The President is instructing his administration to apply similar standards to all federal government contractors and encouraging private sector employers to follow his lead.

Republicans gaveled out of the special session on Tuesday without consideration or debate, reject more than $400 million for K-12, more than $100 million for higher education.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/bart-starr-bridge-naming-packers-s5.jpgGovernor was in town Tuesday to sign bill making the bridge across the Fox River in the city of Green Bay the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.”

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/bee-pollinator-s5.jpgSen. Jeff Smith writes about the crisis impacting pollinators, which threatens the crops farmers grow and harvest.