WED PM Update: Evers signs three more bills

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law three more bills, including one that creates a regulatory framework for installing 5G cellular technology. In addition to SB 239, the other bills Evers signed are: *SB 54, which allows the Department of Revenue to share financial documents such as an outstanding tax liability to a prospecti… 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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Protect Our Care: A dark day in Court for Americans’ health care

Contact: Joe Zepecki jz@jzcomms.com 202-445-1517 MILWAUKEE, WI – Yesterday, state Republican and Trump administration lawyers took to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to double down on their argument that the Affordable Care Act should be overturned. If they succeed in court, 20 million Americans would lose coverage,130 Americans with pre-existing conditions would lose critical protections, the uninsured rate would increase by 65 percent, and the American health care system would be thrown into chaos. The facts of the matter are simple: Republicans are behind this politically-motivated lawsuit. The administration and Republicans in Congress and have had ample opportunity to

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Gov. Evers: Announces Nexus Pharmaceuticals to build sterile injectable manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 PLEASANT PRAIRIE – Gov. Tony Evers today joined with the owners of Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser, Village of Pleasant Prairie Board President John Steinbrink, Kenosha Area Business Alliance President Todd Battle, and Milwaukee 7 regional economic development officials to announce that Nexus has selected Pleasant Prairie as the location for its first sterile drug manufacturing facility. Nexus Pharmaceuticals is a woman-owned, privately-held pharmaceutical company based in Lincolnshire (IL) that produces specialty and generic injectable drugs relied upon by hospitals across the U.S. The Pleasant Prairie manufacturing facility will support the production and

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Ways and Means Committee pass bill to save thousands of Wisconsinites’ pensions

Contact: Sarah Abel Phone: 202-225-5506 Sarah.Abel@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means passed the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (Butch Lewis Act)—bipartisan legislation that will help struggling pension programs get back on track and preserves benefits for thousands and thousands of retirees. Rep. Ron Kind is an original co-sponsor of the bill and spoke during today’s hearing to urge his colleagues to support the legislation. The Butch Lewis Act will now move to the House floor for consideration and final passage. “This is about making sure that thousands of Wisconsinites can have the secure retirement they

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Rep. Loudenbec, Sen. Kooyenga: Bill signed by Governor Evers

CONTACT: Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, Rep.Loudenbeck@legis.wi.gov (608) 266-9967 Sen. Dale Kooyenga, Sen.Kooyenga@legis.wi.gov (608) 266-2512 Madison- Today, Governor Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 54, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 15 authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) and Sen. Dale Kooyenga (R- Brookfield) Act 15 makes common sense changes to allow the Department of Revenue (DOR) to disclose tax liability to a person who is looking to purchase a business or purchase inventory from a business. A constituent of Rep. Loudenbeck’s experienced a situation in which she unknowingly became responsible for the sales tax liability of another business when she purchased their close-out inventory,

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American Immigration Council: Customs and Border Protection conditions and conduct- research and expertise available

WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General issued a report last Tuesday warning about “dangerous overcrowding” and calling for immediate action to address squalid conditions in Customs and Border Protection facilities at the U.S. southern border. The report follows weeks of news and growing outrage over detention conditions facing asylum seekers and inappropriate conduct by CBP officials. The American Immigration Council has a range of resources and experts available to address: Efforts to challenge unconstitutional conditions in CBP detention facilities. The agency’s abusive practices, including lack of accountability in responding to complaints of abuse. The federal funding

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U.S. Sens. Baldwin and Capito: Champion bipartisan reform to improve palliative and hospice care

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), a bipartisan reform to grow, improve and sustain the palliative care and hospice workforce to keep pace with patient need and to help improve the well-being of Americans with life-threatening illnesses and their families. “I was raised by my maternal grandparents and later served as my grandmother’s primary caregiver as she grew older, so this issue is personal to me, and I want to make a difference for families experiencing serious health

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Rep. Vos: Submits testimony on Lottery Privacy Act

For Further Information Contact: Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) provided written testimony for Assembly Bill 213, the Lottery Privacy Act, at a public hearing held by the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. The Racine County representative is the co-author of the legislation with Rep. Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel). The lawmakers introduced the bill in April on the same day the state’s largest jackpot winner came forward to receive his prize. “Under current law, the winner was forced to expose his identity which was publicized in a press conference and spread across the nation. This type of attention

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One Wisconsin Now: Dan Kelly warns Wisconsin to beware of Justice Dan Kelly

CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Right-Wing Justice Warns of Judges Bringing Policy Preferences to the Bench, After He Puts His Policy Preference to Work on State High Court MADISON, Wis. — As reported by the news service Wispolitics.com state supreme court Justice Dan Kelly yesterday delivered a speech to a right-wing group in which he warned of a “… justice who brings policy preferences to the bench …” One Wisconsin Now Research Director Joanna Beilman-Dulin noted that based on his own actions on the bench Kelly was warning people to beware of a judge just like himself.

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WisDOJ: DNA testing results for sexual assault kit leads to arrest for 2012 assault in Stevens Point

PORTAGE, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Terence D. Blackmon of Plover, Wis. with Second Degree Sexual Assault for an incident that occurred in May 2012 in Stevens Point, Wis. Mr. Blackmon, age 45, was charged with one count of Second Degree Sexual Assault and was arrested by the DOJ Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on July 9, 2019. Mr. Blackmon was booked into the Portage County Jail. A booking photo is attached. Through the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (WiSAKI), a DNA profile was developed from the evidence contained

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Rep. Tusler and Sen. Jacque: Bill fighting child pornography signed into law

Contact: Representative Ron Tusler (608) 266-5831 Senator André Jacque (608) 266-3512 Bill Closes Loophole Exploiting Children Online Madison – Today, Governor Evers signed Senate Bill 68, authored by Representative Ron Tusler (R – Harrison) and Senator André Jacque (R – De Pere), into law as 2019 Act 16. The bill defines “lewd exhibition of intimate parts” to include child erotica as child pornography. “Child predators are exploiting a loophole in our definition of child pornography and getting away with exploiting children without any penalty at all,” said Senator Jacque. “At the request of police and prosecutors, we’re closing the loophole

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Rep. Duchow: Says budget veto of local road funding irresponsible

Contact: Rep. Cindi Duchow (608) 266-3007 Madison, WI– Representative Cindi Duchow (R-Delafield) is expressing great concern over the Governor’s recent partial veto of funding for the Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) in the Wisconsin State Budget. The LRIP is ran by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) and was established in 1991. It provides funding to local governments to improve seriously deteriorating county highways, town roads and city and village streets. “Our local governments are in desperate need of funding to help fix their roads. Over and over again we heard the Governor talk about how he would fix the

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WED PM Update: Evers signs three more bills

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law three more bills, including one that creates a regulatory framework for installing 5G cellular technology. In addition to SB 239, the other bills Evers signed are: *SB 54, which allows the Department of Revenue to

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Protect Our Care: A dark day in Court for Americans’ health care

Contact: Joe Zepecki jz@jzcomms.com 202-445-1517 MILWAUKEE, WI – Yesterday, state Republican and Trump administration lawyers took to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to double down on their argument that the Affordable Care Act should be overturned. If they succeed in court, 20 million Americans would lose coverage,130 Americans with

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Gov. Evers: Announces Nexus Pharmaceuticals to build sterile injectable manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 PLEASANT PRAIRIE – Gov. Tony Evers today joined with the owners of Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser, Village of Pleasant Prairie Board President John Steinbrink, Kenosha Area Business Alliance President Todd Battle, and Milwaukee 7 regional economic development officials to announce that Nexus

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Ways and Means Committee pass bill to save thousands of Wisconsinites’ pensions

Contact: Sarah Abel Phone: 202-225-5506 Sarah.Abel@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means passed the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (Butch Lewis Act)—bipartisan legislation that will help struggling pension programs get back on track and preserves benefits for thousands and thousands of retirees. Rep. Ron Kind is

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Rep. Loudenbec, Sen. Kooyenga: Bill signed by Governor Evers

CONTACT: Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, Rep.Loudenbeck@legis.wi.gov (608) 266-9967 Sen. Dale Kooyenga, Sen.Kooyenga@legis.wi.gov (608) 266-2512 Madison- Today, Governor Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 54, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 15 authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) and Sen. Dale Kooyenga (R- Brookfield) Act 15 makes common sense changes to allow the Department of

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American Immigration Council: Customs and Border Protection conditions and conduct- research and expertise available

WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General issued a report last Tuesday warning about “dangerous overcrowding” and calling for immediate action to address squalid conditions in Customs and Border Protection facilities at the U.S. southern border. The report follows weeks of news and growing outrage over detention

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Rep. Vos: Submits testimony on Lottery Privacy Act

For Further Information Contact: Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) provided written testimony for Assembly Bill 213, the Lottery Privacy Act, at a public hearing held by the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. The Racine County representative is the co-author of the legislation with Rep. Gary Tauchen

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One Wisconsin Now: Dan Kelly warns Wisconsin to beware of Justice Dan Kelly

CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Right-Wing Justice Warns of Judges Bringing Policy Preferences to the Bench, After He Puts His Policy Preference to Work on State High Court MADISON, Wis. — As reported by the news service Wispolitics.com state supreme court Justice Dan Kelly yesterday delivered a

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Rep. Duchow: Says budget veto of local road funding irresponsible

Contact: Rep. Cindi Duchow (608) 266-3007 Madison, WI– Representative Cindi Duchow (R-Delafield) is expressing great concern over the Governor’s recent partial veto of funding for the Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) in the Wisconsin State Budget. The LRIP is ran by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) and was established

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