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6/10/2020
Happy June Dairy Month National Dairy Month started out as National Milk Month in 1937 as a way to promote drinking milk. It was initially created to stabilize the dairy demand when production was at a surplus, but has now developed into an annual tradition that celebrates the contributions the dairy industry has made...
5/19/2020
Memorial Day 2020 - Taking Pause In 1868, Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic issued General Order Number 11 designating May 30 as a memorial day “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion...
4/29/2020
Regional Approach Needed to Re-Open Local Economies ASAP Our great state is comprised of roughly 5.8 million residents, bordered by the Mississippi River to our west, Lake Michigan and Green Bay on the east, Lake Superior to the north, and the State of Illinois to the south. There are 72 counties that cover nearly 54,000 square miles of land area and...
12/4/2019
Mixed Messages from Governor’s Office on Patient Access to Healthcare Providers Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, Governor Evers signed Senate Bill 74 into law and also vetoed Assembly Bill 76. Senate Bill 74 re-authorized the state of Wisconsin’s participation in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and Assembly Bill 76 aligned the training hours for Certified Nursing...
9/23/2019
Requesting Swift Passage of the USMCA Earlier this month, my Republican colleagues on the Assembly Committee on Agriculture and I submitted a letter of support to the entire Wisconsin Congressional Delegation requesting their support in passing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as soon as possible...