Fields campaign: Announces candidacy for Milwaukee comptroller

Contact: (414) 308-2680; info@fieldsformke.com Current state representative will bring strong financial background to City Hall MILWAUKEE – Jason Fields, a current member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, today announced his candidacy for Milwaukee Comptroller. “I’ve been honored to have the

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Rep. Sargent: Protecting local communities from fraud & deception

Contact: Representative Melissa Sargent Email: Rep.Sargent@legis.wi.gov Phone: (608)-266-0960 MADISON –Representative Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) issued the following statement to announce the release of LRB-3152/1, which reforms the existing criminal statute to include a criminal penalty for impersonating a public officer, public

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Wisconsin SNAP: Survivors of clergy abuse calling on Federal authorities to investigate former Franciscan monk and his religious order for transporting children across state lines to sexually assault them

Group also concerned that cleric taught in a Green Bay diocese grade school from 1999-2010 after being credibly accused of child sex crimes in Mississippi Survivors of sexual abuse by clergy in Wisconsin and Mississippi are calling upon federal authorities to investigate a former Franciscan and his religious order for

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Sen. Marklein, Rep. Kurtz: Announce disaster assistance streamlining bill on anniversary of historic flooding

CONTACT: Senator Howard Marklein, 608-266-0703 Representative Tony Kurtz, 608-266-8531 MADISON— State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and State Representative Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) announced their Disaster Assistance Streamlining Bill on the anniversary of the 2018 flood that widely impacted communities in their districts today. The bill they have introduced streamlines processes

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Fields campaign: Announces candidacy for Milwaukee comptroller

Contact: (414) 308-2680; info@fieldsformke.com Current state representative will bring strong financial background to City Hall MILWAUKEE – Jason Fields, a current member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, today announced his candidacy for Milwaukee Comptroller. “I’ve been honored to have the privilege of serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly working on

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Gov. Evers: Opposes USDA’s proposal to boot kids, farmers, families from food assistance

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers today, along with governors from 16 other states, signed and submitted a letter voicing opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposal to essentially eliminate Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), effectively rendering kids, farmers,

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Rep. Sargent: Protecting local communities from fraud & deception

Contact: Representative Melissa Sargent Email: Rep.Sargent@legis.wi.gov Phone: (608)-266-0960 MADISON –Representative Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) issued the following statement to announce the release of LRB-3152/1, which reforms the existing criminal statute to include a criminal penalty for impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility, co-authored by Representative Jim

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Wisconsin State Senate Democratic Committee:Sen. Alberta Darling’s Corrupt Lame Duck Law Puts Settlement Funds At Risk

Contact: Katie Iliff, katiei@wisdems.org, 608-260-2417 Attorney General Kaul blocked by Joint Finance Republicans from settling lawsuit MADISON – Yesterday, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) met in unprecedented fashion to approve a settlement agreement recommended by Attorney General Josh Kaul on an undisclosed case. Prior to the lame duck Extraordinary Session

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WisDems: Trump campaign continues to try to gaslight Wisconsinites into thinking economy is working for them

Contact: Philip Shulman, phils@wisdems.org (MADISON, WI) — Today, Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Philip Shulman released the following statement in response to the Trump campaign’s continued fruitless attempts to trick Wisconsinites into believing his disastrous economic policies are working for them: “Wisconsin voters are feeling the impact of Trump’s broken

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WI National Guard: Red Arrow headquarters deploying to Ukraine

CONTACT: Capt. Joe Trovato | ngwi.pao@mail.mil | 608-242-3048 by Capt. Joe Trovato CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. — Approximately 160 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers from the 32nd “Red Arrow” Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters will mobilize for deployment to Ukraine this fall. The brigade headquarters, based in Camp Douglas, will deploy

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WisDems: Sen. Darling’s corrupt lame duck law puts settlement funds at risk

Contact: Katie Iliff, katiei@wisdems.org, 608-260-2417 Attorney General Kaul blocked by Joint Finance Republicans from settling lawsuit MADISON – Yesterday, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) met in unprecedented fashion to approve a settlement agreement recommended by Attorney General Josh Kaul on an undisclosed case. Prior to the lame duck Extraordinary Session

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