WisPolitics Midday – January 17, 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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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 17

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss legal rulings in the voter list case, results of the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, President Trump’s visit to Milwaukee, legislative Republicans’ criminal justice reform package and more.

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Socialism had a big influence on Milwaukee politics

By Gregg Hoffmann For Battlegroundwis2020.com Socialism can be a lightning rod in modern politics. Bernie Sanders has described himself as a “democratic socialist.” And President Trump has declared America will never become a socialist country under his watch. Milwaukee, the

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WisPolitics Midday – January 17, 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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WisDems: DNC chairman: Wisconsin ‘the tipping point state’

(MILWAUKEE, WI) — DNC Chairman Tom Perez blasted Donald Trump for his broken promises on health care to Wisconsinites at a roundtable at Coffee Makes You Black in Milwaukee yesterday. Trump has repeatedly tried to take protections away from Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions and has fought against legislation that would lower

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Rep. Steineke: Sheboygan emergency responders to be named Assembly ‘Hometown Heroes’

MADISON – The Wisconsin State Assembly will recognize members of the Sheboygan County Technical Rescue Team (SCTRT) and Sheboygan Fire Department (SFD) as “Hometown Heroes” at the upcoming Assembly session on January 21st. Sheboygan emergency response members, who were nominated by their State Representatives, Tyler Vorpagel (R-Plymouth) and Terry Katsma (R-Oostburg),

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Rep. Steineke: Rock County chief deputy to be named Assembly ‘Hometown Hero’

MADISON – The Wisconsin State Assembly will recognize Chief Deputy Barb Tillman from Janesville, Wisconsin as a “Hometown Hero” at the upcoming Assembly session on January 21st. Rock County Chief Deputy Tillman, who was nominated by State Representatives who serve Rock County, Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton), Debra Kolste (D-Janesville), Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit),

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 17

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss legal rulings in the voter list case, results of the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, President Trump’s visit to Milwaukee, legislative Republicans’ criminal justice reform package and more.

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American Dairy Coalition: Statement on bi-partisan passage of USMCA

January 16th, 2020: The Senate has passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by a bipartisan vote of 89-10. This long-awaited agreement will replace the previous North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and will expand existing markets of agricultural exports with two of the United States’ top trading partners.  Exports to Mexico and Canada represented

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Socialism had a big influence on Milwaukee politics

By Gregg Hoffmann For Battlegroundwis2020.com Socialism can be a lightning rod in modern politics. Bernie Sanders has described himself as a “democratic socialist.” And President Trump has declared America will never become a socialist country under his watch. Milwaukee, the host city of the DNC Convention in 2020, has a

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