Contact: Brian Rothgery 414-278-4230 or brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors confirmed the County Executive’s appointment of Nicole Brookshire to head the County’s Office of African American Affairs today (18-0). County Board Chairman Theodore Lipscomb, Sr., announced
Contact: Rep. Mark Spreitzer 608-237-9145 Madison, Wisconsin — Today, State Rep. Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit) and State Senator Janis Ringhand (D-Evansville) introduced legislation to provide law enforcement agencies the necessary tools to de-escalate potentially dangerous situations. Currently, many law enforcement agencies lack
Contact: Jordan Krieger, 608-266-5810 (MADISON) – Today, Vice President Mike Pence is in Wisconsin to talk tax reform with Governor Walker and local business leaders. However, early reviews of the administration’s plan to overhaul the tax code continue to be
Today the Wisconsin’s Firearm Owners thanked Senators Van Wanggaard (R-Racine), Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point), and Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) for their votes last week to recommend passage of the Right to Carry Bill. The bill would allow Wisconsin residents to carry
Kathleen Vinehout Statement Re Lovell Letter: “I was asked to write a letter to the judge about Mr. Lovell’s work in the Capitol and his job performance as legal counsel to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education, of
Contact: Brian Reisinger 715-579-9679 br@platform-communications.com [Madison, Wis.] – Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin today announced that it had earned 200 key endorsements, including notable law enforcement organizations like the Dane County Chiefs of Police Association, demonstrating that its broad and bipartisan
Contact: Melanie Conklin, melaniec@wisdems.org, 608-260-2409 MADISON — Today Republican Gov. Scott Walker joined Vice President Mike Pence for a photo op designed to distract from who their new national tax plan really helps. However, their staged optics are not fooling
CONTACT: Melissa Moore Baldauff, Director of Communications 414.278.4216 Office 772.579.6936 Cell Melissa.Baldauff@MilwaukeeCountyWI.gov MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today shared highlights of his 2018 Proposed Executive Budget at a public event at Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport, highlighting
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 Weekly Radio Address: Wisconsin’s Small Business Agenda MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released his Weekly Radio Address today titled “Wisconsin’s Small Business Agenda.” Hi, Scott Walker here. Wisconsin was named a top 10 state for
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, along with West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, led a 25-state coalition in support of permanently rescinding language used in the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The coalition filed
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3823, the Disaster Tax Relief and Airway Extension Act of 2017. The House passed this legislation under a rule today
MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker has remained mum on analyses suggesting Wisconsin taxpayers would be picking up part of the tab for the massive tax cuts to corporations and the
Contact: Albert Alfaro, Legislative Aide 414-278-5084 or albert.alfaro@milwaukeecountywi.gov MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors approved the sale of the Crystal Ridge landfill to an affiliate of ROC Ventures today (11-7), a major step forward for the $100 million
CONTACT: Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma, 608-261-1095, mazq@engr.wisc.edu MADISON – A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has created the most functional flexible transistor in the world – and with it, a fast, simple and inexpensive fabrication process that’s easily scalable to
