(UNION GROVE, Wis.) – A Job Center has opened at Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center (REECC) in Union Grove, marking the 5th collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) and Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Develop (DWD) on an institution-based Job
The Department of Health Services (DHS) has released improvements to the COVID-19 hospital data webpage. This update puts all COVID-19 hospital data on one page, so Wisconsinites can more easily find the information they need. The new webpage includes two data dashboards.
Madison, Wis. — Today a broad coalition of state and national groups committed to education reform sent a letter to Governor Evers, leadership in the legislature, and State Superintendent Stanford Taylor asking them to use the American Rescue Plan’s new K-12
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ron Kind sent a letter to Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos urging them to stop playing politics and accept federal investments to expand BadgerCare as proposed in Governor Tony Evers’s 2021-2023 Budget. Wisconsin is
MILWAUKEE — Erika Moritsugu, currently vice president of congressional relations and economic justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families, will keynote the final conversation in the Pay Equity Series hosted by Marquette University’s Institute for Women’s Leadership on
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), alongside Reps. Ed Case (D-HI), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), and Carolyn Bordeaux (D-GA), today reintroduced the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation that
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Gov. Tony Evers today, together with Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) Secretary-designee Dawn Crim, visited and toured the Pfizer facility in Pleasant Prairie. The governor also signed Assembly Bill (AB) 120, now Wisconsin Act 25, which
Contact: Timothy Svoboda, (202) 225-2476 (Washington, D.C.) – This week, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) joined House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) in El Paso, Texas and along the southern border in New
Contact: Jerel Ballard, 608-266-9600 jerel.ballard@wisconsin.gov At the Public Service Commission (PSC), we understand how important broadband access is to our communities’ educational and economic opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic has added urgency to expanding this critical service across the state so
MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of March 2021. The data shows that Wisconsin’s total non-farm jobs increased by 12,900 over the month, while
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov LA CROSSE — Gov. Tony Evers was joined today by La Crosse County Justice Support Services Manager Mandy Bisek, La Crosse County Diversion Coordinator Kim Joki, State Sen. Brad Pfaff (D-La Crosse), and State Rep. Jill Billings (D-La Crosse) at
Contact: Kelli Liegel 2021 202-225-5101 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) made the following statement regarding the Democrats’ radical proposal to politicize the Supreme Court of the United States by packing on four more justices to the bench:
Contact:Ben Voelkel WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), commented on Democrat’s job crushing and costly infrastructure bill and the Biden administration’s mishandling of the ongoing crisis at the border on Fox Business’ ‘Kudlow’ on Thursday. Excerpts of the interview
(UNION GROVE, Wis.) – A Job Center has opened at Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center (REECC) in Union Grove, marking the 5th collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) and Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Develop (DWD) on an institution-based Job Center. “We’re excited because this will allow the more than
The Department of Health Services (DHS) has released improvements to the COVID-19 hospital data webpage. This update puts all COVID-19 hospital data on one page, so Wisconsinites can more easily find the information they need. The new webpage includes two data dashboards. The COVID-19 hospital capacity dashboard has been expanded to include
Madison, Wis. — Today a broad coalition of state and national groups committed to education reform sent a letter to Governor Evers, leadership in the legislature, and State Superintendent Stanford Taylor asking them to use the American Rescue Plan’s new K-12 funding to support course access for struggling students. The letter
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ron Kind sent a letter to Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos urging them to stop playing politics and accept federal investments to expand BadgerCare as proposed in Governor Tony Evers’s 2021-2023 Budget. Wisconsin is one of only 12 states that have failed to fully
MILWAUKEE — Erika Moritsugu, currently vice president of congressional relations and economic justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families, will keynote the final conversation in the Pay Equity Series hosted by Marquette University’s Institute for Women’s Leadership on Tuesday, April 20, at 1 p.m. NOTE: On April 14, President Joe
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), alongside Reps. Ed Case (D-HI), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), and Carolyn Bordeaux (D-GA), today reintroduced the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation that would create a process to rescue the endangered federal trust
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Gov. Tony Evers today, together with Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) Secretary-designee Dawn Crim, visited and toured the Pfizer facility in Pleasant Prairie. The governor also signed Assembly Bill (AB) 120, now Wisconsin Act 25, which will help Pfizer, Inc., and Wisconsin continue to provide COVID-19
Contact: Timothy Svoboda, (202) 225-2476 (Washington, D.C.) – This week, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) joined House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) in El Paso, Texas and along the southern border in New Mexico to examine President Biden’s border crisis. Biden’s border crisis
Contact: Jerel Ballard, 608-266-9600 jerel.ballard@wisconsin.gov At the Public Service Commission (PSC), we understand how important broadband access is to our communities’ educational and economic opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic has added urgency to expanding this critical service across the state so we can decrease the digital divide impacting many of our
MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of March 2021. The data shows that Wisconsin’s total non-farm jobs increased by 12,900 over the month, while private-sector jobs increased by 11,100 over the same period. Wisconsin’s
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov LA CROSSE — Gov. Tony Evers was joined today by La Crosse County Justice Support Services Manager Mandy Bisek, La Crosse County Diversion Coordinator Kim Joki, State Sen. Brad Pfaff (D-La Crosse), and State Rep. Jill Billings (D-La Crosse) at a press conference in La Crosse today to highlight the
Contact: Kelli Liegel 2021 202-225-5101 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) made the following statement regarding the Democrats’ radical proposal to politicize the Supreme Court of the United States by packing on four more justices to the bench: “Radical doesn’t even begin to describe the political circus Democrats
Contact:Ben Voelkel WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), commented on Democrat’s job crushing and costly infrastructure bill and the Biden administration’s mishandling of the ongoing crisis at the border on Fox Business’ ‘Kudlow’ on Thursday. Excerpts of the interview are below and video can be found here. “When you