Contact: Senator Fred Risser 608-266-1627 Largest state taxpayer giveaway to a foreign corporation in U.S. history State Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison) said that today’s passage by the Senate of the Foxconn legislation is a breathtaking sweetheart deal that sells out
Contact: Sen. Leah Vukmir (608) 266-2512 Sen.Vukmir@legis.wi.gov MADISON, Wis. — Senate Assistant Majority Leader Leah Vukmir, R–Brookfield, issued the following statement Tuesday upon passage of the Foxconn bill in the state Senate: “Wisconsinites have been calling on their elected officials
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released the following statement after the Wisconsin State Senate passed the Wisconn Valley Special Session legislation with bipartisan support. “Thank you to the members of the State Senate for passing
The state Senate Tuesday approved 20-13 an amended $3 billion incentive package for the Taiwanese tech company Foxconn, with GOP Sen. Robert Cowles opposing it and Dem Bob Wirch voting for the proposal. Democrats called it a corporate giveaway to
The Senate is now debating the overall Foxconn incentive package after rejecting a series of Dem amendments and approving two authored by Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. One, which passed earlier today, would state WEDC “shall establish job creation thresholds”
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald introduced an amendment to the Foxconn bill that would maintain the appeals court’s role in any lawsuits filed over decisions related to the economic development zone where
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 Supports Sen. Sanders’ Extreme Plan [Madison, WI]— Senator Tammy Baldwin announced her support for Senator Sanders single-payer health care plan and even committed to being a co-sponsor. Baldwin endorsed the plan, with a $32 trillion price tag,
Contact: Sen. Miller 608-266-9170 Madison, Wisconsin – “This legislation raises more questions than it answers about the deal Governor Walker struck with Foxconn. And nowhere is this more apparent than the provisions that deal with our environment. We can’t know
Contact: Rep. Pope 608-266-3520 Madison, Wisconsin – Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee recently approved a motion that would change the way that open enrollment transfers work for Special Education Students. Representative Sondy Pope (D-Mt. Horeb), the ranking Democrat on
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Madison, Wisconsin – New Leaders Council Wisconsin (NLC – Wisconsin) is excited to announce it was chosen as “2017 Chapter of the Year” from among nearly fifty chapters across the country for its work training Wisconsin’s next progressive leaders. NLC
Contact: Christine Welcher, Campaign Manager 608-279-2733 Christine@BlueJeansGov.com Curtiss, Wisconsin — From the Clark County farm where he grew up, veteran government watchdog and democracy reform advocate Mike McCabe today announced he is running for governor to shake up and transform
Democrat Beau Liegeois, who announced today he’ll challenge 8th CD freshman GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher next year, said the House’s “failure” on health care this spring pushed him to run for office. Calling the plan the House GOP passed in
Contact: Senator Fred Risser 608-266-1627 Largest state taxpayer giveaway to a foreign corporation in U.S. history State Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison) said that today’s passage by the Senate of the Foxconn legislation is a breathtaking sweetheart deal that sells out state environmental laws, give Foxconn special treatment in our courts,
Contact: Sen. Leah Vukmir (608) 266-2512 Sen.Vukmir@legis.wi.gov MADISON, Wis. — Senate Assistant Majority Leader Leah Vukmir, R–Brookfield, issued the following statement Tuesday upon passage of the Foxconn bill in the state Senate: “Wisconsinites have been calling on their elected officials to listen to them and put their interests first. The
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released the following statement after the Wisconsin State Senate passed the Wisconn Valley Special Session legislation with bipartisan support. “Thank you to the members of the State Senate for passing this bill with bipartisan support and opening the door to
The state Senate Tuesday approved 20-13 an amended $3 billion incentive package for the Taiwanese tech company Foxconn, with GOP Sen. Robert Cowles opposing it and Dem Bob Wirch voting for the proposal. Democrats called it a corporate giveaway to a foreign company, slamming projections that the state wouldn’t break
The Senate is now debating the overall Foxconn incentive package after rejecting a series of Dem amendments and approving two authored by Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. One, which passed earlier today, would state WEDC “shall establish job creation thresholds” while tying capital expenditure tax benefits to those benchmarks. The
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald introduced an amendment to the Foxconn bill that would maintain the appeals court’s role in any lawsuits filed over decisions related to the economic development zone where the project is located. But the amendment would still speed
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 Supports Sen. Sanders’ Extreme Plan [Madison, WI]— Senator Tammy Baldwin announced her support for Senator Sanders single-payer health care plan and even committed to being a co-sponsor. Baldwin endorsed the plan, with a $32 trillion price tag, more than 24 hours before its release. Instead of fighting
Contact: Sen. Miller 608-266-9170 Madison, Wisconsin – “This legislation raises more questions than it answers about the deal Governor Walker struck with Foxconn. And nowhere is this more apparent than the provisions that deal with our environment. We can’t know the full impact on the environment or local communities when
Contact: Rep. Pope 608-266-3520 Madison, Wisconsin – Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee recently approved a motion that would change the way that open enrollment transfers work for Special Education Students. Representative Sondy Pope (D-Mt. Horeb), the ranking Democrat on the Assembly Committee on Education responded to these changes as
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Madison, Wisconsin – New Leaders Council Wisconsin (NLC – Wisconsin) is excited to announce it was chosen as “2017 Chapter of the Year” from among nearly fifty chapters across the country for its work training Wisconsin’s next progressive leaders. NLC – Wisconsin was honored at New Leaders Council’s National Leadership
Contact: Christine Welcher, Campaign Manager 608-279-2733 Christine@BlueJeansGov.com Curtiss, Wisconsin — From the Clark County farm where he grew up, veteran government watchdog and democracy reform advocate Mike McCabe today announced he is running for governor to shake up and transform Wisconsin’s corrupted political system. “Wisconsin is up to its eyeballs
Democrat Beau Liegeois, who announced today he’ll challenge 8th CD freshman GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher next year, said the House’s “failure” on health care this spring pushed him to run for office. Calling the plan the House GOP passed in May a “travesty,” Liegeois said the chamber should have looked