The state would use up to $1.9 million from the Stewardship Fund to purchase 990.55 acres in Dunn County, though several Republican committee members continued to raise concerns about the DNR’s appraisal process for proposed land deals. The committee last
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON Wis. — Attorneys General from across the country, including from neighboring states Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa, have joined together to oppose Donald Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s scheme to repeal
Contact: Mark Rice ricermark@gmail.com (608) 843-0171 Community Forum on Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility, Crimeless Revocations, and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration Saturday, April 29 at 11 AM – 3 PM Wisconsin Black Historical Society 2620 W Center St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53206
Contact: (608) 266-5719 Madison, WI – Today, State Representative Mike Rohrkaste (R-Neenah) announced a location change for his budget listening session in Neenah. The location of the Neenah listening session has changed from the Neenah Public Library to the Neenah
Contact: Brian Reisinger (715) 579-9679 breisinger@hilltopstrategiesllc.com [Madison, Wis.] – In case you missed it, violent crime survivor Christina Traub told her story in a guest column in the Wisconsin State Journal over the weekend, recounting her attack and calling on
Contact: Jon Peacock (608) 284-0580 x 307 [Madison, Wisconsin] – Wisconsin’s schools receive more than $107 million in federal Medicaid funds each year, according to data released by the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. That amount is
A May 18 lunchtime panel discussion: Focus on UpLift MKE: Jobs and inner-city Milwaukee. The panel includes: County Exec Chris Abele; Dr. Eve Hall, president and CEO of the Milwaukee Urban League; and Alex Lasry, senior vice president with the
Contact: (608) 266-8551 Madison – Representative Joel Kleefisch’s Turkey Donation Program bill signed into law last session is going into effect this hunting season. Turkey hunters in three counties will now have the option of donating their harvested turkey to
Contact: Dan Bukiewicz danb@milwbuildingtrades.org (414) 345-7911 On Monday, Wisconsin’s State Building Trades challenged Republican lawmakers who want to reduce construction workers’ wages to first eliminate their own “prevailing wage’’ rules that make them the nation’s ninth highest-paid lawmakers, even though
Low-income families would no longer face a “cliff” where they lost eligibility for Wisconsin’s child care program as their incomes rise, under legislation the Joint Finance Committee approved today. Now, the program is limited to those with a gross income
Contact: (608) 267-2369 Madison, WI—Today, Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 12, authored by Representative Rob Brooks (R-Saukville) and Senator Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville), into law. Senate Bill 12 is a technical fix to last session’s Act 175. This act allowed
Contact: (414) 531-2096 For the second time in just over eight weeks, someone has fired shots at a Milwaukee Fire Department engine house. This time it was Engine 30/Ladder 12 near N. Teutonia Ave. and W. Locust St. And again,
Contact: Brandon Weathersby brandonw@wisdems.org (608) 260-2409 MADISON — Joining a chorus of stories across the country, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a Sunday story highlighting activism across Wisconsin that has translated to a record-breaking fundraising and grassroots activism in support of Senator Tammy Baldwin’s
The Joint Finance Committee approved two GOP-authored bills to address homelessness. AB 234 would create a 13-member interagency council that would find ways for state agencies to collaborate on the issue. The bill would create a director who would serve
Contact: Fran McLaughlin (414) 278-5226 Milwaukee, WI – Sheriff Clarke issued a statement regarding the ‘safe place’ designation by Milwaukee County for criminal illegal aliens. Please refer to the MCSO Facebook page for statement and copy of the County Board
The Joint Finance Committee today signed off unanimously on a “clean” version of legislation that would alter the criteria for broadband expansion grants and make $18.5 million more available to target rural areas. The committee had already approved the bill
Gov. Scott Walker told reporters today he doesn’t have “any interest in raising vehicle registration fees,” clarifying comments from a media interview last week that he was open to one. Walker said in that interview he “just explicitly talked about
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov; (202) 224 – 6225 Level the playing field for our hardworking Wisconsin dairy farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced she will vote for Sonny Perdue for Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) today. Senator Baldwin
The state workers and the teachers were required to bail out the GOP and help provide funds for corporate incentives and tax breaks. Now today, private workers are being asked to sacrifice decent wages to fix the shortfalls created by the convoluted Walker style of government.
While Democrats keep griping about partisan gerrymandering, they have lost sight of the fact that conservative dominance in Wisconsin has been statewide and complete. Progressives are even having trouble mustering up a candidate to run against Walker in 2018.
The state would use up to $1.9 million from the Stewardship Fund to purchase 990.55 acres in Dunn County, though several Republican committee members continued to raise concerns about the DNR’s appraisal process for proposed land deals. The committee last month shot down a proposal to use $346,100 in Stewardship
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON Wis. — Attorneys General from across the country, including from neighboring states Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa, have joined together to oppose Donald Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s scheme to repeal consumer protections for student loan borrowers. In a letter to
Contact: Mark Rice ricermark@gmail.com (608) 843-0171 Community Forum on Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility, Crimeless Revocations, and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration Saturday, April 29 at 11 AM – 3 PM Wisconsin Black Historical Society 2620 W Center St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53206 On April 29, an unprecedented coalition of formerly incarcerated people
Contact: (608) 266-5719 Madison, WI – Today, State Representative Mike Rohrkaste (R-Neenah) announced a location change for his budget listening session in Neenah. The location of the Neenah listening session has changed from the Neenah Public Library to the Neenah City Hall, but will be held at the same time
Contact: Brian Reisinger (715) 579-9679 breisinger@hilltopstrategiesllc.com [Madison, Wis.] – In case you missed it, violent crime survivor Christina Traub told her story in a guest column in the Wisconsin State Journal over the weekend, recounting her attack and calling on state legislators to support Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin’s constitutional amendment
Contact: Jon Peacock (608) 284-0580 x 307 [Madison, Wisconsin] – Wisconsin’s schools receive more than $107 million in federal Medicaid funds each year, according to data released by the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. That amount is higher than in all but six other states. The Medicaid
A May 18 lunchtime panel discussion: Focus on UpLift MKE: Jobs and inner-city Milwaukee. The panel includes: County Exec Chris Abele; Dr. Eve Hall, president and CEO of the Milwaukee Urban League; and Alex Lasry, senior vice president with the Milwaukee Bucks. Check in begins at 11:30 a.m. Program goes
Contact: (608) 266-8551 Madison – Representative Joel Kleefisch’s Turkey Donation Program bill signed into law last session is going into effect this hunting season. Turkey hunters in three counties will now have the option of donating their harvested turkey to needy families through the new program. The DNR stated, “Donated
Contact: Dan Bukiewicz danb@milwbuildingtrades.org (414) 345-7911 On Monday, Wisconsin’s State Building Trades challenged Republican lawmakers who want to reduce construction workers’ wages to first eliminate their own “prevailing wage’’ rules that make them the nation’s ninth highest-paid lawmakers, even though most work part-time. “A few lawmakers seem to feel that
Low-income families would no longer face a “cliff” where they lost eligibility for Wisconsin’s child care program as their incomes rise, under legislation the Joint Finance Committee approved today. Now, the program is limited to those with a gross income of no more than 185 percent of the federal poverty
Contact: (608) 267-2369 Madison, WI—Today, Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 12, authored by Representative Rob Brooks (R-Saukville) and Senator Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville), into law. Senate Bill 12 is a technical fix to last session’s Act 175. This act allowed counties and municipalities to consolidate health departments and gave counties
Contact: (414) 531-2096 For the second time in just over eight weeks, someone has fired shots at a Milwaukee Fire Department engine house. This time it was Engine 30/Ladder 12 near N. Teutonia Ave. and W. Locust St. And again, I am having an incredibly hard time processing this incident.
Contact: Brandon Weathersby brandonw@wisdems.org (608) 260-2409 MADISON — Joining a chorus of stories across the country, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a Sunday story highlighting activism across Wisconsin that has translated to a record-breaking fundraising and grassroots activism in support of Senator Tammy Baldwin’s re-election campaign. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Democrats see new energy, challenges
The Joint Finance Committee approved two GOP-authored bills to address homelessness. AB 234 would create a 13-member interagency council that would find ways for state agencies to collaborate on the issue. The bill would create a director who would serve at the council’s pleasure and included $95,000 in GPR for
Contact: Fran McLaughlin (414) 278-5226 Milwaukee, WI – Sheriff Clarke issued a statement regarding the ‘safe place’ designation by Milwaukee County for criminal illegal aliens. Please refer to the MCSO Facebook page for statement and copy of the County Board resolution.
The Joint Finance Committee today signed off unanimously on a “clean” version of legislation that would alter the criteria for broadband expansion grants and make $18.5 million more available to target rural areas. The committee had already approved the bill once, but the Senate added a privacy amendment that would
Gov. Scott Walker told reporters today he doesn’t have “any interest in raising vehicle registration fees,” clarifying comments from a media interview last week that he was open to one. Walker said in that interview he “just explicitly talked about the gas tax” and that he doesn’t know of anyone
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov; (202) 224 – 6225 Level the playing field for our hardworking Wisconsin dairy farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced she will vote for Sonny Perdue for Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) today. Senator Baldwin also encouraged Perdue to visit Wisconsin and called for the
The state workers and the teachers were required to bail out the GOP and help provide funds for corporate incentives and tax breaks. Now today, private workers are being asked to sacrifice decent wages to fix the shortfalls created by the convoluted Walker style of government.
While Democrats keep griping about partisan gerrymandering, they have lost sight of the fact that conservative dominance in Wisconsin has been statewide and complete. Progressives are even having trouble mustering up a candidate to run against Walker in 2018.