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Clearly, Soglin thinks he’s the right man for the right time. But given his record, it is unclear whether that time is 2018 or 1918.
Spectrum Brands Holdings is selling its Rayovac battery business to competitor Energizer Holdings as part of a transaction including Spectrum’s entire business cluster for batteries and lighting. This $2 billion deal comes about two weeks after Spectrum had announced it
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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today was noncommittal on the future of Gov. Scott Walker’s youth prison plan, saying “it’s possible” it could pass this session. The Rochester Republican’s comments come after Walker called on lawmakers to quickly OK a plan
Contact: Emily Feagles Marketing & Communications efeagles@foxcitieschamber.com APPLETON, Wis. (January 15, 2018) – The nominations process for the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Awards are open now through February 23. Each year, the Chamber recognizes businesses and organizations
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, said he doesn’t trust the Democrats’ version of President Trump’s reported vulgar comments about African nations during a meeting on immigration.
This week on ‘Rewind’: WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the guv’s race and newest addition Madison Mayor Paul Soglin; the latest on the Ethics and Elections commissions; and the new bill from JFC Co-chair John Nygren, R-Marinette, to pump aid into low-revenue school districts.
House Speaker Paul Ryan Friday called immigration a “thing to celebrate” as he bemoaned the president’s vulgar comments about Haiti and African nations as “very unfortunate, unhelpful.”
Initiative will make sure every Wisconsin student is prepared to succeed in the 21st century EAU CLAIRE – Dana Wachs announced the fifth and final part of a week-long issues campaign called Week One. On Day Five, Wachs would launch the Achieve Wisconsin
The state Ethics Commission Thursday unanimously signaled its confidence in agency Administrator Brian Bell as Republican lawmakers continue to push for his ouster. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has refused calls for a public hearing on Bell and Elections
A new report from the Wisconsin Medical Society and the American Medical Association shows doctors supported over 150,000 jobs in the state in 2015. It measured the economic impact of the 12,598 active patient care physicians working in Wisconsin as
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 11, 2018 Contacts: Scott Laeser, Clean Wisconsin, 608-251-7020 ext. 13 (office) or slaeser@cleanwisconsin.org Manure spreading protections on the right track NR 151 the first step of many needed to fix drinking water contamination in Northeast WI MADISON, WI —The manure spreading rule announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 11, 2017 Contact: Bernadette Green, (202) 225-2476 Grothman Announces January Town Halls (Fond du Lac, Wis.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today announced upcoming town hall meetings for Wed., Jan. 24, 2017, and Thurs., Jan. 25, 2017. Town
Contact: Brittni Palke (202) 224-0382 Ben Voelkel (202) 228-0071 WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bill Thursday titled Guidance Out Of Darkness, the GOOD Act, that would require federal agencies to post
January 10, 2018 Contact: Brandon Weathersby, 414.553.6257, brandon@andygronik.com Andy Gronik Launches Microsite: WisconsinIsInJeopardy.com MILWAUKEE -Today, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Andy Gronik released a brand new micrositewww.wisconsinisinjeopardy.com exposing Gov. Scott Walker’s seven years of failure, incompetence, and corruption as Wisconsin’s top executive. “Gov. Scott Walker kn…
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What’s needed is a new trade agreement that ends NAFTA’s corporate outsourcing incentives and that adds strong labor and environmental standards with swift and certain enforcement.
The offices of Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Sen. Steve Nass told WisPolitics.com they have been contacted by an attorney hired by the Ethics Commission to probe charges of “partisan influence” directed at agency Administrator Brian Bell. The Ethics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 9, 2018 Contact: Myranda Tanck mt@platform-communications.com Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin Earns Support of More than 100 Police Chiefs New endorsements from law enforcement leaders add to growing coalition MADISON – Today, Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin announced that
Clearly, Soglin thinks he’s the right man for the right time. But given his record, it is unclear whether that time is 2018 or 1918.
Spectrum Brands Holdings is selling its Rayovac battery business to competitor Energizer Holdings as part of a transaction including Spectrum’s entire business cluster for batteries and lighting. This $2 billion deal comes about two weeks after Spectrum had announced it would sell the Rayovac battery business in 2018. In a
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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today was noncommittal on the future of Gov. Scott Walker’s youth prison plan, saying “it’s possible” it could pass this session. The Rochester Republican’s comments come after Walker called on lawmakers to quickly OK a plan to close the state’s youth prisons and open five new
Contact: Emily Feagles Marketing & Communications efeagles@foxcitieschamber.com APPLETON, Wis. (January 15, 2018) – The nominations process for the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Awards are open now through February 23. Each year, the Chamber recognizes businesses and organizations in the Fox Cities that help make it a vibrant,
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, said he doesn’t trust the Democrats’ version of President Trump’s reported vulgar comments about African nations during a meeting on immigration.
This week on ‘Rewind’: WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the guv’s race and newest addition Madison Mayor Paul Soglin; the latest on the Ethics and Elections commissions; and the new bill from JFC Co-chair John Nygren, R-Marinette, to pump aid into low-revenue school districts.
House Speaker Paul Ryan Friday called immigration a “thing to celebrate” as he bemoaned the president’s vulgar comments about Haiti and African nations as “very unfortunate, unhelpful.”
Initiative will make sure every Wisconsin student is prepared to succeed in the 21st century EAU CLAIRE – Dana Wachs announced the fifth and final part of a week-long issues campaign called Week One. On Day Five, Wachs would launch the Achieve Wisconsin Initiative to make sure every student, no matter where they
The state Ethics Commission Thursday unanimously signaled its confidence in agency Administrator Brian Bell as Republican lawmakers continue to push for his ouster. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has refused calls for a public hearing on Bell and Elections Commission Administrator Mike Haas ahead of planned confirmation votes Jan.
A new report from the Wisconsin Medical Society and the American Medical Association shows doctors supported over 150,000 jobs in the state in 2015. It measured the economic impact of the 12,598 active patient care physicians working in Wisconsin as of December 2015, focusing on four economic indicators: jobs, economic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 11, 2018 Contacts: Scott Laeser, Clean Wisconsin, 608-251-7020 ext. 13 (office) or slaeser@cleanwisconsin.org Manure spreading protections on the right track NR 151 the first step of many needed to fix drinking water contamination in Northeast WI MADISON, WI —The manure spreading rule announced by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) moves the state
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 11, 2017 Contact: Bernadette Green, (202) 225-2476 Grothman Announces January Town Halls (Fond du Lac, Wis.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today announced upcoming town hall meetings for Wed., Jan. 24, 2017, and Thurs., Jan. 25, 2017. Town hall meeting times and locations are as follows: Wed.,
Contact: Brittni Palke (202) 224-0382 Ben Voelkel (202) 228-0071 WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bill Thursday titled Guidance Out Of Darkness, the GOOD Act, that would require federal agencies to post regulatory guidance documents online. Making regulatory guidance documents more accessible
January 10, 2018 Contact: Brandon Weathersby, 414.553.6257, brandon@andygronik.com Andy Gronik Launches Microsite: WisconsinIsInJeopardy.com MILWAUKEE -Today, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Andy Gronik released a brand new micrositewww.wisconsinisinjeopardy.com exposing Gov. Scott Walker’s seven years of failure, incompetence, and corruption as Wisconsin’s top executive. “Gov. Scott Walker kn… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t
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What’s needed is a new trade agreement that ends NAFTA’s corporate outsourcing incentives and that adds strong labor and environmental standards with swift and certain enforcement.
The offices of Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Sen. Steve Nass told WisPolitics.com they have been contacted by an attorney hired by the Ethics Commission to probe charges of “partisan influence” directed at agency Administrator Brian Bell. The Ethics Commission declined comment Tuesday, citing confidentiality laws regarding agency investigations.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 9, 2018 Contact: Myranda Tanck mt@platform-communications.com Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin Earns Support of More than 100 Police Chiefs New endorsements from law enforcement leaders add to growing coalition MADISON – Today, Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin announced that more than 100 Chiefs of Police from communities across the