CONTACT: Senator Howard Marklein, 608-266-0703 Madison, WI – Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) offered the following statement regarding the Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s (LFB’s) revised revenue projections: “The recent Legislative Fiscal Bureau projections indicate that the State of Wisconsin is going to finish the current year with an additional $69 million

For more information, contact Michelle Bryant 608-266-5810 Deal’s Constant Changes Doesn’t Bode Well for Wisconsin Workers (MADISON) –  In response to a Reuters article in which a Foxconn’s Louis Woo discussed the company’s shifting commitment to hire 13,000 workers in Wisconsin and instead focus on a technology hub requiring far less

For More Information, Contact: January 30, 2019 Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 Evidence never supported Foxconn’s big promises MADISON – Today, after months of statements scaling back their plans, Reuters reports that Foxconn Technology Group is abandoning manufacturing LCD panels at its 20-million square foot Wisconsin campus. Despite pie in the

CONTACT Christopher Krepich, 202-225-5101 Brookfield, WI Today, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-05) announced the nomination of 34 candidates from Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District for admission to the U.S. service academies. Rep. Sensenbrenner: “I am honored to nominate these outstanding young men and women to our nation’s service academies. They have proven themselves to be exceptionally-gifted

CONTACT: Bill Cosh January 30, 2019 608.266.2512 “Today’s announcement by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau on the revised revenue projections shows that our conservative policies are working. It’s important to return a portion of the excess revenue to Wisconsin’s hardworking taxpayers, families and businesses. We’ll keep fighting for pro-growth reforms, which

Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 The Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance, State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) and Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), released the following statement after Republican reforms delivered $2.4 billion in additional revenue for the next state budget. “Long

For more information, contact: WisDOT Office of Public Affairs 608/266-3581, opa.exec@dot.wi.gov Start the process now for a free ID to vote  The Wisconsin 2019 spring primary is weeks away and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wants to be sure people know how to obtain identification,

CONTACT: Tyler Hendricks, 608-633-0704 press@judgeneubauer.com RACINE — The Judge Lisa Neubauer for Justice campaign released endorsements from Administrative Law Judge and District IV Court of Appeals candidate Jennifer Nashold, Green County Sheriff Jeff Skatrud, and retired Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann. Judge Neubauer has been endorsed by 23

For more information, contact: WisDOT Office of Public Affairs 608/266-3581, opa.exec@dot.wi.gov After a one-day closure due to extreme weather, Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Customer Service Centers will reopen on Thursday, January 31 for normal business hours. Customers can find their nearest location at: wisconsindmv.gov/centers. The website provides all the

Mark Bednar; 202-738-0744  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing & Insurance, today re-introduced the Women’s Public Health & Safety Act. The legislation would empower states to exclude abortion providers from receiving Medicaid funds. Congressman Duffy released the following statement upon the re-introduction

Contact: Madison Wiberg Madison.Wiberg@mail.house.gov Backed by Leaders in Wisconsin’s Business & Ag Community  Washington, D.C. – Today Congressman Mike Gallagher (WI-8) introduced the Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019, legislation to require the president to submit to Congress any proposal to adjust imports in the interest of national security under Section

262-770-5189 Info@FoxconnRacineCounty.com FoxconnRacineCounty.com Mount Pleasant, Wis. – January 30, 2019 – The following joint statement was issued today by Village of Mount Pleasant President David DeGroot, Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave and Jenny Trick, Executive Director of the Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC) regarding reported changes to Foxconn’s plans for

Contact: Logan Vidal logan.vidal@legis.wisconsin.gov, (804) 350-5112 Fitchburg – In response to news that Foxconn no longer plans to build LCD screens at the Foxconn site in Racine, Rep. Anderson released the following statement: “When the Foxconn project was announced, I was deeply skeptical of Scott Walker’s plan to shell out

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org MADISON — Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald, who teamed up with former governor Scott Walker to dole out $4.5 billion of taxpayer money to a foreign corporation with a bad track record, have gone on the defensive after yet another announcement from Foxconn that the corporation

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, 202-224-6225 Federal funding to help connect at-risk youth to meaningful employment, higher education and civic engagement WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin today announced more than $3 million in U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) YouthBuild grant funding for three Wisconsin organizations to better connect at-risk youth to employment and