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Day: March 5, 2021

Dem leaders back sales tax options for locals, minimum wage hike

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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Today’s Midday podcast covers the Legislature’s top Dem leaders in a WisPolitics.com luncheon who voiced support for Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposals to raise the minimum wage and allow for expanded local sales taxes. wispolitics · Dem leaders back sales…

Wisconsin National Guard: Celebrates 184th birthday

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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MADISON, Wis. — Today marks the Wisconsin National Guard’s 184th birthday, and year 183 was certainly one for the history books. The Wisconsin National Guard’s official birthday is March 5, 1837 – the date on which Wisconsin’s territorial Gov. Henry…

State Rep. Subeck: Senate Education Committee passes Holocaust Education Bill

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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MADISON – Today, the Senate Committee on Education passed Senate Bill 69 (SB 69), authored by Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and Representatives Jon Plumer (R-Lodi) and Lisa Subeck (D-Madison). SB 69 requires instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides…

Speaker Vos: Legislative leaders circulate truth in spending act

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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Madison…Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) were joined by members of legislative leadership in putting forward a bill to ensure that the people of Wisconsin have a voice in how billions of federal dollars…

Our Wisconsin: Grassroots activists seek $15 minimum wage

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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Members and supporters of Our Wisconsin Revolution have sent nearly 100 letters to Wisconsin Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson this week demanding their elected officials support a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.   These…

Disability Rights Wisconsin: Elections Commission receives award

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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Committee to Protect Medicare: Statement of Sen. Johnson continuing to let Americans die of COVID-19

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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Milwaukee, WI — Yesterday, Senator Ron Johnson forced U.S. Senate clerks to read the entire 600+ page American Rescue Plan bill in order to further delay its passage. During the nearly 11 hours it took to read the bill, it’s…

U.S. Rep. Grothman: The effectiveness of one vaccine dose strategy

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, after news that a study conducted by Sheba Medical Center in Israel showed that one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can be up to 85 percent effective in protecting against COVID-19 three to four weeks after inoculation,…

A Better Wisconsin Together: HR1 is good news for democracy

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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MADISON, Wis. — No matter where you come from or what you look like, we can all agree that voters pick their leaders; leaders shouldn’t get to pick their voters. Across the country, including in Wisconsin, a handful of politicians have…

U.S. Sen. Johnson: Discusses Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill, border security on ‘The Faulkner Focus’

On Friday, Mar 5, 2021
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WASHINGTON — In an appearance on Fox News’ “The Faulkner Focus,” U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) talked about the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion government expansion bill and the Biden administration’s open border policies allowing Covid-positive migrants into the United States. Excerpts from…

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