Dave Cieslewicz: Freeze property taxes

Virtually everyone is going to struggle to pay their taxes and it would add insult to injury if local governments were to propose tax increases this fall while not imposing any pain on their own organizations.

Read More »

WBA: Testifies at today’s Wisconsin Assembly Hearing

The Wisconsin Bankers Association has been invited to testify on the SBA Payment Protection Program before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs today. Below are highlights of the testimony given by Rose Oswald Poels, WBA president/CEO, in addition to her

Read More »

Gov. Evers: Announces the launch of community testing events

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the State Emergency Operations Center, Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Wisconsin Emergency Management, and Wisconsin National Guard are working with local health departments to create community testing events in places with

Read More »

Dave Cieslewicz: Freeze property taxes

Virtually everyone is going to struggle to pay their taxes and it would add insult to injury if local governments were to propose tax increases this fall while not imposing any pain on their own organizations.

Read More »

Gov. Evers: Wisconsin receives delivery of 230,000 N95 masks from FEMA, new Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System coming online in Wisconsin mid-May

MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin has received a delivery of 230,000 N95 respirator masks from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), providing a needed boost to efforts to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) for distribution in the state. FEMA has also informed the state that it will

Read More »

Reps. Kind, Walorski: Introduce bipartisan fix to ensure college students receive their fair share of economic impact payments

La Crosse, WI – Today, Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced legislation to ensure college students and adult dependents are eligible to receive federal relief funding in the form of direct payments. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, most families will receive an economic stimulus payment of $1,200 per

Read More »

THU News Summary: Evers administration orders 5% spending cuts; GOP leaders seek meeting with Evers on regional reopening plan

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – 2020 – Dnc – Coronavirus – State government – Federal government – Local government – Courts – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Health care – Manufacturing – Non-profits – Real estate – Small business – Tourism – Transportation – Columns

Read More »

WBA: Testifies at today’s Wisconsin Assembly Hearing

The Wisconsin Bankers Association has been invited to testify on the SBA Payment Protection Program before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs today. Below are highlights of the testimony given by Rose Oswald Poels, WBA president/CEO, in addition to her full testimony. Testimony Highlights Wisconsin’s high PPP volume served over

Read More »

U.S. Rep. Moore: Calls for an extended application period to ensure every Social Security Administration beneficiary receives their full economic impact payment

Today, Congresswoman Moore sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul raising concerns about the May 5th deadline for Supplemental Security Income (SSI beneficiaries) with dependents who do not file tax returns to register on the IRS non-filer portal to receive the full payment and

Read More »

Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice: Submits Amicus Brief in support of ‘Safer at Home’

On April 29, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice filed an amicus brief with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in support of the governor’s Safer at Home order and in opposition to the suit filed by the Republican leadership seeking to block that order. http://www.thewheelerreport.com/wheeler_docs/files/042920wscwfvjbrief.pdf?fbclid=IwAR02N0rMBUiTaC4t9o9AgLrGJq9PqnL_t1qNzDsmuDxistNJM1srlH_flIM The brief included letters from twenty-nine clergy and

Read More »

Gov. Evers: Announces the launch of community testing events

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the State Emergency Operations Center, Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Wisconsin Emergency Management, and Wisconsin National Guard are working with local health departments to create community testing events in places with a known lack of access to testing or additional testing

Read More »