Wisconsin Conservation Voters: Urge support of proposed PFAS legislation

Contact: Ryan Billingham, Communications Director 608-208-1129 (office), 608-213-6972 (mobile/text) ryan@conservationvoters.org GREEN BAY – This morning Wisconsin Conservation Voters joined Gov. Tony Evers, DNR Secretary Preston Cole, Sen. Mark Miller, Sen. Dave Hansen, and Rep. Staush Gruszynski to show support for legislation

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Clean Wisconsin: Voices support for CLEAR Act

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)

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Wisconsin Conservation Voters: Urge support of proposed PFAS legislation

Contact: Ryan Billingham, Communications Director 608-208-1129 (office), 608-213-6972 (mobile/text) ryan@conservationvoters.org GREEN BAY – This morning Wisconsin Conservation Voters joined Gov. Tony Evers, DNR Secretary Preston Cole, Sen. Mark Miller, Sen. Dave Hansen, and Rep. Staush Gruszynski to show support for legislation that will protect Wisconsin’s drinking water from toxic chemicals. The

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Wisconsin Dept. of Administration: Secretary Brennan announces new Division of Personnel Management Administrator

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

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Landmark bipartisan retirement legislation passes House, moves to Senate

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,

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Protect Our Care Wisconsin: Reps. Pocan & Moore sign bipartisan letter urging Congress to delay cuts to hospitals serving vulnerable populations

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

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Sen. Hansen and Sen. Miller: State Legislators introduce PFAS standards

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

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: President’s DHS budget discussed at Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing thursday

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,”

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Clean Wisconsin: Voices support for CLEAR Act

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

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Wisconsin Public Education Network: Will Wisconsin betray its children yet again?

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

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