PSC chair says 650,000 residents still lack broadband access

PSC Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq says about 650,000 Wisconsin residents still lack access to broadband infrastructure and a similar number can’t afford it. Appearing yesterday in a WisconsinEye interview, Valcq provided an update on Wisconsin’s efforts to expand broadband access to more state residents. Since 2019, the state has invested nearly $200 million to connect about 300,000 more residents and businesses, she said. Despite that progress being made, the latest estimate of residents lacking broadband is higher now than last year, when state officials estimated about 400,000 residents didn’t have access to high-speed broadband internet. “That’s because as we get

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Veterans Board Chair Schmitt resigns amid child pornography charges

Wisconsin Veterans Board Chair Curtis Schmitt Jr. is resigning after calls for him to leave his post following charges of possessing child pornography. Schmitt yesterday issued Gov. Tony Evers a handwritten letter of resignation cast on an otherwise blank sheet of paper and penned with blue ink in all capital letters. The news came just hours after GOP guv candidate Kevin Nicholson called on Evers to forcibly remove Schmitt from his post. The guv appointed Schmitt in 2019 to serve a 4-year term. Schmitt 38, of Franklin, pleaded not guilty to the three felony charges filed against him Jan. 23.

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Ryan Huebsch running for 94th AD seat his father once held

Republican Ryan Huebsch today announced he’ll run for the 94th AD, formerly held by his father and ex-Assembly speaker, Mike Huebsch. Rep. Steve Doyle, D-Onalaska, currently holds the seat. Doyle was first elected in a 2011 special election when former Rep. Mike Huebsch resigned to serve as Department of Administration secretary under former Gov. Scott Walker. Mike Huebsch represented the 94th AD from 1995-2011 and served as Assembly speaker from 2007-2008. Ryan Huebsch spent three years as a legislative aide to Scott Fitzgerald during the Juneau Republican’s time as state Senate majority leader and to Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Green Bay.

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TUE AM Update: Ryan Huebsch running for 94th AD seat his father once held

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Republican Ryan Huebsch today announced he’ll run for the 94th AD, formerly held by his father and ex-Assembly speaker, Mike Huebsch. Rep. Steve Doyle, D-Onalaska, currently holds the seat. Doyle was first elected in a 2011 special election when former Rep. Mike Huebsch resign… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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MON PM Update: Veterans Board Chair Schmitt resigns amid child pornography charges; Phillips drops 19th SD bid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Veterans Board Chair Curtis Schmitt Jr. is resigning after calls for him to leave his post following charges of possessing child pornography. Schmitt today issued Gov. Tony Evers a handwritten letter of resignation cast on an otherwise blank sheet of paper and penned with blue ink in all capital letters. The news come… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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John Nichols: Russ Feingold has a plan to ratify the ERA

Feingold, the president of the American Constitution Society and joined constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe in arguing that the ERA has satisfied all constitutional requirements for ratification and that no further action from Congress or the executive branch is needed for the National Archivist to certify the amendment.

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PSC chair says 650,000 residents still lack broadband access

PSC Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq says about 650,000 Wisconsin residents still lack access to broadband infrastructure and a similar number can’t afford it. Appearing yesterday in a WisconsinEye interview, Valcq provided an update on Wisconsin’s efforts to expand broadband access to more state residents. Since 2019, the state has invested

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Ryan Huebsch running for 94th AD seat his father once held

Republican Ryan Huebsch today announced he’ll run for the 94th AD, formerly held by his father and ex-Assembly speaker, Mike Huebsch. Rep. Steve Doyle, D-Onalaska, currently holds the seat. Doyle was first elected in a 2011 special election when former Rep. Mike Huebsch resigned to serve as Department of Administration

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TUE AM Update: Ryan Huebsch running for 94th AD seat his father once held

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Republican Ryan Huebsch today announced he’ll run for the 94th AD, formerly held by his father and ex-Assembly speaker, Mike Huebsch. Rep. Steve Doyle, D-Onalaska, currently holds the seat. Doyle was first elected in a 2011 special election

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John Nichols: Russ Feingold has a plan to ratify the ERA

Feingold, the president of the American Constitution Society and joined constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe in arguing that the ERA has satisfied all constitutional requirements for ratification and that no further action from Congress or the executive branch is needed for the National Archivist to certify the amendment.

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