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Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 PLATTEVILLE – Governor Scott Walker today joined UW-Platteville officials and students to highlight the Capital Budget’s investment in Sesquicentennial Hall, a new engineering building to be built on the University’s campus. Funding for the new
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 ‘How Can You Continue to Stand with the Heartless Evil in the White House?’ MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding plans by Republican

Our self-destructive tax code costs Americans millions of jobs, trillions of dollars and billions of hours spent on compliance and paperwork.
Contacts: Donna Gilson, 608-224-5130, donna.gilson@wi.gov Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – Emerald ash borer has been confirmed in five new Wisconsin counties, including two northern counties. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov (202) 224 – 6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin released the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “Putting the DACA program in place was the

We need leaders who will stop picking Washington over Wisconsin and lead the way on real reform that will cut taxes, simplify the tax code and unleash the economy nationwide just like we’ve done here.

It’s ironic that here we are on Labor Day where, while state legislators and the governor can’t bring themselves to give a boost to the lowest paid among us, they are about to OK nearly $3 billion in assistance to a huge corporate conglomerate with a history of awful labor relations.

Working people must continue to join together for higher paychecks and the ability to balance life with work.

Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming the new town squares. Officials should not be allowed to wall them off.

Trump’s lying is blatant; Walker’s is persistent and just as devious.

It’s all about his love of Trump and the media spotlight. Not necessarily in that order.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/tue-news-summary-jfc-to-exec-on-state-budget-foxconn-bill-ryan-on-daca/ **************************************** September 14: Panel discussion on the state of politics and policy in DC and Wisconsin and how it will affect 2018 elections Join WisPolitics at UW-Milwaukee
Contact: David Keith, (323) 400-8853 david@randybrycforcongress.com UNITED AUTO WORKERS ENDORSE RANDY BRYCE FOR CONGRESS Caledonia, WI — Today, the United Auto Workers (UAW) Wisconsin State CAP Council endorsed Randy Bryce for Congress against Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. “On behalf of
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MILWAUKEE – Governor Scott Walker joined State Superintendent Tony Evers, teachers, and members of the Milwaukee Public School District today in welcoming students to their first day of school at Walt Whitman School in Milwaukee.
Contact: Kyle Humphrey (608) 661-6660 Madison, Wisconsin – The Group Insurance Board (GIB) has awarded WEA Trust with the IYC Access Plan, Medicare Plus, and State Maintenance Plan offerings for state employees for 2018. The plan was previously run by
Contact: Andy Franken, 608-576-1546 Madison, WI. – The Joseph P. Mettner Foundation (jPMF) has announced that it is awarding its Annual jPMF Scholarship to Marisol Gonzalez Castillo, a third year law student at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 PLATTEVILLE – Governor Scott Walker today joined UW-Platteville officials and students to highlight the Capital Budget’s investment in Sesquicentennial Hall, a new engineering building to be built on the University’s campus. Funding for the new facility was added to the Capital Budget by the Joint
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 ‘How Can You Continue to Stand with the Heartless Evil in the White House?’ MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding plans by Republican Donald Trump to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Our self-destructive tax code costs Americans millions of jobs, trillions of dollars and billions of hours spent on compliance and paperwork.
Contacts: Donna Gilson, 608-224-5130, donna.gilson@wi.gov Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – Emerald ash borer has been confirmed in five new Wisconsin counties, including two northern counties. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will quarantine all five. The new counties are
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov (202) 224 – 6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin released the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “Putting the DACA program in place was the right thing to do and it has worked for the

We need leaders who will stop picking Washington over Wisconsin and lead the way on real reform that will cut taxes, simplify the tax code and unleash the economy nationwide just like we’ve done here.

It’s ironic that here we are on Labor Day where, while state legislators and the governor can’t bring themselves to give a boost to the lowest paid among us, they are about to OK nearly $3 billion in assistance to a huge corporate conglomerate with a history of awful labor relations.

Working people must continue to join together for higher paychecks and the ability to balance life with work.

Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming the new town squares. Officials should not be allowed to wall them off.

Trump’s lying is blatant; Walker’s is persistent and just as devious.

It’s all about his love of Trump and the media spotlight. Not necessarily in that order.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/tue-news-summary-jfc-to-exec-on-state-budget-foxconn-bill-ryan-on-daca/ **************************************** September 14: Panel discussion on the state of politics and policy in DC and Wisconsin and how it will affect 2018 elections Join WisPolitics at UW-Milwaukee for lun… Please log in to access subscriber content. If
Contact: David Keith, (323) 400-8853 david@randybrycforcongress.com UNITED AUTO WORKERS ENDORSE RANDY BRYCE FOR CONGRESS Caledonia, WI — Today, the United Auto Workers (UAW) Wisconsin State CAP Council endorsed Randy Bryce for Congress against Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. “On behalf of 6,000 retired and active UAW members in Wisconsin’s First Congressional
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MILWAUKEE – Governor Scott Walker joined State Superintendent Tony Evers, teachers, and members of the Milwaukee Public School District today in welcoming students to their first day of school at Walt Whitman School in Milwaukee. “Our state has some of the best and brightest minds
Contact: Kyle Humphrey (608) 661-6660 Madison, Wisconsin – The Group Insurance Board (GIB) has awarded WEA Trust with the IYC Access Plan, Medicare Plus, and State Maintenance Plan offerings for state employees for 2018. The plan was previously run by WPS Health Solutions whose contract ends this year. WEA Trust
Contact: Andy Franken, 608-576-1546 Madison, WI. – The Joseph P. Mettner Foundation (jPMF) has announced that it is awarding its Annual jPMF Scholarship to Marisol Gonzalez Castillo, a third year law student at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The scholarship is awarded to law students planning careers in public