Madison, WI – May 20 is the deadline to destroy any piles of discarded potatoes, remind officials with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, as the unwanted spuds could potentially harbor late blight, a fungus that could harm Wisconsin potatoes and tomatoes. Read More→

The Center for Driver’s License Recovery and Employability Praises the DOT and Lawmakers

Madison, WI —The Wisconsin Department of Transportation released 106,012 non-driving related administrative license revocations this past weekend pursuant to Wisconsin Act 102, which received bipartisan support in the state legislature and was signed into law by Governor Jim Doyle on February 4, 2010. The law ended the automatic license revocation on the 4th Operating While Suspended (OWS) conviction to make such revocations discretionary with judges. Read More→

Attorney General J.B.Van Hollen

Madison, WI – On April, 22, 2010, Wisconsin Department of Justice Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen was joined at Bangor Elementary School in Bangor, Wisconsin, by school officials, law enforcement officials and Wisconsin school children who had participated in this year’s national missing children poster competition. Read More→

Open-Ended Military Presence in Afghanistan is Counterproductive to our National Security Goals

Sen. Russ Feingold

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Walter Jones (R-NC) announced they are introducing legislation requiring the president to develop a flexible timetable to draw down U.S. troops from Afghanistan, in order to enhance our national security and reduce the burden on our armed forces and on taxpayers.  The bipartisan, bicameral legislation would require the president to provide a plan for drawing down our forces in Afghanistan.  The legislation also increases oversight by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) over work done by private contractors with records of waste, fraud and abuse in order to safeguard U.S. taxpayer dollars. Read More→