed his bill to rename the U.S. Post Office in Muskego in honor of Colonel Hans Christian Heg. The bill, H.R.
WMC Litigation Center: Taxpayers file lawsuit against Town of Eureka for overstepping legal authority
MADISON – The WMC Litigation Center – an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the combined state chamber of commerce and manufacturers’ association – filed a lawsuit on behalf of two taxpayers against the Town of Eureka on Wednesday, alleging
Baldwin campaign: Announces $2.5 million raised in 24 day pre-primary reporting period
CONTACT: press@tammybaldwin.com MADISON, Wis. – Today, Tammy Baldwin announced her campaign has raised $2.5 million in the pre-primary reporting period between July 1st and July 24th. Tammy received donations from more than 9,000 Wisconsinites. Her average online donation was $34.67. This cycle
WisDems: VIDEO RECAP: Sen. Brad Pfaff calls out Eric Hovde for conflicts of interest tied to ownership of Sunwest Bank
Hovde refuses to cut financial ties to California bank if elected to the US Senate as the bank takes millions from foreign banks and governments MADISON, Wis. — This morning, State Senator Brad Pfaff called out Eric Hovde for being a walking conflict of
U.S. Sens. Baldwin, Vance: Bipartisan bill to ensure taxpayer-funded inventions are made in America advances in Senate
Invent Here, Make Here Act expands Baldwin-championed requirements to manufacture cutting-edge technologies in the U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) announced their Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023 advanced out of the Senate Commerce
Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce: Announces 2024 Pressure Chamber Finalists
Six top emerging companies to compete Aug. 20 for opportunity to pitch Silicon Valley investment firms this fall MADISON – Today the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce announced the six finalists competing in the 11th annual Pressure Chamber startup initiative,
Clean Wisconsin Action Fund: Endorses Katrina Shankland for Congress
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Gov. Evers: DCF report steep decline in child care affordability, call for increased support for child care counts
New DCF report finds affordable child care slots for families using state subsidy dropped by nearly 25 percent between 2022 and 2023 MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), today announced the
Common Cause Wisconsin: Voting underway for the August 13th primary
The August Primary Election is unique in that when we vote, we have to choose a political party and ONLY vote for that party’s candidates. In Wisconsin, you can choose any party you wish when you cast your ballot, but
Thurston campaign: Sheriff David. A Clarke endorses Deputy DA Thurston for Waukesha County DA
Staunch conservative, well respected and iconic law enforcement official, Sheriff David Clarke, who has seen it all, has come forward endorsing the most qualified candidate for Waukesha County District Attorney. Sheriff Clark agrees with Mike’s assessment of the crime increase