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FRI News Summary: Evers signs unemployment system overhaul, DNR looks at how to handle PFAS environmental issues

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2021/fri-news-summary-evers-signs-unemployment-system-overhaul-dnr-looks-at-how-to-handle-pfas-environmental-issues/ STORY TOPICS – White house – Race relations – Coronavirus – State government – Local government – Education – Elections – Environment – Foxconn – Law and

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WED PM Update: Republicans consider rules on campus speech

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee heard testimony today arguing for laws that would protect conservatives’ free speech rights on campuses. The Senate University and Technical Colleges Committee hearing included testimony from a number of

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FRI News Summary: Evers signs business tax cut bill; more than 1M COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Wisconsin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** March 4: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Democratic legislative leaders Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. They will discuss Dem priorities

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Lincoln Hills wouldn’t close until ‘24 under Evers budget

Gov. Tony Evers’ budget doesn’t envision closing the state’s troubled youth prisons in northern Wisconsin until after a new juvenile facility in Milwaukee would be completed in early 2024. But that’s nearly three years past the statutorily required deadline to shut them down. Last week, Evers said his budget sought

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FRI PM Update: Lincoln Hills wouldn’t close until ‘24 under Evers budget; GOP lawmakers called for $10 million to cover upcoming legal bills

Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today in place of the usual Friday REPORT. The REPORT will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ budget doesn’t envision closing the state’s troubled youth prisons in northern Wisconsin until after a new juvenile

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FRI News Summary: Evers signs unemployment system overhaul, DNR looks at how to handle PFAS environmental issues

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2021/fri-news-summary-evers-signs-unemployment-system-overhaul-dnr-looks-at-how-to-handle-pfas-environmental-issues/ STORY TOPICS – White house – Race relations – Coronavirus – State government – Local government – Education – Elections – Environment – Foxconn – Law and order – M… Please log in to access subscriber content.

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THU AM Update: Evers announces $322 million in help for rent, utilities

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers announced today Wisconsinites who have lost income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for more than $322 million in funding to help cover rent, utilities, home energy costs and other services.

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WED PM Update: Republicans consider rules on campus speech

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee heard testimony today arguing for laws that would protect conservatives’ free speech rights on campuses. The Senate University and Technical Colleges Committee hearing included testimony from a number of professors and college observers. Committee chair Sen. Roger Roth, R-Appleton,

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WED AM Update: Legislative hearings include testimony on campus free speech

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Universities and Technical Colleges Committee has an informational hearing planned today at UW-Whitewater on campus free speech. The hearing will be limited to invited speakers, who include Polly Olsen. She sued Northeast Wisconsin Technical College after

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TUE PM Update: Assembly unanimously OKs changes to unemployment program

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly lawmakers this afternoon unanimously approved an amended bill that would, among other things, waive a one-week waiting period for unemployment benefits through mid-March and begin the process of overhauling the state’s UI computer system. The bill would also provide businesses with

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TUE AM Update: Assembly to take up amended unemployment bill today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly is set to be on the floor today to take up an amended unemployment special session bill. The Senate approved the amended version of Gov. Tony Evers’ bill to include liability protections for businesses. Evers

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Evers capital budget calls for nearly $2.4 billion in projects

Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget calls for nearly $2.4 billion in projects that he says would impact 31 counties. Evers called the latest proposal an investment in the “up-keep of our infrastructure for longevity and public safety and in the future we want to build for our state.” But JFC

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MON News Summary: Pandemic puts JFC budget roadshow in question; wolf hunt starts today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** March 4: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Democratic legislative leaders Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. They will discuss Dem priorities in the new session. The program is set to run

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MON AM Update: Federal judge refers Minneapolis election lawsuit attorney for possible sanctions; Lasry on ‘UpFront’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A federal judge referred a Minneapolis attorney to the Committee on Grievances for possible sanctions after finding the lawsuit he filed to overturn presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other states smacks of “political gamesmanship.” Washington, D.C.-based

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FRI News Summary: Evers signs business tax cut bill; more than 1M COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Wisconsin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** March 4: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Democratic legislative leaders Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. They will discuss Dem priorities in the new session. The program is set to run…

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FRI AM Update: DPI candidate Kerr’s campaign manager leaving; Priebus mulling statewide bid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The campaign manager for state schools superintendent candidate Deb Kerr is leaving, telling WisPolitics.com he can’t provide the general election strategy she will need to win. Brandon Savage has worked almost exclusively with Dem candidates and groups in

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