Republican Party of Wisconsin: Josh Kaul works for liberal special interests, Attorney General Brad Schimel fights for Wisconsin public safety

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI]— In yet another example of how beholden Wisconsin Democrats are to Washington special interests, Josh Kaul, former attorney to failed Democrat Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, announced his candidacy for Attorney General of Wisconsin today.  The Republican Party of Wisconsin released the following statement: “Josh Kaul has built his career as an attorney for liberal special interests and Washington insiders like Hillary Clinton,” said Alec Zimmerman, spokesman for the Republican Party of Wisconsin.  “By contrast, Attorney General Brad Schimel has fought for Wisconsin families by improving public safety, upholding the rule of law, and stopping

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MON PM Update: Senate amendment to rural broadband bill faces difficulties in Assembly

From WisPolitics.com … — An amendment the Senate added to a rural broadband bill that would ban providers from collecting their customers’ information without permission appears to be in trouble in the Assembly. Chair Mike Kuglitsch, R-New Berlin, said his Energy and Utilities Committee will exec the Assembly version of the broadband bill next week. He expects the committee to approve two amen… 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

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Milwaukee attorney Peter Peckarsky running for open DNC seat

Peter Peckarsky, a Milwaukee attorney who ran unsuccessfully to chair the national Dem Party, is now running for Wisconsin’s open seat on the DNC. Meanwhile, Dane County Chair Michael Basford has decided against running for the spot. Peckarsky dropped out of the balloting after the first round and endorsed Keith Ellison, who finished second to Tom Perez. He said that experience gave him a unique u… 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.

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Midwest Lighting Institute explores effects of lighting on humans

Cottage Grove’s Midwest Lighting Institute is exploring how varying the type of lighting in different facilities can affect human behavior, health and productivity while driving down energy costs. “Lighting has been a field that most people, quite frankly, haven’t thought a whole lot about,” said Tamara Sondgeroth, president and executive director of MLI. “I mean, as long as you can see to complete whatever task it is you need to do, that’s about as far as most people have thought about lighting.” Not so for Sondgeroth, who worked as director of energy portfolios and director of operations for Wisconsin’s Focus

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Kind’s district one of the most purple in the country, analysis finds

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has one of the most purple congressional districts in the country, according to a new analysis from the Cook Political Report comparing how districts voted in the last two presidential races. Kind’s district was one of eight in the country that broke “even” under the publication’s partisan voting index, a measure of how strongly a district leans Dem or Republican compared to the rest of the nation. The seven other districts that got that designation were one in Washington, two in Oregon, one in Florida and three in California. Kind’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers the

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Dem Josh Kaul launches campaign for attorney general

Dem Josh Kaul, a former federal prosecutor in Baltimore who has been involved in voter rights cases since moving back to Wisconsin, today launched his campaign for attorney general, the office his mother held from 2003-2007. Kaul said in a phone interview the AG’s focus should be on protecting Wisconsin families, including reducing crime and enforcing consumer protection laws, as well as the environment. “I don’t think we’ve had that under Brad Schimel,” Kaul said. “I think far too much of his focus since he’s been in office has been on politicizing the office.” Kaul cited Schimel’s creation of the

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Pour Authority measures beer volume for bar-goers

When it comes to serving beer in a glass, the pour is everything — that’s why Pour Authority, a new app from Madison-based developer Craig Robertson, was created to easily measure the volume of a glass of beer. A standard American 16-ounce pint glass, a 14.75-ounce porter glass and a 16-ounce stadium cup all have something in common: they each only hold about 12 ounces of liquid when filled most of the way up. Robertson used a homemade video to demonstrate this incongruity at a recent meeting in Madison of 1 Million Cups, a national entrepreneurship group. By showing each

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Senate amendment to rural broadband bill faces difficulty in Assembly

An amendment the Senate added to a rural broadband bill that would ban providers from collecting their customers’ information without permission appears to be in trouble in the Assembly. Chair Mike Kuglitsch, R-New Berlin, said his Energy and Utilities Committee will exec the Assembly version of the broadband bill next week. He expects the committee to approve two amendments to the bill, but the p… 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.

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Lynx Biosciences undertakes funding round

Lynx Biosciences, a Madison-based biotech company, is undertaking a fundraising round for $1 million. President and founder Chorom Pak says the company upped its initial ask from $350,000 in order to hasten its expansion efforts. “We wanted to move a little faster. We can grow faster, hire more people, bring more expertise to the team,” Pak told WisBusiness.com. “Given where we are at this stage o… 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.

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UW-Madison: Alumnus Matthew Desmond wins Pulitzer Prize

Contact: (608) 262-3571 MADISON – UW-Madison alumnus Matthew Desmond has won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” The book was the 2016-17 selection for Go Big Read, UW-Madison’s common-reading program. Desmond visited campus last November to discuss it with students. It’s the story of eight Milwaukee families faced with losing their homes. It’s also a powerful analysis of a little-known epidemic affecting people across the country living in poverty. Desmond received his doctorate from UW-Madison in 2010. He is an associate professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University and an affiliate of the Institute for

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Kaul campaign: Former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul announces candidacy for attorney general

Contact: Ashley Viste, campaign manager press@joshkaul.org (920) 204-5953 MADISON – Today, former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul registered with the Wisconsin Elections Commission to challenge Attorney General Brad Schimel in 2018. “We deserve an attorney general who is focused on protecting Wisconsin families, not on partisan politics,” Kaul said.  “We haven’t had that kind of leadership under our current attorney general, and that needs to change.” As a federal prosecutor in Baltimore, one of America’s most violent cities, Kaul prosecuted murderers, gang members, and drug traffickers, taking dangerous criminals off the street and making communities more secure.  That kind of experience is needed

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Wisconsin DNR: Wisconsin prescribed fire training starts April 14

Contact: Michele Witecha, DNR Michele.Witecha@wisconsin.gov (608) 261-6451 MADISON, WI – From April 14 to May 1, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and The Aldo Leopold Foundation will host hands-on planned burn (prescribed fire) training.   The Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WI-TREX) engages men and women from across the country in a 16-day training throughout Wisconsin. Participants share and learn about planned burning, fire management and how to maintain healthy native habitats. Everyone will go home with new skills and experience while helping create fire-safe communities and restore and improve

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Rep. Loudenbeck: Rock County listening session postponed

Contact: rep.loudenbeck@legis.wi.gov (608) 266-9967 Madison- Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) is postponing her listening session that was scheduled this week, due to the heightened security concerns in the region. A new date for the listening session will be released at a later date. POSTPONED Tuesday, April 11th 6:00-7:00 pm Harmony Town Hall 440 N US Hwy 14, Janesville A decision regarding the listening session in Elkhorn on Wednesday, April 12th has not been made yet. A follow up release will be sent if it will be postponed.

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Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin: Attorney General Brad Schimel fights for victims of crime

Contact: Brian Reisinger (715) 579-9679 breisinger@hilltopstrategiesllc.com [Madison, Wis.] – Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel over the weekend in honor of National Crime Victims Week, highlighting Wisconsin’s proud history on victims’ rights and the importance of making sure they remain strong. The op-ed followed Attorney General Schimel traveling across the state with Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin last week as part of the unveiling of a constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights for victims of crime in Wisconsin. In case you missed it, you can read the op-ed here or below: True justice

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UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health: Are you dreaming? Activity in the brain’s “hot zone” predicts dreams during sleep

Contact: Susan Lampert Smith (608) 890-5643 ssmith5@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. — Neuroscientists can now tell when you are dreaming, which areas of the brain are involved, and what they may contribute to the content of your dreams. A new study from the Wisconsin Institute of Sleep and Consciousness (WISC), out today in Nature Neuroscience, overturns some current ideas about dreams and identifies a “hot zone” in the back of the brain where high-frequency electrical activity shows when the brain is actively dreaming. It shows that both dreams and dreamless sleep occur in both Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep and non-REM sleep.

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Republican Party of Wisconsin: Josh Kaul works for liberal special interests, Attorney General Brad Schimel fights for Wisconsin public safety

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI]— In yet another example of how beholden Wisconsin Democrats are to Washington special interests, Josh Kaul, former attorney to failed Democrat Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, announced his candidacy for Attorney General of Wisconsin today.  The Republican Party of Wisconsin released the following statement:

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Milwaukee attorney Peter Peckarsky running for open DNC seat

Peter Peckarsky, a Milwaukee attorney who ran unsuccessfully to chair the national Dem Party, is now running for Wisconsin’s open seat on the DNC. Meanwhile, Dane County Chair Michael Basford has decided against running for the spot. Peckarsky dropped out of the balloting after the first round and endorsed Keith

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Midwest Lighting Institute explores effects of lighting on humans

Cottage Grove’s Midwest Lighting Institute is exploring how varying the type of lighting in different facilities can affect human behavior, health and productivity while driving down energy costs. “Lighting has been a field that most people, quite frankly, haven’t thought a whole lot about,” said Tamara Sondgeroth, president and executive

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Dem Josh Kaul launches campaign for attorney general

Dem Josh Kaul, a former federal prosecutor in Baltimore who has been involved in voter rights cases since moving back to Wisconsin, today launched his campaign for attorney general, the office his mother held from 2003-2007. Kaul said in a phone interview the AG’s focus should be on protecting Wisconsin

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Pour Authority measures beer volume for bar-goers

When it comes to serving beer in a glass, the pour is everything — that’s why Pour Authority, a new app from Madison-based developer Craig Robertson, was created to easily measure the volume of a glass of beer. A standard American 16-ounce pint glass, a 14.75-ounce porter glass and a

Read More »

Senate amendment to rural broadband bill faces difficulty in Assembly

An amendment the Senate added to a rural broadband bill that would ban providers from collecting their customers’ information without permission appears to be in trouble in the Assembly. Chair Mike Kuglitsch, R-New Berlin, said his Energy and Utilities Committee will exec the Assembly version of the broadband bill next

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Lynx Biosciences undertakes funding round

Lynx Biosciences, a Madison-based biotech company, is undertaking a fundraising round for $1 million. President and founder Chorom Pak says the company upped its initial ask from $350,000 in order to hasten its expansion efforts. “We wanted to move a little faster. We can grow faster, hire more people, bring

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UW-Madison: Alumnus Matthew Desmond wins Pulitzer Prize

Contact: (608) 262-3571 MADISON – UW-Madison alumnus Matthew Desmond has won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” The book was the 2016-17 selection for Go Big Read, UW-Madison’s common-reading program. Desmond visited campus last November to discuss it with students. It’s the story of eight Milwaukee families

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Kaul campaign: Former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul announces candidacy for attorney general

Contact: Ashley Viste, campaign manager press@joshkaul.org (920) 204-5953 MADISON – Today, former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul registered with the Wisconsin Elections Commission to challenge Attorney General Brad Schimel in 2018. “We deserve an attorney general who is focused on protecting Wisconsin families, not on partisan politics,” Kaul said.  “We haven’t had

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Wisconsin DNR: Wisconsin prescribed fire training starts April 14

Contact: Michele Witecha, DNR Michele.Witecha@wisconsin.gov (608) 261-6451 MADISON, WI – From April 14 to May 1, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and The Aldo Leopold Foundation will host hands-on planned burn (prescribed fire) training.   The Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Training

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Rep. Loudenbeck: Rock County listening session postponed

Contact: rep.loudenbeck@legis.wi.gov (608) 266-9967 Madison- Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) is postponing her listening session that was scheduled this week, due to the heightened security concerns in the region. A new date for the listening session will be released at a later date. POSTPONED Tuesday, April 11th 6:00-7:00 pm Harmony Town

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