WisPolitics Midday – January 16, 2020

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update, brought to you by Spectrum: UW Sytems Presidential Search Committee meets this afternoon. DNC chair says winning Wisconsin is “personal”. JFC creates two new administration positions, requires two other positions to be removed.

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JFC approves two new positions, but cuts two as well

The Joint Finance Committee approved the creation of two new positions in the Evers administration, but added a requirement that two vacant positions be cut in return. The actions, approved 11-4 along party lines, create a new administrative position at

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Statement on the USMCA Agreement Passing the Senate

Washington, DC—Rep. Ron Kind released the following statement after the Senate passed the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA): “Today, we cleared another hurdle in getting a trade deal signed into law that ensures a level playing field for Wisconsin farmers, workers, and families, keeps jobs in the United States, and makes

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WisPolitics Midday – January 16, 2020

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update, brought to you by Spectrum: UW Sytems Presidential Search Committee meets this afternoon. DNC chair says winning Wisconsin is “personal”. JFC creates two new administration positions, requires two other positions to be removed.

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JFC approves two new positions, but cuts two as well

The Joint Finance Committee approved the creation of two new positions in the Evers administration, but added a requirement that two vacant positions be cut in return. The actions, approved 11-4 along party lines, create a new administrative position at the Department of Financial Institutions to help manage the state’s

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March 3: WisPolitics DC breakfast: Congress after Impeachment

Join WisPolitics.com for a breakfast with two members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation on Tuesday, March 3 from 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at the Washington Hilton. The program with U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, and Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, will go from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Date:

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JFC approves $2.8 million to help fund disaster cleanup costs

The Joint Finance Committee approved transferring $2.8 million to help cover the costs of cleaning up from natural disasters. That’s $1.1 million less than state agencies had requested. One motion the committee approved moves $1.6 million from JFC’s supplemental appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs. The money will go

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JFC approves school mental health pilot program, other bills

The Joint Finance Committee signed off on a series of spending proposals today, including one that would create a mental health consultation pilot program in Outagamie County. The committee approved AB 644/SB 608 15-0. It would provide $350,000 to the Department of Health Services to launch the program with half

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Votes to protect student loan borrowers, taxpayer dollars

Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Ron Kind voted to overturn Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s rewritten borrower defense rule which gutted essential protections for student borrowers and taxpayers. In 2016, following the collapse of two major for-profit college chains that consistently defrauded students, President Obama issued the Borrower Defense rule, creating a streamlined process

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