MADISON – Governor Tony Evers today signed Senate Bill 134 making much needed updates to the Farmland Preservation Program. Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation thanks Gov. Evers and bill authors Senator Pat Testin (R-Stevens Point) and Representative Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) for their leadership in updating the requirements and incentives provided by

MADISON – Senate Democratic Leader Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) released the following statement after Governor Tony Evers vetoed Assembly Bill 465, which would prohibit gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ youth: “I am grateful to Governor Evers for his steadfast promise to veto any legislation that harmfully targets the ability of LGBTQ+ people

MADISON — Gov. Evers today signed Assembly Bill 133, now Wisconsin Act 42, relating to expanding farmland preservation agreements and increasing farmland preservation tax credits. “Our farmers and our state’s agricultural industry are core to Wisconsin’s culture, heritage, and economy, and our farmers have always played a critical role in

On Wednesday morning, Governor Tony Evers kept his promise to protect transgender and non-binary youth in Wisconsin by vetoing Assembly Bill 465 and Senate Bill 480. This harmful legislation would have denied transgender youth the ability to access best practice gender-affirming care and allowed politicians to insert themselves into private

Madison, WI – Senator Duey Stroebel (R – Cedarburg) issued the following statement in response to Governor Evers vetoing AB 465, a bill to prohibit medical gender transition procedures for minors. “Governor Evers’s veto of AB 465 proves yet again that he is more concerned with kowtowing to the extremes

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today vetoed Assembly Bill 465, a bill passed by Republican members of the Wisconsin State Legislature banning gender-affirming care for minor patients with gender dysphoria. The governor has repeatedly signaled he would veto the bill as well as any other anti-LGBTQ legislation sent to his desk. Gender-affirming care is recognized by most major medical associations as the evidence-based treatment for transgender and

MADISON – Today, Governor Tony Evers vetoed AB 465, which would prohibit gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age. State Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement:  “Every day I am glad that Governor Evers has the power to protect the most vulnerable populations in

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the village of Montfort and the city of Mayville are applicants for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to improve their public drinking water systems. Montfort plans to replace water mains. Mayville will replace the water

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation that will support communities that have been negatively impacted by foreign, often Chinese companies that skirt trade laws. The legislation directs the millions of dollars collected in penalties for trade violations back to the

Retired Brig. Gen. Gary Ebben, who concluded his 38-year military career serving as interim adjutant general of Wisconsin while simultaneously serving as Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Air, was inducted into the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s Hall of Fame during a Dec. 1 ceremony at Joint Force Headquarters in Madison,

MADISON, Wis. — In a positive step toward ensuring every Wisconsinite has safe and legal access to abortion care, a Dane County Circuit Court Judge has ruled that a statute on the books from 1849 does not apply to consensual abortions. In response, the following are statements from A Better Wisconsin

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, alongside Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul (R-TX), released the joint statement below following Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s call for additional funds for the

Madison, WI – Today, parents, educators, and school board members made their voices heard at the Assembly Committee on Education in support of AB 308, a bill that protects kids from obscene materials in school. Currently in state statute, any adult who distributes obscene material can be found liable and

MADISON, Wis. — Today, in a Senate Finance Hearing examining prescription drug shortages and supply chain issues, Ron Johnson once again argued against government action to lower drug costs for Americans. Thanks to leadership from President Biden and Vice President Harris, insulin costs have been capped at $35 a month for our seniors, and Medicare

WASHINGTON – On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and 29 of their Senate GOP colleagues, in sending a letter to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging the Administration to enforce existing sanctions on Iranian steel. In