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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Greater Wisconsin Committee is running a new TV ad in the Madison market that knocks Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock getting arrested nearly 30 years ago for blocking access to an abortion clinic. Meanwhile, Screnock’s campaign announced two judges who backed Supreme Court rival … 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
Contact: media@prochoiceamerica.org Candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court Earns Endorsement from Nation’s Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group NARAL Pro-Choice America today announced its endorsement of Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court. “Courts matter, and we need pro-choice judges like Rebecca Dallet on the bench to protect our fundamental rights,” said Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. “Wisconsin’s next Supreme Court Justice will have huge influence over the state for decades to come. Rebecca’s commitment to justice and fairness shows that she will put the health and wellbeing of Wisconsin women and families first.” “I will be a fair and impartial justice, refusing to allow
The Greater Wisconsin Committee is running a new TV ad in the Madison market that knocks Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock for his arrests nearly 30 years ago for blocking access to an abortion clinic during protests. In the Greater Wisconsin ad, the narrator opens the spot saying judges should be fair and impartial, but Screnock was twice convicted of “illegally blocking women from accessing reproductive health care.” The narrator adds he was twice arrested for resisting a police officer. Both stem from the 1989 protests. “And now, Screnock is supported by an extremist group that wants to ban abortion
CONTACT: Jason Phelps, jphelps@giffords.org Washington, DC – Giffords, the gun safety organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly, announced its endorsement of Rebecca Dallet for Supreme Court in Wisconsin in an election that will be held onApril 3, 2018. Dallet is a former prosecutor and current Milwaukee County Circle judge running against an opponent Michael Screnock, who won the backing of the National Rifle Association. “The people of Wisconsin have seen enough gun violence. They want public servants committed to upholding the law and keeping them safe. Judge Dallet has shown the courage to do that,” said former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, co-founder of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today formally dropped their plans to come back next week to take up legislation that would have undercut a judge’s order to hold special elections in the vacant 1st SD and 42nd AD, saying it was too late now that the contests have been called. Their announcements came after Gov. Scott Walker this morning… 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.
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 Proclaims March 29, 2018 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Wisconsin EAU CLAIRE – Governor Scott Walker today honored Wisconsin Vietnam veterans by proclaiming March 29th, 2018 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Governor Walker attended “Welcome Home: A Vietnam War Commemoration,” a ceremony to honor Vietnam veterans, the fallen, the wounded, those unaccounted for, former prisoners of war, their families and all who served. The ceremony was hosted by The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Post 305 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) Secretary Daniel J. Zimmerman, and Major General
The Greater Wisconsin Political Fund has a new TV ad that hits back at a WMC spot attacking Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet and takes a shot at her rival, Michael Screnock. The narrator opens the spot saying “corporate special interests are at it again, running negative ads trying to buy a Supreme Court seat for Michael Screnock.” The background includes clips from a WMC Issues Mobilization Council ad hitting Dallet over the sentence she gave a man for sexually assaulting his granddaughters. Words including “misleading,” “distortions” and “unfair” are superimposed over the WMC ad clip as the narrator speaks.
CONTACT: Joe Sangiorgio, jsangiorgio@afphq.org GOP Candidates vying to win August 14 primary will tackle top issues for WI voters MILWAUKEE, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today announced it will host the first Wisconsin Republican Senate Primary debate of the year on Thursday, April 26th at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee. Both State Senator Leah Vukmir and Businessman Kevin Nicholson have accepted AFP-WI’s invitation. They are vying for the chance to earn the Republican nomination in the August 14 primary election. AFP-WI U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate Thursday, April 26, 2018 7-8:30 p.m. Country Springs Hotel 2810 Golf Road,
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released his Weekly Radio Address today titled, “Wisconsin is Working.” Hi, Scott Walker here. Wisconsin is working, and we are getting positive things done for the people of our state. Employment is at an all-time high and the unemployment rate of 2.9% is at a historic low. To continue to build our workforce, we invested more actual dollars into schools than ever before and included major increases for our technical college system. We balanced our budget and had yet another surplus yet still eliminated the state property tax. In fact,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Greater Wisconsin Committee is running a new TV ad in the Madison market that knocks Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock getting arrested nearly 30 years ago for blocking access to an abortion clinic. Meanwhile, Screnock’s campaign announced
Contact: media@prochoiceamerica.org Candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court Earns Endorsement from Nation’s Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group NARAL Pro-Choice America today announced its endorsement of Rebecca Dallet for Wisconsin Supreme Court. “Courts matter, and we need pro-choice judges like Rebecca Dallet on the bench to protect our fundamental rights,” said Ilyse Hogue, president of
The Greater Wisconsin Committee is running a new TV ad in the Madison market that knocks Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock for his arrests nearly 30 years ago for blocking access to an abortion clinic during protests. In the Greater Wisconsin ad, the narrator opens the spot saying judges should
CONTACT: Jason Phelps, jphelps@giffords.org Washington, DC – Giffords, the gun safety organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly, announced its endorsement of Rebecca Dallet for Supreme Court in Wisconsin in an election that will be held onApril 3, 2018. Dallet is a former prosecutor and current Milwaukee County Circle judge running
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today formally dropped their plans to come back next week to take up legislation that would have undercut a judge’s order to hold special elections in the vacant 1st SD and 42nd AD, saying it was too late now
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 Proclaims March 29, 2018 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Wisconsin EAU CLAIRE – Governor Scott Walker today honored Wisconsin Vietnam veterans by proclaiming March 29th, 2018 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Governor Walker attended “Welcome Home: A Vietnam War Commemoration,” a ceremony to honor
The Greater Wisconsin Political Fund has a new TV ad that hits back at a WMC spot attacking Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet and takes a shot at her rival, Michael Screnock. The narrator opens the spot saying “corporate special interests are at it again, running negative ads trying to
CONTACT: Joe Sangiorgio, jsangiorgio@afphq.org GOP Candidates vying to win August 14 primary will tackle top issues for WI voters MILWAUKEE, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today announced it will host the first Wisconsin Republican Senate Primary debate of the year on Thursday, April 26th at the Country Springs Hotel
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released his Weekly Radio Address today titled, “Wisconsin is Working.” Hi, Scott Walker here. Wisconsin is working, and we are getting positive things done for the people of our state. Employment is at an all-time high and the unemployment rate