FRI REPORT: State party chairs say ground game, voter outreach key parts of 2020 strategy

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report State party chairs say ground game, voter outreach key parts of 2020 strategy Week ahead Political TV Names in the news Lobbyist watch QUOTES OF THE WEEK There are tens of millions of dollars at stake, and if this persists it will probably be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. This is a r… 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

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 13

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Jessie Opoien discuss the latest developments in the 5th and 7th CD races, the ongoing standoff between AG Josh Kaul and the GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee and the focus on Wisconsin in 2020.

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Reps. Steil, Phillips: Place congressional wager on Sunday’s Packers-Vikings game

JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) and Dean Phillips (D-MN-03) made a friendly wager ahead of Sunday’s Packers-Vikings game at Lambeau Field. If the Packers win, Phillips will deliver Steil a 25-pound Pearson’s salted nut roll and beer from Excelsior Brewing Company and Minnetonka’s Unmapped Brewing. If the Vikings beat the Packers, Steil will give Phillips Wisconsin cheddar cheese from Mars Cheese Castle and a case of Janesville Gray’s Honey Ale. Watch and download a video of the wager HERE or click on the photo below. “While Dean and I have worked well together on combatting human trafficking and creating jobs in our communities,

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Three Education Groups: Call on state legislature to respond to teen vaping crisis by acting on Tobacco 21

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Gov. Evers: Visits Wisconsin’s sister state in Japan, meets with educators and local leaders

CHIBA CITY, JAPAN – Gov. Tony Evers today visited Japan’s sister state of Chiba Prefecture, where he met with Gov. Kensaku Morita and the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education and toured the original Kikkoman soy sauce facility. Gov. Evers congratulated Gov. Morita on Chiba hosting the 2020 Olympics in Chiba next July. “We share the honor you feel in achieving this global recognition, and we will be watching the Olympic Games just a little more closely because they will be taking place in our sister state,” he said. The governor and First Lady Kathy Evers also met with the Chiba

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Dairy Business Association: Applauds proposals to stop mislabeling of imitation dairy products

MADISON, Wis. — The state’s largest dairy lobbying group today applauded three state lawmakers for a new legislative effort to stop the use of misleading labels on imitation milk and other “dairy” products. Legislation proposed today by Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, and Reps. Travis Tranel, R-Cuba City, and Loren Oldenburg, R-Viroqua, would ban the labeling of products as milk or as a dairy product or ingredient if the food is not made from the milk of a cow, sheep, goat or other mammals. The following comments are from Tom Crave, president of the Dairy Business Association and a farmer and cheesemaker

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Rep. Dave Considine: Schools Need Our Continued Support

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Clean Wisconsin: Statement on EPA’s repeal of waters of the U.S. rule

MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin strongly criticizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action today to repeal the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule that protects critically important small waterbodies, such as wetlands and streams, from pollution.   “Too many rural and urban Wisconsinites are living with unsafe drinking water, and now is not the time to cut back on clean water enforcement,” said Ezra Meyer, Water Resources Specialist for Clean Wisconsin. “The Trump Administration’s action represents a failure by the administration to protect the water resources we all rely on.”   The Waters of the U.S. rule originally aimed to boost federal

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Rep. Gwen Moore: Applauds federal approval of lead abatement program to protect the health and safety of Wisconsin children and expectant mothers

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a lead abatement initiative program for pregnant women and low-income children enrolled in BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid. Governor Evers’ budget included $14.2 million for lead reduction efforts and testing. Congresswoman Moore released the following statement: “Lead exposure is a pervasive public health crisis throughout Wisconsin that affected Milwaukee communities particularly hard. The consequences of lead exposure stay with children well beyond their childhood and cause severe damage to children’s growing brain’s and bodies. I am pleased that we have a Governor actively working to address this threat to our community and

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 13

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Jessie Opoien discuss the latest developments in the 5th and 7th CD races, the ongoing standoff between AG Josh Kaul and the GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee and the focus on Wisconsin in 2020.

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Rep. Dave Considine: Schools Need Our Continued Support

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Clean Wisconsin: Statement on EPA’s repeal of waters of the U.S. rule

MADISON, WI — Clean Wisconsin strongly criticizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action today to repeal the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule that protects critically important small waterbodies, such as wetlands and streams, from pollution.   “Too many rural and urban Wisconsinites are living with unsafe drinking water, and now is

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Rep. Gwen Moore: Applauds federal approval of lead abatement program to protect the health and safety of Wisconsin children and expectant mothers

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a lead abatement initiative program for pregnant women and low-income children enrolled in BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid. Governor Evers’ budget included $14.2 million for lead reduction efforts and testing. Congresswoman Moore released the following statement: “Lead exposure is a pervasive public

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