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On April 4, 2022 over 250 members of the United Auto Workers Local 1472 went on strike at Vollrath Manufacturing in Sheboygan over economic issues critical to working families. Workers of UAW Local 1472 at Vollrath produce deep drawing, metal

MADISON — Most simulations of our climate’s future may be overly sensitive to Arctic ice melt as a cause of abrupt changes in ocean circulation, according to new research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Climate scientists count

MADISON – Following the release of her “Cut Costs Plan” earlier this week, State Treasurer and candidate for U.S. Senate Sarah Godlewski traveled to Wausau today to host a roundtable discussion with Wausau area families, activists, and community leaders about the rising cost of living

MADISON – Today Gov. Tony Evers once again protected Wisconsin’s freedom to vote by vetoing a package of anti-voter bills passed by the Wisconsin Legislature.   Bills SB 935, SB 939, SB 941, and SB 943 would have created barriers to the ballot box for

MADISON – Representative Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) was notified of Governor Evers decision to veto Assembly Bill 932, which invested in Wisconsin’s Youth Apprenticeship Program. Assembly Bill 932 would have allocated at least $20 million of funds from the American Rescue Plan Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Lauren Boebert (CO-03) led 22 additional Members of Congress in a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Haaland encouraging her to appeal a recent decision by an activist California judge that failed to follow

[Madison, WI] – State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) released the following statement upon the signing of Senate Bill (SB) 520 into law, authored by Rep. Callahan, which authorizes over $41 million in general fund supported borrowing to build a new Type 1 juvenile

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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)

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

​​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

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