Dairy Business Association: ‘America’s Dairyland’ license plate slogan a sense of pride and progress

CONTACT: Jamie Mara, director of public relations 920-209-3990; jmara@widba.com GREEN BAY, Wis. (Oct. 17, 2017) — Mike North, president of the Dairy Business Association, today released the following statement regarding a suggestion by the president of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce that the state consider removing the slogan, “America’s Dairyland,” from

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WisDems: Extremist Leah Vukmir champions bill to limit women’s healthcare options

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org Vukmir supported a zero-exception abortion ban, stated support for so-called “personhood” amendments that could ban common forms of birth control “Vukmir’s strident anti-choice viewpoints are among the most severe and punitive stances held by any elected official in the country.” MADISON — Far right-wing state Senator Leah Vukmir

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State finishes fiscal year with $579 million surplus

The state finished 2016-17 with a surplus of $579 million, a better ending balance than what the Legislative Fiscal Bureau had previously projected. The last LFB estimate of a $467 million ending balance, though, did not include a final look at expenditures over the fiscal year. The Department of Administration

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TUE AM Update: WEDC board to hear update on Foxconn contract today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The WEDC board will meet in Madison today to hear updates from the agency on the Foxconn contract. The board may vote on the WEDC staff review of the deal, which would give the agency the authority to

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WisDems: Another out-of-state, Dick Uihlein-funded super PAC backs Nicholson

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org “Unfortunately for Nicholson, out-of-state super PACs and Illinois megadonors don’t get to vote in next year’s GOP primary.” MADISON — Out-of-state special interest puppet Kevin Nicholson today received yet another endorsement from an out-of-state super PAC. And surprise! It’s funded by Nicholson’s favorite out-of-state megadonor: Illinois CEO Dick Uihlein, who previously dropped

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Solutions for Wisconsin PAC: Bannon-affiliated super PAC backs conservative outsider Kevin Nicholson

Contact:  Chris Schrimpf 614-440-8589 chris@redtackstrategy.com Prominent Outsider Groups Coalesce Around Nicholson Great America PAC, a prominent Super PAC with ties to Steve Bannon, announced their support for Kevin Nicholson tonight. Great America PAC is the third major outside group to throw their support behind Nicholson. Previously, Solutions for Wisconsin, with the support of Republican

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