Kohl campaign: Grothman Silent on Tax Bill Bribe

Dan Kohl calls on Grothman to disavow #CorkerKickback, vote against any plan containing it Grafton – Weekend news reports brought word that a highly controversial, last-minute provision was added to the text of the Republican tax effort conference report. This addition would directly benefit holders of real estate, including some prominent Republican leaders, such as Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, and Bob Corker. Corker, the pivotal vote, announced his switch from an opponent to a supporter shortly after the text of the final bill was released. On Sunday, John Cornyn went so far as to acknowledge that this provision was added as

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WisDems: NEW REPORT: GOP Tax Plan Hikes Taxes On Working Families In Giveaway To Wealthy, Corporate Special Interests

Contact: For general DPW inquiries: Melanie Conklin, melaniec@wisdems.org For 2018 U.S. Senate race inquiries: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org GOP plan would hike taxes on 53% of Americans while the richest 1% get a tax cut The richest 1% receive nearly 83% of the bill’s tax benefits MADISON — The Tax Policy Center today released a new report on the #GOPTaxScam that once again confirms that Republicans’ latest iteration of their tax plan is as bad as every version that came before it. According to the TPC, the GOP tax plan supported by Senator Ron Johnson, Speaker Paul Ryan, and U.S. Senate candidates Leah Vukmir and Kevin

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MON PM Update: AG Sessions: Eastern District will get two new prosecutors to combat violent crime

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Milwaukee today announced the Eastern District of Wisconsin will get two new prosecutors to help combat violent crime. The two are part of 40 new prosecutor positions the Department of Justice has created nationwide. Sessions said 260 additional positions are to be added in the coming mont… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Fifth Street School on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Milwaukee, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Fifth Street School (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Fifth Street School, designed in the Romanesque Revival style, was built in 1888 and expanded in 1908. While the Romanesque Revival was widely used in school design during the 1880s and 1890s, this school is a particularly fine example. This brick masonry building features hallmarks of the style, such as the use of gabled wall dormers detailed with miniature round arches, steeply pitched pyramidal roof, and windows grouped beneath decorative round arches. Stylistically,

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Tomah Boy Scout Cabin in Tomah Listed in National Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Tomah, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Tomah Boy Scout Cabin in Tomah, Monroe County, in the National Register of Historic Places. National Register designation provides access to certain benefits, including qualification for grants and for rehabilitation income tax credits, while it does not restrict private property owners in the use of their property. The Tomah Boy Scout Cabin, built in 1934, was constructed as a community project and upon completion, provided a clubhouse and meeting space for the Tomah boy scouts.  These cabins reflect the social history of the

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Waite Grass Carpet Company Building on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Oshkosh, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Waite Grass Carpet Company building (Oshkosh, Winnebago County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Waite Grass Carpet Company building tells the unique story of the wire grass industry in the upper Midwest. The Waite Grass Carpet Company was one of a handful of enterprises in the upper Midwestern states that utilized a regionally abundant-but largely unusable-natural resource, wire grass, to produce and market nationally-distributed consumer goods. Grass carpet manufacturing was an important industry in Oshkosh in the first half of the twentieth century and Waite

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Voss’ Birchwood Lodge on the State Register of Historic Place

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Manitowish Waters, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Voss’ Birchwood Lodge (Manitowish Waters, Vilas County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Voss’ Birchwood Lodge, still in continuous use and operated by descendants of the founding family, is a rare survivor of the golden age of resort building in the north woods. Henry and Ruth Voss established their resort in 1910 on Spider Lake; today, Voss’ Birchwood Lodge is one of Vilas County’s finest and most intact collections of historic, “American Plan” summer resort buildings. These buildings are examples of the Rustic and

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Rep. Anderson: Despite Opposition, Governor Walker will Attend Conference for White Nationalists

Contact: Logan Vidal logan.vidal@legis.wisconsin.gov (608) 266-8570 Madison – This week Governor Walker will speak at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit 2017 a conservative Super PAC. Governor Walker will be joining white nationalist speakers who traffic in racist hate including Sebastian Gorka, Ben Shapiro, Tomi Lahren, James O’Keefe, Charlie Kirk, and Jesse Watters among others to be named. In response Rep. Anderson released the following statement: “What is to be gained politically, intellectually, or morally from speaking at this event? Why speak at an event run by a Super PAC funded by a network of anonymous conservative donors that highlights

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Miramar Drive Residential Historic District on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Allouez, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Miramar Drive Residential Historic District (Allouez, Brown County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Miramar Drive Residential Historic District contains one of Allouez’ finest concentrations of single family homes constructed between 1920 and 1967. The prevalence of architect-designed, Period Revival styles including Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and later Ranch styles together constitute a well-defined and visually distinct architectural district. The district, marked by two brick piers at the western entry to Miramar Drive, was also a commuter neighborhood of a rising upper-middle class in

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Arctic Shipwreck on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Manitowoc, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Arctic Shipwreck (Vicinity of Manitowoc, Manitowoc County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Arctic, built in 1881, and sunk in 1930, is a tug that seems to straddle the two tug categories: harbor tug and lake tug. Although its construction identifies it as a harbor tug, unique to this vessel is that, historic documentation indicates that the strong hull construction of the Arctic allowed for participation in tasks set for wrecking tugs. Historic documents indicate that the Arctic participated in tasks designated for both

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Board of Commissioners of Public Lands: Approves $1.8 million for community projects

CONTACT:  Jonathan Barry, Executive Secretary (608) 266-8369  MADISON – The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) today approved $1.8 million in State Trust Fund Loans to support seven community projects in Wisconsin.  Board Chair Brad Schimel and Commissioner Doug La Follette voted in favor of the loans with Commissioner Matt Adamczyk voting against them. The BCPL approved the following loans: City of Beaver Dam, Dodge County / Purchase capital equipment / $170,000 City of Lodi, Columbia County / Finance TID #4 economic development project / $500,000 City of Lodi, Columbia County / Finance TID #4 economic development project / $150,000 Town of

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Gov. Walker: Lauds Property Tax Relief in St. Francis

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 ST. FRANCIS – Governor Scott Walker visited St. Francis today to discuss the elimination of the state portion of the property tax levy for the first time since 1931 and other property tax reforms. Through the elimination of the state portion of the property tax and other property tax relief over Governor Walker’s time in office, the typical household saves nearly $3,000 in property taxes when compared to the trend before he assumed office in 2010. “For the first time since 1931, the people of Wisconsin will pay $0 for the state portion of their

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Sen. Shilling: Democrats fight to protect Net Neutrality

Contact: Kate Constalie, kate.constalie@legis.wi.gov, 608-266-5490 Democrats call on Attorney General to defend internet access MADISON, WI – As the Trump administration works to undermine internet access, Wisconsin Democrats are calling for action. Thirty-five state lawmakers are urging Attorney General Brad Schimel to join 18 state attorneys general from around the country who have stepped up to protect internet consumers. “For rural communities, access to broadband is crucial to their success and this repeal will be detrimental for those already struggling to access affordable internet,” said Senate Democratic Leader Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse). “Almost every Wisconsin citizen, business and community relies

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Gov. Walker: Announces WIS 441 Project to be completed one year earlier than expected

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker announced today that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will be completing the WIS 441 project a year early. Savings announced in April 2017 moved a number of projects forward in the WIS 441 expansion, creating opportunities to complete the project a year early and minimize traffic impacts for travelers, residents and businesses. The WIS 441/Oneida Street diverging diamond interchange will now be completed in 2018. “Thanks to the Department of Transportation’s effective use of resources, cost savings opportunities, and performance improvement, the WIS 441 project will be completed a

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Kohl campaign: Grothman Silent on Tax Bill Bribe

Dan Kohl calls on Grothman to disavow #CorkerKickback, vote against any plan containing it Grafton – Weekend news reports brought word that a highly controversial, last-minute provision was added to the text of the Republican tax effort conference report. This addition would directly benefit holders of real estate, including some

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Fifth Street School on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Milwaukee, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Fifth Street School (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Fifth Street School, designed in the Romanesque Revival style, was built in 1888 and expanded in 1908. While the Romanesque Revival was widely

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Tomah Boy Scout Cabin in Tomah Listed in National Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Tomah, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Tomah Boy Scout Cabin in Tomah, Monroe County, in the National Register of Historic Places. National Register designation provides access to certain benefits, including qualification for grants and for rehabilitation income tax credits,

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Waite Grass Carpet Company Building on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Oshkosh, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Waite Grass Carpet Company building (Oshkosh, Winnebago County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Waite Grass Carpet Company building tells the unique story of the wire grass industry in the upper Midwest. The Waite Grass

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Voss’ Birchwood Lodge on the State Register of Historic Place

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Manitowish Waters, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Voss’ Birchwood Lodge (Manitowish Waters, Vilas County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Voss’ Birchwood Lodge, still in continuous use and operated by descendants of the founding family, is a rare survivor of the

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Miramar Drive Residential Historic District on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Allouez, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Miramar Drive Residential Historic District (Allouez, Brown County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Miramar Drive Residential Historic District contains one of Allouez’ finest concentrations of single family homes constructed between 1920 and 1967.

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Gov. Walker: Lauds Property Tax Relief in St. Francis

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 ST. FRANCIS – Governor Scott Walker visited St. Francis today to discuss the elimination of the state portion of the property tax levy for the first time since 1931 and other property tax reforms. Through the elimination of the state portion of the property tax

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Sen. Shilling: Democrats fight to protect Net Neutrality

Contact: Kate Constalie, kate.constalie@legis.wi.gov, 608-266-5490 Democrats call on Attorney General to defend internet access MADISON, WI – As the Trump administration works to undermine internet access, Wisconsin Democrats are calling for action. Thirty-five state lawmakers are urging Attorney General Brad Schimel to join 18 state attorneys general from around the

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