Contact: Joe Fadness media@scottwalker.com [Madison, Wis.] – In case you missed it, Governor Scott Walker was on UpFront with Mike Gousha over the weekend, telling viewers of the major Wisconsin Sunday show that “We laid out a series of reforms
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today made its first changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget, nixing his plans to transfer the Judicial Commission to the state Supreme Court and eliminate the Judicial Council.
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman (414) 469-9206 sfreeman@vdlf.org MILWAUKEE, WI – On Monday, over 30,000 Wisconsinites went on strike, closed their businesses, and withdrew their children from school in solidarity with the nationwide May 1st Day without Immigrants to resist Trump’s attacks on immigrant
Contact: Gretchen Schuldt (414) 331-0724 gretchen@wjiinc.org The state’s cocaine mom law is unconstitutionally vague and is unenforceable in the state, a federal court judge has ruled. The law allowed pregnant women to be locked up if they use drugs or
Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Kathy D. Hartke, MD, Chair of the Wisconsin Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): “Finally after 19 years, Wisconsin Children’s Code Act 292 has been found unconstitutional
Contact: Sara Finger (608) 516-3960 Madison, WI — Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health (WAWH) Executive Director, Sara Finger, released the following statement regarding today’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson that found 1997 Wisconsin Act 292, sometimes referred
Contact: Brandon Weathersby (608) 260-2409 brandonw@wisdems.org MADISON – Last week, news reports surfaced naming Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke as a potential White House pick for a role with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The news comes after months
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 Madison – Tours of the Wisconsin Executive Residence and Executive Residence gardens will kick off next month, starting June 1. Tours this summer will be held every Thursday from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. beginning
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI]— After being handed a massive defeat in 2016, Madison liberals are responding by running one of their own for the State Supreme Court. The Republican Party of Wisconsin put out the following statement
The JFC voted unanimously to approve the guv’s call to add $5.8 million in general obligation bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program, which provide low-interest loans to municipalities for public drinking water systems. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee,
Contact: Melissa Moore Baldauff (414) 278-4216 Melissa.Baldauff@MilwaukeeCountyWI.gov MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today declared May as Mental Health Awareness Month and May 4th as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. The County’s Behavioral Health Division (BHD) will launch a month-long campaign designed
Contact: (608) 266-6670 “Wisconsin deserves a state budget that is fair and promotes opportunities in our communities. While the agenda is not full of big ticket budget items, we are voting on an item of significance in the Bluffview Sanitary
Contact: Amanda L. Brink burnsforwisconsin@gmail.com www.BurnsForWisconsin.com Madison, WI – on Monday, May 1st, 2017, Madison attorney Tim Burns announced his candidacy for Wisconsin Supreme Court, almost one year out from the 2018 election when Justice Gableman’s term is set to
Contact: Brandon Weathersby (608) 260-2409 brandonw@wisdems.org Yesterday, Donald Trump told one of his cruelest and most egregious lies to date: he claimedTrumpcare will protect people with pre-existing conditions. THE TRUTH: Trumpcare actually guts protections for people with pre-existing conditions by
Contact: Robert McCaw (202) 742-6448 rmccaw@cair.com (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/1/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the Trump administration not to appoint Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. to
Contact: (608) 267-7669 MILWAUKEE – State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D- Milwaukee) issued the following statement regarding “A Day without Latinxs, Immigrants, and Refugees”: “The United States, the great state of Wisconsin, and my community on Milwaukee’s near south side have
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Contact: Joe Fadness media@scottwalker.com [Madison, Wis.] – In case you missed it, Governor Scott Walker was on UpFront with Mike Gousha over the weekend, telling viewers of the major Wisconsin Sunday show that “We laid out a series of reforms that we said were tough and necessary but would lead
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today made its first changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget, nixing his plans to transfer the Judicial Commission to the state Supreme Court and eliminate the Judicial Council. But the committee put off action on his call to
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman (414) 469-9206 sfreeman@vdlf.org MILWAUKEE, WI – On Monday, over 30,000 Wisconsinites went on strike, closed their businesses, and withdrew their children from school in solidarity with the nationwide May 1st Day without Immigrants to resist Trump’s attacks on immigrant communities, Black communities, Muslims, LGBTQ people, women, and working class
Contact: Gretchen Schuldt (414) 331-0724 gretchen@wjiinc.org The state’s cocaine mom law is unconstitutionally vague and is unenforceable in the state, a federal court judge has ruled. The law allowed pregnant women to be locked up if they use drugs or alcohol. The law “affords neither fair warning as to the
Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Kathy D. Hartke, MD, Chair of the Wisconsin Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): “Finally after 19 years, Wisconsin Children’s Code Act 292 has been found unconstitutional by a Federal Court, thanks to a brave woman, Tammy
Contact: Sara Finger (608) 516-3960 Madison, WI — Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health (WAWH) Executive Director, Sara Finger, released the following statement regarding today’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson that found 1997 Wisconsin Act 292, sometimes referred to as the “Cocaine Mom Law,” unconstitutional: “WAWH is excited
Contact: Brandon Weathersby (608) 260-2409 brandonw@wisdems.org MADISON – Last week, news reports surfaced naming Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke as a potential White House pick for a role with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The news comes after months of prolific spending on his behalf by the Sheriff Clarke
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 Madison – Tours of the Wisconsin Executive Residence and Executive Residence gardens will kick off next month, starting June 1. Tours this summer will be held every Thursday from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. beginning Thursday, June 1 and running through the end of August.
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI]— After being handed a massive defeat in 2016, Madison liberals are responding by running one of their own for the State Supreme Court. The Republican Party of Wisconsin put out the following statement after the announcement that extreme liberal Tim Burns, a Madison
The JFC voted unanimously to approve the guv’s call to add $5.8 million in general obligation bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program, which provide low-interest loans to municipalities for public drinking water systems. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, sought to amend the program to allow more money to
Contact: Melissa Moore Baldauff (414) 278-4216 Melissa.Baldauff@MilwaukeeCountyWI.gov MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today declared May as Mental Health Awareness Month and May 4th as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. The County’s Behavioral Health Division (BHD) will launch a month-long campaign designed to foster conversations about mental health care, reducing stigma, and
Contact: (608) 266-6670 “Wisconsin deserves a state budget that is fair and promotes opportunities in our communities. While the agenda is not full of big ticket budget items, we are voting on an item of significance in the Bluffview Sanitary District in the 27th Senate District. Without the Clean Water
Contact: Amanda L. Brink burnsforwisconsin@gmail.com www.BurnsForWisconsin.com Madison, WI – on Monday, May 1st, 2017, Madison attorney Tim Burns announced his candidacy for Wisconsin Supreme Court, almost one year out from the 2018 election when Justice Gableman’s term is set to expire. This announcement comes just two weeks after Justice Gableman
Contact: Brandon Weathersby (608) 260-2409 brandonw@wisdems.org Yesterday, Donald Trump told one of his cruelest and most egregious lies to date: he claimedTrumpcare will protect people with pre-existing conditions. THE TRUTH: Trumpcare actually guts protections for people with pre-existing conditions by possibly jacking up premiums to the point that they are
Contact: Robert McCaw (202) 742-6448 rmccaw@cair.com (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/1/2017) – The Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the Trump administration not to appoint Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. to a post with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Contact: (608) 267-7669 MILWAUKEE – State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D- Milwaukee) issued the following statement regarding “A Day without Latinxs, Immigrants, and Refugees”: “The United States, the great state of Wisconsin, and my community on Milwaukee’s near south side have all been built by immigrants. Without immigrants, Wisconsin’s dairy and
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