Contact: Stephanie Wilson Miller, 608.267.8823 (o), 920.470.4618 (c) Today Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Dane County will be allocating $1 million for the Tree Lane affordable housing project in partnership with the city of Madison. The project, located at 7933 Tree Lane in the City of Madison, costs approximately $11.7 million. The City of Madison is contributing $1,615,000 toward these costs. Construction is expected to commence this spring. The building will include 19 two-bedroom units, 23 three-bedroom units and 3 four-bedroom units. Residents will also be offered supportive services at the site. A resolution approving the funding will be introduced tonight at the Dane County

Contact: Courtney Beyer, 608-266-5810 (MADISON) –At the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) testified yesterday on Senate Bill 48 which would allow municipalities to authorize water utility services to fund the replacement of both private and public sections of lead service lines, not just the lines that the city owns. The Senator offered the following testimony: “Chairman Cowles, Members of the Committee, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify on Senate Bill 48, and thank you especially to Sen. Cowles for reaching across the aisle and joining with me to author this important legislation to address this statewide

Contact: Senator Cowles ~ 800.334.1465 Representative Summerfield ~ 888.534.0067                                          MADISON- Today, in a move to tackle the ever growing crime spree of credit card skimmers being used to steal credit card information and commit identity theft, Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) and Representative Rob Summerfield (R-Bloomer), circulated for co-sponsorship, LRB-1322 and LRB-2426. This legislation will modernize and update Wisconsin law to criminalize the possession, trafficking and use of these devices in our state. A credit card skimmer is a small electronic device that can be attached to a card reader on a gas pump or ATM to secretly collect

Contact: Courtney Beyer, 608-266-5810 (MADISON) –  At the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) testified yesterday on Senate Bill 48 which would allow municipalities to authorize water utility services to fund the replacement of both private and public sections of lead service lines, not just the lines that the city owns. The Senator offered the following testimony: “Chairman Cowles, Members of the Committee, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify on Senate Bill 48, and thank you especially to Sen. Cowles for reaching across the aisle and joining with me to author this important

Contact: Sen. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) 608-266-5490 Sen. Janet Bewley (D-Delta) 608-266-3510 GOP denies reality on job losses while defending lavish tax break to the top 1% MADISON, WI – Republican politicians continue to display their lack of private sector experience by relying on outdated political talking points to defend their lavish giveaways to wealthy special interests. Despite the loss of 4,000 manufacturing jobs over 12 months, Wisconsin families are being forced to pay for hundreds of millions in tax giveaways targeted to some of the wealthiest individuals in the state. “It’s time to put Wisconsin families first and eliminate

Contact: Senator Jon Erpenbach 608-266-6670 Madison – Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) circulated a bill today to reestablish Legislative oversight of revenue overages from the care of veterans in state veteran’s nursing home facilities. Room for repair and improvements at the Veterans Home at King were highlighted again in the “for cause” survey requested by US Senator Tammy Baldwin. The survey found the home failed to meet three requirements and partially met another two during the survey which was conducted unannounced between January 10th and 13th at the Veterans Home at King. “Struggles at the Veterans Home at King have been