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CONTACT: Lorrie Lisek, executive director Wisconsin Clean Cities: (414) 221-4958 lorrie.lisek@wicleancities.org One-day conference to showcase sustainable transportation, infrastructure, technology and fleet vehicles MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Clean Cities is partnering with Alliant Energy and the City of Madison for a first-of-its-kind, one-day sustainable transportation conference and expo May 23 in Madison, the partners announced today. “We’re excited to co-host the Transportation & Innovation Expo 2019 with our partners Alliant Energy and the City of Madison,” Wisconsin Clean Cities Executive Director Lorrie Lisek said. “Helping fleets reduce emissions and improve their bottom line is what Wisconsin Clean Cities is all about.
Medical College of Wisconsin Commends Committee’s Action Milwaukee – On May 9, the Wisconsin State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance voted to approve enhanced funding for the Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) Family Medicine Residency programs. The committee allocated an additional $1 million annually to the program. MCW applauds the Joint Committee on Finance’s unanimous, 14-0 vote to expand the program, as originally proposed under Governor Evers’ 2019-2021 biennial budget proposal. MCW looks forward to continuing to work with the legislature to advance access to world-class healthcare across the state. “Expanding annual appropriation will ensure the continuing viability of robust
Contact: Senator Chris Kapenga, (608) 266-9174 Madison, WI – On Monday, Senator Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield), Representative Adam Neylon (R-Pewaukee) and Representative Scott Allen (R-Waukesha) introduced a bill that would authorize the Wisconsin Department of Administration to allow repayment of federal Safe Drinking Water Loans over a maximum of 30 years, instead of the current 20-year maximum. The Federal Safe Drinking Water Loans program helps local governments finance drinking water infrastructure projects needed to meet federal drinking water standards. The City of Waukesha is facing an expensive project to switch from its depleted and naturally contaminated groundwater supply to a safe
Contact: Mike Crute – (608) 225-4640, Email – Crute@TALK927FM.com (Madison) – TALK 92.7 FM is now “on the air” in Madison, effective May 13, 2019. TALK 92.7 FM is paired with WTTN-1580 AM, Columbus, WI, simulcasting the same AM/FM programming, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. TALK 92.7 FM is the first Madison radio station to broadcast on FM frequency 92.7 – channel 224. TALK 92.7 FM will return a familiar Madison radio format, Progressive Talk, absent since Election Day 2016. “This day is the culmination of two plus years of hard work. It is very gratifying to
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The Democratic Party needs leaders who can at once match the GOP’s politics-as-war tactical acumen while not painting the entire Republican Party as vile and corrupt.
Wisconsin farmers are reeling from retaliatory tariffs on dairy products, corn, cranberries, ginseng, kidney beans and soybeans, as well as beef and pork. The resultant economic fallout will pulverize rural towns.
Rudy Giuliani’s announced and then canceled trip to Ukraine to encourage that government to find dirt on Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s only surviving son, proved too obviously low for even Trump’s senior advisers – but only after pronounced criticism from both parties.
Presently, with the actions in Venezuela, we have yet another reason not to nationalize the deployment of 5G technology. Competition ensures that people will have multiple options for their cellular and Internet services. And it ensures that access to those technologies can never be blocked from one source.
In an era where the unthinkable becomes reality, now is the time for the Wisconsin legislature to be proactive.
Fiserv Forum, the new home of the Milwaukee Bucks, will return a tremendous amount of money to state taxpayers who helped fund it, said Scott Neitzel, the former administration secretary for Republican Gov. Scott Walker who helped craft the arena deal. Neitzel, who as former chairman of the Wisconsin Center District Board co-signed the Bucks’ lease agreement, appeared Sunday on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. Neitzel said about half of the money needed to build the arena came from public sources, and of that, $80 million came from the state. “For that $80 million, the state — just in
CONTACT: Lorrie Lisek, executive director Wisconsin Clean Cities: (414) 221-4958 lorrie.lisek@wicleancities.org One-day conference to showcase sustainable transportation, infrastructure, technology and fleet vehicles MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Clean Cities is partnering with Alliant Energy and the City of Madison for a first-of-its-kind, one-day sustainable transportation conference and expo May 23 in
Medical College of Wisconsin Commends Committee’s Action Milwaukee – On May 9, the Wisconsin State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance voted to approve enhanced funding for the Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) Family Medicine Residency programs. The committee allocated an additional $1 million annually to the program. MCW applauds the
Contact: Senator Chris Kapenga, (608) 266-9174 Madison, WI – On Monday, Senator Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield), Representative Adam Neylon (R-Pewaukee) and Representative Scott Allen (R-Waukesha) introduced a bill that would authorize the Wisconsin Department of Administration to allow repayment of federal Safe Drinking Water Loans over a maximum of 30 years,
Contact: Mike Crute – (608) 225-4640, Email – Crute@TALK927FM.com (Madison) – TALK 92.7 FM is now “on the air” in Madison, effective May 13, 2019. TALK 92.7 FM is paired with WTTN-1580 AM, Columbus, WI, simulcasting the same AM/FM programming, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. TALK 92.7
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – Federal government – Local government – Agribusiness – Banking and investment – Civil liberties – Culture – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Environment – Foxconn – Health care – Law and order – Military – Mining – Non-profits – Public
The Democratic Party needs leaders who can at once match the GOP’s politics-as-war tactical acumen while not painting the entire Republican Party as vile and corrupt.
Wisconsin farmers are reeling from retaliatory tariffs on dairy products, corn, cranberries, ginseng, kidney beans and soybeans, as well as beef and pork. The resultant economic fallout will pulverize rural towns.
Rudy Giuliani’s announced and then canceled trip to Ukraine to encourage that government to find dirt on Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s only surviving son, proved too obviously low for even Trump’s senior advisers – but only after pronounced criticism from both parties.
Presently, with the actions in Venezuela, we have yet another reason not to nationalize the deployment of 5G technology. Competition ensures that people will have multiple options for their cellular and Internet services. And it ensures that access to those technologies can never be blocked from one source.
In an era where the unthinkable becomes reality, now is the time for the Wisconsin legislature to be proactive.
Fiserv Forum, the new home of the Milwaukee Bucks, will return a tremendous amount of money to state taxpayers who helped fund it, said Scott Neitzel, the former administration secretary for Republican Gov. Scott Walker who helped craft the arena deal. Neitzel, who as former chairman of the Wisconsin Center