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The court system was whittled down to a twig that can be easily bent to accommodate the needs of Foxconn Technology Group.
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, who said Monday he’s facing the “toughest race of my political career” next year, will again be outraised by his likely opponent when the next round of fundraising reports come out. Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, told Wisconsin talk
MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Wisconsin Taxpayers on the Hook for Over $3 Billion And All We Get Is This Lousy T-Shirt … Made in Nicaragua MADISON, Wis. — Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, in line for nearly $4
Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, says a new community engagement program from the global tech leader will “be a catalyst for economic investment and opportunity for all Americans.” Wisconsin is one of six states where the
Pushing project back decades, adding billions in costs, hurting metro area.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, says Congress should look for “common sense ways” to reduce gun violence and pass them on a bipartisan basis. Booker discussed the congressional response to the Las Vegas mass shooting on “UpFront with Mike
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When Scott Walker ran for Governor, he asked to be judged on his promise to create 250,000 new jobs for Wisconsin. Like many things that come out of his mouth, this turned out to be nothing but an empty promise.
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the week’s news in state politics.
CONTACT: John Reimer, Interim Deputy Director, (608) 224-3612 The Dane County Land and Water Resources Department would like to remind boaters and lakefront property owners that the Yahara Lakes will be lowered to summer lake level minimums and transitioned to winter
Senate President Roger Roth this week referred three fetal tissue bills to a Senate committee after months of delay. Roth, R-Appleton, had been postponing the bills’ introduction because he wanted the Senate GOP caucus to discuss the competing proposals and
Trade unions are constantly buffeted by financial power plays. In Wisconsin they are being branded as victims of political expediency by the progressive community yet supported by many members because they fight for jobs. The contention centers on two big projects – Milwaukee’s new $500 million arena for the Bucks and the Foxconn project.
Racine County leaders hailed Wednesday’s announcement from the electronics manufacturer Foxconn that it’ll build a manufacturing campus in Mount Pleasant as a historic moment for southeast Wisconsin. A top Foxconn executive also promised that the news is not only about
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MADISON – Today, Tony Evers, State Superintendent of Schools and Democratic candidate for Governor, introduced a new online video called “Walker’s First Broken Promise” which highlights one of the biggest failures of Scott Walker’s economy – his broken campaign promise
Media Contact: James Madlom or Elizabeth Hummitzsch 262-770-5189 Info@FoxconnRacineCounty.com Investment to transform Racine County’s economic landscape; establish Wisconsin as the electronics manufacturing capital of North America MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. – Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave, Village of Mount Pleasant President Dave
Hearing oral arguments Tuesday on Wisconsin’s partisan gerrymandering case, members of the U.S. Supreme Court took on questions ranging from which voters should have legal standing to whether the justices themselves should get involved at all. Chief Justice John Roberts
This afternoon, Speaker Ryan appeared on Fox News’ The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino to discuss how tax reform will help the middle class. Watch the interview here and check out the excerpts below. Speaker Ryan: “We’re talking about cleaning up the tax code—making it
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Foxconn and Racine County leaders tomorrow will announce the location for the $10 billion manufacturing campus that the Taiwanese tech company is planning on building, according to an event invite. The invite says Foxconn’s announcement will “transform Racine County’s economic
The court system was whittled down to a twig that can be easily bent to accommodate the needs of Foxconn Technology Group.
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, who said Monday he’s facing the “toughest race of my political career” next year, will again be outraised by his likely opponent when the next round of fundraising reports come out. Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, told Wisconsin talk radio host Jay Weber this morning he’s “very apprehensive” about
MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Wisconsin Taxpayers on the Hook for Over $3 Billion And All We Get Is This Lousy T-Shirt … Made in Nicaragua MADISON, Wis. — Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, in line for nearly $4 billion in subsidies from state and local taxpayers in Wisconsin,
Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer at Microsoft, says a new community engagement program from the global tech leader will “be a catalyst for economic investment and opportunity for all Americans.” Wisconsin is one of six states where the TechSpark program is being rolled out; the others states are
Pushing project back decades, adding billions in costs, hurting metro area.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, says Congress should look for “common sense ways” to reduce gun violence and pass them on a bipartisan basis. Booker discussed the congressional response to the Las Vegas mass shooting on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. Booker was in Milwaukee
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When Scott Walker ran for Governor, he asked to be judged on his promise to create 250,000 new jobs for Wisconsin. Like many things that come out of his mouth, this turned out to be nothing but an empty promise. Under Walker’s regime, job growth was less than half the
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the week’s news in state politics.
CONTACT: John Reimer, Interim Deputy Director, (608) 224-3612 The Dane County Land and Water Resources Department would like to remind boaters and lakefront property owners that the Yahara Lakes will be lowered to summer lake level minimums and transitioned to winter operating levels starting on November 1. The annual winter lake
Senate President Roger Roth this week referred three fetal tissue bills to a Senate committee after months of delay. Roth, R-Appleton, had been postponing the bills’ introduction because he wanted the Senate GOP caucus to discuss the competing proposals and come to a consensus on which route to take. But
Trade unions are constantly buffeted by financial power plays. In Wisconsin they are being branded as victims of political expediency by the progressive community yet supported by many members because they fight for jobs. The contention centers on two big projects – Milwaukee’s new $500 million arena for the Bucks and the Foxconn project.
Racine County leaders hailed Wednesday’s announcement from the electronics manufacturer Foxconn that it’ll build a manufacturing campus in Mount Pleasant as a historic moment for southeast Wisconsin. A top Foxconn executive also promised that the news is not only about the $10 billion facility and 13,000 jobs that Foxconn is
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about what Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is up to in Washington. Sign up for our mailing list here to receive our newsletter directly. Register today for the next WisPolitics.com event in D.C.: A Nov. 16 breakfast with Morning Consult CEO MICHAEL RAMLET,
MADISON – Today, Tony Evers, State Superintendent of Schools and Democratic candidate for Governor, introduced a new online video called “Walker’s First Broken Promise” which highlights one of the biggest failures of Scott Walker’s economy – his broken campaign promise to create 250,000 jobs in his first term. The video
Media Contact: James Madlom or Elizabeth Hummitzsch 262-770-5189 Info@FoxconnRacineCounty.com Investment to transform Racine County’s economic landscape; establish Wisconsin as the electronics manufacturing capital of North America MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. – Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave, Village of Mount Pleasant President Dave DeGroot, representatives of the Racine County Economic Devel… Please log
Hearing oral arguments Tuesday on Wisconsin’s partisan gerrymandering case, members of the U.S. Supreme Court took on questions ranging from which voters should have legal standing to whether the justices themselves should get involved at all. Chief Justice John Roberts appeared to come down strongly on the side for the
This afternoon, Speaker Ryan appeared on Fox News’ The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino to discuss how tax reform will help the middle class. Watch the interview here and check out the excerpts below. Speaker Ryan: “We’re talking about cleaning up the tax code—making it so that nine out of 10 taxpayers can fill out
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Foxconn and Racine County leaders tomorrow will announce the location for the $10 billion manufacturing campus that the Taiwanese tech company is planning on building, according to an event invite. The invite says Foxconn’s announcement will “transform Racine County’s economic landscape” and make Wisconsin the electronics manufacturing capital of North