http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/immigrant-wkrs-2022-s450.png"Immigrant workers have been heroes on the frontlines, sacrificing for our well being, and Biden must honor their sacrifices and contributions.” – Christine Neumann-Ortiz at days of action for immigrant workers Sunday and Monday.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/trees-waupun-maple-forest-s444.jpgGovernor Announces Wisconsin Has Planted More Than 9.3 Million Trees Since Signing Trillion Tree Pledge

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/ems-vehicles-ixonia-s450.pngRural summit covers challenges facing public safety, broadband expansion

“The economy is expanding at such a brisk pace that Americans turned to [external] sources to meet demand,” said Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at audit and tax firm RSM.

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. economy retracted slightly in the first quarter as a rush of imported goods and fading fiscal stimulus led to a decline in gross domestic product (GDP), according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

U.S. GDP shrank at an annualized rate of 1.4 percent during the first three months of 2022, according to the BEA’s first estimate of first-quarter economic growth. Economists expected U.S. GDP to have fallen by an annualized rate of 1 percent.

Read the developing story here.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/ukraine-war-dead-s448.jpgAdministration says money is necessary to help Ukraine defeat a sustained Russian attack over the coming months and address the global impacts of the war.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact bill, that would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the nation, will be discussed.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/clean-water-rural-s448.jpgBig dairy farm in Kewaunee County has challenged the requirement to monitor water quality for manure contamination. The move is the latest chapter in the ongoing conflict over nitrate contamination. Isiah Holmes reports.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/earth-day-s448.jpgOffice will facilitate statewide collaboration to provide strategies to promote environmentally just policies and prevent disparate outcomes

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/biden-harris-2022-s500.pngBeginning last week, Biden started doing more domestic trips, which offer him more opportunities to fundraise outside of the nation’s capital.

Madison, WI – Today, the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 1034 relating to medical marijuana. State Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) will testify against the bill and released the following statement:

“The most dangerous thing about cannabis in Wisconsin is that it is illegal. Senate Bill 1034 falls drastically short of the cannabis reform our state desperately needs and what the majority of Wisconsinites support: full cannabis legalization.

“Cannabis legalization is an issue I have been passionate about and continued working on for over nine years, since my first term in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Over the years, both in the building and across the state of Wisconsin, I have witnessed cannabis legalization become an increasingly popular issue.

“While I am encouraged that Senate Bill 1034 received a public hearing, we as legislators had 15 months of this session in which we could have worked on cannabis legalization in a bipartisan manner. Instead, this bill does not do nearly far enough for cannabis reform or adequately address the harms of cannabis prohibition in Wisconsin.

“Wisconsinites are ready for cannabis reform. As the latest Marquette Law School poll demonstrates, 61% of Wisconsin residents support cannabis legalization—yet Wisconsin is extremely far behind and increasingly becoming an island of prohibition as our neighbors in Michigan and Illinois have fully legalized, and Minnesota has legalized medicinal use.

“We cannot settle for half-baked, insufficient legislation that is nothing more than a political ploy to give folks false hope on the prospects of cannabis legalization here in Wisconsin. We must put our efforts behind full cannabis legalization.”