MON PM Update: Evers sign bill delaying closure of youth prisons; four counties apply for youth facility funding

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that he has signed legislation delaying the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons by six months. And right on the heels of Evers signing the bill Friday, a new report finds conditions have improved significantly at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in northern Wisconsin. But the report, part … 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     Forgot Password

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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: 2019-20 General school aids estimate released

Contact DPI Media Line, (608) 266-3559 MADISON — Following a timeline required by state law, the Department of Public Instruction released an estimate today of the general school aids each public school district will receive for the 2019-20 school year. General school aids are the largest form of state support for public schools in the state. Wisconsin statutes require the department to publish estimated aid amounts by July 1 each year. The estimate can help school personnel to complete their annual budgets and project changes in property tax levies. Estimated amounts are subject to change because they are based on

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Rep. Gruszynski and Sen. Hansen: Unveil Student Veteran Renter Protection Act

Contact: Rep. Gruszynski: 608-266-0616 Sen. Hansen: 608-266-5670 MADISON – In an effort to protect student veterans across the state of Wisconsin, Rep. Staush Gruszynski (D-Green Bay), Rep. Ken Skowronski (R-Franklin), and Senator Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) authored LRB-2606/1, The Student Veteran Renter Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation was written in response to the Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) failure to properly administer payment of housing allowances to student veterans receiving benefits through the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. This administrative error by the VA delayed payments to as many as 180,000 student veterans nationwide in late 2018, placing veterans’ housing in

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Common Cause Wisconsin: “Iowa Model” anti gerrymandering legislation not affected by terrible Supreme Court decision

CONTACT: Jay Heck 608/256-2686 (office) 608/512-9363 (cell) With Federal Courts Now Out of the Fight, It’s Entirely Up to We, The People Last Thursday’s narrow (5 to 4) but terrible decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to not inject itself, or other federal courts into the question of whether or not hyper-partisan redistricting of congressional and state legislative districts could deny voters equal protection under the law and infringe on their First Amendment right to have their votes count as much as any other voter (it can and does) was deeply disturbing, disappointing and disgusting. But it was not, in

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Census should stay on schedule, omit citizenship question

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 Senators Urge Secretary Ross To Print Census Materials Without Citizenship Question, Avoid Delays WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined 29 colleagues, led by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), to call on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to meet the administration’s previously set deadline of July 1 to begin printing materials for the 2020 Census and move forward without adding a politically motivated question about citizenship. The call comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s rationale for adding the question “appears to have been contrived.” President Trump also announced on Twitter Thursday that

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American Immigration Council: ICE data reveals the impact of immigration enforcement under the Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2019—A report on interior immigration enforcement released today by the American Immigration Council examines newly disclosed government data on the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement agenda. The report, “Changing Patterns of Interior Immigration Enforcement in the United States, 2016–2018,” reveals that U.S. citizens and immigrant women have become increasingly vulnerable to immigration enforcement actions under the administration. As the president vows to conduct mass immigration arrests and deportation, this report exposes the consequences of the administration’s unfocused enforcement approach and raises important questions about who is being impacted by the wide net of increased enforcement. The report draws

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WisPolitics Midday: July 1, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update, brought to you by Spectrum: Gov will give more time to the Juvenile Justice Grant Committee Gov Evers has until Friday to act on the budget.

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One Wisconsin Now: Regrets, he has a few- Robin Vos wanted to do even more for wealthy in Wisconsin

Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Reflecting on State Budget, Assembly Speaker Wishes He Could Have Delivered Even More Than $1.4 Billion in Tax Giveaways for Wealthy, Corporations MADISON, Wis. — Reflecting on the budget plan passed by the Republican controlled state legislature, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos last week declared to reporters his preference would have been to include more tax giveaways for the wealthy. According to news reports, Vos said he wanted to cut taxes for upper income brackets, in addition to other special state tax loopholes benefitting the wealthiest and corporations saved under his budget plan. “From

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Gov. Evers: Signs Act 185 Trailer Bill

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers last Friday signed Assembly Bill 188, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 8, into law. Wisconsin Act 8 makes a number of technical changes to 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, including modifying the deadlines related to county-run juvenile facilities, modifying the deadline for closing Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, and clarifying the process for transferring between facilities. “Our top priority remains getting our kids out of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake and closer to home as soon as we safely and responsibly can, and our agencies are working to collaborate and find efficiencies in this process,” said Gov.

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UW-Madison: UW-Partnership takes 1st, 2nd in Alliance for the American Dream Competition

Two UW-community partnerships earned honors and additional provisional funding Thursday from the Alliance for the American Dream, a national competition for innovative ideas to move more families into the middle class. LIFT Dane shared first place for its plan to help Dane County families who are weighed down by fixable civil legal problems such as suspended driver’s licenses, consumer debt, child support arrears, and criminal records that prevent them from advancing in the workforce, securing housing and stabilizing their families. It is a partnership between Legal Action of Wisconsin, the UW Law School and Employment and Training Association (EATA) of Dane

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Rep. Gruszynski and Sen. Hansen: Unveil Student Veteran Renter Protection Act

Contact: Rep. Gruszynski: 608-266-0616 Sen. Hansen: 608-266-5670 MADISON – In an effort to protect student veterans across the state of Wisconsin, Rep. Staush Gruszynski (D-Green Bay), Rep. Ken Skowronski (R-Franklin), and Senator Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) authored LRB-2606/1, The Student Veteran Renter Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation was written in

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Census should stay on schedule, omit citizenship question

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 Senators Urge Secretary Ross To Print Census Materials Without Citizenship Question, Avoid Delays WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined 29 colleagues, led by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), to call on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to meet the administration’s previously set deadline of July 1

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American Immigration Council: ICE data reveals the impact of immigration enforcement under the Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2019—A report on interior immigration enforcement released today by the American Immigration Council examines newly disclosed government data on the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement agenda. The report, “Changing Patterns of Interior Immigration Enforcement in the United States, 2016–2018,” reveals that U.S. citizens and immigrant women have become

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WisPolitics Midday: July 1, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update, brought to you by Spectrum: Gov will give more time to the Juvenile Justice Grant Committee Gov Evers has until Friday to act on the budget.

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Gov. Evers: Signs Act 185 Trailer Bill

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers last Friday signed Assembly Bill 188, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 8, into law. Wisconsin Act 8 makes a number of technical changes to 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, including modifying the deadlines related to county-run juvenile facilities, modifying the deadline for closing Lincoln Hills and Copper

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