Rep. Edming: Receives Legislator of the Year Award

Contact:  Rep. James Edming (608) 266-7506 The Wisconsin Game Preserve names Rep. Edming Outstanding Legislator of the Year MADISON – The Wisconsin Game Preserve Association (WGPA) has named Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) as their 2018 Outstanding Legislator of the Year

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WHEDA: Awards $6.6 million in state housing tax credits

Contact: Kevin Fischer, WHEDA, 414-227-2295 or 608-354-3580, kevin.fischer@wheda.com Nine projects expected to create 1,065 affordable housing units statewide Paddock Lake – Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch today announced the award of more than $6.6 million in State Housing Tax Credits to fund

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WisPolitics Midday – August 23, 2018

In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Highlights of the new Marquette Law School poll and UW-Madison Board of Regents considers next two year budget. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a

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WILL: Hires Lucas Vebber as Deputy Counsel

For more information, contact: Cameron Sholty | WILL Communications Director cameron@will-law.org | 414-727-7416 | 262-409-9816 Vebber brings a wealth of experience in advocating for free market, limited government principles Milwaukee, WI — The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty announced the hire

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Waukesha County Dept. of Public Works: Temporary closure: Cth Q at Oconomowoc River Bridge in town of Merton

Contact: Kevin Yanny kyanny@waukeshacounty.gov 262-548-7740 (WAUKESHA, WI) – Roadway construction is set to begin on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 on County Trunk Highway Q at the bridge over the Oconomowoc River. The project includes bridge replacement and reconstruction of the bridge approaches. Construction is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT).  

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Rep. Edming: Receives Legislator of the Year Award

Contact:  Rep. James Edming (608) 266-7506 The Wisconsin Game Preserve names Rep. Edming Outstanding Legislator of the Year MADISON – The Wisconsin Game Preserve Association (WGPA) has named Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) as their 2018 Outstanding Legislator of the Year for his work on the Natural Resources Committee, particularly for

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Evers campaign: VIDEOS: Former Walker cabinet Secretary speaks out against Walker administration mismanagement

Contact: press@tonyevers.com(608) 501-2762 On Monday, the Tony Evers campaign released a new ad featuring former Walker cabinet secretary Peter Bildsten speaking out against Walker’s record of his putting special interest campaign donors ahead of the people of Wisconsin. Since then, the Evers campaign has released three behind-the-scenes videos from their interview with Bildsten.

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Rep. Gallagher announces $10.4 million DOT grant to Appleton International Airport

Contact: Madison Wiberg Madison.Wiberg@mail.house.gov APPLETON, WI. – Today, Rep. Mike Gallagher announced a Department of Transportation (DOT) grant of $10,452,500 to Appleton International Airport for the construction of an Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Training Facility. Rep. Gallagher was instrumental in directing DOT to address the lack of training facilities

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Evers campaign: Breaking: Tony Evers raises $1 million in first week of general election

Contact: press@tonyevers.com(608) 501-2762 Today, the Tony Evers for Wisconsin campaign announced that it raised $1 million in the first week of the general election campaign. These contributions came from more than 4,000 donors. “Tony Evers has the momentum in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race—between our remarkable fundraising and strong polling performance, it’s clear

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WisDems: Foxconn moves the goalposts…again. Walker says nothing…again

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org Foxconn Executive: “A lot of the plans that we put together have been modified, updated, and some of those we don’t actually know whether they are true anymore.” MADISON — Yesterday, Foxconn Technology Group admitted they may never build a state-of-art Generation 10.5 factory that was promised in the

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WisDems: Brad Schimel silent on DeVos’s plan to arm teachers

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org Will Schimel consider letting taxpayer money fund gun purchases for schools? MADISON — NRA-backed Brad Schimel, who suggested arming teachers in the wake of the Parkland, Florida mass shooting, has not said whether or not he would use federal taxpayer dollars to buy guns for teachers under

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WHEDA: Awards $6.6 million in state housing tax credits

Contact: Kevin Fischer, WHEDA, 414-227-2295 or 608-354-3580, kevin.fischer@wheda.com Nine projects expected to create 1,065 affordable housing units statewide Paddock Lake – Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch today announced the award of more than $6.6 million in State Housing Tax Credits to fund multifamily developments across Wisconsin. The tax credits, which are distributed

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Waukesha County Dept. of Emergency Preparedness: Waukesha County’s 911 dispatch center accepted into Missing Kids Readiness Program

(WAUKESHA, WI) – The Waukesha County Communications Center (WCC) has been awarded membership into the National Center for Mission and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Missing Kids Readiness Program. The Program promotes best practices for responding to calls of missing, abducted, and sexually exploited children. “The WCC team is now positioned to respond

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WisPolitics Midday – August 23, 2018

In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Highlights of the new Marquette Law School poll and UW-Madison Board of Regents considers next two year budget. … 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.

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Consumer alert: Imposter scam: Fake utility calls

Media Contact:  Jerad Albracht, Senior Communications Specialist, 608-224-5007 or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 MADISON – Imposter scammers are posing as a local utility company in order to demand money for supposed late payments or required upgrades. Wisconsin residents should be on the lookout for threatening calls about their gas or electric

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WILL: Hires Lucas Vebber as Deputy Counsel

For more information, contact: Cameron Sholty | WILL Communications Director cameron@will-law.org | 414-727-7416 | 262-409-9816 Vebber brings a wealth of experience in advocating for free market, limited government principles Milwaukee, WI — The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty announced the hire of Lucas Vebber to be its Deputy Counsel and Director

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