Milwaukee County, Tuesday November 28, 2017: After twenty-three years of serving as a Milwaukee County Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr. will not seek re-election to the office. The announcement is being made at this time to give potential candidates ample opportunity
Contact: Ashley Viste, Campaign Manager press@joshkaul.org, 920-204-5953 MADISON – Josh Kaul, candidate for Attorney General, issued a statement today in response to reporting by Colleen Henry of WISN-TV that a driver “involved in [a] fatal July crash was out
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CASCO, Wis. (Nov. 28, 2017) — Nearly 100 farmers and others connected to the Kewaunee County dairy community gathered this morning in a room overlooking a rotary milking parlor in a show of unity in their commitment to agriculture, the
Contact: Stephanie Miller 608-267-8823 Today, County Executive Joe Parisi announced that the Dane County Department of Public Works, Highway, and Transportation had its most productive year ever. A total of 38 miles of county highways were paved using 126,000 tons
Contact: Doris A. Santoro, (207) 798-4309, dsantoro@bowdoin.edu Daniel J. Quinn, (517) 203-2940, dquinn@greatlakescenter.org EAST LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 28, 2017) — In October, The Education Trust published a report that called on state leaders to embrace new flexibility available under the
Contact: Mokie Porter 301-996-0901 mporter@vva.org (Washington, D.C.) – “Our service members who served after 9/11 have been exposed to a range of environmental and chemical hazards, some of which carry very real risks. Whether from burn pits, depleted uranium, toxic
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — A new bombshell report from The Daily Beast reveals that out-of-state billionaire puppet Kevin Nicholson’s biggest backer, Illinois CEO Dick Uihlein, has similarly been secretly bankrolling Alabama Senate candidate and alleged serial sexual predator
Mount Pleasant, Wis. – November 27, 2017 – The following statement was issued today by Dave DeGroot, President of the Village of Mount Pleasant: Tonight, the Village Board approved a Development Agreement with Foxconn that outlines the responsibilities of the
Contact: Bernadette Green, (202) 225-2476 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today called for transparency in information about sexual harassment settlements paid out by members of Congress. Grothman wants the number of sexual harassment-related settlements paid out by members
Contact: Noel Fritsch Email: NoelF@ElectNehlen.com Phone: 202.374.7371 Delavan, WI — Paul Nehlen released the following statement on the sexual misconduct hush money fund paid to alleged victims of Congressional sexual assault by Paul Ryan’s Congress: “I call on Paul Ryan
They’re at it again. Despite overwhelming support for an open Internet, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants to undo net neutrality in the United States. And the big winner will be the giant telecommunications companies — and pretty much no one else.
Contact: Sen. Jennifer Shilling, 608-266-5490 Rep. Gordon Hintz, 608-266-2254 MADISON, WI – Gov. Walker’s decision to reject the federal Medicaid expansion has cost Wisconsin taxpayers over $1 billion while preventing thousands of families from accessing affordable care. The plan has
Evers using Walker’s requirement the Department of Public Instruction use state DOJ lawyers in lawsuit related to REINS Act to raise funds for gubernatorial campaign.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on President Donald Trump’s derision of Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas.”
Rep. Joel Kleefisch, the chairman of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, is an ebullient presence at the Capitol, eager to share his hunting stories to anyone in earshot and show off his trophy-filled office, which includes a bearskin, an alligator and a turkey, among others. He said he’s taken “well more than 30” new hunters out for their first time. On Monday, I became one of them.
Hunting is not just killing and it’s not just about the individual hunter. We have obligations to the prey, to fellow hunters and to society in general. And those are lessons that are getting lost in the story of the kindergarten deer hunter.
CONTACT: Rep. Patrick Snyder (608) 266-0655 Rep. Steve Doyle (608)-266-0631 MADISON –Today, the Speaker’s Task Force on Foster Care held a press conference to unveil their package of legislation, Foster Forward. The task force introduced thirteen bipartisan bills that address
CONTACT: Zach Madden, 608-266-7521(office) 608-620-3884 (cell) MADISON – Today, Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) introduced LRB-4929 which would establish a foster family support fund that would serve as a grant program for counties, nonprofits and other organizations to support foster families.
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—This afternoon, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement. “We have important work to do, and Democratic leaders have continually found new excuses not to
Milwaukee County, Tuesday November 28, 2017: After twenty-three years of serving as a Milwaukee County Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr. will not seek re-election to the office. The announcement is being made at this time to give potential candidates ample opportunity to enter the race and make their case directly to
Contact: Ashley Viste, Campaign Manager press@joshkaul.org, 920-204-5953 MADISON – Josh Kaul, candidate for Attorney General, issued a statement today in response to reporting by Colleen Henry of WISN-TV that a driver “involved in [a] fatal July crash was out on bail after [a] 5th OWI charge because [the] court
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CASCO, Wis. (Nov. 28, 2017) — Nearly 100 farmers and others connected to the Kewaunee County dairy community gathered this morning in a room overlooking a rotary milking parlor in a show of unity in their commitment to agriculture, the environment and the broader community. “What many don’t understand is
Contact: Stephanie Miller 608-267-8823 Today, County Executive Joe Parisi announced that the Dane County Department of Public Works, Highway, and Transportation had its most productive year ever. A total of 38 miles of county highways were paved using 126,000 tons of asphaltic pavement—nearly double any previous year’s work. The county
Contact: Doris A. Santoro, (207) 798-4309, dsantoro@bowdoin.edu Daniel J. Quinn, (517) 203-2940, dquinn@greatlakescenter.org EAST LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 28, 2017) — In October, The Education Trust published a report that called on state leaders to embrace new flexibility available under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to address inequities in teacher
Contact: Mokie Porter 301-996-0901 mporter@vva.org (Washington, D.C.) – “Our service members who served after 9/11 have been exposed to a range of environmental and chemical hazards, some of which carry very real risks. Whether from burn pits, depleted uranium, toxic fragments, they are getting sick and dying young from uncommon
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — A new bombshell report from The Daily Beast reveals that out-of-state billionaire puppet Kevin Nicholson’s biggest backer, Illinois CEO Dick Uihlein, has similarly been secretly bankrolling Alabama Senate candidate and alleged serial sexual predator Roy Moore. A billionaire from Illinois, Uihlein has to-date deployed
Mount Pleasant, Wis. – November 27, 2017 – The following statement was issued today by Dave DeGroot, President of the Village of Mount Pleasant: Tonight, the Village Board approved a Development Agreement with Foxconn that outlines the responsibilities of the company, the Village of Mount Pleasant and the County, along
Contact: Bernadette Green, (202) 225-2476 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today called for transparency in information about sexual harassment settlements paid out by members of Congress. Grothman wants the number of sexual harassment-related settlements paid out by members of Congress to be released immediately. “While I was home
Contact: Noel Fritsch Email: NoelF@ElectNehlen.com Phone: 202.374.7371 Delavan, WI — Paul Nehlen released the following statement on the sexual misconduct hush money fund paid to alleged victims of Congressional sexual assault by Paul Ryan’s Congress: “I call on Paul Ryan to immediately release the names of every predator Congress is
They’re at it again. Despite overwhelming support for an open Internet, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants to undo net neutrality in the United States. And the big winner will be the giant telecommunications companies — and pretty much no one else.
Contact: Sen. Jennifer Shilling, 608-266-5490 Rep. Gordon Hintz, 608-266-2254 MADISON, WI – Gov. Walker’s decision to reject the federal Medicaid expansion has cost Wisconsin taxpayers over $1 billion while preventing thousands of families from accessing affordable care. The plan has been derided nationally as cruel, immoral, nonsensical, fiscally irresponsible and
Evers using Walker’s requirement the Department of Public Instruction use state DOJ lawyers in lawsuit related to REINS Act to raise funds for gubernatorial campaign.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on President Donald Trump’s derision of Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas.”
Rep. Joel Kleefisch, the chairman of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, is an ebullient presence at the Capitol, eager to share his hunting stories to anyone in earshot and show off his trophy-filled office, which includes a bearskin, an alligator and a turkey, among others. He said he’s taken “well more than 30” new hunters out for their first time. On Monday, I became one of them.
Hunting is not just killing and it’s not just about the individual hunter. We have obligations to the prey, to fellow hunters and to society in general. And those are lessons that are getting lost in the story of the kindergarten deer hunter.
CONTACT: Rep. Patrick Snyder (608) 266-0655 Rep. Steve Doyle (608)-266-0631 MADISON –Today, the Speaker’s Task Force on Foster Care held a press conference to unveil their package of legislation, Foster Forward. The task force introduced thirteen bipartisan bills that address the issues facing the state’s child welfare system. Co-chairs of
CONTACT: Zach Madden, 608-266-7521(office) 608-620-3884 (cell) MADISON – Today, Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) introduced LRB-4929 which would establish a foster family support fund that would serve as a grant program for counties, nonprofits and other organizations to support foster families. Representative Subeck served as a member of the Speaker’s Task
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—This afternoon, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement. “We have important work to do, and Democratic leaders have continually found new excuses not to meet with the administration to discuss these issues. Democrats are