Door County Land Trust: Protects 37 acres near Rowley’s Bay

Contact: Tom Clay, Executive Director tclay@doorcountylandtrust.org or Cinnamon Rossman, Communications and Outreach Manager crossman@doorcountylandtrust.org Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin – In late August, landowners Bruce and Joan Pikas donated a 37-acre conservation easement on their boreal forest tract to the Door County Land

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Speaker Ryan: Issues statement on tax reform

Contact: AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 Washington, D.C.—Speaker Ryan released the following statement on Congress’ efforts on tax reform: “President Trump is taking the case for tax reform straight to Main Street. Here in the House, we’ve made it clear that our

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Gov. Walker: To lead trade mission to Israel this fall

Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 Madison, Wisconsin – Governor Scott Walker today announced he is leading a trade mission to Israel from October 27 to November 3 and encouraged state companies interested in reaching new overseas markets to join him on the

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Door County Land Trust: Protects 37 acres near Rowley’s Bay

Contact: Tom Clay, Executive Director tclay@doorcountylandtrust.org or Cinnamon Rossman, Communications and Outreach Manager crossman@doorcountylandtrust.org Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin – In late August, landowners Bruce and Joan Pikas donated a 37-acre conservation easement on their boreal forest tract to the Door County Land Trust. The conservation easement, located east of Sister Bay adds

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Speaker Ryan: Issues statement on tax reform

Contact: AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 Washington, D.C.—Speaker Ryan released the following statement on Congress’ efforts on tax reform: “President Trump is taking the case for tax reform straight to Main Street. Here in the House, we’ve made it clear that our top priority this fall is reforming the tax code and

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Gov. Walker: Wisconsin exports up 8.2% in first half of 2017

Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 Madison, Wisconsin – Wisconsin businesses exported $11.2 billion in goods and services worldwide in the first half of 2017, an 8.2 percent increase over the first six months of 2016, Governor Scott Walker announced today. State agricultural exports in the first half rose by 8.8

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WisGOP: U.S. Sen. Baldwin has long history of raising taxes

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 Madison, Wisconsin— Taxin’ Tammy Baldwin is wrapping up her August recess and heading back to Washington, where tax reform will take center stage. While Republicans are working to fix the tax code, Taxin’ Tammy has spent her career choosing Washington over Wisconsin by voting in

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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: State must do more for special needs children

Contact: Cameron Sholty | WILL Communications Director cameron@will-law.org 414-727-7416 | 262-409-9816 Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Today the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty released a policy brief detailing how Wisconsin struggles to give special needs children the ability to choose their own school. While Wisconsin does have a special needs voucher program, Special Needs Scholarship Prog… Please

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Gov. Walker: To lead trade mission to Israel this fall

Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 Madison, Wisconsin – Governor Scott Walker today announced he is leading a trade mission to Israel from October 27 to November 3 and encouraged state companies interested in reaching new overseas markets to join him on the trip. “Israel has one of the fastest-growing economies in the

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Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office: Inmate dies at jail medical clinic

Contact: Fran McLaughlin, Director of Support Services (414) 278-5226 (414) 254-9488 Milwaukee, WI – Last night, at about 10:00 p.m., a 51-year-old jail inmate complained of not feeling well. Medical staff immediately responded to assess his condition and called for an MFD med unit. He lost consciousness at the jail clinic, and immediate

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