Dry conditions impacting crop growth in Wisconsin

Widespread drought conditions are hurting some crops in the state, according to the latest report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.  The federal agency’s latest crop progress report, produced in cooperation with DATCP, covers the week ending June 18.

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Gov. Evers: Celebrates June Dairy Month by signing bill to support improving agricultural roads

STODDARD — Gov. Tony Evers today, during June Dairy Month, visited Hamburg Hills Farm in Stoddard to sign Senate Bill 247, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 13, to expand the Local Roads Improvement Program (LRIP) to include agricultural road improvement projects by creating the Agricultural Roads Improvement Program. The move by the governor today to help support local

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Rep. Subeck: Legislators introduce Right to Contraception Act

MADISON – Today, Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) and Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) introduced the Right to Contraception Act at a press conference alongside Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, legislative colleagues, and health care professionals. The bill would establish an individual’s statutory

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Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors: Chairwoman Nicholson remarks on Gov. Evers signing local revenue legislation into law

MILWAUKEE – Today, Governor Evers signed into law local revenue legislation that allows elected officials to authorize a sales tax for Milwaukee County. Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson made the following statement:    “With the signing of local revenue legislation into law, we are faced with a generational opportunity to avert a fiscal crisis that has been decades in

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National Conference of State Legislatures: Speaker Robin Vos to address European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, strengthening US-Europe collaboration on subnational governance

Washington, D.C. —Robin Vos, president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, will attend a plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels after the Fourth of July holiday. The visit aims to

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Democratic National Committee: Ahead of Dobbs anniversary, DNC launches new ad campaign in Wisconsin highlighting stakes of 2024 presidential election

This week, ahead of the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Democratic National Committee is launching a paid media campaign in Wisconsin to highlight the stakes of the 2024 Presidential election on reproductive freedom. The ads come as MAGA Republican presidential contenders have

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Dry conditions impacting crop growth in Wisconsin

Widespread drought conditions are hurting some crops in the state, according to the latest report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.  The federal agency’s latest crop progress report, produced in cooperation with DATCP, covers the week ending June 18. It shows moisture levels in both topsoil and subsoil have

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Gov. Evers: Celebrates June Dairy Month by signing bill to support improving agricultural roads

STODDARD — Gov. Tony Evers today, during June Dairy Month, visited Hamburg Hills Farm in Stoddard to sign Senate Bill 247, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 13, to expand the Local Roads Improvement Program (LRIP) to include agricultural road improvement projects by creating the Agricultural Roads Improvement Program. The move by the governor today to help support local agricultural road improvement projects statewide comes as yesterday, Gov. Evers enacted 2023

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Sen. Pfaff: Attends Agriculture Road Improvement Program signing

Madison, WI – Today, State Senator Brad Pfaff (D-Onalaska) was at Hamburg Hills Farm in Stoddard as Governor Evers signed the Agriculture Road Improvement Program (ARIP) into law. This law creates a grant program which will be used to fund transportation infrastructure improvements on rural roads and bridges. Senator Pfaff cosponsored

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Rep. Subeck: Legislators introduce Right to Contraception Act

MADISON – Today, Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) and Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) introduced the Right to Contraception Act at a press conference alongside Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, legislative colleagues, and health care professionals. The bill would establish an individual’s statutory right to access and a health care provider’s right to

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WCSEA: Applauds Joint Finance Committee investment in child support 

The Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement Association (WCSEA) applauds the  Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee for providing an additional $7.5 million in state funds to local child support agencies as well as $7.4 million to modernize the child support IT system as part of the 2023-25 state budget.  “The increased funding provided

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Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors: Chairwoman Nicholson remarks on Gov. Evers signing local revenue legislation into law

MILWAUKEE – Today, Governor Evers signed into law local revenue legislation that allows elected officials to authorize a sales tax for Milwaukee County. Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson made the following statement:    “With the signing of local revenue legislation into law, we are faced with a generational opportunity to avert a fiscal crisis that has been decades in the making. Continuing to provide the essential resources that our residents rely on, like human services, public safety,

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National Conference of State Legislatures: Speaker Robin Vos to address European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, strengthening US-Europe collaboration on subnational governance

Washington, D.C. —Robin Vos, president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, will attend a plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels after the Fourth of July holiday. The visit aims to strengthen the ties between the United States and Europe and

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