Contact: Jeff Landin 920.419.7030 Madison – The Wisconsin Paper Council strongly supports the Senate Republican effort to eliminate the personal property tax in the 2017-19 state budget. “The personal property tax is a major cost to Wisconsin papermakers,” said WPC President Jeff Landin. “All efforts to reduce their tax burden

Contact: Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Rep. Jim Steineke (608) 266-2401 Rep. John Nygren (608) 266-2343 Madison – Assembly Republican leaders released the following statement regarding the state Senate GOP budget proposal that was released today. Assembly Republicans first put out a budget framework for transportation in January, a comprehensive tax

Madison – Today the Committee on Science and Technology heard testimony from stakeholders across Wisconsin regarding AB 206, which puts in danger the accreditation of the OB/GYN residency program at the UW Medical School. This proposal would make it harder to attract and retain OB/GYN professionals in Wisconsin and further

Contact: brandonw@wisdems.org MADISON — The following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Martha Laning with regards to the latest developments on the Senate health care repeal bill: “Wisconsin families are winners today as Republicans in Washington have failed again to garner support for their latest plan to

University of Wisconsin-Stout photographer Brett Roseman and a book about UW-Stout’s history recently received national recognition. Roseman received third place in the Printed Advertisement category of the University Photographers’ Association of America contest. Roseman took photos of students for a series of three “Ready” ads that stress UW-Stout’s career preparation

Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 18, 2017, William Wilber IV (age: 35) of Shawano, Wisconsin, was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 10 years of imprisonment, followed by a 10-year term of supervised release. The sentence was the result

Contact: brandonw@wisdems.org MADISON — Today, the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and Tammy Baldwin for Senate are releasing a new video that highlights the story of a Wisconsin family and their twin daughters, Anna and Maren who would experience firsthand the damaging effects of the Republican health

Contact: (608) 266-0703 MADISON – State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) offered the following statement regarding the Senate GOP Budget Plan that was released today: “The Republicans in the State Senate released our proposed plan to finish the state budget today. As a member of the Joint Finance Committee, I

Contact: press@tammybaldwin.com Today, the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and Tammy Baldwin for Senate are releasing a new video that highlights the story of a Wisconsin family and their twin daughters, Anna and Maren who would experience firsthand the damaging effects of the Republican health care repeal

Milwaukee’s City Channel will go dark for all AT&T U-Verse customers for a matter of weeks while a critical piece of encoding equipment is repaired. The City Channel carries Common Council proceedings and other city programming and is part of the Common Council – City Clerk’s Office. City Clerk Jim

MILWAUKEE — July 18, 2017: Milwaukee Public Schools is hosting an educator job fair this Thursday, July 20 at James Madison Academic Campus on Milwaukee’s north side. Applicants are encouraged to bring a current resume and apply on site. Principals from some of the 160 MPS schools will be on

“Action in the Senate remains in flux. My hope is that we continue to work to bridge differences within the conference so we can pass a bill that improves the increasingly dire situation caused by Obamacare.”

Contact: (608) 266-5830 Madison – With major companies knocking on Wisconsin’s door, key Senate Republicans say we must continue to make major investments in our state’s infrastructure. On Tuesday, Senate Republicans announced their budget plan which provides more money for our schools, cut taxes, and invests in vital infrastructure.  Senator

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI]— While Republicans are fighting for health care reforms for hard-working Wisconsin families, Senator Tammy Baldwin is continuing to align herself with the Obamacare status quo. Wisconsinites facing increased premiums and providers leaving exchanges have found no signs of relief from Senator Baldwin, only

Contact: (608) 266-7513 Madison, WI – Senator Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg) released the following statement after the press conference releasing the State Senate budget position: Today, the State Senate released a budget that repeals three taxes including the state forestry mill tax, alternative minimum tax, and the personal property tax. The

Contact: Brandon Weathersby brandonw@wisdems.org 608-260-2409 MADISON — The following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Martha Laning on the Senate budget proposal revealed today: “Budgets are about priorities and the top priorities of Senate Republicans don’t reflect the priorities of hard-working Wisconsin families who just want their roads fixed and

Contact: (608) 266-2635  Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) issued the following statement regarding the release of proposals from the Senate Republican Caucus to move the 2017-19 state budget process forward towards completion:  “Senate Republicans are working to resolve the remaining issues on transportation, K-12 education and taxes.  We are debating serious

Contact: (202) 280-1990 Statement from the Wisconsin Federation for Children and School Choice Wisconsin: “We are pleased that both houses of the legislature have now agreed to expand the number of families eligible for school choice. Last week, Assembly Republicans acknowledged that they would be willing to raise the income