Co-chairs: Finance will not meet Thursday

The Joint Finance Committee will not meet tomorrow, according to the offices of the co-chairs. It’s the second planned meeting this week the committee has canceled amid a continuing standoff between Assembly and Senate Republicans on education funding, transportation and

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Gov. Walker: Wisconsin Works for Everyone – DHS submits application to reform BadgerCare Plus for childless adults

Contact(s): Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Julie Lund, (608) 266-1683 Madison, Wisconsin – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) submitted an application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today requesting an amendment to certain provisions of the Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver, known as the BadgerCare Reform Demonstration Waiver. The

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Rock County Progressives’ Educational Forum: ‘Lisa Graves on The Trump – Koch Brothers Connection’

Contact: RockCountyProgressives.org  or RockCountyProgressives@gmail.com About the Event: “Trump claims to love everyday people, blue collar workers in particular,” said Chuck Ogg of the Rock County Progressives. “Yet his cabinet appointments, policies and legislative initiatives reflect the interests of the one percent, the Koch Brothers in particular.  Therefore we are excited to have Lisa

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Gov. Walker: Gov. Walker announces a record $3.9 million in youth apprenticeship state grants to serve 4,300 students

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Madison, Wisconsin – Governor Scott Walker announced $3.9 million in Youth Apprenticeship (YA) grant awards today, which will go to 33 consortiums throughout Wisconsin to help more than 4,300 high school juniors and seniors gain academic and technical instruction with mentored on-the-job training in an occupational

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Co-chairs: Finance will not meet Thursday

The Joint Finance Committee will not meet tomorrow, according to the offices of the co-chairs. It’s the second planned meeting this week the committee has canceled amid a continuing standoff between Assembly and Senate Republicans on education funding, transportation and other issues. … Please log in to access subscriber content.

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JFC action on budget stalls amid GOP division over K-12 funding

Speaker Robin Vos vowed Tuesday his caucus would not rubber stamp Scott Walker’s budget, while the guv and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald dismissed the Assembly GOP’s K-12 proposal as a non-starter. Backed by members of his caucus, Vos touted the $580 million Assembly GOP plan as a fairer approach

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Voces de la Frontera: Threats and a suspicious video, Greendale police silence citizen complaint

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman 414.469.9206 sfreeman@vdlf.org Greendale, Wisconsin – On Tuesday, June 6th, the Greendale Police Department posted a statement to their Facebook page saying Katherine Torres had withdrawn the complaint she filed last Friday. The statement also claimed that dash-cam video (seen here) shows that patrol officer involved Officer Karczewski did not ask Ms. Torres

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Speaker Ryan: House condemns Turkey’s violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators

Contact: AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after the House passed H. Res. 354, legislation condemning violence against protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence on May 16, 2017: “Today, the House sent an unequivocal message that violence against peaceful demonstrators will not be

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