2023

4/6/2023

Marklein's Protective Status for County Jailers Bill Signed by Governor

3/28/2023

Rep. Travis Tranel and Sen. Howard Marklein Introduce Ag-Road Improvement Program (ARIP)

3/22/2023

Senate, Assembly Pass Marklein’s Protective Status for County Jailers Bill

3/16/2023

On Behalf of Wisconsin's Dairy Industry, Bi-Partisan Legislators Demand FDA Revise Food Labeling Guidance

2/15/2023

Marklein Statement on Governor's Budget Address

2022

12/22/2022

Marklein Statement on $4.6 Billion Positive GAAP Balance

12/16/2022

Marklein Re-Appointed to Senate Committees

12/15/2022

Marklein Statement on Senate JFC Appointments

11/23/2022

Marklein Statement on Senator Alberta Darling's Retirement

11/22/2022

Marklein Statement on UW Platteville - Richland Transition

10/18/2022

State Senator Howard Marklein Honored with the “Friend of Home Health Care” Award

10/6/2022

WSTA Honors Senator Howard Marklein for Leadership on Rural Broadband Expansion

9/8/2022

JFC Improves Opioid Settlement Plan to Battle Drug Epidemic Statewide

8/1/2022

Senator Marklein Receives Friend of Towns Award

6/3/2022

Marklein Statement on ‘Targeted Act’ in New Lisbon

4/18/2022

Broadband Bill Veto Ignores Needs in Rural Wisconsin

4/1/2022

Marklein Disappointed in Gov's Veto of Rural EMS Bill

2/15/2022

Broadband Expansion Grant Program Modernization Bill Passes State Senate

1/28/2022

Senator Howard Marklein Recognizes Connor Hartje from Mauston High School as a 2022 Senate Scholar

1/27/2022

Sen. Howard Marklein’s Statement on Governor’s Idea to Spend $1.7 Billion

1/11/2022

New GOP Proposals Would Secure Long-Term Fiscal Responsibility, Accountability

2021

12/21/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein Statement on State Employee Compensation Plan Approval

12/7/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Tony Kurtz Announce Repairs on Elroy-Sparta State Trail Finally Completed

12/6/2021

Novak, Marklein Unregistered Vehicles Bill Signed Into Law

11/11/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Tony Kurtz Join Governor for Purple Heart Highway Bill Signing

10/29/2021

Marklein Bills Pass the Senate

10/27/2021

Kurtz, Marklein Purple Heart Highway Bill Passes Both Houses

10/25/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein Statement on Legislative Audit Bureau's Election Audit

9/28/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein’s Bills Pass State Senate

8/25/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein’s Statement on Visit to Fort McCoy

7/27/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein's Statement on Veto Override Attempt of Workforce Recovery Bill

7/8/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein's Statement on 2021-23 Wisconsin Budget

6/30/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein: State Budget Passes the Legislature

6/30/2021

Sen. Marklein's Statement on Veto of Workforce Recovery Legislation

6/17/2021

JFC Passes $3.4 Billion Tax Cut, Addresses MOE and Funds Schools Two-Thirds

6/9/2021

Sen. Marklein's Statement on Passage of Workforce Recovery Legislation

6/8/2021

Sen. Marklein’s Statement on Revised Revenue Projections

6/7/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein, Rep. Todd Novak, and Rep. Travis Tranel Request Listening Session from Governor Evers Regarding Uplands Wind Project

5/24/2021

Rep. Tony Kurtz and Sen. Howard Marklein Disappointed in Governor’s Political Games in Reedsburg

5/19/2021

Marklein, Vos Author Workforce Recovery Legislation

5/11/2021

Rep. Rob Summerfield and Sen. Howard Marklein Circulate Broadband Expansion Grant Program Legislation

5/6/2021

Sen. Marklein’s Statement on First Votes on the State Budget

4/14/2021

Rural EMS Bill Passes the State Senate

3/23/2021

Richland County Is Big Winner of Rural Broadband Expansion Grants

3/18/2021

Bill to Help Prosecute Violent Crimes at Sand Ridge Moves to the Governor’s Desk

3/16/2021

Marklein’s Farm Teaching Hours Bill Passes Senate

2/18/2021

Governor Signs Marklein Tax Bills Into Law

2/10/2021

JFC Puts Kids First, Rewards In-Person Schools

2/9/2021

Sen. Howard Marklein, Rep. Travis Tranel and Rep. Clint Moses Re-introduce Truth In Food Labeling Legislation

1/27/2021

Statement on Senate Joint Resolution 3

1/19/2021

COVID-19 Vaccines Available for 65+ Starting January 25, 2021

1/15/2021

Legislators Tell Wisconsin Department of Health Services to "get out of the way"

1/12/2021

Senate Passes COVID-19 Relief Bill

1/7/2021

Statement on Violence at the US Capitol

2020

12/9/2020

Sen. Howard Marklein Appointed to Ag, Audit Committees

12/2/2020

Sen. Howard Marklein Congratulates Fellow JFC Co-Chair

12/1/2020

Sen. Howard Marklein Applauds Senate Appointments to Joint Committee on Finance

11/11/2020

Marklein Appointed Co-Chair of Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance

10/16/2020

Legislators Applaud Additional Funding for Elroy-Sparta and 400 State Trail Repairs

9/29/2020

Legislators Ask State Building Commission to Fund Elroy-Sparta and 400 State Trail Repairs

9/24/2020

CARES Act Funds for Broadband Expansion Grants

9/22/2020

Statement on Governor Tony Evers' New Declaration of Public Health Emergency

8/25/2020

Statement on ANOTHER Attack on the Capitol and MORE Broken Office Windows

7/30/2020

Statement on Governor's Statewide Mask Mandate

7/22/2020

Marklein Calls on Governor to Spend CARES Act Funds on Broadband Expansion Grant Program

7/16/2020

GOP Radio Address: School Aids Increase Statewide

7/14/2020

Statement on Appointment to Governor's Task Force on Broadband Access

6/24/2020

Statement on Attack on the Capitol and Broken Office Windows

6/19/2020

Statement on Appointment of Former Governor Tommy G. Thompson to Lead the University of Wisconsin System

6/11/2020

Senate Radio Address - Do Dairy Month Differently

6/5/2020

Rural State Trails Remain Closed - Just in time for Free Fun Weekend

6/1/2020

Statement on Appointment of Randy Romanski as Secretary of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection

5/21/2020

Statement on $50 Million Farm Support Program from Federal CARES Act Funding for Agriculture

5/14/2020

Statement on Supreme Court Decision and Re-Opening Wisconsin

5/11/2020

Statement on Non-Essential Retail Business Openings

4/24/2020

Legislators Support Ag Request for Discretionary Funds

4/16/2020

Statement on Governor Tony Evers' "Safer At Home" Order

4/15/2020

Marklein Statement on Legislative Response to COVID-19

3/27/2020

Marklein Urges Voters to Vote Absentee

3/24/2020

Statement on “Safer At Home” Executive Order

3/17/2020

Statement on Agriculture and COVID-19

3/4/2020

Governor Signs Eight More Marklein Bills Into Law

2/20/2020

Statement on Livestock Facility Siting Legislation

2/20/2020

Marklein Bills Pass the Senate

2/10/2020

Sen. Howard Marklein, Rep. Travis Tranel and Rep. Gary Tauchen Introduce Livestock Facility Siting Legislation

2/5/2020

Governor Signs Four Marklein Bills Into Law

1/15/2020

Church Stairway Chairlift Bill Passes Assembly

2019

12/19/2019

Truth in Food Labeling Bills Pass Senate Committee

12/9/2019

JFC Senators Ask DOA to Protect Veterans Trust Fund

11/22/2019

Rep. Tranel and Sen. Marklein’s Education Licensing Reform Bills Signed into Law

11/19/2019

Lafayette & Monroe Counties Receive Funding for OWI & Mental Health Programming

11/13/2019

Four Marklein Bills Pass the Assembly

11/5/2019

Statement on Senate Rejection of Brad Pfaff

11/5/2019

Seven Marklein Bills Pass the Senate

10/24/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein, Rep. Travis Tranel and Rep. Loren Oldenburg highlight Truth In Food Labeling Legislation

10/21/2019

New Wisconsin Blue Books Now Available

10/8/2019

Marklein Bills Passed by the Senate

10/2/2019

Dairy Innovation Hub Moves Forward

9/17/2019

Marklein Announces Rural Road Grant Application Now Open

9/5/2019

Marklein Announces Broadband Expansion Grant Application Now Open

8/29/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Tony Kurtz announce Disaster Assistance Streamlining Bill on anniversary of historic flooding

8/22/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Tony Kurtz to announce Disaster Assistance Streamlining Bill on anniversary of historic flooding

8/20/2019

Statement on Public Service Commission (PSC) Approval of Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line Project

7/31/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Tony Kurtz Request Restored Funding for Elroy-Sparta, 400 Trail Repair

7/18/2019

Marklein, Senators Ask DOT to Fund Local Roads Despite Governor's Veto

7/18/2019

Statement on Governor's Transportation Funding Announcement

7/16/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein, Rep. Travis Tranel and Rep. Todd Novak send plea to Public Service Commission (PSC) to listen to residents on proposed Cardinal Hickory Creek transmission line project

7/3/2019

Statement on Signing of the State Budget

6/26/2019

Statement on Budget Passage by Senate

6/21/2019

Rep. Travis Tranel and Sen. Howard Marklein Introduce Anti-Choking Legislation

6/13/2019

Marklein Champions Middle Class Tax Cut for Working Families Tax Relief

6/11/2019

Marklein Praises JFC Actions on Agriculture, Natural Resources & Capital Investments

6/6/2019

Marklein Announces $156 Million for Local Roads, $320 Million More for State Highways and $44 Million for Broadband Expansion

6/5/2019

Marklein Bill to Increase Access to Capital for Agricultural Businesses Passes Senate

6/5/2019

Sen. Marklein Announces Plan for $133.6 Million for Local Roads

6/4/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein, Sen. Devin LeMahieu, Sen. Tom Tiffany, Sen. Jerry Petrowski, Sen. Dan Feyen, Sen. Luther Olsen, Sen. Alberta Darling, Sen. Duey Stroebel and Sen. Van Wanggaard Announce Plan for $133.6 Million for Local Roads

5/23/2019

Statement on $500 Million More for Schools

5/21/2019

Statement on Pay Increases for Department of Corrections

5/8/2019

Sen. Marklein Uninvited to Department of Corrections Listening Session at Boscobel Prison

5/2/2019

Sen. Marklein Disappointed in Unfair Treatment of Boscobel Prison

5/1/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein & Rep. Travis Tranel Introduce Dairy Innovation Hub Legislation to Address Dairy Crisis

4/24/2019

Statement on Passing of Former Rep. Ed Brooks

4/17/2019

Tomorrow is Tax Freedom Day in Wisconsin

3/28/2019

Small Businesses Become Victims of Activist Judges Playing Political Games

2/28/2019

Statement on Governor's Budget Message

2/20/2019

Statement on Governor's Veto of Middle-Class Tax Cut Bill

2/19/2019

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue & Financial Institutions Holds Public Hearing for Gov. Evers’ Secretarial Appointments

2/13/2019

Statement on Senate Passage of Middle-Class Tax Cut

1/30/2019

Statement on Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s Revised Revenue Projections

1/22/2019

Statement on Governor’s State of the State Address

1/17/2019

Statement on Middle-Class Tax Cut

1/7/2019

Sen. Howard Marklein Sworn-In for Another Four Year Term

2018

12/21/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Appointed Vice Chair of Transportation Committee and Member of Natural Resources Committee

12/19/2018

Statement on the Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding Reform

12/17/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Appointed Chair of Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions

12/5/2018

Statement On and Summary of the Legislature’s Extraordinary Session

11/19/2018

Marklein Re-Appointed to Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance

11/13/2018

Statement on Governor-Elect Evers’ Transition Budget

10/15/2018

Sen. Marklein Receives WMC’s “Working for Wisconsin” Award

9/28/2018

City of Reedsburg Certified as Telecommuter Forward! Community

9/25/2018

$1.6 Million in Rural Broadband Grants for 17th Senate District

9/24/2018

Broadband Grant & Telecommuter Forward! Certification Announcement in Reedsburg

9/17/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Announces Senate Scholar Program Accepting Applications

9/6/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Named “Outstanding Legislator” and “Municipal Champion”

8/24/2018

Senator Marklein Receives WCA Outstanding Legislator Award

6/14/2018

ABC of Wisconsin presenting ‘Building Wisconsin’ award to Sen. Marklein

6/14/2018

Sen. Marklein Votes “No” On More Transportation Funding for Southeast Wisconsin

5/17/2018

Sen. Marklein Asks Public Service Commission for Due Diligence on Proposed Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Project

4/24/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Holding Legislative Listening Sessions In Lyndon Station and Hillpoint on April 26, 2018

4/20/2018

Marklein Votes For $2.2 Million More for State Parks

4/18/2018

Marklein Patch Grove Listening Session CANCELLED

4/18/2018

Governor Signs Marklein Bills for Broadband, Banks and the Badgers

4/17/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Holding Legislative Listening Session In Patch Grove on April 19, 2018

4/13/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Holding Legislative Listening Sessions In Boaz and Linden on Monday, April 16, 2018

4/5/2018

Sen. Howard Marklein Announces Additional Legislative Listening Sessions

4/4/2018

Governor Signs Four More Marklein Bills Into Law

4/4/2018

Governor Signs Brooks and Marklein Municipal Welcome Sign Bill

3/29/2018

Statement on Special Election Reform

3/28/2018

Governor Signs Four Marklein Bills Into Law

3/28/2018

Governor Signs Marklein and Novak Bill for Children Working at Family-Owned Businesses

3/21/2018

Seven More Marklein Proposals Pass the Senate

3/12/2018

Marklein’s Rural School Funding Bill Signed Into Law

2/21/2018

Municipal Welcome Sign Bill for City of Mauston Passes Legislature

2/20/2018

Marklein's Rural School Funding Bill Moves to the Governor's Desk

2/14/2018

Assembly Passes Marklein's Rural School Funding Bill 91-2

2/8/2018

Marklein's Rural School Funding Bill Passes Joint Finance Committee

1/26/2018

Local School Leaders Join Sen. Howard Marklein in Fight for Rural Schools

1/24/2018

Statement on Gov. Walker's State of the State

1/23/2018

Two Marklein Bills Pass the Senate

1/23/2018

Statement on Confirmation Vote

1/11/2018

Marklein Issues Statement on the Status of the State’s General Fund

1/11/2018

Marklein Continues Fight for Rural Schools with New Legislation

1/10/2018

Rep. Felzkowski and Sen. Marklein Seek TV White Space Technology for Wisconsin

1/8/2018

Statement on Governor’s K-12 Education Funding Announcement

2017

12/14/2017

Marklein Appointed to Legislature's Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding Reform

12/12/2017

Governor Signs Marklein, Tranel and Novak’s Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact Legislation

12/1/2017

Governor Walker Signs Bill Initiated by Darlington Police Chief Jason King

10/31/2017

Four Marklein Bills Pass The Senate

10/10/2017

Statement on Governor’s Rural Broadband Expansion Grant Program Announcement

10/10/2017

Marklein Authors Bill for $9.7 Million Increase to Sparsity Aid

10/4/2017

Marklein Bill for Children Working at Family-Owned Businesses Heard Today

10/4/2017

Marklein Bill to Waive Fee for EMS License Plates Heard Today

9/27/2017

Hwy 154 Project to Begin in November Despite Governor’s Veto

9/21/2017

Marklein and Tranel Advance Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact Legislation

9/15/2017

State Senate Passes State Budget

9/12/2017

State Senate Passes Foxconn Bill

9/5/2017

JFC Increases Funding for Rural Roads

9/5/2017

Foxconn Bill Approved By the Joint Finance Committee

8/29/2017

Marklein Defends Rural Schools, Votes for Historic Increases for K-12 Education Funding (with Audio)

8/28/2017

UW-Platteville Building Projects Approved in JFC Building Commission Plan (with Audio)

8/11/2017

Housekeeping For Voter Registration

8/2/2017

Governor Signs Bill to Transfer Ownership of White Mound County Park to Sauk County

7/18/2017

Statement on Senate GOP Budget Plan

6/15/2017

Senate Passes Bill to Transfer Ownership of White Mound County Park in Sauk County

6/14/2017

Statement on Passage of the Cookie Bill

6/1/2017

Governor Signs Bill to Make Cheese Wisconsin’s State Dairy Product

5/31/2017

State Parks Given Tools to Continue Growing in State Budget

5/31/2017

AUDIO - Marklein Statement on Cheese Bill Signing

5/16/2017

State Legislators Ask Congressional Delegation for an Opportunity to Revise Wisconsin's Phosphorus Standards

5/11/2017

Rural Broadband Expansion Funding Folded Into State Budget

5/2/2017

Cheese is One Step Closer to Becoming Official State Dairy Product

4/24/2017

Marklein Takes a Stand and Votes “No” on Stewardship Purchase

4/7/2017

Senator Howard Marklein Recognizes Yevheniy Mizin from Richland Center High School as a 2017 Senate Scholar

4/4/2017

Two Marklein Bills Pass State Senate

4/3/2017

Joint Finance Committee Learns About Rural Wisconsin

3/28/2017

Joint Finance Committee Rejects Stewardship Land Purchase

3/23/2017

Bill to Make Cheese Wisconsin’s State Dairy Product Passes Committee

3/22/2017

Media Advisory Fourth Graders from Mineral Point Elementary to Testify at Joint Committee Hearing

3/9/2017

Senator Howard Marklein Recognizes Kyla Vaughan from Lancaster High School as a 2017 Senate Scholar

2/9/2017

Senator Howard Marklein’s “Due Dates” Bill Passes Senate With Bi-Partisan Support

2/8/2017

Statement on Governor Scott Walker’s Budget Address

2/6/2017

Rep. Novak and Sen. Marklein Draft Bill to Make Cheese Wisconsin’s State Dairy Product

1/18/2017

January 23: Senator Howard Marklein to Host Listening Sessions in Darlington and Monroe with Rep. Todd Novak

1/17/2017

January 21: Senator Howard Marklein to Host Listening Session in Reedsburg with Rep. Ed Brooks

1/10/2017

Statement on Governor Scott Walker’s State of the State Address

1/10/2017

January 14: Senator Marklein and Representative Tranel to Host Listening Session in Platteville

1/10/2017

January 14: Senator Marklein and Representative Novak to Host Listening Session in Dodgeville

1/3/2017

Sen. Howard Marklein Celebrates Inauguration of the 2017-18 Senate

2016

12/29/2016

Sen. Howard Marklein Assigned to Senate Committees

12/20/2016

Marklein Announces Legislative Listening Sessions

12/16/2016

2016 Legislative Year In Review

11/29/2016

Iowa County Is First Certified Broadband Forward! County

11/10/2016

Senator Howard Marklein Elected President Pro Tempore of the Wisconsin State Senate

9/20/2016

Public Service Announcement: Headlights During Limited Visibility Enforced October 1, 2016

9/13/2016

Senator Marklein Receives Wisconsin Counties Association’s “Outstanding Legislator Award”

9/8/2016

Lafayette County Development Corporation Receives Rural Broadband Expansion Grant

9/8/2016

City of Dodgeville, MHTC Receive Rural Broadband Expansion Grant

7/5/2016

Senator Howard Marklein Joins Governor Scott Walker to Launch Broadband Forward! Community Certification to Help Rural Communities Prepare for Broadband Investment

4/25/2016

Gov. Scott Walker Signs Marklein’s Veterans Employment Initiative

4/6/2016

Sen. Marklein Visits UW Platteville

4/4/2016

Marklein & Tranel Update Lancaster Chamber of Commerce

3/28/2016

Governor Signs Marklein’s College Affordability Legislation

3/24/2016

Governor Signs Broadband Forward Legislation

3/22/2016

Governor Signs Marklein & Novak Bill To Create Frank Lloyd Wright Trail

3/22/2016

Governor Signs Marklein & Novak Bill to Support Drug Law Enforcement in Lafayette County

3/15/2016

Marklein Bills Passed By Senate During Final Day of 2015-16 Session

3/11/2016

Statement on the Passing of Iowa County Judge William Dyke

3/1/2016

Sen. Marklein Works With Local Sheriffs To Pass Law

2/24/2016

Legislation to Allow Anglers and Sportsmen to Cross Railroad Tracks Passes Assembly

2/17/2016

Legislation for Non-Profit Organizations Passes State Assembly

2/4/2016

Round-About - Right of Way Bill Signed Into Law

2/3/2016

Sen. Howard Marklein Congratulates Senate Scholars

1/26/2016

Ag Day at the Capital

1/20/2016

Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Ed Brooks Receive Wisconsin Auto Collision Technicians Association Legislator of the Year Awards

1/19/2016

STATEMENT ON STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

1/14/2016

Sen. Howard Marklein “Rides-Along” With Juneau County Judges

1/14/2016

Sen. Howard Marklein Introduces College Affordability Legislative Package

2015

12/10/2015

Richland Center Foundry Closure

11/7/2015

Sen. Marklein Statement on Campaign Finance Reforms

11/7/2015

Sen. Marklein Statement on Government Accountability Board Reforms

11/4/2015

Sen. Marklein Statement on Transportation Bonding

10/29/2015

Sen. Marklein Statement on Alliant Energy Plant Closing in Cassville

9/30/2015

10.9.15 Listening Sessions

9/29/2015

Senators Marklein, Kapenga and Representatives Kooyenga, Macco Introduce GAAP Constitutional Amendment

9/22/2015

REVISED 10.2.15 Listening Sessions

9/18/2015

9.28.15 Listening Sessions

9/11/2015

9.21.15 Listening Sessions

9/4/2015

Listening Sessions in Reedsburg, Plain and Spring Green

7/7/2015

Removal of Open Records Changes

7/1/2015

SB 182 Signing

5/27/2015

JFC Acts on Long Term Care

5/20/2015

JFC Invests $200 million More into K-12 Education

5/15/2015

JFC Restores ADRCs and Public Radio & TV

5/1/2015

Sen. Marklein Prevailing Wage Statement

3/5/2015

SENATOR MARKLEIN RESPONSE TO BUDGET HEARING IN REEDSBURG Reedsburg scheduled to be one of four locations for statewide hearings

2/25/2015

SENATOR MARKLEIN STATEMENT ON RIGHT TO WORK Committed to freedom in the workplace and economic development

1/27/2015

Senator Marklein to Hold Listening Session in Fennimore

1/21/2015

Senator Marklein to Hold Listening Session in Mineral Point

1/21/2015

Senator Marklein to Hold Listening Session in Monroe

1/20/2015

Senator Marklein to Hold Listening Session in Boscobel

1/20/2015

Senator Marklein to Hold Listening Session in Mauston

1/20/2015

Senator Marklein to Hold Listening Session in Necedah

1/20/2015

Senator Marklein to Hold Listening Session in Platteville

1/13/2015

RESPONSE TO STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS “I am delighted to hear about the plan to merge agencies that Governor Walker outlined in his speech. This idea is worth debate, especially if it reduces bureaucratic red tape and burdensome government regulation..."

1/5/2015

SENATOR MARKLEIN SWORN IN AS STATE SENATOR MADISON—Today, Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) was sworn into office for his first term in the State Senate...