MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced his appointment of to serve as Pierce County Register of Deeds. The appointment fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Julie Hines, effective May 3, 2024. Hoven will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends on Jan. 5, 2025.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced yesterday that Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) Secretary Peter Barca will be leaving the Evers Administration after serving the administration for more than five years. Secretary Barca was one of the governor’s first appointments to his cabinet in 2019.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/teaching-students-s435.jpgOn Friday, Gov. Evers vetoed a GOP-supported bill that would have permitted individuals without licenses and background checks to have direct interactions with children in schools.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/human-trafficking-s460.pngHuman trafficking has long been a hidden issue in our state, invisible to everyone except those closely connected to this underground world.

We create a stronger, safer Wisconsin by assisting individuals who have served time develop the skills needed not merely to survive, but to flourish.

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: