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MADISON — This year’s Democratic Party of Wisconsin State Convention will feature U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) as its special guest speaker in Madison on June 2nd. The convention is the state Party’s biggest annual event where Democrats from all corners of Wisconsin join together to build the Party, hear from outstanding Democratic leaders who share a vision of building an economy that works for everyone – not just the millionaires and billionaires, and work together to build towards electoral victories in 2018. We’ve seen enormous growth in the gap between the economic security Wisconsinites work so hard to achieve and
One lane is closed on I-39/90 southbound, near East Church Road and mile marker 154, north of the US 51 interchange in southern Dane County. The lane will be closed until 3 p.m. today (April 20). Maintenance crews will repair beam guard in this area. Backups and delays are expected in this area. Motorists are urged to plan ahead and allow extra time to safely reach their destination. Travel information on Wisconsin highways can be found at www.511wi.gov.
Contact: Sen. Steve Nass (608) 266-2635 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), Vice-Chairman of the Senate Universities and Technical Colleges Committee, responded to statements from JFC Co-Chair John Nygren (R-Marinette) threatening to not only kill the Governor’s proposed 5% UW System tuition cut for 2018-19, but also ending the popular tuition freeze that has already saved families at least $6,300. Nass noted the Assembly leader has been very open to increasing the gas tax, as well. “If the Legislature raises the gas tax and allows the UW System to restart their rampage of unjustified tuition increases, it would make the 2017-19 biennial
(Madison) – The National Weather Service says today’s statewide tornado drills are a “Go”. At 1:00pm, the National Weather Service will issue a statewide test tornado watch and at 1:45pm a statewide test tornado warning. This drill ends at 2pm. A second drill will occur at 6:45pm with another mock tornado warning. There is no risk of severe weather in the state on Thursday. Many Wisconsin radio and TV stations will participate in the drill. In addition, NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (also known as emergency weather radios) will issue alert messaging. Many outdoor warning sirens across the state will
Contact: Sarah Mattes, (608) 242-6414 Madison WI – Adults need immunizations too and Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) wants to make sure adults get the immunizations they need to stay healthy. To help in this effort, PHMDC recently sent out a letter to approximately 20,000 adults aged 66-80 years old who are due to receive a pneumococcal vaccine to protect them from serious infections of the lungs (pneumonia), bloodstream, and brain and spinal cord (meningitis). The letter was a result of looking at data from the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR), a secure statewide immunization database, that keeps records of immunizations provided
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Contact: Steven Theisen, WisDOT Project Communications Manager (608) 884-1230, steven.theisen@dot.wi.gov Starting Saturday morning (April 22), motorists traveling on Interstate 39/90 northbound near Edgerton will encounter a crossover, directing them to shift onto the southbound side of I-39/90 as crews reconstruct and expand an 8-mile section of the northbound Interstate from the Dane/Rock County line to East Church Road, north of the US 51 interchange (Stoughton Exit 156). This section of Interstate reconstruction and expansion is anticipated to be completed in mid-November 2017. In preparation for the traffic switch on I-39/90 northbound, the northbound on and off ramps at the I-39/90
The bill, authored by Sen. David Craig and Reps. André Jacque, Ron Tusler and Janel Brandtjen, would allow for exceptions for rape, incest and to protect the mother’s life.
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MADISON — This year’s Democratic Party of Wisconsin State Convention will feature U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) as its special guest speaker in Madison on June 2nd. The convention is the state Party’s biggest annual event where Democrats from all corners of Wisconsin join together to build the Party, hear from
One lane is closed on I-39/90 southbound, near East Church Road and mile marker 154, north of the US 51 interchange in southern Dane County. The lane will be closed until 3 p.m. today (April 20). Maintenance crews will repair beam guard in this area. Backups and delays are expected
Contact: Sen. Steve Nass (608) 266-2635 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), Vice-Chairman of the Senate Universities and Technical Colleges Committee, responded to statements from JFC Co-Chair John Nygren (R-Marinette) threatening to not only kill the Governor’s proposed 5% UW System tuition cut for 2018-19, but also ending the popular tuition freeze
(Madison) – The National Weather Service says today’s statewide tornado drills are a “Go”. At 1:00pm, the National Weather Service will issue a statewide test tornado watch and at 1:45pm a statewide test tornado warning. This drill ends at 2pm. A second drill will occur at 6:45pm with another mock
Contact: Sarah Mattes, (608) 242-6414 Madison WI – Adults need immunizations too and Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) wants to make sure adults get the immunizations they need to stay healthy. To help in this effort, PHMDC recently sent out a letter to approximately 20,000 adults aged 66-80 years old who
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Contact: Steven Theisen, WisDOT Project Communications Manager (608) 884-1230, steven.theisen@dot.wi.gov Starting Saturday morning (April 22), motorists traveling on Interstate 39/90 northbound near Edgerton will encounter a crossover, directing them to shift onto the southbound side of I-39/90 as crews reconstruct and expand an 8-mile section of the northbound Interstate from
The bill, authored by Sen. David Craig and Reps. André Jacque, Ron Tusler and Janel Brandtjen, would allow for exceptions for rape, incest and to protect the mother’s life.