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WED News Summary: Legislators OK bills on Holocaust ed, sexual assault kits, vaccine jobs; Johnson says not running for governor

**************************************** March 29: DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Monday, March 29. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by

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WED AM Update: GOP Building Commission members signal they may send capital budget to JFC without recommendation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP members of the Building Commission are signaling they’ll move at today’s meeting to send Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget to the Joint Finance Committee without a recommendation. Republican lawmakers on the commission tried a similar tactic

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MON PM Update: Mass vaccination site in Milwaukee gets a federal boost

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin is getting federal support for a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Gov. Tony Evers says. FEMA will coordinate staffing support to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Wisconsin has committed to providing at least 7,000 weekly vaccine doses

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FRI News Summary: All Wisconsinites should be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in May; GOP bill on defunding police

**************************************** April 15: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, joins a WisPolitics.com Madison virtual luncheon on Thursday, April 15 from noon to 1 p.m. LeMahieu will take questions on the state budget and Senate Republican priorities. The event will begin with

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FRI AM Update: DPI candidates disagree over tying increases in school funding to in-person instruction

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The state superintendent candidates disagreed during a forum last night on tying pandemic-related school funding to opening schools for in-person classes. In a Public Education Network and League of Women Voters virtual event, former Brown Deer School

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THU News Summary: Federal COVID-19 bill includes Medicaid expansion sweetener; group sues over Madison F-35 basing decision

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 15: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, joins a WisPolitics.com Madison virtual luncheon on Thursday, April 15 from noon to 1 p.m. LeMahieu will take questions on the state budget and Senate Republican priorities. The

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THU AM Update: State would see additional $1B in GPR savings with Medicaid expansion under federal COVID-19 bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act would generate an additional $1 billion in general purpose revenue savings thanks to provisions in the COVID relief bill that cleared Congress this week, according to a new Legislative Fiscal Bureau

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Joint Finance plans three public hearings on budget, one virtual

The Joint Finance Committee will hit three Wisconsin cities for in-person public hearings on the guv’s budget with a fourth that will be virtual as lawmakers begin the process of reviewing the two-year plan. The first public hearing will be April 9 at UW-Whitewater followed by April 21 in Rhinelander

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