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MADISON —​ Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #198 calling a special election for the 24th Assembly District, as a vacancy has been created by the election of State Sen. Daniel Knodl to the 8th Senate District. Gov. Evers ordered the special election

The resolution demonstrates the lawmakers’ solidarity with the families and loved ones of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and it calls on the people of the United States to commemorate the lives of American Indian and Alaska Native women whose

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #197 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sun., May 7, 2023, as a mark of respect for the firefighters of Wisconsin who have given their lives

MADISON, Wis. — This week, the Republican Party of Wisconsin announced “strong Republican leader” Mayra Flores as a featured speaker at next month’s state GOP convention in La Crosse. Flores, who served just over six months in Congress before being defeated last November,

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to a day of learning, exploring and celebrating the great outdoors at OutWiGo Green. The event will be Saturday, May 13 at the Kettle Moraine State Forest – Southern

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) encourages Wisconsin food companies to participate in a Midwest Buyers Mission organized by Food Export Association of the Midwest and DATCP’s International Agribusiness Center (IABC). The mission

MADISON, Wis. — In a new opinion piece for Heartland Signal, columnist Dan Shafer argues Republican politicians in Madison working on the state budget are “kicking bipartisanship to the curb” by jettisoning popular proposals from Governor Tony Evers. Heartland Signal: OPINION: Republicans

Students from 13 high schools across the state will compete in the Wisconsin Civics Games state finals — presented by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation — on Friday, May 12, in Madison. Fifteen teams, each comprising up to four students,

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #196 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sat., May 6, 2023, in honor of Army Air Forces First Lieutenant Roy

The Libertarian Party of Wisconsin, Milwaukee End the Wars Coalition, Madison for a World Beyond War, and the Wisconsin People’s Party, join forces to protest and march on Saturday May 6th, 10am at the Capitol Square, N. Hamilton stairs in Madison.

Madison – On May 3rd, State Senator Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) was officially sworn in as the State Senator of the 8 th District at a ceremony held in Menomonee Falls with family and friends. “I would like to say a

Waupaca… Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) was awarded the “Scales of Justice” Award from the State Bar of Wisconsin Legislative Oversight Committee on Friday, April 28, 2023. The State Bar presented Senator Ballweg with this award for her work on family and

MADISON – Following today’s Assembly Committee on Local Government hearing on Assembly Bill (AB) 245, Democratic members of the Committee Rep. Samba Baldeh (D-Madison), Rep. Sue Conley (D-Janesville), Rep. Clinton Anderson (D-Beloit), and Rep. Melissa Ratcliff (D-Cottage Grove) released the

MADISON, Wis. — Today, far-right Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in planning and executing the deadly January 6th insurrection. Tarrio is an ally of former Milwaukee County Sheriff and possible U.S. Senate candidate David Clarke. “Potential

https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230504DemAddress.mp3 MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address highlighting his plan to expand access to mental and behavioral healthcare across Wisconsin. This included the governor’s $270 million investment to continue the “Get Kids Ahead” initiative to expand school-based

https://www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230504GOPAddress.mp3 This is State Senator Mary Felzkowski with an update on where we’re at in the state budget process. From last fall until today, we’ve been working hard to gather input, research programs, and discuss the merits of every idea

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) has demanded communications and records from accounting firm KPMG LLP regarding its audits of three failed banks—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank. According to reports, KPMG issued clean

Dr. William Wolf, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, received a five-year $526,813 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to work with undergraduate students on research. The prestigious NSF CAREER grant supports early-career

MADISON, Wis., – La Follette School of Public Affairs Assistant Professor Lauren Schmitz and her team of researchers were recently awarded a prestigious National Institute on Aging R01 grant for their work on the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and