WisGOP: Launches “Fact Check Jill Karofsky” website

[Madison, WI] – Candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Jill Karofsky, can’t stop making false claims in her campaign for Wisconsin’s highest court. Today, the Republican Party of Wisconsin launched a new website called “FactCheckJill.com” to hold Jill Karofsky accountable for her lies and expose the truth about her record. “Jill Karofsky has shown that she will do or say anything to advance her political agenda but Wisconsinites deserve to know the truth. Whether it’s covering up for her abysmal record of endangering Wisconsin families as a judge or trying to hide her radical liberal views, Karofsky has effectively disqualified

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AG Kaul: Announces $1.6 Billion global agreement with Opioid manufacturer

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced a global framework agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates. MNK is currently the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the United States. In the agreement, MNK agrees to pay $1.6 billion in cash to a trust that will cover the costs of opioid addiction treatment and related efforts, with the potential for increased payment to the trust. MNK also agrees that its future generics opioid business will be subject to strict rules that will prevent marketing and ensure systems are in place

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Evers pans GOP tax cut package, calls for K-12 funding boost in letter to GOP leaders

In a letter asking lawmakers to send him the GOP tax cut package, Dem Gov. Tony Evers urged legislative leaders to “do the right thing” by boosting school funding. Evers’ Friday letter to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, came ahead of GOP leaders signing their tax cut and debt reduction bill yesterday. That action began the seven-day window for the guv to act on it. The guv wrote he was “disappointed” the package didn’t include elements from a competing proposal he backed that would boost funding for schools. Evers called on the Republican

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WED AM Update: Natural Resources Board to consider plan to transfer coal ash landfill regulation to DNR

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — The Natural Resources Board meets today to vote on a plan to transfer regulatory authority of coal ash landfills to the DNR. Landfills storing the residuals of coal plants in Wisconsin are currently regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. But the pla… 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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WisGOP: Launches “Fact Check Jill Karofsky” website

[Madison, WI] – Candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Jill Karofsky, can’t stop making false claims in her campaign for Wisconsin’s highest court. Today, the Republican Party of Wisconsin launched a new website called “FactCheckJill.com” to hold Jill Karofsky accountable for her lies and expose the truth about her record.

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AG Kaul: Announces $1.6 Billion global agreement with Opioid manufacturer

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced a global framework agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates. MNK is currently the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the United States. In the agreement, MNK agrees to pay $1.6 billion in

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