Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 28

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest on the state budget, including Assembly Republicans’ shared revenue plan, tax cut proposals and items the Joint Finance Committee intends to pull from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. The two also discuss GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments on abortion at a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon this week.

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Rep. Plumer: Assembly announces local shared revenue plan

MADISON, WI – Rep. Plumer released the following statement after a new local shared revenue plan  was announced:  “At press conferences around Wisconsin, Assembly Republicans announced a new local Shared  Revenue plan to address significant funding issues for municipalities statewide.

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U.S. Rep. Tiffany: ACRES Act clears House Natural Resources Committee

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany’s (WI-07) bill, H.R. 1567, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee with bipartisan support. The legislation would ensure federal land management agencies are accurately reporting hazardous fuel

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Voces de la Frontera: Immigrant essential workers, students, Latinxs & allies prepare for a National Day of Action on May 1 & 2 in Wisconsin

(WISCONSIN) – Monday, May 1st, is a national day of action for the immigrant rights movement. Nationally, organizations part of the FIRM (Fair Immigration Reform Movement) network are escalating pressure on the Biden administration to deliver on promises to roll back anti-immigrant policies from past administrations and pass long-overdue protections for immigrants through

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A Better Wisconsin Together: Republican State Budget Committee members plot to remove popular, progressive budget provisions

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican majority on the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), the legislative committee responsible for negotiating the state budget, announced today their plan to remove from consideration hundreds of provisions in Governor Evers’ budget. The provisions being stripped by Republicans are ones that would help working families in

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Joins bipartisan legislation with Sen. Britt to crack down on trade cheats and support American manufacturers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Katie Britt (R-AL) joined Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in sponsoring the Fighting Trade Cheats Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. trade law enforcement and give American manufacturers the opportunity to take action against bad actors that engage in customs fraud.

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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Derrick Van Orden votes to cut rail safety inspections a day before Wisconsin train derailment

Just one day after Derrick Van Orden voted with extreme MAGA Republicans to advance a bill that would make a dangerous 22 percent cut to rail safety inspections, a train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, sending two containers into the Mississippi River and injuring at least four employees.  The Van Orden-backed plan would cut 140 rail safety

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 28

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest on the state budget, including Assembly Republicans’ shared revenue plan, tax cut proposals and items the Joint Finance Committee intends to pull from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. The two also discuss GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments on abortion at a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon this week.

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Rep. Plumer: Assembly announces local shared revenue plan

MADISON, WI – Rep. Plumer released the following statement after a new local shared revenue plan  was announced:  “At press conferences around Wisconsin, Assembly Republicans announced a new local Shared  Revenue plan to address significant funding issues for municipalities statewide. The plan provides  additional resources to municipalities for things like

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U.S. Rep. Tiffany: ACRES Act clears House Natural Resources Committee

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany’s (WI-07) bill, H.R. 1567, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee with bipartisan support. The legislation would ensure federal land management agencies are accurately reporting hazardous fuel reduction to reduce the risk of wildfires. Specifically, the ACRES Act would require

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