Gov. Walker: Attends Business Day in Madison

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker addressed Wisconsin job creators and business owners today at Business Day in Madison 2017, which was held at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. This annual conference is hosted

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Dale Kooyenga: Let’s rethink a tuition cut

I believe higher education should be affordable, and I say this as someone who chose to attend a two year college before attending a four year institution. However, by marching toward a policy of free tuition we are actually moving away from students placing their own equity in their education.

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Rusty Cunningham: Your right to know: Keep public notices in print

For more than two centuries, governments in this country have paid newspapers to publish public notices about the actions of government. But now, Wisconsin state legislators are circulating a pair of bills, AB70 and SB42, that aim to take public notices out of newspapers and put them instead on government websites.

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Todd Novak: The publishing of public notices

As a local and state government official, I want the public to have as much information as possible. It doesn’t matter if they gather their information from a government website or if they read it in the public notice section of the local newspaper. In many areas of the state, newspapers are the lifeblood of a community and sometimes the only convenient source of information.

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WED PM Update: Pence to visit Janesville Fri.; GOP bill would require municipalities cooperate with immigration authorities

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker confirmed to reporters today Vice President Mike Pence will visit Janesville on Friday. Walker, speaking with reporters following a speech to WMC’s Business Day in Madison, told reporters he will not make the event, however. That’s because he’s going

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Gov. Walker: Attends Business Day in Madison

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison – Governor Scott Walker addressed Wisconsin job creators and business owners today at Business Day in Madison 2017, which was held at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. This annual conference is hosted by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC). “We’ve come a long

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One Wisconsin Now: Do Lawmakers Still Support Lawbreaker Candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction?

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — A number of Republican state legislators endorsing Lowell Holtz for State Superintendent of Public Instruction have chased media attention touting their “tough on crime” bona fides and denouncing the use of tax dollars for what they believe are questionable expenditures.

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Dale Kooyenga: Let’s rethink a tuition cut

I believe higher education should be affordable, and I say this as someone who chose to attend a two year college before attending a four year institution. However, by marching toward a policy of free tuition we are actually moving away from students placing their own equity in their education.

Read More »

Rusty Cunningham: Your right to know: Keep public notices in print

For more than two centuries, governments in this country have paid newspapers to publish public notices about the actions of government. But now, Wisconsin state legislators are circulating a pair of bills, AB70 and SB42, that aim to take public notices out of newspapers and put them instead on government websites.

Read More »

Todd Novak: The publishing of public notices

As a local and state government official, I want the public to have as much information as possible. It doesn’t matter if they gather their information from a government website or if they read it in the public notice section of the local newspaper. In many areas of the state, newspapers are the lifeblood of a community and sometimes the only convenient source of information.

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Co-sponsors bipartisan legislation to safeguard JCCs and other faith-based community centers

press@baldwin.senate.gov    (202) 224 – 6225  On Monday, Senator Baldwin visited JCC Milwaukee, which has faced multiple bomb threats this year WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has cosponsored bipartisan legislation to ensure the Department of Homeland Security provides state and local law enforcement with adequate resources to protect

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