WED PM Update: LFB says state could lose $1.5 billion in federal money for schools unless it maintains spending commitment to K-12

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin will have to maintain its current funding commitment to K-12 schools to ensure districts qualify for the full $1.5 billion in federal money that’s part of the latest COVID-19 package, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. And the Legislature won’t know for sure if its K-12 spending plan meets that standard until … 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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LFB: State could lose $1.5 billion in federal money for schools unless it maintains spending commitment to K-12

Wisconsin will have to maintain its current funding commitment to K-12 schools to ensure districts qualify for the full $1.5 billion in federal money that’s part of the latest COVID-19 package, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. And the Legislature won’t know for sure if its K-12 spending plan meets that standard until lawmakers finish their work on the state budget. That’s because the sh… 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.

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Republicans and business leaders push to end extended UI payments

Today’s Midday podcast covers Senate Republicans and business owners arguing a bill that would end a federal boost to unemployment benefits would help address the state’s worker shortage. Dems say the workforce shortage was apparent even before the $300 extra payments. wispolitics · Republicans and business leaders push to end extended UI payments

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Underly: Statement On Education Funding

5/26/2021 Contact: Erin Forrest – (920) 234-8829   JILL UNDERLY STATEMENT ON EDUCATION FUNDING Wisconsin families have suffered through a horrific pandemic, costing the lives of thousands of our loved ones, crashing our economy, shutting down our communities, and making life more difficult in countless ways. For our Wisconsin public school students specifically, many have spent more than a year in virtual learning or hybrid learning, and they have lost out on countless experiences, from sports, to school dances, to the most basic socialization required for children and adolescents. Our schools are changed forever, and our safety protocols must be more

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May 26: Virtual Rally for Wisconsin’s Public Schools

Education advocates to hold virtual rally, urge JFC members to close the gaps for public schools: “Stop playing politics, support students with disabilities.” Public education supporters expressed grave concerns about proposals to cut proposed and desperately needed investments in public education while radically expanding public funding for private schools. “Education experts, advocates and educators have been calling for a budget that closes the gaps for Wisconsin kids. Lawmakers heard them loud and clear, then signalled an intention to make them wider,” said Heather DuBois Bourenane of Wisconsin Public Education Network. “The Joint Finance papers, coupled with Senate President Chris Kapenga’s

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Sen. Johnson: Nothing Unifying, Healing About Social Media, the Mainstream Media, or the Biden Administration

May 26, 2021 Contact: Alexa Henning Vanessa Ambrosini ICYMI: Sen. Johnson on Fox Business: Nothing Unifying, Healing About Social Media, the Mainstream Media, or the Biden Administration Discusses Big Tech censorship, media bias WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Fox Business’ “The Evening Edit” on Tuesday to discuss Big Tech taking sides in political debates and how the mainstream media push their own agenda to advance a political narrative. A video of the interview can be found here, and excerpts are below. “Social media is not helpful from this standpoint, the way they have taken sides in the political realm. They

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New North Summit

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WED PM Update: LFB says state could lose $1.5 billion in federal money for schools unless it maintains spending commitment to K-12

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin will have to maintain its current funding commitment to K-12 schools to ensure districts qualify for the full $1.5 billion in federal money that’s part of the latest COVID-19 package, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. And the Legislature won’t know

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Republicans and business leaders push to end extended UI payments

Today’s Midday podcast covers Senate Republicans and business owners arguing a bill that would end a federal boost to unemployment benefits would help address the state’s worker shortage. Dems say the workforce shortage was apparent even before the $300 extra payments. wispolitics · Republicans and business leaders push to end

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Underly: Statement On Education Funding

5/26/2021 Contact: Erin Forrest – (920) 234-8829   JILL UNDERLY STATEMENT ON EDUCATION FUNDING Wisconsin families have suffered through a horrific pandemic, costing the lives of thousands of our loved ones, crashing our economy, shutting down our communities, and making life more difficult in countless ways. For our Wisconsin public school

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May 26: Virtual Rally for Wisconsin’s Public Schools

Education advocates to hold virtual rally, urge JFC members to close the gaps for public schools: “Stop playing politics, support students with disabilities.” Public education supporters expressed grave concerns about proposals to cut proposed and desperately needed investments in public education while radically expanding public funding for private schools. “Education

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Sen. Johnson: Nothing Unifying, Healing About Social Media, the Mainstream Media, or the Biden Administration

May 26, 2021 Contact: Alexa Henning Vanessa Ambrosini ICYMI: Sen. Johnson on Fox Business: Nothing Unifying, Healing About Social Media, the Mainstream Media, or the Biden Administration Discusses Big Tech censorship, media bias WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Fox Business’ “The Evening Edit” on Tuesday to discuss Big Tech

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New North Summit

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