WED News Summary: Budget stalemate; WaPo investigates election hacking claims

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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 Graves speak at our upcoming educational forum on ‘The Trump – Koch Connection.’ Lisa is the Executive Director of The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), a national watchdog group investigating and exposing the undue influence of corporations on public policy. After a whistleblower gave Lisa model bills secretly voted

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First Business’ Seminar on Investing in Dane County’s Real Estate Market

Contact: Jen Braico 608-232-5773 Madison, Wisconsin – Join First Business at our Real Estate Market seminar at the Monona Terrace in Madison on Wednesday, June 14, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. At this seminar — offered free for business owners — you’ll learn about the dynamic Dane County real estate market and get critical data to make informed decisions about future investments. Christian D. Caulum and Kian H. Wagner of Oakbrook Corporation will share results from the recent Oakbrook Commercial Real Estate survey, including a deep dive into Madison’s office, industrial, and apartment markets. Madison’s Office & Industrial Market: Vacancy,

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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 area of interest over one or two years. Milwaukee Public Schools is among the grantees that received up to $225,000 in funding to serve 250 students, representing a five-fold increase in youth participation from the current school year. “Wisconsin’s nationally-recognized Youth Apprenticeship program helps employers across the state address the

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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. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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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 than Walker’s proposal. The Rochester Republican said it would put more money into the class… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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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 if she was a US Citizen (she is). The statement said the department routinely records the Social Security Numbers of motorists they stop. The video‘s audio is full of background noise, although the beginning of the encounter at about 1:00 on the Facebook video is surprisingly clear. At 2:10 the officer is heard asking

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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 tolerated. The blame f… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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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. If

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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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