Contact: Jamie Mara, director of strategic communications Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative (920) 209-3990 | jmara@voiceofmilk.com GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, issued a statement today after the announcement of the
Contact: DOA Communications, (608) 266-7362 DOACommunications@wisconsin.gov MADISON – Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Joel Brennan announced today the appointment of Malika Evanco as Administrator of DOA’s Division of Personnel Management (DPM). Since March 2018, Evanco has served as Director of
Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed the SECURE Act, a bipartisan landmark retirement package, with overwhelming support (417 yeas/3 nays). The bill will help Wisconsinites – regardless of where they work – better save for retirement.
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: GOP lawmakers reach a deal to put $500m more into K12 education. We’ve learned more about the contracts signed with law firms hired by GOP to defend them against union challenges of Act 10. Brewers
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved putting an additional $500 million into K-12 education over the next two years as Dems slammed the plan as embarrassingly inadequate, particularly on special education.
Contact: Joe Zepecki jz@jzcomms.com 202-445-1517 DSH Program Essential for Wisconsin’s Hospitals MILWAUKEE, WI – Last week, 302 members of the House of Representatives – including Rep. Mark Pocan and Rep. Gwen Moore – sent a bipartisan letter to Congressional leaders
Contact: Dave Hansen 608-266-5670 Madison – State Senators Mark Miller (D-Monona) and Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay), State Representatives Chris Taylor (D-Madison), Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) and Staush Gruszynski (D-Green Bay) introduced the CLEAR Act (Chemical Level Enforcement and Remediation Act) to
Contact: Austin Altenburg austin_altenburg@hsgac.senate.gov WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard Thursday from Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan about the resources and authorities DHS needs to secure the country as it deals with a crisis on
Contact: Carly Michiels, Government Relations Director, (715) 923-3779 or cmichiels@cleanwisconsin.org One of the most comprehensive proposals in the nation to address PFAS pollution GREEN BAY, WI — Clean Wisconsin gave remarks strongly supporting the Chemical Level Enforcement & Remediation (CLEAR)
Contact: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education Network (608) 572-1696, hdb@WisconsinNetwork.org Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Public Education Network, issued the following statement today: Wisconsin has done everything it can to map out to its
Contact: Senator Robert Cowles ~ (608) 266-0484 Senator Mark Miller ~ (608) 266-9170 Representative Jeff Mursau ~ (608) 266-3780 Representative Nick Milroy ~ (608) 266-0640 MADISON– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay), Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona), Representative Jeff Mursau (R-Crivitz), and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 The following is Gov. Tony Evers’ radio address on education: “It’s no secret: education is in my DNA. I’ve had a chance to serve the kids of this state my entire career, working my way up
Contact: Hilary Shager, (608) 262-7990, hilary.shager@wisc.edu DreamUp WI is launching its second round of competition, seeking entrepreneurial ideas to increase the net income of 10,000 Dane County families by 10 percent by the year 2022, by reducing costs of living or increasing
Contact: Jamie Mara, director of strategic communications Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative (920) 209-3990 | jmara@voiceofmilk.com GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, issued a statement today after the announcement of the Trump administration’s new trade aid program for farmers affected by
Contact: DOA Communications, (608) 266-7362 DOACommunications@wisconsin.gov MADISON – Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Joel Brennan announced today the appointment of Malika Evanco as Administrator of DOA’s Division of Personnel Management (DPM). Since March 2018, Evanco has served as Director of Human Resources Services at UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public
Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed the SECURE Act, a bipartisan landmark retirement package, with overwhelming support (417 yeas/3 nays). The bill will help Wisconsinites – regardless of where they work – better save for retirement. The bill included several provisions authored by U.S. Rep. Ron Kind,
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: GOP lawmakers reach a deal to put $500m more into K12 education. We’ve learned more about the contracts signed with law firms hired by GOP to defend them against union challenges of Act 10. Brewers stadium sales tax coming to an end?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved putting an additional $500 million into K-12 education over the next two years as Dems slammed the plan as embarrassingly inadequate, particularly on special education. The GOP plan, approved along party lines, included an additional
Contact: Joe Zepecki jz@jzcomms.com 202-445-1517 DSH Program Essential for Wisconsin’s Hospitals MILWAUKEE, WI – Last week, 302 members of the House of Representatives – including Rep. Mark Pocan and Rep. Gwen Moore – sent a bipartisan letter to Congressional leaders calling for a delay in cuts to the Medicaid Disproportionate
Contact: Dave Hansen 608-266-5670 Madison – State Senators Mark Miller (D-Monona) and Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay), State Representatives Chris Taylor (D-Madison), Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) and Staush Gruszynski (D-Green Bay) introduced the CLEAR Act (Chemical Level Enforcement and Remediation Act) to address the growing issue of PFAS, per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, contamination
Contact: Austin Altenburg austin_altenburg@hsgac.senate.gov WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard Thursday from Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan about the resources and authorities DHS needs to secure the country as it deals with a crisis on the border. “We have a crisis at our southern border,”
Contact: Carly Michiels, Government Relations Director, (715) 923-3779 or cmichiels@cleanwisconsin.org One of the most comprehensive proposals in the nation to address PFAS pollution GREEN BAY, WI — Clean Wisconsin gave remarks strongly supporting the Chemical Level Enforcement & Remediation (CLEAR) Act to address PFAS pollution unveiled at a press conference
Contact: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education Network (608) 572-1696, hdb@WisconsinNetwork.org Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Public Education Network, issued the following statement today: Wisconsin has done everything it can to map out to its elected officials exactly what our students need to succeed. There
Contact: Senator Robert Cowles ~ (608) 266-0484 Senator Mark Miller ~ (608) 266-9170 Representative Jeff Mursau ~ (608) 266-3780 Representative Nick Milroy ~ (608) 266-0640 MADISON– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay), Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona), Representative Jeff Mursau (R-Crivitz), and Representative Nick Milroy (D-South Range) issued the following statement after
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through… Please log in to access subscriber
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 The following is Gov. Tony Evers’ radio address on education: “It’s no secret: education is in my DNA. I’ve had a chance to serve the kids of this state my entire career, working my way up from a high school science teacher to the state superintendent
Contact: Hilary Shager, (608) 262-7990, hilary.shager@wisc.edu DreamUp WI is launching its second round of competition, seeking entrepreneurial ideas to increase the net income of 10,000 Dane County families by 10 percent by the year 2022, by reducing costs of living or increasing economic resources. Teams with the strongest proposals could win up