THU PM Update: With Duffy out, wide GOP field could emerge for U.S. Senate race

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — As potential GOP candidates weigh their options, Dems are predicting a “circus” will emerge on the Republican side against U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, now that U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy won’t run against her next year. Duffy, R-Wausau, announced this morning he’s passing on a challenge of the first-term Madison Dem. Senate Majority Lead… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Assembly Session

* It is our intention to refer the following JCRAR bills listed below back to the respective committees: AB 29, AB 30 and AB 31. Final Calendar for Tuesday, March 7th AJR 8              Taylor Relating to: proclaiming February 26, 2017, to March 4, 2017, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Wisconsin. AJR 13            Petryk Relating to:  honoring the life and public service of Representative Thomas Larson. SJR 5               Olsen / Ballweg Relating to: designating March 3, 2017, as National Speech and Debate Education Day. SJR 7               Taylor / Young Relating to: proclaiming February 2017 as Black History Month. AB 26            

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Patriotic Millionaires: What do Bernie Sanders, Danny Glover and the Patriotic Millionaires have in common?

Contact: info@patrioticmillionaires.org Today Patriotic Millionaire TJ Zlotnitsky stood with a coalition of leaders – including Senator Warren, Senator Sanders, Representative Barbara Lee, Danny Glover, and many, many more – to rally on behalf of the American worker. He spoke in front of hundreds of striking federal contract workers who walked out of their jobs today to protest the new administration’s treatment of American workers. Donald Trump campaigned on a platform to cut a better deal for the American worker, and he’s already betrayed that promise by nominating Andrew Puzder for secretary of labor. We won the battle against Puzder, but there

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation: South Korea and Wisconsin sign driver license reciprocity agreement

Contact: Corey Kleist, 608-266-0054 Corey.Kleist@dot.wi.gov      Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) officials signed a reciprocity agreement with the Republic of Korea which allows drivers holding a South Korean driver license to exchange it for a Wisconsin driver license without having to take the knowledge, sign and road tests. Wisconsin drivers staying longer than one year in South Korea will have the same courtesy to obtain a South Korean driver license.   DMV Administrator Kristina Boardman and Jong-Kook Lee, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago, signed the agreement today at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation headquarters in Madison.

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ACLU of Wisconsin: Hires Ott as executive director

Contact: Molly Collins, 414-272-4032 x215 media@aclu-wi.org As statewide membership doubles, civil liberties organization brings the national experience of a Wisconsin native to its statewide office in Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE — The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin has hired Christopher Ott as its new executive director, starting in late March. Ott, a native of Wisconsin, has served as the communications director for the ACLUof Massachusetts in Boston for 10 years, and led the state LGBT rights organization Fair Wisconsin in the early 2000s. Ott will succeed the ACLU of Wisconsin’s longtime executive director Chris Ahmuty, who retired at the end of 2016. “At a time

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Gov. Walker: Signs Senate Bill 1 into law

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 1 into law today at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Senate Bill 1 will allow the Village of Oostburg to create a third TIF district, thereby helping Masters Gallery Foods to expand operations and create new jobs in the community. “This bill is good news for the Oostburg community and our state,” Governor Walker said. “With this new TIF district, we are helping Masters Gallery Foods create 120 new jobs within the next three years and a new multimillion dollar facility. We are working and winning for Wisconsin. I thank

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WisGOP: Sen. Baldwin heads into meeting with Judge Gorsuch having broken her word to Wisconsinites

Contact: Alec Zimmerman, (608) 257-4765   [Madison, WI]— Senator Tammy Baldwin will head into tonight’s meeting with Judge Neil Gorsuch having broken her word to Wisconsin voters.   In a stunning reversal two weeks ago, Senator Baldwin broke her word to Wisconsinites, declaring her opposition to Judge Gorsuch less than 48 hours after promising to “fully review” his record and meet with him while considering her decision. “Senator Baldwin heads into her meeting with Judge Gorsuch having broken her word to Wisconsin voters after promising to fully review the judge’s record before making her decision,” said Alec Zimmerman, spokesperson for the Republican Party of

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Medical College of Wisconsin: CPR in schools program hits first milestone in mission to create a generation of lifesavers

Contact: Holly Botsford, 414.688.7960(c), 414.955.8761(o) hbotsford@mcw.edu Milwaukee, February 16, 2017 – As the nation recognizes American Heart Month, the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Endowment is providing a milestone update on a program to train high school students in life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). To date, 800 students and 172 teachers have received hands-on CPR instruction through the statewide program. Launched on July 1, 2016, the program is a collaboration between the Cooperative Educational Services Agency (CESA 7), the American Heart Association, and E. Brooke Lerner, Ph.D. of the Medical College of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Department, with funding from the AHW Endowment. At the outset, the program

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U.S. Sen. Sanders: Legislation introduced to expand Social Security

Contact: Press_Sanders@sanders.senate.gov WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation Thursday to expand Social Security benefits and strengthen the retirement program for generations to come. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced a companion bill in the House. “It is time to expand Social Security, not cut it,” Sanders told Social Security Works, The Alliance for Retired Americans and other organizations at a meeting on Capitol Hill. The legislation would ensure that Social Security could pay every benefit owed to every eligible American for the next 61 years, according to a new analysisThursday by the retirement system’s chief actuary. “Anyone who tells you Social Security

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Assembly Session

* It is our intention to refer the following JCRAR bills listed below back to the respective committees: AB 29, AB 30 and AB 31. Final Calendar for Tuesday, March 7th AJR 8              Taylor Relating to: proclaiming February 26, 2017, to March 4, 2017, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week in

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Patriotic Millionaires: What do Bernie Sanders, Danny Glover and the Patriotic Millionaires have in common?

Contact: info@patrioticmillionaires.org Today Patriotic Millionaire TJ Zlotnitsky stood with a coalition of leaders – including Senator Warren, Senator Sanders, Representative Barbara Lee, Danny Glover, and many, many more – to rally on behalf of the American worker. He spoke in front of hundreds of striking federal contract workers who walked out

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Wisconsin Department of Transportation: South Korea and Wisconsin sign driver license reciprocity agreement

Contact: Corey Kleist, 608-266-0054 Corey.Kleist@dot.wi.gov      Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) officials signed a reciprocity agreement with the Republic of Korea which allows drivers holding a South Korean driver license to exchange it for a Wisconsin driver license without having to take the knowledge, sign and road tests. Wisconsin drivers

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ACLU of Wisconsin: Hires Ott as executive director

Contact: Molly Collins, 414-272-4032 x215 media@aclu-wi.org As statewide membership doubles, civil liberties organization brings the national experience of a Wisconsin native to its statewide office in Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE — The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin has hired Christopher Ott as its new executive director, starting in late March. Ott, a

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Gov. Walker: Signs Senate Bill 1 into law

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 1 into law today at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Senate Bill 1 will allow the Village of Oostburg to create a third TIF district, thereby helping Masters Gallery Foods to expand operations and create new jobs in the community.

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Medical College of Wisconsin: CPR in schools program hits first milestone in mission to create a generation of lifesavers

Contact: Holly Botsford, 414.688.7960(c), 414.955.8761(o) hbotsford@mcw.edu Milwaukee, February 16, 2017 – As the nation recognizes American Heart Month, the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Endowment is providing a milestone update on a program to train high school students in life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). To date, 800 students and 172 teachers have received hands-on CPR instruction through

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U.S. Sen. Sanders: Legislation introduced to expand Social Security

Contact: Press_Sanders@sanders.senate.gov WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation Thursday to expand Social Security benefits and strengthen the retirement program for generations to come. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced a companion bill in the House. “It is time to expand Social Security, not cut it,” Sanders told Social Security Works,

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