Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s “very confident” that the $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn will pass his chamber next week. Vos, R-Rochester, laid out a substitute amendment today he said
Contact: Olivia Hwang 608.266.5504 Madison – Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca released the following statement this afternoon regarding the Assembly Republican amendment to the proposed Foxconn deal: “It’s remarkable that with a vote scheduled for Monday, we just received the Republican
Contact: Bill Cosh 608-224-5020 William2.Cosh@wi.gov Madison – FDA today released a guidance document announcing it will exercise enforcement discretion on the use and labeling of ultrafiltered milk. FDA says its action is intended to lessen the impact of recent trade
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements in response to Assembly Republicans’ latest version of a $3 billion taxpayer handout to a foreign corporation. Assembly Republicans announced
Contact: Jon Knudson jonk@wisdems.org 608-260-2409 MADISON — It’s been a rough week for Kevin Nicholson, with two more examples of his dishonesty and opportunism getting headlines. First, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Nicholson’s struggle to get his story straight on
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today appointed Jeff Lyon to lead the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection as interim secretary effective Monday, August 14, 2017. Mr. Lyon currently serves as the agency’s deputy
The state would provide $20 million in new money to develop a plan to meet the possible job demands of a new Foxconn plant while requiring WEDC to promote Wisconsin workers “when practically possible,” under a substitute amendment released today.
Contact: (608) 266-3387 Rep.Vos@legis.wi.gov Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement concerning the substitute amendment being proposed to the Special Session Assembly Bill 1, which pertains to the $10 billion Foxconn development in southeastern Wisconsin. “The ideas put forward
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conduct preliminary damage assessments next week in 11 western Wisconsin counties hit hard by flooding last month. FEMA officials will begin looking at
Contact: Tony Palese| tony.palese@legis.wi.gov 608-266-5490 MADISON – A recent investigative report by WKOW-TV found that Gov. Walker’s jobs agency gave millions in taxpayer dollars to companies that outsourced Wisconsin jobs. Two companies specifically, Plexus Corp. and Eaton Corp., outsourced hundreds
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics Editor JR Ross reviewed the news of the week in state politics.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s “very confident” that the $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn will pass his chamber next week. Vos, R-Rochester, laid out a substitute amendment today he said addressed some of the concerns and suggestions that people raised
Contact: Olivia Hwang 608.266.5504 Madison – Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca released the following statement this afternoon regarding the Assembly Republican amendment to the proposed Foxconn deal: “It’s remarkable that with a vote scheduled for Monday, we just received the Republican amendment. The legislature and the public will have little to
Contact: Bill Cosh 608-224-5020 William2.Cosh@wi.gov Madison – FDA today released a guidance document announcing it will exercise enforcement discretion on the use and labeling of ultrafiltered milk. FDA says its action is intended to lessen the impact of recent trade policy changes in Canada that caused oversupply and pricing challenges
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements in response to Assembly Republicans’ latest version of a $3 billion taxpayer handout to a foreign corporation. Assembly Republicans announced they will hold a committee vote Monday on what would
Contact: Jon Knudson jonk@wisdems.org 608-260-2409 MADISON — It’s been a rough week for Kevin Nicholson, with two more examples of his dishonesty and opportunism getting headlines. First, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Nicholson’s struggle to get his story straight on his changing views on a woman’s right to a full
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today appointed Jeff Lyon to lead the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection as interim secretary effective Monday, August 14, 2017. Mr. Lyon currently serves as the agency’s deputy secretary. Secretary Ben Brancel’s previously announced retirement is effective August
The state would provide $20 million in new money to develop a plan to meet the possible job demands of a new Foxconn plant while requiring WEDC to promote Wisconsin workers “when practically possible,” under a substitute amendment released today. According to a summary of the changes from the speaker’s
Contact: (608) 266-3387 Rep.Vos@legis.wi.gov Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement concerning the substitute amendment being proposed to the Special Session Assembly Bill 1, which pertains to the $10 billion Foxconn development in southeastern Wisconsin. “The ideas put forward today in the amendment reflect our commitment to our constituents
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conduct preliminary damage assessments next week in 11 western Wisconsin counties hit hard by flooding last month. FEMA officials will begin looking at flood damage to public infrastructure such as roads and bridges.
Contact: Tony Palese| tony.palese@legis.wi.gov 608-266-5490 MADISON – A recent investigative report by WKOW-TV found that Gov. Walker’s jobs agency gave millions in taxpayer dollars to companies that outsourced Wisconsin jobs. Two companies specifically, Plexus Corp. and Eaton Corp., outsourced hundreds of Wisconsin jobs after receiving taxpayer subsidies from the Walker
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics Editor JR Ross reviewed the news of the week in state politics.