Gov. Evers: Acts on Seventeen Bills

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today acted on seventeen bills, including: Senate Bill 51, now Wisconsin Act 32: Makes several modifications to requirements for a newspaper to qualify to receive compensation for publishing legal notices. Senate Bill 52, now

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: on Wisconsin Talk Radio

Contact: Alexa Henning Vanessa Ambrosini WASHINGTON – In radio interviews this week with WCLO’s Tim Bremel, WTMJ’s Jeff Wagner, WISN’s Dan O’ Donnell, and WISN’s Matt Kittle, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) commented on getting Americans back to work, the Biden

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 21

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss GOP efforts to end enhanced unemployment payments and reinstate work-search requirements, the Joint Finance committee delaying action on broadband funding in the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special session on Medicaid expansion and more.

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U.S. Sens. Johnson and Baldwin: Wisconsin Senators Recommend U.S. Attorney Candidates to the White House for Wisconsin’s Western District

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson announced today their agreement to recommend to the White House two Wisconsinites for consideration to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. The candidates, Diane Schlipper and Sopen Shah, were recommended to the Senators by the bipartisan Wisconsin

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U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Introduce Bill to Crack Down on Government Officials Lobbying on Behalf of Foreign Interests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/21/21 Contact: Jordan Dunn WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), alongside Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), reintroduced H.R. 3389, the Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban. This bipartisan bill would ban retired members of Congress, senior executive branch officials, and general and flag officers of the Armed Forces from lobbying

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Gov. Evers: Acts on Seventeen Bills

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today acted on seventeen bills, including: Senate Bill 51, now Wisconsin Act 32: Makes several modifications to requirements for a newspaper to qualify to receive compensation for publishing legal notices. Senate Bill 52, now Wisconsin Act 33: Requires that if a current officeholder files

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: on Wisconsin Talk Radio

Contact: Alexa Henning Vanessa Ambrosini WASHINGTON – In radio interviews this week with WCLO’s Tim Bremel, WTMJ’s Jeff Wagner, WISN’s Dan O’ Donnell, and WISN’s Matt Kittle, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) commented on getting Americans back to work, the Biden administration’s radical policies, and the massive spending packages, all threatening

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 21

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss GOP efforts to end enhanced unemployment payments and reinstate work-search requirements, the Joint Finance committee delaying action on broadband funding in the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special session on Medicaid expansion and more.

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FRI REPORT: Leggie travel saw sharp drop amid pandemic

Quotes of the Week It is not only morally wrong. Fiscally, it’s really stupid if you think about it. Who says ‘no’ to a billion dollars? –  Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-West Point, on Republicans’ almost immediate rejection of Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special session to expand Medicaid, which

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U.S. Sen. Johnson, U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Request information on National Institutes of Health’s funding of gain of function research

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday joined by Sens. Paul (R-Ky.), Lankford (R-Okla.), Scott (R-Fla.), Cotton (R-Ark.), Marshall (R-Kan.), and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requesting information on gain of function research and NIH’s

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Dept. of Natural Resources: Seeking public comment for environmental review of City of Ashland Safe Drinking Water Loan Program

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the City of Ashland is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to address deficiencies in its public drinking water system. The project includes the replacement of lead service lines throughout the City of Ashland.

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Calls on the administration to utilize USMCA enforcement measures to support dairy industry

Washington, DC—Today, Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI), Tom Reed (R-NY), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Jim Costa (D-CA), and David Valadao (R-CA) sent a bipartisan letter to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack calling on them to move forward with enforcement measures negotiated in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to

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