Contact: Rep. John Nygren, (888) 534-0089 Madison – On Thursday, State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), Assembly Co-Chair of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee, released the following statement regarding the Wisconsin Health Plans’ commitment to cover treatment for individuals suffering from
Contact: Rep. Crowley, 608.266.5580 MADISON, WI – State Representative David Crowley (D-Milwaukee), Chair of the Milwaukee Legislative Caucus, issued the following statement today, following the unveiling of a bill to reform the use of solitary confinement with inmates with severe mental illnesses.
walesforjudge@gmail.com The Wales Campaign’s rally against bullying is cancelled today due to weather. Plans to hold a rally outside the Milwaukee County War Memorial had to be changed because of rain.
Contact: Brandon Weathersby, brandonw@wisdems.org MADISON – After months of rumors, Kevin Nicholson is making his candidacy for the U.S. Senate real by accepting help from a Texas PAC funded by an Illinois billionaire. First breaking in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today,
Contact: Steven Chmielewski Email: Steven.chmielewski@ces.uwex.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017 (WAUKESHA, WI) – A free Home Improvement Workshop for City of Waukesha residents will be held on April 24, 2017 from 6:30 to 8:30
Media Contact: Jerad Albracht, Senior Communications Specialist, 608-224-5007 or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 Spam Email Screenshot Examples (.jpg files): #1 #2 #3 MADISON – When someone plays a harmless prank on April Fool’s Day, usually you laugh
Madison- State Representative Janel Brandtjen (R- Menomonee Falls) has joined with State Senator Duey Stroebel (R- Saukville) to prohibit school districts from passing referendums that would permanently raise revenue limits. The bill would limit the revenue exemption to five years.
Dave Pilon, PE, WisDOT Project Manager (608) 245-2622; david.pilon@dot.wi.gov Southbound US 151 at Sun Prairie will be reduced to a single lane of traffic, between County VV and Main Street, starting Wednesday afternoon (April 5). Delays are expected during peak
Contact: Rep. Joan Ballweg, (888) 534-0041 Chosen as Part of Youth Art Month Madison… State Representative Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) congratulates students from the 41st Assembly District who were selected as part of March’s Youth Art Month. Student art work is displayed in the
Contact: Chris Schrimpf, 614-440-8589 chris@redtackstrategy.com Newly Formed Group Raises $2 Million in First Five Days Solutions for Wisconsin, a newly formed super PAC that will focus on the 2018 U.S. Senate race is Wisconsin, is announcing its endorsement of potential candidate
Contact: A.J. Nino Amato, 608-514-3317 namato@cwag.org MADISON: Gov. Walker did not fund in his 2017-19 Biennial State Budget sixteen full-time Dementia Care Specialists (DCS) for the ADRCs. The original DCS positions were temporary. As a result, CWAG is working with the
Contact: Sen. Mark Miller, 608-266-9170 Sen. Janet Bewley, 608-266-3510 Rep. Nick Milroy, 608-266-0640 Rep. Gary Hebl, 608-266-7678 New data from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau shows that — in addition to draining resources directly out of public schools and costing property taxpayers — unaccountable voucher
Contact: AUSA assigned to case, (608) 264-5158, TTY: (608) 264-5006 MADISON, WIS. — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that
Contact: Alec Zimmerman, (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — When Senator Tammy Baldwin announced that she would oppose the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as the newest justice on the Supreme Court, she flip flopped and broke her word to
Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp today defended a budget provision that nixes the agency’s magazine, saying that there’s a “tremendous opportunity for someone in the private sector to take this over.” The provision, which would cut the Wisconsin
In what has become a biennial ritual, the Wisconsin media is crafting alarmist stories about the “structural deficit” in Governor Scott Walker’s proposed 2017-2019 state budget. What is new, however, is the tone of criticism several Republican lawmakers are voicing about the Walker budget in private conversations.
Contact: Rep. John Nygren, (888) 534-0089 Madison – On Thursday, State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), Assembly Co-Chair of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee, released the following statement regarding the Wisconsin Health Plans’ commitment to cover treatment for individuals suffering from addiction: “Today, the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans distributed a
Contact: Rep. Crowley, 608.266.5580 MADISON, WI – State Representative David Crowley (D-Milwaukee), Chair of the Milwaukee Legislative Caucus, issued the following statement today, following the unveiling of a bill to reform the use of solitary confinement with inmates with severe mental illnesses. “The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners
walesforjudge@gmail.com The Wales Campaign’s rally against bullying is cancelled today due to weather. Plans to hold a rally outside the Milwaukee County War Memorial had to be changed because of rain.
Contact: Brandon Weathersby, brandonw@wisdems.org MADISON – After months of rumors, Kevin Nicholson is making his candidacy for the U.S. Senate real by accepting help from a Texas PAC funded by an Illinois billionaire. First breaking in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today, billionaire, GOP “mega-donor” Richard Uihlein announced a $2 million donation
Contact: Steven Chmielewski Email: Steven.chmielewski@ces.uwex.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017 (WAUKESHA, WI) – A free Home Improvement Workshop for City of Waukesha residents will be held on April 24, 2017 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Waukesha Memorial Hospital in Trieber Rooms C1 &
Media Contact: Jerad Albracht, Senior Communications Specialist, 608-224-5007 or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 Spam Email Screenshot Examples (.jpg files): #1 #2 #3 MADISON – When someone plays a harmless prank on April Fool’s Day, usually you laugh it off. After all, it’s safe to assume that the
Madison- State Representative Janel Brandtjen (R- Menomonee Falls) has joined with State Senator Duey Stroebel (R- Saukville) to prohibit school districts from passing referendums that would permanently raise revenue limits. The bill would limit the revenue exemption to five years. “Right now we have referendums that raise revenue limits forever,
Dave Pilon, PE, WisDOT Project Manager (608) 245-2622; david.pilon@dot.wi.gov Southbound US 151 at Sun Prairie will be reduced to a single lane of traffic, between County VV and Main Street, starting Wednesday afternoon (April 5). Delays are expected during peak travel times. Motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes and
Contact: Rep. Joan Ballweg, (888) 534-0041 Chosen as Part of Youth Art Month Madison… State Representative Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) congratulates students from the 41st Assembly District who were selected as part of March’s Youth Art Month. Student art work is displayed in the Capitol rotunda from March 18th through March 31st. Rep. Ballweg would
Contact: Chris Schrimpf, 614-440-8589 chris@redtackstrategy.com Newly Formed Group Raises $2 Million in First Five Days Solutions for Wisconsin, a newly formed super PAC that will focus on the 2018 U.S. Senate race is Wisconsin, is announcing its endorsement of potential candidate Kevin Nicholson. The Wisconsin native, who is a combat veteran,
Contact: A.J. Nino Amato, 608-514-3317 namato@cwag.org MADISON: Gov. Walker did not fund in his 2017-19 Biennial State Budget sixteen full-time Dementia Care Specialists (DCS) for the ADRCs. The original DCS positions were temporary. As a result, CWAG is working with the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Business
Contact: Sen. Mark Miller, 608-266-9170 Sen. Janet Bewley, 608-266-3510 Rep. Nick Milroy, 608-266-0640 Rep. Gary Hebl, 608-266-7678 New data from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau shows that — in addition to draining resources directly out of public schools and costing property taxpayers — unaccountable voucher schools would take up more of the state’s general fund
Contact: AUSA assigned to case, (608) 264-5158, TTY: (608) 264-5006 MADISON, WIS. — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Contact: Alec Zimmerman, (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — When Senator Tammy Baldwin announced that she would oppose the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as the newest justice on the Supreme Court, she flip flopped and broke her word to Wisconsin. Immediately following the judge’s nomination, Senator Baldwin said that
Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp today defended a budget provision that nixes the agency’s magazine, saying that there’s a “tremendous opportunity for someone in the private sector to take this over.” The provision, which would cut the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine in February 2018, has received a loud
In what has become a biennial ritual, the Wisconsin media is crafting alarmist stories about the “structural deficit” in Governor Scott Walker’s proposed 2017-2019 state budget. What is new, however, is the tone of criticism several Republican lawmakers are voicing about the Walker budget in private conversations.