TUE News Summary: WILL petitions Elections Commission to ban ballot harvesting; Evers, Barnes on continued protests

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: COVID-19, Trade Tensions, Turbulent Markets — Trouble for Wisconsin Ag Be part of a Thursday June 11 lunchtime panel discussion on issues affecting state agriculture. It will be led by veteran farm broadcaster Pam Jahnke. The WisPolitics.com-WisBusiness.com event goes from noon to 1 p.m. This event is par… 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. Kind: Statement on Verso corporation closing

La Crosse, WI— Rep. Ron Kind released the following statement in response to today’s announcement from Verso Corporation that it is indefinitely “idling” operations at its mill in Wisconsin Rapids, laying off nearly 900 Wisconsinites. “I’m disappointed to learn of Verso Corporation’s decision to cease operations at its mill in Wisconsin indefinitely. My heart goes out to the workers, their families, and their communities who are all dealing with this new uncertainty in an even more uncertain world,” said Rep. Ron Kind. “Amidst a pandemic and now economic recession, this will be an increasingly tough time for Wisconsinites, but my office and I are standing by, ready

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Conservative group petitions Elections Commission to ban ballot harvesting

The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is pushing the state Elections Commission to ban ballot harvesting. State law already requires voters to request an absentee ballot by making contact with their local clerk, largely cutting out the aspect of ballot harvesting that involves a third party requesting an absentee ballot on behalf of a voter. Several exceptions do exist, though. Voters who are hospitalized can appoint an agent to deliver an absentee ballot request to a clerk, pick up the ballot and return it to a local clerk. Those living in residential care facilities and retirement homes can

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TUE News Summary: WILL petitions Elections Commission to ban ballot harvesting; Evers, Barnes on continued protests

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: COVID-19, Trade Tensions, Turbulent Markets — Trouble for Wisconsin Ag Be part of a Thursday June 11 lunchtime panel discussion on issues affecting state agriculture. It will be led by veteran farm broadcaster Pam Jahnke. The WisPolitics.com-WisBusiness.com event goes from noon to 1 p.m.

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Rep. Kind: Statement on Verso corporation closing

La Crosse, WI— Rep. Ron Kind released the following statement in response to today’s announcement from Verso Corporation that it is indefinitely “idling” operations at its mill in Wisconsin Rapids, laying off nearly 900 Wisconsinites. “I’m disappointed to learn of Verso Corporation’s decision to cease operations at its mill in Wisconsin indefinitely. My heart goes out

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