http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/child-hunger-s5.jpgUSDA approves Wisconsin plan to provide summer food benefits for kids and families.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/healthcare-family-dr-s440.jpgSenator Smith explores the HSHS closure and what it means for preventing other large-scale health system closures in Wisconsin.

ORFORDVILLE — Gov. Tony Evers Monday, at a bill signing event with the bill authors, local officials, and communities in Orfordville, signed Senate Bill 223, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 215, designating a portion of State Trunk Highway 11 in South Central Wisconsin as the “Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway.”

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/vets-orfordville-neal-highway-2024-s460.jpgGov. Evers designates Highway 11 between Orfordville and Footville as the Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway with bipartisan Legislators and local leaders in ceremony Monday.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today took action on 44 bills. The governor signed:

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today his appointment of Alex Seifert to serve as Forest County District Attorney. The appointment fills a vacancy created by District Attorney Charles J. Simono’s resignation. Seifert will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends January 2025.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today took action on 54 bills. The governor signed:

MADISON – Today, Governor Tony Evers signed 2023 Act 123, which requires disclosures on political advertisements using content generated by artificial intelligence, which was introduced by Senator Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit) and Representative Clinton Anderson (D-Beloit). Act 123 regulates synthetic media within political advertisements in a manner that remains impartial to content while helping voters discern whether political communications are artificially generated or not.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/forest-road-s442.jpgFunding improves economic opportunities, tourism, and outdoor recreation.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today his appointment of Peggy Miller to the Marinette County Circuit Court – Branch 1. The appointment will fill the vacancy being created by Judge Jane M. Sequin’s resignation, effective July 31, 2024. Miller will complete a term ending July 31, 2025.