http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/costs-food-2024-s460.pngJob growth has remained strong, the jobless rate has lingered under 4 percent for the longest stretch since the 1960s.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/evers-draft-ball-2024-s453.jpgGovernor receives ceremonial NFL draft hand-off from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

MADISON – Today, Senate Republicans overrode 9 of Governor Evers’ vetoes. These overrides still must move on to the State Assembly. Senator Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement:

“After 13 years of legislative control, Republicans clearly sense that their days of holding a gerrymandered majority are coming to an end. They had 13 years to take action on policies the people of Wisconsin are asking us to pass – policies like paid family leave, cannabis legalization, abortion access, Medicaid expansion, and addressing the child care crisis. Instead, Republicans continue playing politics as new, fair maps are put into place in the upcoming election.

Washington, D.C. – This month, during Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Priorities USA and One APIA Nevada partnered together to launch a five-figure YouTube digital ad campaign to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investments in climate and clean energy from the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/road-repair-wi-3-s5.jpgGovernor travels to Stevens Point, Menomonie, Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Superior, Racine, Green Bay, Tomah, Janesville, Gillett, and Marshfield, on annual statewide “Pothole Patrol”.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/assembly-wi-robin-vos-s450.jpgGovernor’s countersuit comes as Republican lawmakers refuse to release nearly $200 million in already-approved investments to fight PFAS, improve kids’ literacy, respond to hospital closures in Western Wisconsin.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/hmong-lao-veterans-salute-s5.jpgGovernor proclaims Tuesday as “Hmong-Lao Veterans Day” across the State with Executive Order. Hmong-Lao veterans bravely and selflessly fought side-by-side with U.S. troops during the Vietnam War.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/voting-dropbox-s5.jpgThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument on May 13, 2024, in Priorities USA v. WEC, a case that revisits the 2022 decision to ban ballot drop boxes.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/airlines-5g-2022-getty-s450.jpgLawmakers voted 88 to 4 to extend the FAA’s authority for five years after leadership and negotiators were able to sidestep a number of landmines to secure final passage.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/clean-energy-2022-s452.jpgThe Alliance was formed in June 2017 in response to former President Donald Trump’s announced intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.