MADISON – Senator and State Building Commission Member André Jacque (R-De Pere) announced the Commission today approved over $2 million in repairs to approximately eight miles of roadway in Peninsula State Park in Door County, as well as grants to improve the Fox River Trail and Whitefish Dunes State Park.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that the Wisconsin State Building Commission approved a total of approximately $28.3 million in key projects across the state.  “The projects approved by the Commission today are more than brick-and-mortar developments,” said Gov. Evers. “They are improvements to our state’s delivery of essential services, investments in

Cowardly candidate who now says he’s ‘just like Donald Trump,’ deletes past tweets dragging Trump MADISON, Wis. — Republican candidate for Attorney General Adam Jarchow touts himself on his official campaign website as “an unapologetic conservative willing to fight the liberals head on” – unless that fight is on Twitter. The

MADISON – Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG), a statewide, bipartisan, non-profit organization, seeks nominations for awards that will recognize two outstanding women for their careers in public service and/or government relations. Award winners will be recognized at the 2022 WWIG Scholarship & Recognition Gala. Members of the public are welcome to submit

Nelson to Drop off Letter at Sen. Johnson’s Oshkosh Office   Appleton, Wis. – Calling it a perfect vehicle “to STOP the whack-a-mole race to the bottom for American workers,” Outagamie County Executive and pro-labor populist U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson on Wednesday called on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y)

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Somesh Roy, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering, is the recipient of a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to create a framework that will model soot emission from combustion engines, leading to cleaner combustion systems. The project, “A scalable multiscale

Madison… Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) joined her Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) colleagues today in approving funding for her agriculture and agribusiness export initiative. JFC also approved her bill which raises the standard for exempting sales tax for entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations. “Representative Kurtz and I have worked

 Collaboration between schools, employers and Boys & Girls Clubs aims to positively engage teens in the workforce MILWAUKEE, WI. FEB. 9, 2022 – A Workforce Innovation Grant of up to $3.3 million is helping launch the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee’s new Ready Center and a collaboration between schools,

MADISON– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after the Joint Committee on Finance voted to release $1 million in funds that were allocated in the 2021-23 State Budget to create a statewide program to collect and properly dispose of unused and unwanted PFAS-containing firefighting foam, also known

After 15 years as the executive director of the Fund For Wisconsin Scholars (FFWS), Mary Gulbrandsen is announcing her retirement. The FFWS is a private, not for profit charitable foundation founded and funded in 2007 by John and Tashia Morgridge.  Since its inception, the FFWS has provided over $110 million of grants

The 2022 individual income tax filing season opened January 24, and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) now offers an extra layer of identity protection for taxpayers. The Department of Revenue’s new Wisconsin Identity Protection PIN program is another way it is securing a taxpayer’s personal information. Once a taxpayer requests and receives

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) today applauded the unanimous action taken this week by three Wisconsin legislative committees, including the powerful Joint Finance Committee, to fully fund the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports (WIAE). Administered by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), the

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Randy Romanski, and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes today celebrated the release of funds to promote Wisconsin’s agricultural and agribusiness products. Under 2021 Wisconsin Act 92, signed by Gov. Evers in December of

MADISON, Wis. – As Republican legislators this week continue to push an identical version of the unpopular and divisive Texas-style abortion ban, Kevin Nicholson and Rebecca Kleefisch have both doubled down on their promise to turn back the clock on health care in Wisconsin by slashing health care services, banning abortion care

MADISON – The following statement can be attributed to Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Kevin Krentz:   “Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation applauds the unanimous votes from the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance members on funding for two important items: agricultural exports and research.   These are two important areas

(Madison, Wisconsin) Members of the Wisconsin Legislature were honored by the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) at its annual Library Legislative Day gathering on February 8. State Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma) and Representative Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton), both members of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance, were named Library Legislative Champions for

WASHINGTON—This week, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Fox News’ “Hannity” and Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” to discuss how President Biden’s actions have weakened America at home and abroad. The interviews can be found here and here, excerpts are below. On Biden’s policy failures:   “The person really with the white flag is