MON PM Update: Foxconn pledges $100 million for UW-Madison research partnership

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn Technology Group has pledged to invest $100 million in UW-Madison to further engineering research and create a new tech facility on the university’s campus, under a new agreement officials signed today. The deal, unveiled at a joint news conference this morning, also includes plans to set up the Foxconn Institute for R… 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. Nygren: Attends Hometown Pharmacy event in Appleton

Contact: (888)534-0089 Madison–State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), joined Attorney General Brad Schimel and others at Hometown Pharmacy in Appleton to highlight the use of the Deterra Drug Deactivation System: “I am proud to join Hometown Pharmacy of Appleton to highlight the additional ways to properly dispose of unused medications. These drug deactivation pouches will be available in all 62 Hometown Pharmacy stores in Wisconsin, providing Wisconsinites in every corner of the state a responsible way to dispose of unwanted or unused medications. Residents of the 89th Assembly District can find a Hometown Pharmacy location in Peshtigo.” The deactivation pouches offered

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UW Health: Receives consumer loyalty award

MADISON, WI – UW Health ranks ninth in the country for consumer loyalty, according to NRC Health, a patient-experience firm. UW Health has earned a 2017/2018 Consumer Loyalty Award which recognizes health care systems and hospitals that garner extraordinary loyalty from their patients. UW Health is ninth among 100 health care systems and hospitals receiving the award. “UW Health prides itself on patient-centered care and high-quality patient experiences,” said Dr. Alan Kaplan, UW Health CEO. “So, it’s gratifying to receive the Consumer Loyalty Award.” The winners were selected based on results from NRC Health’s Market Insights survey, the largest database

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Evers Campaign: Announces first General Election TV ad

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2018 Contact: press@tonyevers.com (608) 501-2762 New Evers ad slams Walker for failed health care policies, rising health care costs MADISON – Tony Evers’ gubernatorial campaign announced its first television ad since receiving the Democratic nomination earlier this month. The ad, entitled “Who,” slams Governor Scott Walker’s eight years of failed health care policies and prioritizing his political ambitions over addressing rising health care costs in Wisconsin. “Scott Walker has had eight years of opportunities to cut health care costs, but instead he’s consistently put wealthy campaign donors and his political ambitions before Wisconsin families,” said

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Evers releases first general election TV ad

Dem guv candidate Tony Evers is out with his first TV ad of the general election knocking Gov. Scott Walker for rejecting federal dollars to expand Medicaid. The 30-second ad begins with video footage of Walker as a narrator asks, “Whose side is Scott Walker on?” accompanied by large subtitles. The ad then transitions to more B-roll of Walker while the narrator knocks the guv for “playing politics” during his presidential bid and “rejecting millions in federal health care money that would’ve lowered costs for our families.” The narrator compares Wisconsin to Minnesota, whose governor accepted the federal funding, while

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Warns about produce safety after a flooding event

Release Date: August 27, 2018 Media Contacts: Leeann Duwe, Communications Specialist, 608-224-5005 Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is warning produce growers and consumers about produce safety after a flooding event. “You should discard all produce that was touched by flood water unless you can confirm the water was not contaminated with sewage, river or creek water, farm run-off, or industrial pollutants,” said Dr. Steve Ingham, Division Administrator for the Division of Food and Recreational Safety. “Never sell produce from a flood-damaged garden at a farmer’s market. It typically takes

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Gov. Walker: On Time and On Budget: Governor Walker announces the completion of the Zoo Interchange Core

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2018 Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 New $300 million interchange designed to last for 75 years MILWAUKEE – Governor Scott Walker today announced the Zoo Interchange Core is completed on time and on budget. The Core project is designed to last for 75 years and represents a more than $300 million investment to complete the reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange between 70th Street and 124th Street on I-94; along with the work on I-41 between Lincoln Avenue and Watertown Plank Road. Governor Walker made the announcement at the Milwaukee County Zoo and was joined by

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WisPolitics Midday – August 27, 2018

In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Foxconn announces big investment in research at UW-Madison; Michael Brennan confirmed as a justice 7th circuit US Court of Appeals…. 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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WisGOP: In the News: Evers under attack for failure to revoke the licenses of dangerous teachers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2018 Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 WISGOP launches second ad in two weeks highlighting Evers’ malfeasance at DPI [Madison, WI] — Last week, the Republican Party of Wisconsin launched its second television ad of the 2018 election cycle against Democrat candidate for governor Tony Evers. As head of Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction, Evers failed to revoke the licenses of a teacher who district investigations said was soliciting a student for sex over Snapchat, and another who was caught by a colleague with his pants down in the classroom. This follows a previous WISGOP ad

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U.S. Dept. of Labor: Cites Wisconsin machine manufacturer after explosion severely injures employee

U.S. Department of Labor | August 27, 2018 SPOONER, WI – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited fabrication and machining company Spooner Machine Inc. – based in Spooner, Wisconsin – for willful and serious safety violations after an explosion at the facility led to the amputation of an employee’s legs. OSHA proposed penalties of $221,168. OSHA investigators determined an accumulation of hydrogen gas caused the explosion, and cited Spooner Machine Inc. for failing to develop and implement procedures to control the release of hydrogen gas during service and maintenance; to ensure proper machine

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WisDems: 5 questions Scott Walker must answer on Foxconn’s broken promises

For Immediate Release August 27, 2018 Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org MADISON — The Foxconn façade is officially crumbling. With several more troubling reports coming out last week about the changing details of the project, it’s time for Wisconsinites to finally get some answers from their leaders. And since this negotiation started at the top, it’s only fitting that Scott Walker be the one to answer for his botched deal. Here are just a few of the questions Walker should immediately answer: When did you know Foxconn had scrapped its plan to build the state-of-the-art Gen 10.5 factory that was committed

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Vukmir campaign: ICYMI: A Republican underdog fights for a Senate seat in Wisconsin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 27, 2018 Contact: Jessica Ward, (608) 213-5939 Alexandra DeSanctis from National Review wrote Monday about how nurse and mom-with-a-cause Leah Vukmir beat expectations with her primary win in August, and how Republicans shouldn’t count her out for November. Read the story below: A Republican Underdog Fights for a Senate Seat in Wisconsin National Review August 27, 2018 Wauwatosa, Wisc. —Don’t count Leah Vukmir out yet. While many political observers have written off the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin as unwinnable for the GOP, Vukmir, a Republican state senator, has already pulled off a big victory

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Rep. Nygren: Attends Hometown Pharmacy event in Appleton

Contact: (888)534-0089 Madison–State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), joined Attorney General Brad Schimel and others at Hometown Pharmacy in Appleton to highlight the use of the Deterra Drug Deactivation System: “I am proud to join Hometown Pharmacy of Appleton to highlight the additional ways to properly dispose of unused medications. These

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UW Health: Receives consumer loyalty award

MADISON, WI – UW Health ranks ninth in the country for consumer loyalty, according to NRC Health, a patient-experience firm. UW Health has earned a 2017/2018 Consumer Loyalty Award which recognizes health care systems and hospitals that garner extraordinary loyalty from their patients. UW Health is ninth among 100 health

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Evers Campaign: Announces first General Election TV ad

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2018 Contact: press@tonyevers.com (608) 501-2762 New Evers ad slams Walker for failed health care policies, rising health care costs MADISON – Tony Evers’ gubernatorial campaign announced its first television ad since receiving the Democratic nomination earlier this month. The ad, entitled “Who,” slams Governor Scott

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Evers releases first general election TV ad

Dem guv candidate Tony Evers is out with his first TV ad of the general election knocking Gov. Scott Walker for rejecting federal dollars to expand Medicaid. The 30-second ad begins with video footage of Walker as a narrator asks, “Whose side is Scott Walker on?” accompanied by large subtitles.

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Warns about produce safety after a flooding event

Release Date: August 27, 2018 Media Contacts: Leeann Duwe, Communications Specialist, 608-224-5005 Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is warning produce growers and consumers about produce safety after a flooding event. “You should discard all produce that was touched by

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WisPolitics Midday – August 27, 2018

In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Foxconn announces big investment in research at UW-Madison; Michael Brennan confirmed as a justice 7th circuit US Court of Appeals…. 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

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