WED PM Update: DNR Board approves restarting process to set PFAS standards

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Natural Resources Board today unanimously approved a measure to restart the process of setting numerical standards for PFAS in groundwater. The new groundwater standards would guide PFAS regulation across a variety of areas, such as solid and hazardous waste, spills and

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Announces $28 million investment to create Institute for Rural Partnerships

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development, is announcing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $28 million to establish the Institute for Rural Partnerships to address the unique challenges facing rural communities through research, outreach activities, and partnership

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350 Wisconsin: Calls for U.S. Sen. Baldwin to Vote NO on Dirty Deal

Madison, Wisconsin, Dec 14 – 350 Wisconsin is calling for Senator Tammy Baldwin to vote NO on any attempt to pass Senator Joe Manchin’s “Dirty Deal” through the Senate. On Tuesday December 13, 350 Wisconsin hand-delivered a letter to Senator Baldwin’s Madison office, with signatures from over 700 allied organizations

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UW-Madison: ‘Go Big Read’ seeking book suggestions for 2023-24

MADISON — Clint Smith, author of the 2022-23 Go Big Read selection “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America,” took readers to his hometown of New Orleans, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and Angola Prison to illustrate how some of our country’s most essential stories

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Rep. Subeck: Statement on White House inter-agency group to counter antisemitism

MADISON – Today, Representative Lisa Subeck released the following statement regarding a recent action by the White House creating an inter-agency group to combat antisemitism. The group, led by Domestic Policy Council and National Security Council staff, will coordinate United States government efforts to counter antisemitism, Islamophobia, and related forms

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U.S. Rep Gallagher: Introduces bipartisan bill to freeze Huawei from U.S. Financial System

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), alongside Reps. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Michael Waltz (R-FL), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), today introduced the Neutralizing Emerging Threats from Wireless OEMs Receiving direction from Kleptocracies and Surveillance states (NETWORKS) Act, legislation that would add foreign companies producing 5G technology, like Huawei, to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Specially

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