Dreamers, Dem lawmaker call on Congress to pass clean DREAM Act

State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, D-Milwaukee, joined “Dreamers” today in calling for passage of a clean DREAM Act that does not include border security measures such as a funding for a south border wall. They also made a last-minute appeal for those covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

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Two bills combatting homelessness clear Senate committee

A Senate committee today signed off unanimously on two bills combatting homelessness that the Assembly approved earlier this year. The two bills would create an Interagency Council on Homelessness and let WHEDA pilot a program that lets the agency prioritize chronically homeless individuals on its wait list to get housing

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TUE PM Update: Justices hear oral arguments in redistricting case; Evers says he opposes regents’ campus speech proposal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Hearing oral arguments today on Wisconsin’s partisan gerrymandering case, members of the U.S. Supreme Court took on questions ranging from which voters should have legal standing to whether the justices themselves should get involved at all. Chief Justice John Roberts appeared to

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DHS expects to run out of federal money for CHIP in April

The Department of Health Services expects it would run out of federal money from the Children’s Health Insurance Program in April, much later than other states that face uncertainty due to Congress failing to reauthorize CHIP funding. Congress missed its Sept. 30 deadline to reauthorize the program, putting funding for

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Foxconn to announce plant’s location in Racine County

Foxconn and Racine County leaders tomorrow will announce the location for the planned $10 billion manufacturing campus from the Taiwanese tech company, according to an event invite. The 11 a.m. announcement will take place at the SC Johnson iMET Center in Sturtevant, where at least two dozen Foxconn employees are

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MON PM Update: Settlements up for DOJ in environmental enforcement cases

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state DOJ’s new environmental enforcement record shows the agency’s settlements are at the highest they’ve been under GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel. The new information comes after last year’s 20-year low in enforcement cases, where the DOJ’s Environmental Protection Unit pulled

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