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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Women in Government From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers will announce additional cabinet picks this morning, with multiple sources telling WisPolitics.com that Transportation Development Association Executive Director Craig Thompson will head DOT. Sources
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers tomorrow will name Craig Thompson, head of the Transportation Development Association, his first DOT secretary, according to multiple sources. Evers’ transition declined comment. Thompson joined TDA, which has been
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. elect Tony Evers touted his first four cabinet picks as people who “reflect our Wisconsin values and also our state’s great diversity,” as he downplayed criticism that all
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov-elect Tony Evers, responding to criticism today that his first four cabinet picks are from Milwaukee, said future announcements will allay concerns he is ignoring rural Wisconsin. “I happen to be in
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joel Brennan, who ran Tom Barrett’s 2002 guv campaign and has been CEO of Milwaukee’s Discovery World for the past 11 years, will become Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ first DOA
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says the deal the outgoing Walker administration gave Kimberly-Clark to keep open a plant is the latest example of chasing “companies with cash payments” rather than creating
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is re-appointing Madison Dem Chris Taylor to the Joint Finance Committee and adding Milwaukee lawmaker Evan Goyke. Goyke replaces Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point,
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is re-appointing Madison Dem Chris Taylor to the Joint Finance Committee and adding Milwaukee lawmaker Evan Goyke. Goyke replaces Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, who was originally appointed to the committee this session by former
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker says he wants the new deal with Kimberly-Clark — one of the last actions he’ll take in the waning days of his administration — to be his legacy. The
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers tomorrow will name Craig Thompson, head of the Transportation Development Association, his first DOT secretary, according to multiple sources. Evers’ transition declined comment. Thompson joined TDA, which has been advocating for more road funding, in 2007. He previously served
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov-elect Tony Evers, responding to criticism today that his first four cabinet picks are from Milwaukee, said future announcements will allay concerns he is ignoring rural Wisconsin. “I happen to be in Milwaukee, and these four happen to be from Milwaukee,” Evers
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joel Brennan, who ran Tom Barrett’s 2002 guv campaign and has been CEO of Milwaukee’s Discovery World for the past 11 years, will become Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ first DOA secretary, according to multiple sources. Evers is also tapping three
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says the deal the outgoing Walker administration gave Kimberly-Clark to keep open a plant is the latest example of chasing “companies with cash payments” rather than creating a long-term strategy for the paper industry. The Oshkosh Dem,
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Ethics Commission is moving today. The agency tweeted yesterday that it won’t be available via phone during the move and will have limited email accessibility. It asked for those needing to contact the agency to email it
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Kimberly-Clark could receive up to 30 percent of a potential $28 million incentive package during the first year of its newly announced agreement with the state’s jobs agency to keep open a company plant in the Fox Valley. Gov. Scott Walker last
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — All 19 GOP members of the state Senate next session will chair a committee, including the three incoming freshmen. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today announced the standing committees and chairs for the 2019-20 legislative session. Kathy
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is re-appointing Madison Dem Chris Taylor to the Joint Finance Committee and adding Milwaukee lawmaker Evan Goyke. Goyke replaces Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, who was originally appointed to the committee this session by
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is re-appointing Madison Dem Chris Taylor to the Joint Finance Committee and adding Milwaukee lawmaker Evan Goyke. Goyke replaces Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, who was originally appointed to the committee this session by former Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha. She started the 2017-18 session
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker says he wants the new deal with Kimberly-Clark — one of the last actions he’ll take in the waning days of his administration — to be his legacy. The guv today joined Kimberly-Clark officials and state lawmakers to announce
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