AG Kaul: Joins lawsuit against the Trump Administration for gutting safety protections for chemical accidents

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Kaul today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Philadelphia in suing the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for gutting safeguards to prevent and limit harms from dangerous chemical accidents. Specifically, the coalition is challenging the EPA’s rollback of Obama-era amendments to its “Risk Management Program” (RMP) regulations, referred to as the Chemical Disaster Rule. This rule made critical improvements to the RMP to better safeguard against explosions, fires, poisonous gas releases, and other accidents at facilities that store and use toxic chemicals. “The Trump Administration’s rollback of important safeguards

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One Wisconsin Now: Local dairy farmers, WFU president, call out Trump’s trade deals as too little, too late

(CAMBRIDGE, WI) — Today, Dairy farmers Tina and Duane Hinchley blasted Donald Trump’s trade policies as too little too late. This comes as reports confirm that farm bankruptcies continued to spike in 2019. On a tour of their dairy and crop farm, which is comprised of 240 milking cows and 2,300 acres of land that are used to grow and corn, soybeans, wheat, and alfalfa, they highlighted that Trump cannot turn back the clock on the irreparable damage he has caused them and other farmers across Wisconsin. “Donald Trump’s trade policies cannot undo the damage he brought to our community. He thought

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Church campaign: Praises President Trump’s signing of the USMCA

Jason Church, candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s Seventh District, released the following statement after President Trump signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) today: “Thank you President Trump for standing up for American workers with the new USMCA trade agreement. The USMCA will provide much needed relief, particularly to Northern Wisconsin’s dairy farmers. “President Trump needs allies in Congress who will work with him to renegotiate our trade agreements. Democrats dragged their feet for over a year on this deal. Farmers and manufacturers in Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District benefit the most from open and competitive markets. I will be that partner with

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Sen. Fitzgerald: Visits DaVita Dialysis Clinic in Watertown

[Madison, WI] — Last week on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald visited the DaVita Dialysis new clinic in Watertown to learn more about their business, and hear directly from Health care workers and those currently undergoing dialysis at the treatment facility. “Our health-care workers in Wisconsin provide some of the best care in the country at places like DaVita Dialysis,” Fi… 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 * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Rep. Zimmerman: Introduces legislation to safeguard your privacy

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National Head Start Association: Gallagher receives PROMISE award for work to promote TIC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher today received the PROMISE (Protecting Our Most Important Students Early) Award from the National Head Start Association (NHSA) for his leadership in promoting trauma informed care (TIC). The PROMISE Award is given to members of Congress who have demonstrated a steadfast commitment to Head Start and to serving our nation’s most vulnerable children and their families, not only in their districts, but across the nation. This year’s PROMISE Awards were presented to members of Congress who have led the charge in supporting Head Start’s work to address childhood trauma.   “In Wisconsin, we’ve seen firsthand how

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Gov. Evers: Creates task force to take on student loan debt crisis in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order today creating a student debt task force to find ways to help Wisconsinites swept up in the deepening economic crisis. Nationally, higher education debt has skyrocketed to over $1.6 trillion and directly impacts over 45 million people. In recent years Wisconsin became a top ten state in the nation for the percentage of graduates with student debt and the amount of debt they are carrying ranks above the national average. “Borrowers know what the student loan debt crisis means to them and their families,” commented One Wisconsin Now Deputy Director

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WED PM Update: Novak, Shankland confident water quality bills will pass Assembly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Two legislators who led a bipartisan water quality task force said today their proposed legislation will pass the Assembly but stopped short of promising the 13 bills will become law this session. Reps. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville, and Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, while hopeful, suggested passage in the Senate remains uncer… 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.

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State Treasurer Godlewski: Task Force hear from small businesses and individuals on challenges to retirement in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski brought the Retirement Security Task Force to Milwaukee today to hear directly from small business owners and individuals about the barriers they face with today’s retirement system. The listening session took place at the Urban League in Milwaukee, with a formal task force meeting taking place afterward. This is part of a broader effort by the State Treasurer to hear directly from Wisconsinites on what can be done to address the retirement crisis.     “Before we can truly develop solutions as a task force, we need to hear from Wisconsinites first-hand on the challenges they face when it comes to saving

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Sen. Schachtner: Fundraiser

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U.S. Sens. Baldwin, Peters: Bipartisan colleagues urge Trump Administration to include new Great Lakes icebreaker in upcoming budget proposal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) today led a bipartisan group of Senators to urge the administration to include adequate funding for the Coast Guard to acquire a new Great Lakes icebreaker. In their letter—also signed by Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH) Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tina Smith (D-MN), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Todd Young (R-IN)—the Senators requested the administration prioritize funding in the 2021 budget request to Congress. They sent the letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, Department of Homeland Security Acting

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Gov. Evers: Signs Executive Order #67 relating to creating a task force on student debt

PEWAUKEE —  Gov. Tony Evers today, joined by Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld, signed Executive Order #67 creating the Governor’s Task Force on Student Debt. This task force will be chaired by Secretary Blumenfeld and will be tasked with assessing student debt in Wisconsin and providing long-term strategies to reduce education-related debt, prevent abusive practices by loan companies, and improve financial literacy education.  “For too many Wisconsinites additional education or job training is out of reach. We need to address college affordability and ensure that a great education doesn’t come at the cost of decades of crippling debt,” said

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Citizen Action: Endorses Ed Fallone and Jill Karofsky for Supreme Court

Milwaukee: In the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s board voted to endorse both Ed Fallone and Jill Karofsky.   After interviews which included members from across the state, Citizen Action member and board leaders concluded that both would be independent judges who will fairly interpret and apply the law for everyone, regardless of their race, their income, or where they live. Their judicial integrity is in sharp contrast to the current Supreme Court that regularly twists the law to rubber stamp the priorities of a single political party, and caters its decisions to the interests of

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AG Kaul: Joins lawsuit against the Trump Administration for gutting safety protections for chemical accidents

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Kaul today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Philadelphia in suing the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for gutting safeguards to prevent and limit harms from dangerous chemical accidents. Specifically, the coalition is challenging the EPA’s rollback of Obama-era

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Church campaign: Praises President Trump’s signing of the USMCA

Jason Church, candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s Seventh District, released the following statement after President Trump signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) today: “Thank you President Trump for standing up for American workers with the new USMCA trade agreement. The USMCA will provide much needed relief, particularly to Northern Wisconsin’s dairy

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Sen. Fitzgerald: Visits DaVita Dialysis Clinic in Watertown

[Madison, WI] — Last week on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald visited the DaVita Dialysis new clinic in Watertown to learn more about their business, and hear directly from Health care workers and those currently undergoing dialysis at the treatment facility. “Our health-care workers in Wisconsin provide some of the best

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Rep. Zimmerman: Introduces legislation to safeguard your privacy

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State Treasurer Godlewski: Task Force hear from small businesses and individuals on challenges to retirement in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski brought the Retirement Security Task Force to Milwaukee today to hear directly from small business owners and individuals about the barriers they face with today’s retirement system. The listening session took place at the Urban League in Milwaukee, with a formal task force meeting taking place afterward. This is part of

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Sen. Schachtner: Fundraiser

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U.S. Sens. Baldwin, Peters: Bipartisan colleagues urge Trump Administration to include new Great Lakes icebreaker in upcoming budget proposal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) today led a bipartisan group of Senators to urge the administration to include adequate funding for the Coast Guard to acquire a new Great Lakes icebreaker. In their letter—also signed by Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH) Chuck Schumer (D-NY),

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Citizen Action: Endorses Ed Fallone and Jill Karofsky for Supreme Court

Milwaukee: In the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s board voted to endorse both Ed Fallone and Jill Karofsky.   After interviews which included members from across the state, Citizen Action member and board leaders concluded that both would be independent judges who will fairly interpret and

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