One Wisconsin Now: Proposes ‘Tomorrow Wisconsin’ agenda

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 New Economic Agenda Needed to Engage New Generation of Wisconsin Voters MADISON — Millennial and Generation X voters now comprise the largest electoral bloc in the United States, and in Wisconsin.

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Speaker Ryan to Address National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast

Where: Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C. When: Thursday, June 14, 8:50 a.m. WASHINGTON—On Thursday, June 14, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) will address Esperanza’s 2018 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington, D.C. Media guidance and livestream information is below. DETAILS: Speaker

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John Nichols: Wisconsin Democrats must go bold

As Democrats gather in Oshkosh this week for a critical state party convention, the focus will be on a crowd of gubernatorial candidates who have, so far, failed to distinguish themselves. But if this convention is to matter they must expand their focus.

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Sen. Cowles: Weekly GOP radio address: Paving the way to highway project accountability

GREEN BAY– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) offered the weekly Republican radio address today. The audio file of this week’s address can be found here: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/02/cowles/connect/0530-radio-address/ Below is a written transcript of the address: Every day, our state government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to provide the services Wisconsinites

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Gov. Walker: Announces Wisconsin unemployment insurance trust fund surpasses $1.65 billion, a near-reversal of the lowest point of $1.68 billion deficit

Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 Total estimated UI tax savings up to nearly $700 million since 2013, saving money for tens of thousands of WI businesses MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today announced that Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund reached a positive balance surpassing $1.65 billion in May, representing

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One Wisconsin Now: Proposes ‘Tomorrow Wisconsin’ agenda

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 New Economic Agenda Needed to Engage New Generation of Wisconsin Voters MADISON — Millennial and Generation X voters now comprise the largest electoral bloc in the United States, and in Wisconsin. They face economic and financial challenges that have never before

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Walker campaign: Collects more than 12,000 nomination signatures from all 72 Wisconsin counties

Contact: Austin Altenburg media@scottwalker.com Combined with Lt. Gov. Kleefisch’s nearly 8,000 signatures collected, Republicans are showing strength of grassroots army for November Madison – Governor Scott Walker’s campaign on Wednesday announced that it had collected more than 12,000 nomination signatures from all 72 Wisconsin counties – showing that the conservative

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WED News Summary: Schimel says backlogged rape kits out for testing; Holder’s group spends $175K in special elections

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Flynn Assembly campaign: Run for Something endorses Erica Flynn for WI’s State Assembly District 84

Contacts: Zachary Harris at voteflynn@gmail.com RFS: Lesley Lopez at press@runforsomething.net Progressive wave builds momentum with new candidates in Wisconsin May 30, 2018- Erica is proud to receive the endorsement of Run for Something (RfS), the groundbreaking organization that recruits and supports strong voices in the next generation of progressive leadership.

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WisDems: Vukmir backs tax breaks for big donors, hikes on working families

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org Vukmir running on GOP tax law that gifts 83% of benefits to big corporations and the richest 1 percent of Americans MADISON — The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is continuing to profile ultraconservative, Republican Party of Wisconsin-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir’s extreme policy positions, today highlighting Vukmir’s

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Speaker Ryan to Address National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast

Where: Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C. When: Thursday, June 14, 8:50 a.m. WASHINGTON—On Thursday, June 14, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) will address Esperanza’s 2018 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington, D.C. Media guidance and livestream information is below. DETAILS: Speaker Ryan to Address National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast Thursday, June 14

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John Nichols: Wisconsin Democrats must go bold

As Democrats gather in Oshkosh this week for a critical state party convention, the focus will be on a crowd of gubernatorial candidates who have, so far, failed to distinguish themselves. But if this convention is to matter they must expand their focus.

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Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters: SD 1 ads: Manure is ‘in our shower and our faucets’

CONTACT: Ryan Billingham, Communications Director, Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters, 608-208-1129 (office), 608-213-6972 (mobile/text), or ryan@conservationvoters.org Ad campaign spotlights drinking water pollution in Kewaunee County MADISON – A new ad campaign focused on the special election in Senate District 1 features a Kewaunee County resident whose faucets ran brown with liquid manure and

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