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Park Hotel, Madison. Guest speaker is American Family Insurance Chairman and CEO Jack Salzwedel. Rotary meetings are open to members, invited guests and media. For more information: https://rotarymadison.org/
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes this morning announced he’s running for U.S. Senate, declaring in a rollout video: “We can’t settle for what is. You have to reach
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Deb Kerr tells WisPolitics.com she personally paid off $9,157 in debts that were left over from her unsuccessful bid for state superintendent. Kerr, whose pre-election report showed she

Quotes of the Week He proposed over a billion dollar tax increase in his budget. Less than a half a year later, he signs this budget that cuts taxes by two billion and takes credit for it. – Republican Party
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pulled in $1.2 million during the second quarter, topping each of his potential Dem rivals in the 2022 Senate race, FEC filings show. The
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin households have received $35.8 million in federal rental assistance funds since the beginning of the year, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Treasury Department. Between January and March of this year, 3,674 households in the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate GOP leaders have taken the unusual step of referring to its organization committee two of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointments to the Natural Resources Board, raising the prospect they could be bottled up indefinitely. Evers made the appointments to the board in
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes tells WisPolitics.com he stands out from his seven fellow Dem U.S. Senate candidates because of his experience holding statewide office and his travels to all parts of Wisconsin. Barnes said he’s been to all of the state’s 72
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes this morning announced he’s running for U.S. Senate, declaring in a rollout video: “We can’t settle for what is. You have to reach for what can be.” Barnes tweeted the video along with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, now a candidate for U.S. Senate, paid a $500 penalty for failing to quickly resolve a discrepancy in her state campaign finance report filings, according to a settlement obtained by WisPolitics.com. The settlement, paid March 17 to the
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Deb Kerr tells WisPolitics.com she personally paid off $9,157 in debts that were left over from her unsuccessful bid for state superintendent. Kerr, whose pre-election report showed she had more than $30,000 in incurred obligations, sent a fundraising

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pulled in $1.2 million during the second quarter, topping each of his potential Dem rivals in the 2022 Senate race, FEC filings show. The Oshkosh Republican, who has yet to say whether he will
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Republican William Penterman said he’s ready to get to work right away after declaring victory in the 37th Assembly District special election last night. The former aide to Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, defeated Dem Pete Adams and