Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 Latest ACA repeal bill would allow Governor to decide how much insurers can charge people with pre-existing conditions WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Gwen Moore (WI-04), and Ron Kind (WI-03) today wrote to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, asking him whether or not
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Wisconn Valley Special Session bill creates new project position at DOA focusing on economic development MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today announced Matt Moroney will serve as the strategic economic initiatives director at the Department of Administration
Contact: Rep.Bowen@legis.wi.gov, 608-266-7671 MADISON – Late last week, just after Governor Walker approved up to $3 billion in cash payments to a foreign company and a $76 billion state budget that once again failed to adequately fund our kids’ education, it was
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today announced the appointment of former Wisconsin State Assembly Representative Dan Meyer to serve as secretary of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “Dan Meyer will be an outstanding DNR secretary,” Governor
CONTACT: Joe Sangiorgio, JSangiorgio@afphq.org Free-Market Activists Thanks Legislators for Protecting Small Businesses MADISON, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin today kicked off a grassroots activist campaign to thank five key lawmakers for their efforts to protect craft breweries, wineries and distilleries from new regulations
170925Counties
CONTACT: Ed Taylor, Director of Strategic Communications, 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. – Edgewood College is one of the 375 most environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The education services company known for its test prep and tutoring services, books, and college
CONTACT: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI]— The Republican Party of Wisconsin launched a website and digital ad campaign today against tax-and-spend liberal Kathleen Vinehout. Vinehout is announcing her bid for governor today. While Governor Walker has fought to return
CONTACT: Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) is appointing Dean Knudson of Hudson to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, as required by 2015 Wisconsin Act 118. Knudson is a former state representative who served in the Assembly for three terms.
CONTACT: Rep. Debra Kolste, (608) 266-7503 MADISON – People in the 44 th Assembly District will accept an increase in the gasoline tax to fund the state transportation budget, but they are dead set against an increase in vehicle registration fees.
CONTACT: AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico: “The stories and images coming out of Puerto Rico are devastating. Congress is working with the administration to ensure
The Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations is a cross-disability coalition of more than 30 state and local organizations and groups. For more than 20 years, Survival has been focused on changing and improving policies and practices that support people
CONTACT: Rob Henken President, Public Policy Forum 414-276-8240 or 414-708-4392 (c) rhenken@publicpolicyforum.org A new report released today by the Public Policy Forum finds that buildings owned by the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County face “substantial and expensive” repair and replacement
CONTACT: Greg Leaf greg@kathleenvinehout.org 715-381-0123 Cathy Leaf cathy@kathleenvinehout.org 651-261-0530 Senator Kathleen Vinehout is announcing she will run for Wisconsin governor on the Democratic ticket during a “Putting People First” rally in Black River Falls on September 25, 2017. In her prepared
