THU AM Update: Report shows boost in overtime for prison guards during COVID-19 pandemic; JFC meets today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Construction Business Group (CBG) From WisPolitics.com … — Adult corrections guards are on pace for 2.2 million hours of overtime in the current fiscal year, amounting to a 13.5 percent increase over 2019-20, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The agency has long been plagued by high overtime costs among prison guards due t… 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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DC Wrap: National Guard used no state funds for COVID-19 testing

Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly: https://forms.gle/YLYZtJWHPSt24HhZ7 Quotes of the week Many women are working full-time, or working two jobs just to make ends meet, yet far too many are barely getting by, and far too many women and children are living in poverty. – U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, in a tweet ahead of the Senate vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which she helped reintroduce this session. The bill that was defeated today would simply be a big gift to the primary patrons

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Wisconsin Senate approves overhaul of absentee ballot procedures, ban on use of private money for election costs

Wisconsin would overhaul its policies for absentee ballots, indefinitely confined voters and the use of drop boxes under bills that cleared the state Senate today. The Senate also voted to ban the use of private money to cover the costs of an election. Many of the provisions in the four bills that cleared the Senate stem from the issues former President Trump raised as he unsuccessfully sought to overturn Wisconsin’s election results. That includes SB 204, which included changes to absentee ballots and indefinitely confined voters. The bill was substantially expanded on the floor to include provisions from two other

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No Better Friend Corp.: ‘Backing the Badge and Building Bridges Townhall’

Pamperin Park, 2801 County Road RK, Green Bay. Thursday, June 10, 2021, 7:00 p.m. *Registration begins at 6:00 p.m. *You must register to attend this event: https://nobetterfriendcorp.salsalabs.org/backingthebadgeandbuildingbridgesgreenbay/index.html (Waukesha, WI)—No Better Friend Corp., a non-profit run by businessman and Marine Corps veteran Kevin Nicholson, is hosting its third tour stop of the ‘Backing the Badge and Building Bridges Townhall’ in Green Bay on Thursday, June 10, 2021. The event will serve as a forum for law enforcement professionals to speak openly about the challenges they face and map out a path forward – while giving the community the opportunity to learn

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DC Wrap: National Guard used no state funds for COVID-19 testing

Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly: https://forms.gle/YLYZtJWHPSt24HhZ7 Quotes of the week Many women are working full-time, or working two jobs just to make ends meet, yet far too many are barely getting by, and far

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No Better Friend Corp.: ‘Backing the Badge and Building Bridges Townhall’

Pamperin Park, 2801 County Road RK, Green Bay. Thursday, June 10, 2021, 7:00 p.m. *Registration begins at 6:00 p.m. *You must register to attend this event: https://nobetterfriendcorp.salsalabs.org/backingthebadgeandbuildingbridgesgreenbay/index.html (Waukesha, WI)—No Better Friend Corp., a non-profit run by businessman and Marine Corps veteran Kevin Nicholson, is hosting its third tour stop of

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