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A GOP omnibus motion on the Department of Health Services that would modify the guv’s call to require able-bodied adults with school-aged children to meet work requirements to remain eligible for food stamps. The motion also would approve re-estimates of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today argued over whether Republicans are adding funding toward UW or cutting it. The committee passed 12-4 a motion on UW that freezes tuition again, adds performance funding
Contact(s): Ben Voelkel (Johnson) Brook Hougesen (Ernst) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, issued the following statements after the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick
The Joint Finance Committee motion on UW that passed 12-4 today adopts performance-based funding for the UW System but in a much different way. For one, that model wouldn’t start in 2017-18 as Walker had called for and instead start
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Contact: Brian Rothgery, Public Information Manager 414-278-4230 brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov Milwaukee, Wisconsin – County Supervisors took action to force County Executive Abele and his administration to comply with state law on Thursday, after Abele refused to implement a legal ruling that found
The Joint Finance Committee today argued over whether Republicans are adding funding toward UW or cutting it. The committee passed 12-4 an omnibus motion on UW that freezes tuition again, adds performance funding for the UW System and makes some
Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director 608-261-4504 Madison, Wisconsin – Wisconsin was one of three states invited to participate in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Literacy and Education Commission meeting on May 24 in Washington, D.C. Representing Wisconsin was David Mancl,
Contact: Brian Rothgery, Public Information Manager 414-278-4220 brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Milwaukee County Board adopted a resolution Thursday that expressed Milwaukee County’s opposition to the development of Sanctuary Woods and its desire to protect adjacent lands that are part
Contact(s): David Kolovson (Pocan) 202-225-2906 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report projecting 23 million people would lose coverage
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A GOP omnibus motion on the Department of Health Services that would modify the guv’s call to require able-bodied adults with school-aged children to meet work requirements to remain eligible for food stamps. The motion also would approve re-estimates of general purpose revenue costs for some Medicaid programs. That includes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today argued over whether Republicans are adding funding toward UW or cutting it. The committee passed 12-4 a motion on UW that freezes tuition again, adds performance funding for the UW System and makes some investments that Gov.
Contact(s): Ben Voelkel (Johnson) Brook Hougesen (Ernst) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, issued the following statements after the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act was approved unanimously by the Senate Thursday:
The Joint Finance Committee motion on UW that passed 12-4 today adopts performance-based funding for the UW System but in a much different way. For one, that model wouldn’t start in 2017-18 as Walker had called for and instead start a year later. Nygren said it’s “gonna take [UW] a
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Contact: Brian Rothgery, Public Information Manager 414-278-4230 brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov Milwaukee, Wisconsin – County Supervisors took action to force County Executive Abele and his administration to comply with state law on Thursday, after Abele refused to implement a legal ruling that found he had unlawfully awarded raises to high level staff and
The Joint Finance Committee today argued over whether Republicans are adding funding toward UW or cutting it. The committee passed 12-4 an omnibus motion on UW that freezes tuition again, adds performance funding for the UW System and makes some investments that Gov. Scott Walker hadn’t called for in his
Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director 608-261-4504 Madison, Wisconsin – Wisconsin was one of three states invited to participate in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Literacy and Education Commission meeting on May 24 in Washington, D.C. Representing Wisconsin was David Mancl, Director of the Office of Financial Literacy at the Department
Contact: Brian Rothgery, Public Information Manager 414-278-4220 brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Milwaukee County Board adopted a resolution Thursday that expressed Milwaukee County’s opposition to the development of Sanctuary Woods and its desire to protect adjacent lands that are part of the Milwaukee County Grounds. Supervisors requested that the City
Contact(s): David Kolovson (Pocan) 202-225-2906 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report projecting 23 million people would lose coverage under Speaker Paul Ryan’s Trumpcare plan that passed the House
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