Press Releases
2025
11/7/2025
Novak and Marklein Introduce Bill to Require Schools to Serve Butter
10/21/2025
Governor Signs Marklein, Kurtz EMS Bills
10/21/2025
Co-Chairs Criticize DHS For Lack of Plan, Transparency with Opioid Settlement Funds
10/14/2025
Marklein, Kurtz authored EMS Bills Head to Governor’s Desk
10/6/2025
Marklein and Novak Introduce Bill to Recognize Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial
9/17/2025
Marklein Announces Senate Scholar Program Accepting Applications
9/16/2025
Marklein Introduces Bill to Expand Eligibility for Ag Road Improvement Program (ARIP)
8/15/2025
Sen. Marklein Introduces Bill to Help Victims of Sexual Assault
7/3/2025
Marklein Celebrates Governor Signing Bipartisan Budget
7/2/2025
Marklein Celebrates Senate Passage of Budget
7/1/2025
6/25/2025
JFC Co-Chairs Statement on Supreme Court Decision
6/19/2025
Sen. Marklein Celebrates Senate Passage of Crucial EMS Bill
5/29/2025
JFC Co-Chairs Statement on Executive Session
5/15/2025
Revenue Re-estimates Require Cautious Budgeting
4/22/2025
Sen. Marklein Celebrates Senate Passage of Postpartum Medicaid Extension
3/19/2025
Marklein, Kurtz Circulate Legislation to Continue Support of Local EMS
3/18/2025
JFC Co-Chairs Announce Budget Listening Sessions
3/11/2025
Marklein Announces Bill to Address Wisconsin's Workforce Challenges
2/18/2025
Sen. Marklein Statement on Governor’s Budget Address
2/5/2025
Marklein Announces Ag Road Improvement (ARIP) Grants in the 17th Senate District
2/4/2025
Marklein and Tranel Introduce Bill to Return Local Control Over Wind and Solar
1/14/2025
Marklein Submits Public Comment Opposing Proposed OSHA Emergency Response Standards
1/8/2025
Marklein Celebrates the Passage of Voter ID Constitutional Amendment
1/7/2025
First Federally Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open in Wisconsin
2024
12/4/2024
Marklein Applauds JFC Appointments
9/27/2024
Marklein Announces New Lone Rock Bridge Open to Traffic
8/29/2024
Marklein Receives “Friend of Towns” Award
8/5/2024
Marklein Announces Second Round of ARIP Grant Applications Open
7/25/2024
Marklein Announces Ag Road Improvement (ARIP) Grants in the 17th Senate District
7/16/2024
JFC Approves Mendota Staffing Request
7/9/2024
5/22/2024
Senator Howard Marklein “Hired” by The Station in Belleville
5/14/2024
Senate Overrides Governor’s Vetoes
3/20/2024
Governor Signs Marklein’s Electric Vehicle Charging Bills
3/12/2024
Marklein Bills Pass Senate on Final Day of Floor Session
2/20/2024
Marklein, Kurtz Authored Bill to Redevelop Closed 2 Year Campus Buildings Head to Governor
1/25/2024
1/23/2024
Marklein Announces Legislature's Plan to Return Surplus to Taxpayers
1/17/2024
Sen. Howard Marklein’s EV Bill Passes Nearly Unanimously
1/17/2024
2023
12/19/2023
12/13/2023
Marklein Statement on UW Regents’ Decision to Accept Negotiated Deal
12/6/2023
Three Marklein Bills Signed Into Law Today
11/27/2023
11/16/2023
11/9/2023
11/1/2023
10/17/2023
Statement on Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) Votes
9/21/2023
Marklein, Kurtz Launch Campus Community Transition Grant Bill to Help Richland County
9/15/2023
Sen. Howard Marklein Statement on Iowa-Model Redistricting
9/14/2023
Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Travis Tranel Circulate EMS Board Membership Legislation
9/11/2023
7/5/2023
Governor Signs Republican Budget, Vetoes Middle Class Tax Cut
6/28/2023
Sen. Howard Marklein: State Senate Passes State Budget
6/21/2023
Marklein's Ag Roads Improvement Bill Signed Into Law
6/14/2023
Marklein Announces Major Money for Local Roads
6/7/2023
Marklein’s Ag Roads Improvement Bill Passes Senate
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
2/15/2023
2022
12/21/2022
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
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
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
10/27/2021
Kurtz, Marklein Purple Heart Highway Bill Passes Both Houses
10/25/2021
Marklein Bills Pass the Senate
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
6/29/2021
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
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
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
1/26/2021
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
1/6/2021