WisGOP: Who is bank-rolling Wisconsin democrats?

[Madison, WI] – The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is relying on millions of dollars from out-of-state and coastal elites to fund their efforts in the state of Wisconsin because they know that Wisconsinites don’t support their radical agenda. Nearly 90%

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Stuck withdraws Gruszynski endorsement

Today’s Midday podcast features cover of Rep. Amanda Stuck withdrawing her endorsement of fellow Dem state Rep. Staush Gruszynski, who’s facing a primary challenge after he sexually harassed a Capitol staffer at a Madison bar.

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Epic offers risk-scoring algorithms to prioritize patients

Epic provides risk-scoring algorithms that look at health factors to help organizations determine which appointments to reschedule first. This comes after the COVID-19 pandemic caused health care organizations to cancel most routine and elective procedures. Now that health care facilities

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Supreme Court: Re-appoints four administrative chief judges

Madison, Wisconsin (July 16, 2020) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has re-appointed circuit court judges from Barron, Kenosha, Marathon, and Marinette counties to serve new two-year terms as chief judge of their respective judicial administrative district. The terms run from Aug. 1,

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Weekly Dem Radio Address: Gov. Evers on broadband access

Audio file of radio address. MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address on the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access, which was announced earlier this week.  Hi, folks. Governor Tony Evers here. Seemingly overnight, COVID-19 has changed how Wisconsinites

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WisGOP: Who is bank-rolling Wisconsin democrats?

[Madison, WI] – The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is relying on millions of dollars from out-of-state and coastal elites to fund their efforts in the state of Wisconsin because they know that Wisconsinites don’t support their radical agenda. Nearly 90% of the DPW’s donors were out-of-state donors and nearly 95%

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Palzewicz campaign: Character matters in 5th District election

Brookfield, WI – The retirement of Congressman James Sensenbrenner has put Wisconsin’s Fifth District back in play for the first time in over 40 years.  Democrat Tom Palzewicz will likely be opposed by Republican Scott Fitzgerald in what is a match-up of two clearly distinct approaches to government. This fall, Fifth

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Stuck withdraws Gruszynski endorsement

Today’s Midday podcast features cover of Rep. Amanda Stuck withdrawing her endorsement of fellow Dem state Rep. Staush Gruszynski, who’s facing a primary challenge after he sexually harassed a Capitol staffer at a Madison bar.

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UW-Madison Profs find silver lining for businesses in pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic opened new windows of opportunity for the business world by creating new problems to solve, showcasing old problems in a new light and making new solutions to old problems available, according to two UW-Madison professors. “COVID is clearly a disaster,” said business Professor Hart Posen in an

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Mike Huebsch to serve as Wisconsin Water Alliance president

Mike Huebsch, a former GOP Assembly speaker, DOA secretary and Public Service commissioner, will serve as the Wisconsin Water Alliance president after his unanimous election by the board. Huebsch told WisBusiness.com  the biggest challenge facing Wisconsin water right now is the balance between government regulation and everybody who uses water

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Epic offers risk-scoring algorithms to prioritize patients

Epic provides risk-scoring algorithms that look at health factors to help organizations determine which appointments to reschedule first. This comes after the COVID-19 pandemic caused health care organizations to cancel most routine and elective procedures. Now that health care facilities start offering those services again, reduced schedules, essential for social

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Fifty-two ‘gap-filing’ exemptions the latest in biofuels debate

The EPA Small Refinery Exemptions update in mid-June shows the agency was considering 52 exemption petitions for Renewable Fuel Standard compliance in a big chunk of the 2010s — actions that could hurt a Wisconsin ethanol industry just beginning to come back from a pandemic-induced hit.  Wisconsin is front and

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Wisconsin Conservation Voters: Endorses second wave of candidates

MADISON – Wisconsin Conservation Voters is proud to announce its second wave of endorsements for candidates running for office in the Wisconsin State Legislature. “Our endorsed candidates share our values: clean water, clean air, accessible public lands, an equitable, safe democracy, and the pursuit of clean energy,” said Executive Director

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Sargent campaign: Announces endorsement from United Auto Workers (UAW)

MADISON– Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) released the following statement announcing an endorsement from the United Auto Workers for her candidacy for Wisconsin’s 16th Senate District: “Today I am humbled to announce that my campaign has received the endorsement from the United Auto Workers. To be endorsed by such a diverse union

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Supreme Court: Re-appoints four administrative chief judges

Madison, Wisconsin (July 16, 2020) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has re-appointed circuit court judges from Barron, Kenosha, Marathon, and Marinette counties to serve new two-year terms as chief judge of their respective judicial administrative district. The terms run from Aug. 1, 2020 through July 31, 2022, or as determined by further

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Weekly Dem Radio Address: Gov. Evers on broadband access

Audio file of radio address. MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address on the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access, which was announced earlier this week.  Hi, folks. Governor Tony Evers here. Seemingly overnight, COVID-19 has changed how Wisconsinites live, learn, and work. Whether it’s working, going to school,

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Dept. of Workforce Development: BLS data Wisconsin adds 104,600 non-farm, 99,300 private-sector jobs in June, unemployment rate drops to 8.5 percent

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment and unemployment estimates for the month of June 2020. The data shows that Wisconsin added 104,600 total non-farm and 99,300 private-sector jobs in the month of June. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in

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Legislative Dems: Introduce bills to remove barriers to unemployment insurance

MADISON – Today, Legislative Democrats introduced a package of bills aimed at removing hurdles and expediting the Unemployment Insurance process for Wisconsinites. Since March, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has witnessed an unprecedented number of unemployment claims due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation introduced today would eliminate hurdles

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Criticizes Trump administration deal that allowed manufacturer of COVID-19 antiviral drug Remdesivir to charge buyers highest prices in world

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar seeking an explanation for why the “amazing deal” struck by President Trump for a large supply of remdesivir

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Dept. of Administration: More state employees reassigned to support DWD in processing Unemployment Insurance claims

MADISON–Today, Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Joel Brennan shared that the Administration has taken yet another step to support the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) in processing the unprecedented number of unemployment insurance (UI) claims received since March of this year. Another cohort of state employees have been temporarily reassigned

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