WED PM Update: Assembly GOP author fumes as Senate committee approves pared-back youth prisons overhaul

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee has approved along party lines a significantly pared-back plan that would close Lincoln Hills by Jan. 1, 2021, but strip nearly all funding to build new juvenile facilities. The bill, which passed 3-2 with a substitute amendment by Sen. Van Wanggaard, received immediate blowback from committee Dems and from A… 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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Rep. Taylor: Stands with students

For more information, contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 Thousands converge on Capitol to Demand Action on Gun Safety MADISON – Today, high school students from around Dane County converged on the Capitol to demand common sense gun safety measures. In response, Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) issued the following statement: “Once again, our young people are showing us the way forward when policy makers have failed them. No student should be afraid of being killed while in school, nor should our children grow up in a culture of red alert trainings and hiding under desks. They are rightfully demanding common-sense gun safety

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WisDems: Remember: Vukmir, Nicholson want armed teachers, guns in classrooms

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — As students in Wisconsin and across the country participate in walkouts and marches to assert their right to feel and be safe from gun violence both in and out of school, Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates are calling for adding guns in classrooms, rather than heading the students’ calls for commonsense gun safety reforms. Just last month, Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson each endorsed arming teachers and putting guns inside classrooms — a position opposed by 56% of Americans. Vukmir, for her part, doesn’t believe that guns are a leading factor in school shootings, at all. Instead, Vukmir insists, the real problem is “school programs aimed at coddling teens”

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Democratic Governors’ Association: As Wisconsin students rally to prevent gun violence, Governor Scott Walker hides

Contact: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600 leopold@dga.net Students Chant at Walker’s Office, Demand “Bring Him Here” Today, thousands of Wisconsin students are marching on the Capitol to demand action to prevent gun violence, but Governor Scott Walker is avoiding them, 250 miles away. Noting his absence, students chanted outside Walker’s office and demanded “bring him here.” It’s no wonder why Walker wants to hide from these students: he knows his record of blocking common sense gun safety measures doesn’t go over well with Wisconsin students. Even in the wake of the Parkland school shooting when other Republicans have backed gun safety measures, Governor Walker has failed to

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Dept. of Workforce Development: Assistant Deputy Secretary Dernbach highlights Youth Apprenticeship Program, touts workforce training efforts in central Wisconsin

Dernbach delivers remarks at YA Conference in Wisconsin Rapids, visits Marathon Co. Job Center in Wausau MADISON – Today, Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Assistant Deputy Secretary BJ Dernbach attended and delivered remarks at the 2018 Youth Apprenticeship (YA) Conference at Hotel Mead and Conference Center in Wisconsin Rapids before visiting with staff and job seekers and touring the Marathon County Job Center in Wausau to highlight the state’s efforts to connect job seekers with the skills needed to acquire one of thousands of family supporting career opportunities that are, and will become available in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin Rapids, Assistant

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WisDems: “Nasty” Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate primary still a mess

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org Even potential candidate Eric Hovde is joining in the personal attacks MADISON — Today’s latest Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate primary headline says it all: “Wisconsin GOP Senate candidates bicker over debates as campaign turns nasty.” But what else is new? Wisconsin’s Republican Senate primary turned nasty months ago, and it’s gotten increasingly messy and divisive, since. (Yes, including the time that Vukmir and Nicholson signed a so-called “unity pledge” in early January… then went right back to attacking each other within hours.) “Kevin Nicholson and Leah Vukmir’s deeply unpopular policy plans include taking health care away from up to 30 million Americans,

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Dallet campaign: Wisconsin Working Families Party endorses Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Contact: Gillian Drummond, (414) 975-0586 press@dalletforjustice.com MILWAUKEE — Today, Wisconsin’s Working Families Party endorsed Judge Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. “Wisconsin’s Working Families Party is proud to endorse a woman of such high qualifications and standards,” said WIWFP Executive Director Marina Dimitrijevic. “We fully back her efforts to return independence and fairness to Wisconsin Supreme Court by standing up to special interest influence. As a mother of three girls and sitting Circuit Court Judge, we know that Rebecca Dallet is the best choice for all of Wisconsin.” “I’m honored to receive the endorsement of Wisconsin’s Working Families Party,” said

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Rep. Schraa: Who would oppose juvenile corrections reform?

Rep. Michael Schraa (608) 267-7990 (Madison, WI) Representative Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh) wonders why anyone would oppose reforming our juvenile corrections system. Apparently, this is yet another bill that will die in the Senate. As soon as Governor Walker released his plan to close Lincoln Hills and replace it with smaller, more local facilities, legislators from both houses and both parties rolled up their sleeves and got to work on a county-based solution for most of the youth. This was combined with the Governor’s proposal, resulting in Assembly Bill 953, which was passed unanimously by the Assembly last month. Unfortunately, it seems

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Myers campaign: Janesville students and school board demand that Paul Ryan take action on a commonsense gun safety bill

Media Contact – Dennis Hughes | (262) 455-1542 | dennis@cathymyersforcongress.com Paul Ryan Challenger, Cathy Myers, Proposed School Board Resolution and Joined Local Students in National School Walkout Janesville, WI – On Tuesday evening, the Janesville School Board passed a resolution calling on state and federal officials, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, to pass commonsense gun safety legislation to protect their schools from mass shootings. Cathy Myers, a Janesville School Board member challenging Paul Ryan in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District, proposed the resolution, which called for a series of reforms: banning military-style assault weapons, requiring universal background checks for all gun purchases, banning bump stocks, and prohibiting gun

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Rep. Taylor: Stands with students

For more information, contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 Thousands converge on Capitol to Demand Action on Gun Safety MADISON – Today, high school students from around Dane County converged on the Capitol to demand common sense gun safety measures. In response, Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) issued the following statement: “Once again,

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WisDems: Remember: Vukmir, Nicholson want armed teachers, guns in classrooms

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — As students in Wisconsin and across the country participate in walkouts and marches to assert their right to feel and be safe from gun violence both in and out of school, Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates are calling for adding guns in classrooms, rather than heading the students’ calls for

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Democratic Governors’ Association: As Wisconsin students rally to prevent gun violence, Governor Scott Walker hides

Contact: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600 leopold@dga.net Students Chant at Walker’s Office, Demand “Bring Him Here” Today, thousands of Wisconsin students are marching on the Capitol to demand action to prevent gun violence, but Governor Scott Walker is avoiding them, 250 miles away. Noting his absence, students chanted outside Walker’s office and demanded “bring him here.”

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Dept. of Workforce Development: Assistant Deputy Secretary Dernbach highlights Youth Apprenticeship Program, touts workforce training efforts in central Wisconsin

Dernbach delivers remarks at YA Conference in Wisconsin Rapids, visits Marathon Co. Job Center in Wausau MADISON – Today, Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Assistant Deputy Secretary BJ Dernbach attended and delivered remarks at the 2018 Youth Apprenticeship (YA) Conference at Hotel Mead and Conference Center in Wisconsin Rapids before

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WisDems: “Nasty” Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate primary still a mess

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org Even potential candidate Eric Hovde is joining in the personal attacks MADISON — Today’s latest Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate primary headline says it all: “Wisconsin GOP Senate candidates bicker over debates as campaign turns nasty.” But what else is new? Wisconsin’s Republican Senate primary turned nasty months ago, and it’s

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Dallet campaign: Wisconsin Working Families Party endorses Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Contact: Gillian Drummond, (414) 975-0586 press@dalletforjustice.com MILWAUKEE — Today, Wisconsin’s Working Families Party endorsed Judge Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. “Wisconsin’s Working Families Party is proud to endorse a woman of such high qualifications and standards,” said WIWFP Executive Director Marina Dimitrijevic. “We fully back her efforts to return

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Rep. Schraa: Who would oppose juvenile corrections reform?

Rep. Michael Schraa (608) 267-7990 (Madison, WI) Representative Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh) wonders why anyone would oppose reforming our juvenile corrections system. Apparently, this is yet another bill that will die in the Senate. As soon as Governor Walker released his plan to close Lincoln Hills and replace it with smaller, more

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Myers campaign: Janesville students and school board demand that Paul Ryan take action on a commonsense gun safety bill

Media Contact – Dennis Hughes | (262) 455-1542 | dennis@cathymyersforcongress.com Paul Ryan Challenger, Cathy Myers, Proposed School Board Resolution and Joined Local Students in National School Walkout Janesville, WI – On Tuesday evening, the Janesville School Board passed a resolution calling on state and federal officials, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, to pass commonsense gun

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