Press Releases

DE PERE… Senator and State Building Commission member André Jacque (R-De Pere) announced the Commission today approved over $1.4 million to renovate the historic Rock Island Boat House, along with over $100,000 in grant funds to help maintain other state parks in and around the 1st Senate District. Senator Jacque successfully moved all the state park project funding forward to the full Commission from the Administrative Affairs Subcommittee with unanimous consent.

DE PERE, WI… State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) was named 2022 Legislator of the Year this week by the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, the third time he has earned the organization’s award for his legislative service.

“Clean water is essential to support a healthy population, a thriving economy, and a well-functioning ecosystem. It is an extraordinary honor to continue my leadership in this vital area. I am grateful for this opportunity and to have the confidence of my colleagues across the Great Lakes basin to foster even greater collaboration and success on the issues that affect all our jurisdictions,” said Sen. Jacque.

MADISON… State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) today is proud to announce that the Wisconsin State Senate will again offer the Senate Scholar Program next year, and urged 1st District students to apply by the November 15, 2022 deadline.

MADISON, WI… In honor of Jaycee Rose Sunshine Vallier, an exceptionally brave girl from the Fox Valley who tragically passed away last year at the age of 8 after a valiant battle with pediatric brain cancer, the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children & Families will be holding an Informational Hearing Wednesday on “Jaycee's Law,” State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) announced today. Sen. Jacque drafted the legislation in collaboration with Jaycee’s family and is both the bill’s author and the committee chairman.

DE PERE, WI… A national environmental protection group is designating Saturday, June 11 as “National Get Outdoors Day,” featuring Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) and state lawmakers across the country for their legislative efforts to promote outdoor recreation by highlighting their own favorite activities.

MADISON… Gov. Evers continued his “stall and blame” strategy for his failure to repair, restore, and preserve the historic 90-year-old Potawatomi State Park Observation Tower, State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) said today.

MADISON, WI… Gov. Evers’ vetoes of legislation prohibiting race and sex indoctrination in our state and local governments and higher education systems will only promote politicization, polarization and discrimination in our society, the Senate co-author of the legislation said today.

State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere), co-author of the Pretenders Face Penalties Act (Assembly Bill 251) with Rep. Calvin Callahan and Sen. Melissa Agard, said the new law closes a loophole in state statute, which previously provided no criminal penalty for a person who intentionally misleads others into believing they are a public official, officer, or employee.

MADISON, WI… Charitable organizations received a helping hand in their mission to bring much-needed eyeglasses to the poor, thanks to an initiative authored by State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere) that was signed into law today. The legislation received broad bi-partisan support and was co-authored by State Rep. Paul Tittl.