MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message Gov. Evers in 2025 the Year of the Kid: "I'm excited to be introducing the most pro-kid budget in state history." Governor releases excerpts from 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message MADISON -- Gov. Tony Evers today released excerpts from his 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message set to be delivered live in the Assembly Chambers tonight at 7 p.m. CT. The governor's Bien  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message Gov. Evers Announces Comprehensive Plan to Ensure Clean Water for Kids and Families in 2025 Year of the Kid Governor proposes key investments to fight PFAS contamination statewide, remove lead from service lines, homes, and schools Gov. Evers announces largest increase in state's history for stewardship program to preserve natural resources and spaces for fut  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message Gov. Evers Introduces "The Most Pro-Kid Budget in State History" in 2025 the Year of the Kid Governor's budget includes the largest investment in Wisconsin's kids by any governor in Wisconsin history Governor proposes largest direct investment in state general school aids in 30 years while holding the line on property taxes for average Wisconsin homeowners M  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message Gov. Evers Releases Plan to Lower Everyday, Out-of-Pocket Costs for Wisconsinites and Working Families, Including Providing Nearly $2 Billion in Tax Relief New budget initiatives announced will hold the line on property taxes while providing meaningful tax relief to working Wisconsinites, families, seniors, and veterans, lower the cost of utility bills, child   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message Gov. Evers: "I Want Wisconsin to Become the First State in America to Start Auditing Insurance Companies over Denying Healthcare Claims" Governor's budget plan cracks down on insurance companies and prescription price gouging, lowers out-of-pocket healthcare costs, aims to reduce appointment wait times and enable Wisconsinites to get healthcare closer to home,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Colleagues Tell Trump and Republicans: Hands Off Medicare and Medicaid WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and a group of her colleagues are demanding the Trump administration, Elon Musk, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) make no cuts to Medicare and Medicaid to pay for tax cuts   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Wisconsin - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 6.4 percent of wage and salary workers in Wisconsin, compared with 7.4 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state wa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Cruz Announces Commerce Committee Staff Updates for 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, announced staff promotions and senior staff positions for his committee office for the 119th Congress. Sen. Cruz said: "With juri  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 18, 2025 ARMY Schutt Industries of Clintonville Wi Inc., Clintonville, Wisconsin, was awarded a $230,154,899 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for M870A4 semitrailer, lowbed, construction equipment transporters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers seeks public input on Lock and Dam 7 outdraft project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host an open house on its Lock and Dam 7 outdraft weir modification project Feb. 27, from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Nursing Center at Viterbo University, 10th Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin. There is no formal presentation scheduled. An outdra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Grothman Introduces Bill to Defend Innovation and Combat Government Overreach Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has re-introduced the No Industrial Restrictions in Secret Act (No IRIS Act) to reduce undue red tape imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The No IRIS Act is in the interest of protecting American safety, jobs, and ensuring ch  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy champions bill to stop bureaucrats from crushing America's chemical industry WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the No Industrial Restrictions In Secret (No IRIS) Act to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using data from the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) to make rules that punish America's chemical manufacturing industry. "For four year  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Works to Nix "Carried Interest" Tax Loophole & Make Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to restore fairness to the tax code, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is seeking to close the "carried interest" tax loophole, which lets private equity firms and Wall Street managers at investment partnerships pay a lower tax rate on their income than most American workers. Reed is   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Jennifer Mercer, Arctic Sciences Section head at the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Nuuk and Cranny: Looking at the Arctic and Greenland's Geostrategic Importance to U.S. Interests": * * * Good morning, Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and members of the Committee. My name is Dr. Jennifer Mercer, and I am the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Dan Yates, executive director of the Ground Water Protection Council, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies Act. * * * Thank you, Madame Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whit  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Feb. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Subsidiary of Chinese State-Owned Entity to Pay $14.2M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Paycheck Protection Program Loan YAPP USA Automotive Systems Inc., a corporation with its principal place of business in Michigan, has agreed to pay $14,208,496 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false clai  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Subsidiary of Chinese State-Owned Entity to Pay $14.2M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Paycheck Protection Program Loan YAPP USA Automotive Systems Inc., a corporation with its principal place of business in Michigan, has agreed to pay $14,208,496 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to obtain a Paycheck Protecti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Tlaib Leads Congressional Mamas' Caucus in Calling on President Trump to Take Immediate Action to Restore Head Start Funding WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Chair of the Congressional Mamas' Caucus, led 23 of her colleagues in calling on President Trump to take immediate action to restore all Head Start funding nationwide. Head Start programs are stil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Baldwin, Welch, Murray, Cortez Masto, Hassan, Warnock, and Wyden to Republicans: "Hands Off Medicaid" WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Peter Welch (D-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) held a press conference to call out President Donald Trump and Congressional Repu  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Wausau Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Bee Her, 45, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 8 years in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Evers Announces Comprehensive Corrections Reform Plan, Proposing Some of the Most Significant Facility and Capital Changes in Department of Corrections History Governor announces sweeping reforms to improve public safety, reduce costs to taxpayers and recidivism, and support corrections staff MADISON -- Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Evers Delivers 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message MADISON -- Gov. Tony Evers tonight delivered his 2025-27 Biennial Budget Message. The governor's address is available on his YouTube channel and Facebook page. Below are Gov. Evers' remarks as prepared for delivery: Good evening, Wisconsinites! Honorable Supreme Court Justices, Tribal Nation leaders, constitutional officers, members of th  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 19 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * State superintendent applauds Gov. Evers' budget proposal, investment in public education and libraries MADISON -- State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today released the following statement regarding Gov. Tony Evers' 2025-27 biennial budget, representing a significant investment into Wisconsin public education and libraries. "As the Trump administration pr  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce issued the following news release: * * * WMC Responds to Evers' Budget On Tuesday, Governor Evers proposed his budget for the upcoming two years. Evers' plan would include tax hikes on manufacturers and a significant increase in government spending. In response to the proposed budget, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce's Scott Manley released the following statement: "Governor Evers' budget is an attack on small businesses,   more