White House: President Biden announces key nominees

WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announces his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration: Amy L. Solomon, Nominee for Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice Milancy Harris, Nominee

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WisGOP: Candidates to appear at WisGOP state convention

[Middleton, WI] – The Republican Party of Wisconsin announced today the statewide candidates who are slated to address Republican delegates at the 2022 State Convention in Middleton. These speakers were granted this opportunity upon participating in the party’s endorsement process,

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 20

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon interview state GOP Chair Paul Farrow to preview this weekend’s state convention and discuss calls from Republican guv candidates to tackle crime as well as blowback over the selection of a new UW-Madison chancellor.

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Clarke praises Nicholson in Fighting for Wisconsin PAC ad

The PAC backing Kevin Nicholson’s bid for guv launched a new ad in which conservative former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. says the GOP guv candidate “is not establishment.” Fighting for Wisconsin PAC said the buy was just less than $900,000 on broadcast TV in the Green Bay, La

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DNC War Room: NEW: Wisconsin GOP platform calls for criminalizing abortion

This weekend, the Republican Party of Wisconsin is set to vote on their midterm platform that calls for charging abortion providers with a class A felony—punishable by life in prison. In response, DNC spokesperson Ammar Moussa released the following statement: “This is what Republicans’ post-Roe world looks like—hellbent on criminalizing abortion, jailing

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

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

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Dept. of Health Services: Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake’s Statement on CDC’s updated COVID-19 booster dose recommendations and expansion to children ages 5 -11

“The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is pleased to see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendation that children ages 5-11 years-old should receive a booster dose five months after their initial Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine series. This follows the authorization of a booster dose for this age group by

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White House: President Biden announces key nominees

WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announces his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration: Amy L. Solomon, Nominee for Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice Milancy Harris, Nominee for Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Security & Intelligence,

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WisGOP: Candidates to appear at WisGOP state convention

[Middleton, WI] – The Republican Party of Wisconsin announced today the statewide candidates who are slated to address Republican delegates at the 2022 State Convention in Middleton. These speakers were granted this opportunity upon participating in the party’s endorsement process, which included proving that they met certain viability requirements, interviewing

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Defend Democracy Project: NEW REPORT: Trump Republicans push “voter subversion laws” in more than 30 states across the country

WISCONSIN – A new report compiled by the States United Democracy Center, Protect Democracy, and Law Forward is highlighting what experts call “election subversion” efforts currently underway in more than thirty states across the country. The report, titled “A Democracy Crisis in the Making,” identifies five “methods of subversion” being

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 20

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon interview state GOP Chair Paul Farrow to preview this weekend’s state convention and discuss calls from Republican guv candidates to tackle crime as well as blowback over the selection of a new UW-Madison chancellor.

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