Waukesha County Dept. of Health and Human Services: “Live Well Waukesha County” challenges residents to improve fitness, nutrition with free health resources

Contact: Nicole Armendariz Phone: 262-548-7902 WAUKESHA, WI – Waukesha County residents are encouraged to participate in Live Well Waukesha County, an initiative to address two of the community’s most prevalent health issues: nutrition and physical fitness. The Live Well initiative consists of two programs

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WisPolitics Midday: April 18, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Sen. Amy Klobuchar will appear in Fox News Town Hall from Milwaukee. WI Supreme Court decides on proposals by GOP to restore appointments rescinded by Evers.

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THU PM Update: Foxconn says it ‘remains committed’ to deal with state

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — While Gov. Tony Evers has raised the prospect of renegotiating the Foxconn contract, the company says it “remains committed” to its deal with the state. The Taiwanese tech company also said it’s “open to further consultation, collaboration, and new ideas.” This comes

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Waukesha County Dept. of Health and Human Services: “Live Well Waukesha County” challenges residents to improve fitness, nutrition with free health resources

Contact: Nicole Armendariz Phone: 262-548-7902 WAUKESHA, WI – Waukesha County residents are encouraged to participate in Live Well Waukesha County, an initiative to address two of the community’s most prevalent health issues: nutrition and physical fitness. The Live Well initiative consists of two programs to address these issues; Move Well Waukesha County will offer free physical

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WisPolitics Midday: April 18, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Sen. Amy Klobuchar will appear in Fox News Town Hall from Milwaukee. WI Supreme Court decides on proposals by GOP to restore appointments rescinded by Evers.

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: Responds to William Barr’s press conference and release of the Mueller report

Contact: Conor McCabe 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) today released the following statement regarding Attorney General William Barr’s press conference and the Mueller report being released to members of Congress and the general public. “I look forward to personally reviewing the 10 separate obstruction episodes Attorney General Barr was so eager

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Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Applauds Executive Order to combat worker misclassification and prevent payroll fraud

Contact:  Karen Hickey, 414-573-7579, khickey@wisaflcio.org Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, released the following statement on Gov. Evers Executive Order #20 to combat worker misclassification and payroll fraud that is hurting working families and costing the state of Wisconsin. “Governor Evers’ Executive Order #20 takes an important step forward to addressing

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Dept. of Revenue: Tax season pushes video views past the one million mark

Contact:  Patty Mayers, Communications Director 608.266.2300 or DORCommunications@wisconsin.gov The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) recently reached a milestone with its one millionth video view, and, not surprisingly, it happened in the middle of tax season. “We have lots of information online and in printed form,” says DOR Secretary Peter Barca, “but

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Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation: Awards $750,000 grant for new beverage innovation center of excellence

Contact: Madeline Morgan (608) 210-6883 madeline.morgan@wedc.org MADISON, WI. – The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has awarded a $750,000 grant to the Center for Dairy Research (CDR) to establish the Beverage Innovation Center, a new center of excellence that will provide resources to small businesses to test and develop new beverage

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Democratic National Committee: DNC on Mueller Report

In response to the release of the redacted Mueller report, DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement: “Now that we have seen some of this report, it’s obvious Congress needs to see all of it.  Rather than act as the American people’s lawyer, the attorney general has become the

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Calls for House Appropriators to include Household Water Well System Grant funding in Appropriations bill

Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON – Recently, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind led a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress in calling for House Appropriations Committee leadership to provide $20 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Household Water Well System Grant program in the upcoming Appropriations package. “Communities across western

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