Contact: Sarah Abel Phone: 202-225-5506 Sarah.Abel@mail.house.gov   Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ron Kind called on United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai to establish a new exclusion process that allows U.S. businesses to request relief from the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports. At a time when many companies and their workers are struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing this new process would help support domestic businesses and target the effects of the tariffs on China, rather than U.S. companies and consumers. Rep. Kind was joined by Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) in leading the bipartisan coalition of over 100 Members of Congress. “Wisconsin producers, employers, workers,

Today’s Midday podcast covers statewide housing supply at historic lows. Median home prices continue to rise and apartment rent increases are outpacing wage growth. The situation is spurring possible fixes from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and GOP lawmakers. wispolitics · Workforce housing solutions making their way through Capitol  

Yesterday, representatives of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Wisconsin, as well as Catholic major religious orders, met with the Wisconsin Attorney General via videoconference. The Diocese of Madison will review the Attorney General’s upcoming request as soon as it is received. The Diocese of Madison takes the issue of sexual abuse of minors very seriously and based on its own, ongoing initiative remains vigilantly committed to providing healing to any victims and their families, and to fostering trust based on its diocesan safe environment policies spanning two decades. Background The news of the sex abuse crisis in the United States’ Catholic Church made national

GREEN BAY, Wis. (April 27, 2021) – The Diocese of Green Bay, along with other Catholic dioceses and religious orders in Wisconsin, participated in the Attorney General’s conference call on Monday, April 26. We understand that this is a review of past cases and does not imply that there are any new allegations against active priests or deacons in the Green Bay Diocese. At this point, we have not received any formal written request from the AG’s office. Once we receive such a request, the diocese will review and respond appropriately at that time. We wish to emphasize that the

We were part of a meeting with the Attorney General on Monday.  It is important to note the Attorney General is talking about a review of historical cases, not any new reports or cases. The Church takes the issue of sexual abuse of minors seriously and has put in place many prevention, education and accountability correctives during the past 20 years. Although we will take a look at the specific details of the Attorney General’s request when it is received, we have concerns about the negative impact this could have on abuse survivors, because the publicity has the potential to

CONTACT: John Lucas, john.lucas@wisc.edu MADISON – After years of trailing peer universities, UW-Madison faculty salaries advanced significantly as the result of strategic moves over the past several years. In 2020-21, average salaries for full professors ranked 5th out of 12, up from 10th place the previous year among a longstanding peer group. Prior to this, average salaries for full professors had been in last place since 2004-05. Average pay for associate professors ranked 5th this year, up one spot from the previous year, and assistant professor average salaries jumped two spots to 6th place. In a broader comparison, UW-Madison average salaries

Contact: WisDems Communications (press@wisdems.org)   89% of adults in Wisconsin receiving direct checks (MADISON) — In less than 100 days, President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and the administration’s leadership is ushering in an economic boom and potentially one of the fastest rates of growth in decades. Here in Wisconsin, the state added 12,900 total non-farm and 11,100 private-sector jobs from February to March, and the unemployment rate is at 3.8 percent, well below the national average. The American Rescue Plan is giving economic impact payments of up to $1,400 per person for 89% of all adults in Wisconsin to make sure