MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds interested high school seniors to apply now for the new Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. Applications will be accepted for one more week, through August 21, 2020. Self-nominations include a completed one-page application, resume, 300-word essay, one-minute video,

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Lisa Hanson, professor of nursing and director of the Nurse-Midwifery Program at Marquette University, has been named the next Ascension Wisconsin Sister Rosalie Klein Endowed Professor. The Klein Endowed Professor designation is made through the Ascension Wisconsin Sister Rosalie Klein Professorship in Women’s Health, funded by the Dr. Harry J. Heeb Foundation. Established in

Adams County, located in central Wisconsin, has formally established the State’s 30th County Forest.  Adams County joins with 29 other counties in the state with lands enrolled under Wisconsin’s County Forest Law (§28.10 & 28.11).  Collectively, these counties manage over 2.4 million acres of forest lands, the largest public ownership in

The onset of a pandemic thrust many people who serve the state in public safety roles into the spotlight. That includes Wisconsin’s county and tribal emergency managers, who normally work in the background to coordinate the response to fires, tornados, flooding, civil unrest and COVID — but they also lead

This week, following the Wisconsin primary, leaders across the Badger State kicked off a voter registration push. While applauding Joe Biden’s decision to select Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Congressman Mark Pocan and Congresswoman Amanda Stuck took to social media to

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Waukesha County’s newest circuit court judge has a long history of public service as a Citizen Soldier in the Wisconsin National Guard. Maj. Jack Melvin, senior defense counsel with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 505th Trial Defense Team, swore in as the newest judge in Waukesha County

Oshkosh, WI – The people of Wisconsin learned two days ago that President Donald Trump would be making his third visit to the state since the start of 2020, this time to the city of Oshkosh. Each previous time Trump came, to Milwaukee and then to Green Bay/Marinette, he was

DEFOREST, Wis. – Today, Abigail Lowery is proud to have made the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition Pledge to end gerrymandering in Wisconsin. She is now the only candidate on the ballot this November running for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 37th District to make the pledge to support an

MADISON — First Lady Kathy Evers today announced that “Women Who Inspire,” a program of the Committee to Celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of Wisconsin’s Ratification of the 19th Amendment, will highlight Sharlen Moore, co-founder and director of both Youth Justice Milwaukee and Urban Underground in Milwaukee. “The Committee’s ‘Women Who Inspire’ feature allows

MILWAUKEE, WI—The 2020 Democratic National Convention stage is shaping up to be the most creative, innovative and engaging program in history, featuring musical performances from some of the most popular artists in the nation, convention organizers announced today. The performers join a line-up of popular leaders, rising stars and inspiring

MADISON, Wis. – This Monday is the start of the Democratic National Convention. Before the pandemic, this event would have drawn tens of thousands of people to Milwaukee for an entire week of parties and rallies. COVID-19 moved that convention out of Milwaukee and turned it into a virtual-only event,

MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which marks the approximate day that a Black woman must work into the next year to make what a white non-Hispanic man made, on average, at the end of the previous year. This disparity in pay, which is part and

Today, Biden for President announced a quartet of new ads that demonstrate the national leadership a Biden-Harris Administration would exemplify and the clear steps they would take as President and Vice President to get the virus under control and fix the economy. The new ads are being released after Biden and Harris

MADISON, Wis. — In the two weeks since Governor Tony Evers’ mask mandate, Wisconsinites have united in support of this crucial public health measure. Public polling and grassroots mobilization show widespread support for the mask mandate and the Governor’s decisive action. Meanwhile, as the COVID-19 death toll in Wisconsin tops

GREENDALE, WI — Last week, the country’s top state legislative election forecaster CNalysis moved Wisconsin’s 82nd District from “Safe Republican” to “Likely Republican,” a shift favoring Democratic challenger Jacob Malinowski. The forecast moved 69 seats, including three in Wisconsin. The 82nd District is one of 15 competitive races in the state, most of

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) launched the first tier of modernized Youth Apprenticeship (YA) program curriculum, which will be used in the 2020-2021 school year. The modernization project increases the rigor and relevance of the 11 career clusters and associated 55 pathways currently used in YA.  DWD

Brookfield, WI  – The economic downturn during the pandemic has served to illustrate the increasing gap between small business and big business.  In America, big business is ever looking to swallow small business, either by acquisition or outright displacement. Tom Palzewicz, running for Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District seat in Washington,