The Senate voted unanimously today for a bill that would help Plymouth-based Masters Gallery Foods Inc. build a $30 million packaging and distribution facility in the village of Oostburg. Sen. Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said the jobs would pay a start salary of $18 an hour and asked for unanimous support from the chamber so the company could begin construction after the weather warms this spring. The company announced plans last month for a 150,000-square-foot facility with the initial investment expected to generate 120 jobs over the next two to three years. More could be added as the facility expands, the

The Senate voted 21-12 today to approve a new package of rules to govern the 2017-18 session. The changes includes eliminating a requirement that a committee chair who decides to hold a hearing to schedule the hearing as early as practicable. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, proposed four amendments today, including a rule requiring a racial impact statement on any bill that creates a crime or modifies a penalty, as well as one that would require a bill with a penalty to include a fiscal impact before it could receive a third reading. Each of her four amendments was tabled. Taylor