FRI News Summary: Fitzgerald says GOP ‘playing goalie’ with Evers

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Gov. Evers: Seeks pplicants for Crawford County District Attorney

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applications for appointment as Crawford County District Attorney. The new appointee will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of District Attorney Timothy C. Baxter, effective January 3, 2020. The new appointee will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends January 2021. To apply, please email a completed application form and supporting materials to govDAapp@wisconsin.gov. Applications must be submitted by November 22, 2019. The District Attorney application form is available on the “Apply to Serve” page of the Governor’s website: www.evers.wi.gov. For questions about the appointments process, please contact the Governor’s

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Gov. Evers: Seeks applicants for Court of Appeals—District I

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applicants for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals – District I. The appointment will fill a vacancy being created by Judge Joan Kessler’s retirement, effective February 7, 2020. The new judge will complete a term ending July 31, 2021. District I consists solely of Milwaukee County. To apply, please email a completed application form and supporting materials to GOVJudicialAppointments@wisconsin.gov. Applications must be received by 5 pm on November 13, 2019.  The application form is available on the “Apply to Serve” page of the Governor’s website: www.evers.wi.gov.  Potential applicants with questions about the judicial selection

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Wisconsin Insurance Alliance: Close the insurance adjuster loophole

Insurance is one of the most regulated industries in the state, so perhaps it is surprising to some that the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance is supporting oversight on one segment of our industry. In fact, the Badger Institute have chided us for what they see as our support for government intervention in the marketplace. They, however, are misguided and their opposition to current legislative efforts to protect consumers is misinformed. Public insurance adjusting is the only unregulated area of the claims process and this loophole puts Wisconsin consumers at risk. When unqualified bad actors descend upon a region to prey upon

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Rep. Tittl, Sen. LeMahieu: Listening sessions scheduled

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Fitzgerald says Evers has failed to reach across the aisle on bipartisan policy goals

Senate Majority Leader and 5th CD candidate Scott Fitzgerald says the hallmark of the fall session would be GOP lawmakers “playing goalie” by blocking the legislative priorities of Gov. Tony Evers. Speaking at a WisPolitics.com luncheon in Madison Thursday, Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, accused the governor of failing to reach out to lawmakers to pursue bipartisan policy. Harkening back to days of former Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration when former Dem Sen. Russ Decker served as the majority leader, Fitzgerald said there was a period of time where “we’d go across the hallway and we’d come up with some things and we’d work

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FRI News Summary: Fitzgerald says GOP ‘playing goalie’ with Evers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – White house – State government – Local government – Agribusiness – Courts – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Environment – Foxconn – Health care – Law and order – Media – Non-profits – Public health and safety – Technology –

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Gov. Evers: Seeks pplicants for Crawford County District Attorney

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applications for appointment as Crawford County District Attorney. The new appointee will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of District Attorney Timothy C. Baxter, effective January 3, 2020. The new appointee will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term

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Gov. Evers: Seeks applicants for Court of Appeals—District I

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applicants for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals – District I. The appointment will fill a vacancy being created by Judge Joan Kessler’s retirement, effective February 7, 2020. The new judge will complete a term ending July 31, 2021. District I

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Rep. Tittl, Sen. LeMahieu: Listening sessions scheduled

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