WED PM Update: Fitzgerald backs registration, title fee increase; Senate approves four abortion-related bills

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told reporters today that Senate Republicans are looking at a $10 bump to the state’s $75 vehicle registration fee along with an increase to the title fee. But Fitzgerald continued to rule out a gas tax increase, which he said would bring Wisconsin up to the 10th highest rate in the natio… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me  

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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 Wausau, WI 54402 Please RSVP by June 20th to Pat Snyder at patsnyderfor85th@gmail.com

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Sen. Stroebel: Pro-life bill passes Senate, advances to Governor Evers’ desk

Contact: Luke Fuller (608) 266-7513 Madison, WI – Today, the Wisconsin Senate passed a package of bills aimed at protecting human life and ensuring that taxpayer dollars do not subsidize abortion clinics. Senator Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) authored Assembly Bill 183, which directs the state Department of Health Services to exclude abortion clinics from the state’s Medicaid program, better known as BadgerCare. State and federal law prohibit taxpayer funds from directly paying for abortions, but under Medicaid, abortion clinics may be reimbursed for non-abortion services provided to consumers. After the vote, Stroebel made the following statement: “This bill ensures that taxpayer

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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 to announce a proposed plan to send $133.6 Million of funding to counties and towns to fix local roads. The 17th Senate District will be eligible for $14,057,950! We have 5,057 town road miles in our communities. For the past several years, our constituents have been telling us – with

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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 for direct care workers in Family Care will result in a modest wage increase for these low-income workers that so many people with disabilities rely upon to stay in their homes. Low wages are only one factor that make recruitment and retention of quality workers difficult, but small increases to

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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), released the following statement regarding the vote: “I’d like to thank Senator Roth and the Republican Senators who ensured that this life-saving legislation could continue moving forward. Protecting infants who are alive and breathing is a reasonable notion that frankly should be supported by everyone, regardless of if there is

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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 education is more important than preventing tax increases. Voters also believe that Republican leaders in the Legislature should work with Governor Evers to find middle ground on his policy proposals. The majority (62%) of statewide voters think Republican leaders should work with Governor Evers, while only 27% think they should

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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 to expand access to health care will occur over his dead body, opposes funding to replace lead pipes that are poisoning children and has refused to fully fund financial aid for higher education, leaving over 30,000 students eligible for help with none. Yet when it comes to tapping taxpayer 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 Arrivals (DACA) program and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) protections. The Dream and Promise Act is the first modern immigration reform legislation to provide a broad path to citizenship for immigrants without including any measures to further militarize the border or provide funds 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 Policy Director at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin: “These bills are filled with inflammatory claims that are meant to politicize health care and health care providers. Let me be clear, the politicians who are pushing these bills are the same politicians who want to criminalize all abortion care at any stage of pregnancy. These bills do nothing to protect women

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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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