Contact: (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — At the WisPolitics.com Luncheon on Thursday, out-of-touch con artist Andy Gronik’s evolution on the Foxconn Technology Group deal – which plans to bring 13,000 family-sustaining jobs to Wisconsin – was on full display. Listen
MADISON, Wis. – Assistant Attorney General Duane Harlow has been appointed by Attorney General Brad Schimel to lead the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Consumer Protection & Antitrust Unit. Harlow was previously the deputy director of the Civil Litigation Unit.
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Brad Schimel appointed Assistant Attorney General Francis “Frank” X. Sullivan to lead the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Medicaid Fraud Control & Elder Abuse Unit. Sullivan previously served as unit director for the Consumer Protection
Contact: Tom McCarthy (608) 266-3559 MADISON — Each year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service updates income eligibility guidelines for meals served at schools and day care programs based on federal poverty levels. The current income guidelines
Contact: Britt Cudaback britt.cudaback@legis.wi.gov 308.440.2939 (MADISON) – Today State Representative Melissa Sargent (D-Madison), ranking Democratic Assembly member on the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, expressed her optimism about the results of the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB)’s audit of the Wisconsin
Contact: Sen. Jon Erpenbach, 608.266.6670 Sen. Lena Taylor, 608.266.5810 Rep. Gordon Hintz, 608.266.2254 Rep. Katrina Shankland, 608.267.9649 MADISON –An interactive map released today shows how a Legislative Democratic plan increases funding for every school district in Wisconsin. Democrats on the
Contact: Melissa Moore Baldauff 414.278.4216 Office 772.579.6936 Cell Melissa.Baldauff@MilwaukeeCountyWI.gov MILWAUKEE – It’s been just two years since Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele launched the County’s Housing First initiative and we’re already seeing a dramatic return on investment – a 40 percent decrease
Contact: 608-266-5350 Madison – State Representative Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) released the following statement following the Joint Finance Committee (JFC)’s decision to provide funding for a TMDL Study: “I am incredibly pleased that yesterday the Joint Finance Committee approved my
Contact: Paul Zimmerman 608.828.5708 MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is supportive of the latest votes from Joint Finance Committee members on Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issues that impact farmers.
Contact: Zach Madden 608-266-7521(office) 608-620-3884 (cell) MADISON – Saturday marks the 97th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. 97 years later, Wisconsin women are losing ground in the fight for full equality.
Contact: Senator Cowles, 920.448.5092 Representative Kerkman, 888.529.0061 MADISON – Today, the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) released the second phase of its evaluation (report 17‑14) of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, which is located in Waupaca County and operated by
Contact: info@daneGOP.org 608-709-0478 This past week, Mayor Paul Soglin (D – Madison, WI) decided to take down monuments of the Confederacy at a local cemetery. Nowhere in his public statement is there a reference to the Democratic party. Soglin writes:
Contact: 262-290-3343 [Fredonia….] The Manitowoc Public School District is stopping area families from enrolling in online public charter schools. It is an action that has drawn the ire of the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families, which is vowing to
“The Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association (WI Land+Water) applauds the decisions by the Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee to approve amendments to the Governor’s 2017-19 budget to increase funding to a number of key land and water conservation efforts”, said
Contact: Danielle Endvick 715-471-0398 dendvick@wisconsinfarmersunion.com CHIPPEWA FALLS – Wisconsin Farmers Union commends the Joint Finance Committee for unanimously voting in favor of a provision to restore Farm to School funding in the budget. Funding for the program had been eliminated
