Rep. Ed Brooks: 877-947-0050 Madison… Rep. Ed Brooks (Reedsburg) made the following statement today in response to the actions the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) took yesterday towards prioritizing Rural Wisconsin: “Yesterday was a big win for health care in rural communities. The Joint Finance Committee voted to insert language into

Representative Romaine Quinn                                                   (608) 266-2519 Joint Finance Committee Helps Rural Communities Improve Health Care Access Madison, WI – Yesterday, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) voted to fund three Rural Wisconsin Initiative (RWI) proposals that will increase access to health care in rural areas. The proposals increase funding for the Wisconsin Rural

Representative Terese Berceau: (608) 266-3784 State Representative Terese Berceau (D – Madison), the ranking Democratic member on the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, released the following statement regarding the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership included in the omnibus University of Wisconsin System motion approved by the Joint

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839     MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today issued Executive Order #246, relating to a proclamation that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin be flown at half-staff on Memorial Day. In accordance with this order, flags should be flown

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MILWAUKEE – Governor Scott Walker joined Major General Donald Dunbar, members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, members of the United States Air Force, local leaders, and family members of Captain Lance P. Sijan today in honoring his bravery and resilience as a Prisoner of

Contact: State Representative Mike Rohrkaste (608) 266-5719 Madison, WI – Yesterday, State Representative Mike Rohrkaste (R-Neenah), member of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee (JFC), voted along with his Republican colleagues on JFC to restore and expand the Dementia Care Specialist program, as well as increase funding to the University of

Contact: Britt Cudaback, britt.cudaback@legis.wi.gov, 308-440-2939 Vote to privatize UW system audits highlights Republicans’ displeasure with recent audit results revealing malfeasance and noncompliance with state law (MADISON) – Yesterday, Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted to privatize the University of Wisconsin (UW) system’s annual audit in Governor Walker’s 2017-2019 state

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Cost of Their Own Schooling May Explain Ignorance of Student Loan Debt Crisis, But it Doesn’t Excuse Their Refusal to Help MADISON, Wis. — All 12 Republicans members of the state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee this week voted to reject a Democratic plan to

Contact: Linda Hall lhall@wafca.org (608) 257-5939 The Wisconsin Association of Family & Children’s Agencies applauds the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) for their action this week to approve a new Medicaid-funded service in the 2017-19 Biennial Budget that will advance student well-being by promoting communication and consultation between students, parents, teachers

Contact: Jeff Flynt (920) 448-4083 (Brown County, Wis.) – Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach is pleased to see a plan authorizing an engineering school at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay win approval as part of an omnibus motion by the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance. “I want to thank Wisconsin

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI]— With more people working than ever before in our state’s history, poverty rates are down.  Recent research from the UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty shows that the Wisconsin comeback has the poverty level statewide at its lowest point in nine years.  Thanks

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman 414-469-9206 sfreeman@vdlf.org MILWAUKEE — On Friday morning, Republican State Senators introduced a companion bill to the anti-immigrant bill AB190 that seeks to turn public employees including law enforcement into an arm of Trump’s deportation machine. The bill is the same so-called “anti-sanctuary” bill that was defeated by the Day without

Contact: (608) 266-8581 Representative Scott Allen today again criticized the state property tax, otherwise known as the forestry mill tax, and called for its elimination. “The statewide property tax is a massive redistribution of wealth from southeastern Wisconsin to other parts of the state,” said Rep. Allen.  “Projects funded by

Contact: Brandon Weathersby brandonw@wisdems.org (608) 260-2409 MADISON — Weeks after House Republicans passed Trumpcare without knowing what exactly was in it, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released their official audit of the bill and the results weren’t pretty. Knowing how terrible Trumpcare will be for Americans’

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org Oshkosh, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Washington Avenue Neoclassical Historic District in the city of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, in the National Register of Historic Places.  National Register designation provides access to certain benefits, including qualification for grants and for

Contact: (608) 267-9649 STEVENS POINT – Representative Katrina Shankland (D–Stevens Point) is pleased to announce her upcoming office hours on Tuesday, May 30 at Emy J’s in Stevens Point. Rep. Shankland hosts office hours every month around the 71st Assembly District to hear from her constituents. Members of the public

Contact: Dan Idzikowski (608) 267-0214 Madison, WI- Disability Rights Wisconsin applauds the Joint Finance Committee for taking the bold step to finally eliminate waiting lists for children with disabilities to receive long term care services. The members of Joint Finance supported the Governor’s investment of $39 million dollars to support

Contact: Rep. Gannon- (608) 264-8486 Rep. Fields- (608) 266-3756 MADISON-The Assembly Committee on Urban Revitalization will continue its important bipartisan work by holding a public hearing in Beloit in order to gain firsthand insight from individuals and stakeholders invested in urban communities. Beloit Committee Visit Friday, June 2 Committee Tour

Contact: (608) 263-1700 universityrelations@uwsa.edu “I would like to thank the members of the Joint Finance Committee for their support of the UW System. In particular, I want to thank Speaker Vos, Majority Leader Fitzgerald, Finance Co-Chairs Darling and Nygren, as well as Senator Harsdorf and Representative Born, for their leadership

Contact: (608) 266-8581 Earlier this year, Representative Allen held his first “Coffee with Scott”, pre-scheduled, one-on-one, ten-minute meetings with constituents. Rep. Allen created “Coffee with Scott” to provide a more comfortable and personal conversation with constituents, and focus on their concerns. The event will be held on Tuesday, May 30th,