DC Wrap: June 23-29

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Rep. Novak: Named to Assembly foster care task force

Contact:  Rep. Todd Novak (608) 266-7502 Madison – Rep. Todd Novak (Dodgeville) was named to the Assembly Foster Care Task Force today along with Co-Chairman Rep. Pat Snyder (Schofield), Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (Oak Creek), Rep. Terry Katsma (Oostburg), Rep. Joan

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THU AM Update: Sources say Walker may be open to fee on heavy trucks

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Insiders are taking Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s starkly different tone on a proposal to add a new fee on heavy trucks as a sign the guv is at least open to the idea. Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, told reporters

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DC Wrap: June 23-29

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WisDOT: Fourth of July holiday travelers asked to plan ahead, be patient, alert and safe

For more information, contact: Wayne Chase (608) 267-7774, wayne.chase@dot.wi.gov David Pabst (608) 709-0055 david.pabst@dot.wi.gov WisDOT to suspend work on most construction projects to help ease expected heavy traffic volumes To accommodate heavy traffic expected during the Fourth of July holiday period, construction on most Wisconsin highway projects will be suspended

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Rep. Rodriguez: Appointed to Speaker’s Task Force on Foster Care

Contact: Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (608) 266-0610 MADISON – At a Capitol press conference Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) was appointed to the Speaker’s Task Force on Foster Care. The bipartisan group, assigned by Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester), will investigate foster care issues in Wisconsin. “Through this task force

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Three directors re-elected to WI Potato Board

Media Contacts: Rick Hummell, 608-224-5041 richard.hummell@wi.gov or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – Wisconsin’s potato growers have re-elected three directors to the industry’s market order board. Re-elected in District 1 is Tom Wild, Antigo; District 2, Bill Wysocki, Plover; and District 3, Heidi Randall, Cambria. The three directors

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Director re-elected to Wisconsin Cherry Board

Media Contacts: Rick Hummell, 608-224-5041 richard.hummell@wi.gov or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – Wisconsin’s cherry producers have re-elected one director, Lee Petrina of Algoma, to the industry’s market orders board. He will serve a three-year term, starting July 1. The five-member Wisconsin Cherry Board is responsible for overseeing

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Ginseng producers re-elect two board directors

Media Contacts: Rick Hummell, 608-224-5041 richard.hummell@wi.gov or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – Wisconsin’s ginseng producers have re-elected two directors, Robert Kaldunski and Aaron Kaiser, both of Edgar, to the industry’s market orders board. The directors will serve a three-year term, starting July 1. The seven-member Ginseng Board

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Rep. Novak: Named to Assembly foster care task force

Contact:  Rep. Todd Novak (608) 266-7502 Madison – Rep. Todd Novak (Dodgeville) was named to the Assembly Foster Care Task Force today along with Co-Chairman Rep. Pat Snyder (Schofield), Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (Oak Creek), Rep. Terry Katsma (Oostburg), Rep. Joan Ballweg (Markesan), Rep. Treig Pronschinske (Mondovi), Rep. Joel Kitchens (Sturgeon

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Voces de la Frontera: Immigrant families and supporters urge Gov. Walker and GOP to stop AB190

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman | sfreeman@vdlf.org | 414.469.9206 AB190 would have local law enforcement act like Immigration agents Photos here  MADISON, WI – On Wednesday, hundreds of immigrant families and supporters lobbied and protested against AB190/SB275, a bill introduced by Wisconsin Republicans to have local law enforcement act like immigration agents. Wisconsin Republicans have introduced the bills, which

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