Press Releases

In light of recent inmate deaths at Waupun Correctional Institution and now the murder of a correctional officer at Lincoln Hills, State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) released the following statement...

Early this morning, the Department of Corrections (DOC) notified Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) and Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) of an incident that occurred yesterday at the Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake Facility which left two youth counselors injured, with one currently still hospitalized due to a severe injury...

Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) and Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) released the following statement after the Governor signed Senate Bill 136, which they authored with Senator Mary Felzkowski and Representative Rob Swearingen, into law as 2023 Wisconsin Act 110: “Snowmobiling is a huge...

Today, State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) urged his colleagues in the Wisconsin State Senate to take action on Assembly Bill (AB) 542 and send it to the governor’s desk without delay.
“My Assembly colleagues and I recently passed AB 542 in overwhelming, bipartisan fashion,” Rep. Callahan said...

During Wednesday’s Assembly floor session, two bipartisan pieces of legislation authored by Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) passed the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Assembly Bill (AB) 982 extends the life of Tax Incremental District (TID) #4 in the City of Antigo. TIDs allow a municipality...

Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) supports a resolution to stand with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in his fight against the ongoing illegal immigration crisis at the United States-Mexico border.
“Governor Abbott has used every tool at his disposal to stem the influx of human trafficking and caused by the Biden Administration’s disastrous border policy...

On Monday, Assembly Republicans announced a proposal that would legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin. Rep. Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) released the following statement regarding this proposal:
“While still a very limited proposal, Governor Evers signaled last week he would sign it, prior to having reviewed it, even though...

State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) and his Assembly Republican colleagues convened in Special Session yesterday afternoon to pass a historic workforce package for Wisconsin. The bill passed by Republicans includes continued investments in childcare, tax relief, worker training grants, and welfare reform. Under this legislation, a family earning an average...

The Wisconsin State Assembly addressed election integrity during yesterday’s floor session. State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) joined his Assembly colleagues in supporting these bills to strengthen Wisconsin’s elections, while protecting the right to vote. Rep. Callahan released the following statement regarding the Assembly’s passage of several election reform-related constitutional amendments...

During yesterday’s State Assembly floor session, State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) voted in favor of several important policies affecting the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. If enacted, these proposals would establish a right to free speech on UW campuses, revise several of our higher education grant programs to ensure students...