Senate passes recount pay bill

The Senate passed a bill today that would standardize recount pay for election workers and require Wisconsin Elections Commission approval for recounts held at private facilities. Under the bill, passed 18-12 along party lines, election workers would be paid the

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Senate passes recount pay bill

The Senate passed a bill today that would standardize recount pay for election workers and require Wisconsin Elections Commission approval for recounts held at private facilities. Under the bill, passed 18-12 along party lines, election workers would be paid the same amount they were paid for “similar work” at the

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Dept. of Natural Resources, partners: Team up to improve 2,000 acres of pollinator habitat In Southwestern Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and the Driftless Area Land Conservancy are teaming up to improve nearly 2,000 acres of pollinator habitat on public and private lands in southwestern Wisconsin. Federally endangered rusty patched bumble bees, monarch butterflies, regal fritillary

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: Responds to bipartisan Georgia resolution clearing committee hurdle  

June 23, 2021 Contact: Alexa Henning Vanessa Ambrosini Sens. Johnson & Shaheen Respond to Bipartisan Georgia Resolution Clearing Committee Hurdle   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), ranking member and chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, introduced a resolution in April

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Dept. of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection: Organic cost share application period open

June 23, 2021 Media Contact:  Morgan Cavitt, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5041 morgan.cavitt@wisconsin.gov MADISON – Organic food producers and processors have until October 31, 2021 to apply for reimbursement of costs related to organic certification through the USDA National Organic Program. In Wisconsin, this federal funding is administered through the

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