WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * Anne Vogel appointed to EPA Region 5 Administrator CHICAGO -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that President Donald J. Trump appointed Anne Vogel as EPA Region 5 Administrator. As regional administrator, Vogel will oversee EPA's work across the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin and 37 Tribal nat  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Klobuchar Press Trump Administration for Answers on Impacts of Trade War on Farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and 17 of her colleagues to press the Trump Administration for information on how their reckless tariff policy will impact farmers across the nation. "We write with great concern about the impact of the Administrat  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Fitzgerald Statement on Wisconsin Teen Accused of Murder and Plotting to Assassinate President Trump OCONOMOWOC, WI - Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement in response to a Wisconsin teen accused of murdering his parents and plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump. "I want to thank the FBI and local law enforcement for their quick, coordinated respon  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has released the following public communication dated March 26, 2025, from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: * * * To: Tameka Owens, Acting Administrator and Assistant Administrator USDA Food and Nutrition Service Braddock Metro Center II 1320 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314 Docket ID Number: FNS-2024-0040 * * * Dear Ms. Owens: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WDPI) app  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * The State of Play: Why President Trump's Tariffs Are Necessary It's cliche, yet true -- the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and expecting a different result. The trade policies of the past several decades have failed this nation, its workers, and our communities. Twenty years ago, The New York Times Editorial Board responded to the January 2005 trade deficit of $58.3 billion by writing an edito  more