TUE AM Update: DOC: Shortages delaying prison body cam plan

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An industry shortage in raw materials has delayed the Department of Correction’s efforts to install body-worn cameras at its maximum security adult institutions, according to a letter to

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MON AM Update: Shilling appoints Frostman to WEDC Board; ‘UpFront’ recap

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, is appointing new Sen. Caleb Frostman, D-Sturgeon Bay, to the WEDC Board of Directors. Shilling’s office said Frostman will replace Sen. Tim Carpenter after the Milwaukee Dem volunteered to give Frostman

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FRI AM Update: Ryan, Sensenbrenner campaign for Vukmir today; Sanders coming to Wis. July 14 for Baldwin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, and U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls, will attend a fundraiser for GOP U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir this afternoon. The event includes tickets starting at $250 person up to $5,400 per couple

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TUE AM Update: DOC: Shortages delaying prison body cam plan

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An industry shortage in raw materials has delayed the Department of Correction’s efforts to install body-worn cameras at its maximum security adult institutions, according to a letter to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee. The 2017-19 state

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MON AM Update: Child tax rebate deadline today; ‘UpFront’ recap

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will make a final push to get parents to claim their $100 per-child tax rebate ahead of today’s filing deadline. As of 6:30 a.m., just more than 530,000 households had registered for the rebate. When

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FRI AM Update: Walker to make economic development announcement in Green Bay; Johnson, Baldwin split on farm bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Fresh off the groundbreaking ceremony for Foxconn, Scott Walker’s office says the guv will make a “major economic development announcement” this morning in downtown Green Bay. Joining Walker will be: Foxconn Technology Group founder and CEO Terry Gou,

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THU AM Update: AFP-Wisconsin launches seven-figure buy praising Walker

    THU AM Update — 28 June 2018 Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers – DO NOT FORWARD     Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin today announced what it said is a seven-figure buy on TV and digital thanking Gov. Scott Walker for his “pro-growth

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TUE AM Update: Environmental groups sue to halt DNR review of Meteor Timber decision; Trump blasts Harley-Davidson

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Environmental groups are challenging the DNR secretary’s decision to review an administrative law judge’s opinion invalidating a frac sand mining permit. DNR last month announced attorney Mark Herman will decide whether to honor Administrative Law Judge Eric

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FRI AM Update: Shilling, Tiffany deliver Dem, GOP weekly radio addresses

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling in this week’s Dem radio address knocked the Trump administration’s family separation policy for undocumented migrants at the southern border. President Trump reversed the policy this week after signing an executive order that

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WED AM Update: Republicans weigh in on Trump’s family separation policy

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Several Wisconsin Republicans are weighing in on President Trump’s policy of separating more than 2,000 children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. In a policy statement late yesterday, U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson backed emergency immigration legislation

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TUE AM Update: Dem guv candidate forum; polls open in special elections

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Seven Dem guv candidates in a candidate forum last night pledged to invest in the people of Wisconsin and overhaul elements of the state’s incarceration system. “We are going to be investing in regular folks,” state Rep. Dana

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