Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, recently hosted the National Foundation for Women Legislators “Spring Symposium for Women Policy Makers” in Eau Claire, Wis., along with Wisconsin State Director Rep. Kathy Bernier.

HB44, sponsored by House Majority Leader Charisse Millett (R-Anchorage), finally passed the lower chamber on April 19.

Rep. Dianne Hesselbein has been named VFW Legislator of the Year by the Wisconsin Veterans of Foreign Wars.
She will receive the honor June 4 at the VFW state convention in Wausau, State Adjutant Joseph B. Hines announced.

Some of the school district’s dyslexic students would get specialized teaching to overcome the neurological reading disorder as early as this fall under legislation sponsored by Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart.