WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * Chairman Steil Receives Classified Briefing on ActBlue at FBI Headquarters Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) received a classified briefing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation about their ongoing investigations into campaign finance violations. This follows Chairman Steil and then-Senate Permane  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 4 -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release: * * * DWD Awards Nearly $1 Million in Equipment Grants to 19 School Districts More than 4,000 students to benefit from training in high-demand industries * The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has awarded $998,114 in Wisconsin Fast Forward grants to 19 school districts throughout the state. The Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Equipment grants will  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior concerning the agency's Regulatory Reform Request for Information (RFI). The tribe emphasized the need for the department to recognize its trust responsibilities to tribal nations while developing new regulatory processes in light of Executive Order 141541. FCPC expressed concern that any regulatory easing should not occur at the ex  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 3 (TNSrep) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * Groundwater Coordinating Council Releases 2025 Report To The Legislature The Groundwater Coordinating Council (GCC) recently shared its recommendations for protecting and preserving the state's vital groundwater resources in its 2025 annual report to the Wisconsin State Legislature. The recommendations address the most prevalent and pressing groundwa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal Opposes Trump Rollback of Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for American Home Care Workers * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today led 102 Members of Congress in opposing a proposed Department of Labor (DOL) rule that would strip federal minimum wage and overtime protections from nearly 4 million home care workers across the country. "The proposed rule wou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Sunnybrook Union to Pay $110,000 in EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit * Settles federal suit charging union with blocking promotion of a black custodian CHICAGO - Sunnybrook Union, a labor union representing teachers and educational support staff in the Sunnybrook School District in Lansing, Illinois, will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case file  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Professor of Radiology Teresa Chapman submitted a public comment letter submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services urging the agency to reevaluate the payment structure for an advanced imaging technique known as BoneMRI. The request pertains specifically to HCPCS code G0566, which involves the generation of synthetic CT from MRI data for bone imaging. Currently assigned to Ambulatory Paymen  more