Dept. of Administration: Applications open for $10.8 million in grants for summer camps and minor league sports teams impacted by pandemic

Madison, Wis. – Today, the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) announced it is accepting applications for over $10 million in grants designed to assist overnight summer camps serving school-aged children and persons with disabilities, and Minor League sports team organizations that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The two grant programs

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Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors: Praise work of county housing division in preventing evictions

MILWAUKEE – County Supervisors that serve on the Health Equity, Human Needs, and Strategic Planning Committee expressed their praise and gratitude Thursday for the Milwaukee County Housing Division’s ongoing effort to prevent evictions. Director James Mathy reported that the Housing Division has helped approximately 8,500 households with funding from the Wisconsin Emergency Rental

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U.S. Rep. Grothman, colleague: Request a full committee hearing with inspectors general on Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman R-Wis.) sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Subcommittee Chairman Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) requesting a full Committee hearing with Inspectors General as soon as possible

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WisDems: ICYMI – radical Rebecca Kleefisch’s candidacy flops

MADISON, Wis. — Rebecca Kleefisch’s candidacy has been off to a rocky start – she’s already irritated with the response to her radical record, and her number one talking point was debunked by Politifact.   It’s not surprising that after stumbling into the race, Kleefisch’s allies have already rushed to create a Super

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A Better Wisconsin Together: Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

MADISON, Wis. — In honor of the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, A Better Wisconsin Together Executive Director Chris Walloch released the following statement. “Hispanic and Latino Wisconsinites have been critical to our state’s history since before its entrance into the union. This month, we celebrate the contributions of Hispanic Wisconsinites—contributions

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Dept. of Administration: Applications open for $33.25 million in grants for event venues, movie theaters and live event small businesses

Madison, Wis. – Today, the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) announced it is accepting applications for over $33 million in grants designed to assist event venues, movie theaters and live event small businesses that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “There’s no question that movie theaters, event venues, and the small

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