MON PM Update: K-C could get up to $8.5M in first year of incentive deal; groups challenge early voting limits

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Kimberly-Clark could receive up to 30 percent of a potential $28 million incentive package during the first year of its newly announced agreement with the state’s jobs agency to keep open a company plant in the Fox Valley. Gov. Scott Walker last week announced the five-year agreement to save 388 jobs at the Cold Spring facilit… 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    

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 Sen. Marklein: Appointed Chair of Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions  

CONTACT: Senator Howard Marklein, 608-266-0703 Madison, WI – Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) was appointed to serve as Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions for the 2019-20 Legislative Session today. “I am honored to be trusted with the leadership of this important committee,” Marklein said. “I requested to be included on the Agriculture committee this session so that I can better represent the farmers in the communities I serve.” “This committee assignment speaks to all of my strengths and areas of expertise,” Marklein said. “I have enjoyed chairing the Senate Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions

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Wisconsin Family Action: Religious freedom wins in Brown County Circuit Court

Contact:    Julaine Appling, President – 608-256-3228 Fax:          608-256-3370 Email:      info@wifamilycouncil.org Copy Available online here. Judge rules in favor of churches & religious organizations Madison, WI – Last Friday, Brown County Circuit Court Judge William Atkinson issued a common-sense and constitutional decision in a religious freedom case involving five churches and a Christian not-for-profit organization. The case stems from a decision in late 2017 by the De Pere City Council to pass an ordinance that considered churches and religious organizations as “places of public accommodation” for purposes related to the city’s so-called “anti-discrimination” policy.  To comply with the policy, churches and religious organizations would

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Milwaukee County Dem Party: “Who are you with?”

Contact: Shyla Deacon – Communications Secretary communications_secretary@milwaukeedems.org 414-939-3367 MILWAUKEE-Democratic Party Milwaukee County Chair Christopher Walton called on the Republican Party of Milwaukee County to clearly state who are they with in regards to the blast of attacks recently from Republican state leadership attacking Dane and Milwaukee Counties as not part of Wisconsin. “Speaker Vos, Joe Nygren and the Republican Party of Wisconsin have all recently attacked Milwaukee County and its voters. Because they didn’t earn our votes they seem to feel that we, along with Dane county, do not matter and are not part of Wisconsin. As a fellow Chair

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WEDC: City of Brillion receives $500,000 state grant to support redevelopment of former Brillion Iron Works Site

WEDC funds will offset costs of clearing the site for first phase of $10 million project BRILLION, WI. DEC. 17, 2018 – In a major step in the redevelopment of the former Brillion Iron Works site, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) today announced the City of Brillion is receiving a $500,000 grant to help finance demolition work on the site. The Brillion Iron Works site consists of several buildings that have been home to numerous companies since the early 1900s. The city plans to redevelop the entire 145-acre parcel in two phases. The WEDC grant is for the first phase, a

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WisPolitics Midday: Dec. 17, 2018

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Dem lawmakers knock Gov. Scott Walker after a federal judge strikes down the Affordable Care Act. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald announces committee chairs for the next legislative session. … 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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One Wisconsin Institute: Files request for court to enforce rulings striking down Republican lame duck restrictions on voting

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinInstitute.org (608) 444-3483 ‘Attempts to Rig the Rules on Voting Were Unconstitutional in 2016 and They’re Unconstitutional Today’ MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Institute, with the support of National Redistricting Foundation, a 501(c)(3) affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, has returned to court seeking enforcement of the 2016 federal court decision and a subsequent enforcement order that struck down limits on voting rights imposed by Scott Walker and Wisconsin Republicans. After losing every statewide office on the ballot in November, Wisconsin Republicans convened to limit early voting and to codify in state statute previously invalidated provisions of

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Sen. Nass: Resignation of UW-Whitewater chancellor

Sen. Steve Nass (608) 266-2635 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, issued the following statement regarding the resignation of UW-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper: “The students, faculty, staff and alumni of UW-Whitewater can now focus on the future of this campus. New leadership will provide for an opportunity to address the significant challenges facing this institution of higher learning. While today’s resignation opens the door for positive change at UW-Whitewater, none of us should forget the healing that continues for the students and employees negatively impacted by the alleged conduct of Mr. Hill

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Rep. Ballweg: Announced co-chair of Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules

Contact: Rep. Joan Ballweg (888) 534-0041 Madison… State Representative Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) has once again been named Co-Chair of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) for the 2019-2020 legislative session. JCRAR plays a key role in overseeing and reviewing Wisconsin’s administrative rules. This is the third session Rep. Ballweg will serve as Co-Chair of JCRAR. “Administrative rules affect each and every one of us just like laws do, and it is important that elected officials have legislative oversight over their potential impacts,” said Ballweg. “I am happy to continue to reform and streamline our administrative rules and

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Milwaukee 2020 DNC Convention Bid Committee: Announces co-chairs of Host Committee

CONTACT: Thad Nation, 414.412.7814 nation@nationconsulting.com MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee 2020 Democratic National Committee Convention Bid Committee announced today the Co-Chairs of the Milwaukee DNC 2020 Host Committee – Senator Tammy Baldwin, Governor-elect Tony Evers, Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, County Executive Chris Abele and Mayor Tom Barrett. Milwaukee is currently a finalist, along with Houston and Miami, for hosting the convention to be held July 13-16, 2020. “There is no better place to showcase the Democratic Party’s vision for the future than in Wisconsin,” said Senator Tammy Baldwin. “The Midwest is a critical battleground and will be key

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WARF, WiSys portfolios available for ‘browsing’ by tech, industry shoppers

Making innovative UW System and UW-Madison technologies available to industry in northeast Wisconsin was the topic of a recent Tech Council Innovation Network meeting in Appleton.   The Dec. 13 meeting was held at Fox Valley Technical College.   Greg Keenan, the accelerator program manager for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and Jennifer Cook, the associate director for the WiSys Technology Foundation, walked through an overview of each organization’s portfolio of technologies available for licensing.   WARF has been the patenting and licensing arm of the UW-Madison since the 1920s. It has recently stepped up efforts to nurture its portfolio

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Wisconsin Family Action: Religious freedom wins in Brown County Circuit Court

Contact:    Julaine Appling, President – 608-256-3228 Fax:          608-256-3370 Email:      info@wifamilycouncil.org Copy Available online here. Judge rules in favor of churches & religious organizations Madison, WI – Last Friday, Brown County Circuit Court Judge William Atkinson issued a common-sense and constitutional decision in a religious freedom case involving five churches and a Christian not-for-profit

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Milwaukee County Dem Party: “Who are you with?”

Contact: Shyla Deacon – Communications Secretary communications_secretary@milwaukeedems.org 414-939-3367 MILWAUKEE-Democratic Party Milwaukee County Chair Christopher Walton called on the Republican Party of Milwaukee County to clearly state who are they with in regards to the blast of attacks recently from Republican state leadership attacking Dane and Milwaukee Counties as not part

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WisPolitics Midday: Dec. 17, 2018

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Dem lawmakers knock Gov. Scott Walker after a federal judge strikes down the Affordable Care Act. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald announces committee chairs for the next legislative session. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for

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One Wisconsin Institute: Files request for court to enforce rulings striking down Republican lame duck restrictions on voting

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinInstitute.org (608) 444-3483 ‘Attempts to Rig the Rules on Voting Were Unconstitutional in 2016 and They’re Unconstitutional Today’ MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Institute, with the support of National Redistricting Foundation, a 501(c)(3) affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, has returned to court seeking enforcement of

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Sen. Nass: Resignation of UW-Whitewater chancellor

Sen. Steve Nass (608) 266-2635 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, issued the following statement regarding the resignation of UW-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper: “The students, faculty, staff and alumni of UW-Whitewater can now focus on the future of this campus. New leadership

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Milwaukee 2020 DNC Convention Bid Committee: Announces co-chairs of Host Committee

CONTACT: Thad Nation, 414.412.7814 nation@nationconsulting.com MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee 2020 Democratic National Committee Convention Bid Committee announced today the Co-Chairs of the Milwaukee DNC 2020 Host Committee – Senator Tammy Baldwin, Governor-elect Tony Evers, Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, County Executive Chris Abele and Mayor Tom Barrett. Milwaukee

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