Gov. Walker: Announces child care subsidy rate increases

Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today approved substantial positive changes to the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program by putting an additional $10 million annually in the pockets of low-income families who need affordable child

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Gov. Walker: Announces child care subsidy rate increases

Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today approved substantial positive changes to the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program by putting an additional $10 million annually in the pockets of low-income families who need affordable child care to support employment. The targeted rate changes will assist

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Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters: Statement on conservation wins in special elections

CONTACT: Ryan Billingham, Communications Director, Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters, 608-208-1129 (office), 608-213-6972 (mobile/text), or ryan@conservationvoters.org GREEN BAY – Voters in the special election in Senate District 1 chose a conservation champion to represent them at the capitol today. Executive Director Kerry Schumann had this to say of the victory:

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Common Cause Wisconsin: Stronger judicial recusal rules needed now before upcoming Wis. Supreme Court election in early 2019

CONTACT: Jay Heck 608/256-2686 (office) 608/512-9363 (cell) Wisconsin has the 47th weakest judicial rules in the nation for recusal by judges at all levels with regard to receiving campaign contributions or benefiting from spending by outside special interest groups. Essentially Wisconsin doesn’t have any requirement to step aside when it

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WisDems: Vukmir and Nicholson break from Gov. Walker on Trump tariffs 

Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org Walker says Trump tariffs are “bad for everyone,” while Vukmir and Nicholson embrace Trump’s tariffs MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker has labeled President Donald Trump’s tariffs “bad for everyone,” separating himself from Republican U.S. Senate candidates Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson, each of whom have so far enthusiastically

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Dem Frostman wins 1st SD, Republican Plumer takes 42nd AD

Dem Caleb Frostman won a special election Tuesday for the vacant 1st SD, flipping a seat in northeastern Wisconsin that Donald Trump won by 17.5 points two years ago. Meanwhile, Republican Jon Plumer kept the 42nd AD in GOP hands, running close to the president’s 2016 performance in the district

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