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TUE News Summary: Milwaukee Common Council approves mask mandate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: VISIT Milwaukee CEO Peggy Williams-Smith Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Peggy Williams-Smith, president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Thursday, July 16. This

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TUE PM Update: Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit from two dozen Wisconsin residents who wanted to overturn a variety of public health orders and other actions taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge William Griesbach ruled the 24 plaintiffs inappropriately combined a host

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TUE AM Update: Pardon Advisory Board, WEDC board meet today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Governor’s Pardon Advisory Board meets today to hear a series of clemency applications. Evers resumed the pardon process in his first year of assuming office. His predecessor, former GOP Gov. Scott Walker, had largely abandoned it. In

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MON News Summary: Dem National Convention may have as few as 300 attendees

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** July 29: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Wednesday, July 29. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by a partnership among the Milwaukee Press Club, WisPolitics.com

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FRI PM Update: Dem candidates outraising Republicans in key races; Political Stock Report

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (July 11-17, 2020) Rising: Dem Party fundraising, Derrick Van Orden, Supreme Court spending, Scott Fitzgerald Mixed: Campaign committees Falling: Staush Gruszynski, unemployment Insurance program Rising Dem Party fundraising: Wisconsin Dems are beating Republicans at their own game. Badly.

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FRI AM Update: Pence visits today; Barnes headlines Biden event

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence is set today to make his fifth visit to Wisconsin this year with stops in Ripon and Onalaska. Pence will first visit Ripon College to tout President Trump’s “ongoing commitment to a pro-growth

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THU PM Update: Dem lawmakers unveil legislation to overhaul state’s unemployment program

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem lawmakers today unveiled legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s overwhelmed unemployment program by removing obstacles in the application process and broadening access. Meanwhile, Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan announced this afternoon that 100 state employees are being temporarily reassigned to

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THU AM Update: State Dem Party’s record fundraising haul included $2.5M donation from Illinois Gov. Pritzker

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Dem Party’s record fundraising over the last three months was fueled by large donations, including a nearly $2.5 million contribution from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, according to a WisPolitics.com review. The party announced earlier this week

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WED News Summary: Evers creates broadband task force; state sees record high COVID-19 cases

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Tomorrow: VISIT Milwaukee CEO Peggy Williams-Smith Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Peggy Williams-Smith, president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Thursday, July 16. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by a partnership between the

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TUE News Summary: Milwaukee Common Council approves mask mandate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: VISIT Milwaukee CEO Peggy Williams-Smith Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Peggy Williams-Smith, president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Thursday, July 16. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by a partnership between the

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