Contact: Rep. Christine Sinicki, 608.266.8588 MADISON – Today, Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee) offered the Democratic Weekly Radio Address on the continued attacks on Wisconsin workers and businesses by the GOP: “We believe that, instead of serving special interests, the State should do what’s better for our families, employers and workers,” Rep. Sinicki said. “That means fighting for good wages, spending our tax dollars in Wisconsin and choosing Wisconsin businesses.” The audio file of this week’s address can be found here, and the video can be found here. A written transcript of the address is below: “Hi, I’m Representative Christine Sinicki with this week’s

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 ROTHSCHILD – Governor Scott Walker highlighted the state’s workforce development efforts today at the Central Wisconsin Regional Talent Summit, which was held in Rothschild. The summit focused on new ways for Wisconsin to retain and attract talent. “When we first took office, our focus was jobs, jobs, jobs,” Governor Walker said. “Thanks to our common-sense reforms, we now have the highest number of people employed in state history. Our focus has shifted to workforce, workforce, workforce, and one of our greatest challenges now is bridging the skills gap to find qualified workers to fill jobs

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 Governor Walker, Assembly, and Senate Republicans Helping Hard-Working Wisconsin Families [Madison, WI]— Today the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee supported a plan to freeze tuition that will help make college more affordable for hard-working Wisconsin families – a stark contrast to Wisconsin Democrats who have nothing left but the same old policies of yesterday. Mark Morgan, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, released the following statement: “This is a perfect example of Republicans working to better the lives of people in Wisconsin, and Gov. Walker and leadership in the Legislature getting results for

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released his Weekly Radio Address today titled “Get It Done.” Hi, Scott Walker here. Get it done. That’s my message about the state transportation budget.  Some, however, are kicking around the idea of breaking off transportation from the overall budget. That would be a mistake and it could delay important projects all across our state. That’s why we traveled to Neenah this week to discuss our transportation budget plan, which includes more funding for local governments to fix roads, bridges, and potholes than they’ve seen in more than a decade

Contact: Sara Finger (608) 251-0139 x1 Working Americans Expected to Lose Big with Budget but Women Will Be Hit Especially Hard  Madison, WI – As an organization that advocates for the health, safety, and economic security of women and families in our state, the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health (WAWH) is horrified by the Trump’s budget proposal that would deny health care, food and other essential supports to struggling households with children, most of which are headed by women. “This budget adds insult to injury for already underfunded programs that critically impact women’s health and financial security and it is a

Contact: Elise Nelson 608-266-9600 Elise.Nelson@wisconsin.gov Integrated Anaerobic Digester System Request for Proposal Update Webinar scheduled for June 5   (MADISON) – Governor Walker has directed the Public Service Commission, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Agricultural Trade and Consumer Protection to work together on an effort to align anaerobic digester/water treatment system technology with all sizes of dairy farms in environmentally sensitive areas of the state with the goal of improving water quality, nutrient management, and renewable energy. The agencies released a request for proposals on January 3, 2017, seeking applications for an integrated anaerobic digester system. The agencies will be hosting

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 NEENAH – Governor Scott Walker called upon lawmakers to get the state transportation budget done without delays at the site of the 10/441 project today. The call from Governor Walker comes in response to the suggestion that transportation be broken away from the full state budget. “Delaying, or worse yet, returning to 2015 funding levels on the transportation budget jeopardizes the investments our budget would make in safety and maintenance,” Governor Walker said. “I proposed a transportation budget months ago that provides significant funding increases for local governments to maintain our roads, keeps borrowing down