Advocacy

May Eggs & Issues: Economic Development Update May 9, 2024 Panelist members from left to right include: Mike Golat – Altoona City Administrator, Aaron White – Community Development Director, Scott Rogers (moderator), Julie Thoney – ____ (co-moderator), Luke Hanson – Community Development Director for the City of Eau Claire, and Ray French – Regional Economic…

Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce Interns (1997-Present) The Chamber began the Governmental Affairs internship with UW-Eau Claire in the 1997-98 school year and has now had a total of 30 interns fill this position. While the internship is structured the same for each of us, every year is different because politics never stay the…

Spring 2024 Local Elections Unlike the partisan general elections that usually take place in November where candidates run under a political party, the spring elections for local offices are nonpartisan. Spring elections often receive less media coverage than fall elections, but they are just as important, and have a direct impact on local communities. This…

  Good Government Council: Eau Claire County Board Questionnaire District 1 When: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024; polls open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Find your voting location at myvote.wi. All absentee ballots must be requested by March 28th, 2024 and turned in no later than 8:00 p.m. on April 4th either by mail or dropped off in-person.…

March Eggs and Issues – Legislative Breakfast Eggs and Issues – Legislative Breakfast Panel members from left to right: Representative Karen Hurd (R-Fall Creek, Dist. 68), Representative Jodi Emerson(D-Eau Claire, Dist. 91), Representative David Armstrong(R-Rice Lake, Dist. 75), Moderator Scott Rogers and Jennifer McHugh, Senator Jeff Smith(D-town of Brunswick, Dist. 31), and Senator Jesse James…