MADISON, Wis. – Rep. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) has released the following statement regarding Gov. Evers once again vetoing his bill that ensures Wisconsin’s schools have the necessary framework and tools to teach all students to read proficiently: “When the self-proclaimed ‘education governor’ vetoed the Senate companion bill last year,

Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) today announced that municipalities across the state received more than $101 million in the second quarterly payments for 2022 for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids. For calendar year 2022, local governments will receive more than $505 million

MADISON – Today, State Treasurer and candidate for U.S. Senate Sarah Godlewski announced endorsements from community leaders in Wausau, Wisconsin. Former Mayor John Robinson and Marathon County Board Member Jonathan Fisher added their names to a growing list of current and former community leaders supporting Sarah’s campaign to replace Ron Johnson’s nonsense with

Madison- Today, two bills authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) were signed into law by the Governor, bringing her total signed bills to eleven with one more pending final action. Assembly Bill 820, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 226, was co-authored with Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills).  The Act modernizes language for the

“It’s important to remember that we’ve been in this place before. This is the second time that Governor Evers needs to find a site to house juvenile offenders in Milwaukee.   Four years ago, he decided to ignore the siting recommendation that he voted for, and tried to place a

MADISON, Wis. – Governor Evers signed a bill today to close the Lincoln Hills School for Boys, after Republicans previously rejected plans in both of Evers’ budgets to close the school, which has been fraught with claims of abuse. Gov. Evers has been pushing to shut down Lincoln Hills for years,

MADISON, Wis. – Rep. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) is proud that his bipartisan bill that allows the Town of Gibraltar to create a tax incremental district has been signed into law. The town is seeking the TID to pay for the installation of sanitary sewer lines and an interceptor that

MADISON- Today, Governor Tony Evers signed 2021 Assembly Bill 727 into law as 2021 Wisconsin Act 223. Rep. Shankland introduced this bipartisan bill with a coalition of legislators in the 2019-21 session as part of the Speaker’s Task Force on Water Quality, and again in the 2021-23 legislative session. The new

MADISON– Representative Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) and Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after Assembly Bill 727, which they co-authored with Reps Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville), Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City), Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) and Scott Krug (R-Nekoosa) and Sens Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) and Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan),

MADISON, WI…State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) today said the Town of Gibraltar will have the gap financing tool it requested to address a shortage of affordable housing, now that legislation he authored has been signed into law. “I have been pleased to work with Gibraltar Town Administrator Travis Thysse to help the town

​​The League of Wisconsin Municipalities and Wisconsin Towns Association are pleased Assembly Bill 874 was signed into law. This legislation, authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck and Sen. Mary Felzkowski, enables municipalities to recover a greater portion of the cost of emergency medical services (EMS) calls from the Medicaid program. “This will

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announces a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a poultry flock in Racine County. Samples were tested by the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories. DATCP and the

MADISON… “Dillon’s Law 2.0,” which expands the availability of epinephrine auto-injectors for individuals having a life-threatening allergic reaction, was signed into law today. State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere), lead Senate co-author, and Assembly co-author Rep. Shae Sortwell (R-Gibson), said this new law is a common sense expansion of the original 2018

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today took action on 78 bills. Among the bills signed by the governor today was Senate Bill 520, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 252, which facilitates the closure of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, the state’s Type 1 secure juvenile correctional facility, by authorizing up to $41.7

FORT MCCOY, Wis. — This morning [April 8], 16 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers, representing units across the state, began the first leg of a grueling three-day competition known as the Best Warrior Competition. The Best Warrior Competition measures each Soldier’s physical, mental and professional capacity as they demonstrate their

Gov. Tony Evers is delivering on the “Get Kids Ahead” initiative he announced during his State of the State address — investing $15 million in funding to expand mental health resources in nearly every Wisconsin school district. The funding will provide direct mental health care, mental health first aid, and trauma-based care training. It

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and nine of their Republican colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration to provide Israel with the military capabilities it needs to defend itself and