Rep. Snyder fundraiser

Please join for Pizza & Politics a fundraiser in honor of: Representative Pat Snyder with special guest Rebecca Kleefisch Monday, June 24th 5:30-7:00 pm BB Jacks Pizza 900 Golf Club Road Wausau, WI 54403 To Host is $100 Please make

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The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities: Caregivers, kids, and dental care- Joint Finance Committee takes some positive steps, rejects others on critical disability issues

Press Contact: Beth Swedeen, (608) 266-1166; The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) appreciates Joint Finance Committee’s (JFC) actions that begin to acknowledge the depth and critical nature of Wisconsin’s workforce crisis. The Committee’s vote to increase the

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PPWI: Senate Republicans choose politics over health care

Contact: Iris Riis 608-256-7549 x2132 iris.riis@ppwi.org MADISON – Today, Senate Republicans chose to prioritize spreading misinformation and scoring political points over spending time on substantive legislation when they passed four bills targeting women’s health. Statement from Mel Barnes, Legal and

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Rep. Snyder fundraiser

Please join for Pizza & Politics a fundraiser in honor of: Representative Pat Snyder with special guest Rebecca Kleefisch Monday, June 24th 5:30-7:00 pm BB Jacks Pizza 900 Golf Club Road Wausau, WI 54403 To Host is $100 Please make check payable to: Friends of Pat Snyder PO Box 1312

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Sen. Marklein: Announces plan for $133.6 million for local roads

Contact: Senator Howard Marklein – 608-266-0703 Madison, WI – Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) made the following statement on his idea to send $133.6 Million to counties and towns for local road maintenance and construction: “I am proud to be joined by nine of my colleagues in the State Senate

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The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities: Caregivers, kids, and dental care- Joint Finance Committee takes some positive steps, rejects others on critical disability issues

Press Contact: Beth Swedeen, (608) 266-1166; The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) appreciates Joint Finance Committee’s (JFC) actions that begin to acknowledge the depth and critical nature of Wisconsin’s workforce crisis. The Committee’s vote to increase the Medicaid Personal Care Services rate and set aside additional dollars

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Rep. Steineke: Ball in Gov. Evers’ court to protect newborn infants

CONTACT: Rep. Jim Steineke (608) 266-2418 MADISON – The Wisconsin State Senate voted today to approve the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Act, which would guarantee comprehensive protections for infants who survive a botched abortion. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna), who authored the bill with Senate President Roger Roth (R-Appleton),

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Public Policy Polling: Broad support from the Wisconsin voters for Evers transportation provisions

From: Katherine Patterson, Public Policy Polling A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that Wisconsin voters support Governor Evers’ 2019-2021 budget provisions. The majority (60%) of voters believe that ensuring more Wisconsinites have access to affordable healthcare and prescription drugs, fixing Wisconsin’s roads, and investing in Wisconsin’s schools to improve

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One Wisconsin Now: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos pushes budget cuts, continues to rack up legal bills on public dime

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 When It Comes to Lawyers for Himself, Vos Spares No Taxpayer-Funded Expense MADISON, Wis. — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is a driving force behind Republican cuts to proposed funding for K-12 public schools including special education, has declared leveraging federal funds

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Voces De La Frontera: House passes Dream & Promise Act, a path to citizenship for 2.5 million dreamers & refugees

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, sfreeman@vdlf.org, 414-469-9206 MILWAUKEE — On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Dream and Promise Act, which provides a path to citizenship to some 2.5 million immigrant young people and refugees currently threatened with deportation because of President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood

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PPWI: Senate Republicans choose politics over health care

Contact: Iris Riis 608-256-7549 x2132 iris.riis@ppwi.org MADISON – Today, Senate Republicans chose to prioritize spreading misinformation and scoring political points over spending time on substantive legislation when they passed four bills targeting women’s health. Statement from Mel Barnes, Legal and Policy Director at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin: “These bills

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