Contact: Zach Madden, 608-266-7521 (office), 608-620-3884 (cell) MADISON – State Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) and Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison) will hold a budget listening session in the 78th Assembly district on Thursday, March 23rd at the Arts Center in Oakwood Village. “Hearing from constituents is the
Contact: Chris Borgerding, 608-266-5350 Representative Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) released the following statement regarding a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study informational session next Monday, the 20th of March in the district: “TMDL studies are an important step in cleaning our rivers.
Contact: John Burke, 202-662-4141 jburke@rga.org With their state benches depleted from staggering electoral losses, it’s no secret that Democrats are having trouble finding suitable 2018 gubernatorial candidates in states around the country. With top recruit Ron Kind taking a pass on
Contact: Dan Tyler, (608) 267-7945 daniel.tyler@dot.wi.gov Awards recognize projects overseen by WisDOT staff and private consultants in Douglas, Portage, Brown, Door, La Crosse, Dane, Dodge and Milwaukee counties As part of the recent American Council of Engineering Companies conference held in
Contact: Nicole Tieman, 202-225-5101 BROOKFIELD,WI – Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner held three town hall meetings throughout Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District this past weekend, meeting with constituents of all political ideology in Germantown, Brookfield, and Hartford. Despite repeated calls for civility, a number of meetings were
Contact: State Senator Janis Ringhand, (608) 266-2253 State Representative Sondy Pope, (608) 266-3520 Proposal gives working families much needed benefit to care for sick family member or themselves without having to give up pay Madison, WI – State Senator Janis Ringhand (D
Contact: info@stopthespeaker.com JANESVILLE – Less than 6 months after being re-elected with 65% of the vote, our new poll, conducted by national pollster Public Policy Polling, has found Paul Ryan’s standing in his district is being eroded by sustained organizing
Contact: (608) 204-0677, mail@OneWisconsinInstitute.org by Jenni Dye, Research Director One Wisconsin Institute; Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO; Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director Voces de la Frontera; Nicole Safar, Government Relations Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin; Astar Herndon, Executive Director
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414.469.9206 sfreeman@vdlf.org MILWAUKEE – With Senate Republicans expected to begin hearings on Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court next week, advocates are speaking out about why Gorsuch is wrong for the Court. Voces
Contact: Iris Riis, 608-256-7549 x2132 iris.riis@ppwi.org MADISON – Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (PPAWI) is proud to support legislation introduced today by state Rep. Sondy Pope and state Sen. Janis Ringhand that would create a Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Insurance program. This
WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new kind of energy harvesting device made from renewable materials. Xudong Wang, an associate professor in the Materials and Science Engineering department at UW-Madison and lead inventor for this technology, has
Field Viewers, a startup specializing in radiation sensors, wants to expand and break into three different markets with efficient design. “So electronic circuits traditionally have been really bulky; in order to sense one pixel of a detector, a radiation circuit
Jeff Keebler, the previous senior vice president of energy supply and planning for Madison Gas & Electric, has succeeded Gary Wolter as CEO. This change comes as MGE is “going through a lot of transitions as an organization and as
Congressional Dems are slamming the House GOP’s health care bill after the Congressional Budget Office estimated 24 million people would lose coverage by 2026. But House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, said the long-awaited CBO report shows premiums will be lower
On Monday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued a bombshell: the GOP health plan will increase the uninsured by 24 million.
For close to a year now, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has been wrestling with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to obtain a report on what steps, if any, HUD took to stop misuse of more than $2 million in taxpayer funds by a Wisconsin tribe.
Contact: Zach Madden, 608-266-7521 (office), 608-620-3884 (cell) MADISON – State Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) and Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison) will hold a budget listening session in the 78th Assembly district on Thursday, March 23rd at the Arts Center in Oakwood Village. “Hearing from constituents is the most important part of our job as legislators,” said Rep.
Contact: Chris Borgerding, 608-266-5350 Representative Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) released the following statement regarding a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study informational session next Monday, the 20th of March in the district: “TMDL studies are an important step in cleaning our rivers. By pinpointing the amounts and sources of total phosphorous (TP)
Contact: John Burke, 202-662-4141 jburke@rga.org With their state benches depleted from staggering electoral losses, it’s no secret that Democrats are having trouble finding suitable 2018 gubernatorial candidates in states around the country. With top recruit Ron Kind taking a pass on the Wisconsin governor’s race, the only Democrat candidate who has
Contact: Dan Tyler, (608) 267-7945 daniel.tyler@dot.wi.gov Awards recognize projects overseen by WisDOT staff and private consultants in Douglas, Portage, Brown, Door, La Crosse, Dane, Dodge and Milwaukee counties As part of the recent American Council of Engineering Companies conference held in Wisconsin Dells, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced seven
Contact: Nicole Tieman, 202-225-5101 BROOKFIELD,WI – Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner held three town hall meetings throughout Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District this past weekend, meeting with constituents of all political ideology in Germantown, Brookfield, and Hartford. Despite repeated calls for civility, a number of meetings were marred by disruption and antagonistic antics from some participants. Congressman
Contact: State Senator Janis Ringhand, (608) 266-2253 State Representative Sondy Pope, (608) 266-3520 Proposal gives working families much needed benefit to care for sick family member or themselves without having to give up pay Madison, WI – State Senator Janis Ringhand (D – Evansville) and Representative Sondy Pope (D – Cross Plains) introduced
Contact: info@stopthespeaker.com JANESVILLE – Less than 6 months after being re-elected with 65% of the vote, our new poll, conducted by national pollster Public Policy Polling, has found Paul Ryan’s standing in his district is being eroded by sustained organizing efforts and Ryan’s out-of-step positions. Our poll has found: Paul
Contact: (608) 204-0677, mail@OneWisconsinInstitute.org by Jenni Dye, Research Director One Wisconsin Institute; Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO; Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director Voces de la Frontera; Nicole Safar, Government Relations Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin; Astar Herndon, Executive Director 9 to 5 Wisconsin; Dana Schultz, Executive Director Wisconsin Voices
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414.469.9206 sfreeman@vdlf.org MILWAUKEE – With Senate Republicans expected to begin hearings on Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court next week, advocates are speaking out about why Gorsuch is wrong for the Court. Voces de la Frontera released the following statement from Executive Director Christine
Contact: Iris Riis, 608-256-7549 x2132 iris.riis@ppwi.org MADISON – Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (PPAWI) is proud to support legislation introduced today by state Rep. Sondy Pope and state Sen. Janis Ringhand that would create a Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Insurance program. This bill would allow working people in Wisconsin to take paid
WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new kind of energy harvesting device made from renewable materials. Xudong Wang, an associate professor in the Materials and Science Engineering department at UW-Madison and lead inventor for this technology, has been working on this specific project for almost two years,
Field Viewers, a startup specializing in radiation sensors, wants to expand and break into three different markets with efficient design. “So electronic circuits traditionally have been really bulky; in order to sense one pixel of a detector, a radiation circuit could be as big as my laptop here,” said Sachin
Jeff Keebler, the previous senior vice president of energy supply and planning for Madison Gas & Electric, has succeeded Gary Wolter as CEO. This change comes as MGE is “going through a lot of transitions as an organization and as an industry,” according to Keebler, who has worked 22 years
Congressional Dems are slamming the House GOP’s health care bill after the Congressional Budget Office estimated 24 million people would lose coverage by 2026. But House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, said the long-awaited CBO report shows premiums will be lower and the deficit will drop. He also said the report
On Monday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued a bombshell: the GOP health plan will increase the uninsured by 24 million.
For close to a year now, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has been wrestling with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to obtain a report on what steps, if any, HUD took to stop misuse of more than $2 million in taxpayer funds by a Wisconsin tribe.