Voces de la Frontera: Saturday, Racine: Community forum on defending families & restoring driver licenses for immigrants

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org Josue Davalos, 262-744-3550, josue@vdlf.org MADISON, WISCONSIN — On Saturday, July 20, Voces de la Frontera will hold the Racine stop of the Defending Families, Restoring Driver Licenses for Immigrants statewide tour. At Saturday’s meeting, community members will speak out about the need to build support for a bipartisan bill to restore driver licenses for immigrants and Voces will share organizing tools to communicate with Republican legislators to support restoring driver licenses. In light of the threats from the Trump Administration to start raids targeting families that have sought asylum, advocates will also conduct a Know Your Rights workshop and invite community members to be

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U.S. Rep. Moore: Introduces bipartisan legislation to help ensure lead screening for children

Contact:  Samara Sheff (202) 225-4572 Today, Congresswoman Moore joined Congressman John Katko in introducing the Preventing Lead Poisoning Act (H.R./ 3842) which will help ensure that children enrolled in both Medicaid and CHIP are tested for lead poisoning at the proper ages to increase the likelihood of preventing long-term effects of lead exposure.  Currently, Medicaid relies on guidance that all children enrolled in the program must receive a lead screening test at 12 and 24 months, and between the ages of 24 and 72 months if not previously tested.  However, it is not law.  The rate of lead poisoning among

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FRI REPORT: Darling, other longtime senators gearing up for re-election in ‘20

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Darling, other longtime senators gearing up for re-election in ’20 Evers declares state of emergency following fires at Madison electric substations Week ahead Political TV Names in the news Lobbyist watch QUOTES OF THE WEEK Weak, ineffective & stupid are not exactly the qualities that Rep… 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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Badger Institute: Administration should not divert state highway funds to Milwaukee streetcar

Contact: Mike Nichols, Badger Institute president 414-225-9940 mike@badgerinstitute.org July 19, 2019 — State funding for local roads should be used only for projects that create better and more efficient transportation routes or spur economic development, Badger Institute President Mike Nichols said today following reports that Gov. Tony Evers might divert state highway funds to the Milwaukee streetcar. “It suddenly appears possible that the Evers Administration will allow state tax dollars to be used to fund the streetcar,” said Nichols. “This would be an exceedingly poor use of taxpayer money, especially when there are so many better uses for the cash. Neither

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WisDems: Perez & Wisconsin Democrats slam Trump’s broken economic promises

On Thursday in Milwaukee, DNC Chair Tom Perez joined Wisconsin Democrats, local dairy farmers, and health care experts at Shadow Clock Cramery to slam Donald Trump’s broken promises on the economy — kicking off a multi-week-long campaign ahead of the second Democratic presidential primary debate in Detroit focusing on how the middle class has been hurt by Trump’s failed economic agenda. Recent polls show that only 5% of Americans say Trump’s economic policies help “people like me,” a majority of Americans say the president’s policies help “people with more money” or “no one,” only 11% of Americans say their salaries

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Protect Our Care Wisconsin: 9,500 Wisconsin veterans would lose health coverage if court repeals ACA

Contact: Joe Zepecki jz@jzcomms.com 202-445-1517 MILWAUKEE, WI – According to a new report from Families USA, 9,531 veterans in Wisconsin would lose their health care coverage if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is overturned in the current Texas v. United States lawsuit. Nationally, 689,000 veterans would become uninsured by 2026 – that’s more military veterans who would lose health coverage than the total number of military personnel currently serving in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps combined. The VA would likely be unable to handle the massive spike in demand if that many veterans lose coverage through the ACA. The Texas

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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: Two Eau Claire TIF cases dismissed

Contact: Collin Roth | WILL Director of Communication collin@will-law.org | 414-727-7418 The News: Courts dismissed two separate challenges to Eau Claire TIF (tax incremental finance) districts this week, showing an unwillingness to hold cities to the strict requirements state statutes place on their creation. Voters With Facts, a local grassroots organization, and many individual taxpayers had brought the challenges seeking to rein in the dramatic proliferation of such districts in the city. Those districts result in higher taxes for everybody throughout the city, county, and school districts, and create a slush fund for projects that would normally be questioned, e.g., the offering of developer

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Voces de la Frontera: Saturday, Racine: Community forum on defending families & restoring driver licenses for immigrants

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org Josue Davalos, 262-744-3550, josue@vdlf.org MADISON, WISCONSIN — On Saturday, July 20, Voces de la Frontera will hold the Racine stop of the Defending Families, Restoring Driver Licenses for Immigrants statewide tour. At Saturday’s meeting, community members will speak out about the need to build support for a bipartisan bill to restore driver licenses

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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: Two Eau Claire TIF cases dismissed

Contact: Collin Roth | WILL Director of Communication collin@will-law.org | 414-727-7418 The News: Courts dismissed two separate challenges to Eau Claire TIF (tax incremental finance) districts this week, showing an unwillingness to hold cities to the strict requirements state statutes place on their creation. Voters With Facts, a local grassroots organization, and many

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