The disastrous Donald Trump/Paul Ryan scheme on health care proposes to gut protections for consumers from abuses by health insurance companies, would make many Americans pay more for less insurance coverage and could cost an estimated 23 million people their insurance altogether.
Tavern League, Beer Distributors push Legislature for more regulation. Wrong approach.
Contact: (608) 266-0215 rep.krug@legis.wi.gov MADISON – Early Thursday morning, Representative Krug (R-Rome) joined his Republican colleagues in a vote on an amended version of Assembly Bill 365. The bill passed the Wisconsin State Assembly on a party line vote of
Public officials in Marquette County apparently know how to get the biggest bang for their buck when it comes to transportation. They have the best roads in the state, while receiving almost the smallest amount of state aid per mile, according to the DOT and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Contact: Katy Otto (Juvenile Law Center), (215) 625-0551 x128, kotto@jlc.org Molly Collins (ACLU of Wisconsin), (414) 272-4032 x215, media@aclu-wi.org Milwaukee, WI (June 23, 2017) – Today, Western District Judge Peterson ordered the opposing parties in a lawsuit to agree on
The deny, delay and decay approach to transportation in Wisconsin threatens our economic prosperity. But so does an over reliance on bonding, without any plan on how to pay down that debt.
And how a fee on trucks could solve state’s transportation problem.
Walker doesn’t see drug-testing human-welfare recipients as a punitive, back-door way to deny benefits to people already down on their luck. He sees it as a way to help them address and conquer their addictions and move toward self-sufficiency. It’s only fair to offer the same to CEOs on the corporate-welfare dole.
The same sickening science-free song keeps seeping from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources which Scott Walker is managing with his self-described “chamber of commerce mentality.”
Contact: Nick Ramos (262) 260-9366 press@randybryceforcongress.com KENOSHA, WI—Randy Bryce, local activist and iron worker, launched his campaign earlier this week to challenge Speaker Paul Ryan for Wisconsin’s First Congressional seat in 2018. Bryce’s campaign will hold its first rally this
Contact: Gretchen Herrmann (262) 497-7339 gretchen.herrmann@cityofracine.org On Monday, June 26, 2017, The James A. Peterson Veteran Village in Racine will be highlighted at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in Miami, FL. In a morning session of the Ending
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — Jason Kander, President of Let America Vote, will join State Sen. Mark Miller and Madison voting rights advocates at a press conference on Sunday, June 25 at 11 a.m.
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 STAR PRAIRIE – Governor Scott Walker signed Assembly Bill 160 and Assembly Bill 56 into law today at Star Prairie Trout Farm. Assembly Bill 160 – addresses three major subject areas for fish farms and
Contact: Fran McLaughlin (414) 278-5226 Milwaukee, WI – A Milwaukee County Jail probationary correctional officer was arrested last night by the Greenfield Police Department. Timothy J. Jennings, age 30, of Greenfield, initially called the Greenfield police to report that someone
Contact: Noel Fritsch NoelF@electnehlen.com Delavan, WI – Republican Paul Nehlen proclaimed victory over Paul Ryan today after Fox Business reported the imminent demise of Ryan’s pet tax, the Border Adjustment Tax (BAT). “Another of Paul Ryan’s supposedly genius policy schemes is
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Brad Schimel continued his 72-county statewide tour to meet with local law enforcement and elected officials this week with stops in Barron and Douglas Counties on Wednesday, June 21. “Counties in northwest Wisconsin have been
Contact: Tom McCarthy (608) 266-3559 MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction will conduct a hearing in July on emergency rules that will make changes in educator licensing to address teacher shortages in time for the 2017-18 school year.
Contact: Joette Richards (262) 894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Press Club and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee will present a joint program on Tuesday, June 27, featuring Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at the University
Contact: Alderwoman Coggs- (414) 286-2994 Alderman Stamper- (414) 286-2659 Today the full Common Council approved a new first-of-its-kind pilot program to turn dilapidated foreclosed homes into beautiful hubs for artwork and resources. The Art and Resource Community Hub (ARCH) loan
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 OSHKOSH – Governor Scott Walker will address young women from across the state this evening at the 74th Annual Badger Girls State Inauguration Ceremony. Every year during Badger Girls State, students selected to attend are grouped
The disastrous Donald Trump/Paul Ryan scheme on health care proposes to gut protections for consumers from abuses by health insurance companies, would make many Americans pay more for less insurance coverage and could cost an estimated 23 million people their insurance altogether.
Tavern League, Beer Distributors push Legislature for more regulation. Wrong approach.
Contact: (608) 266-0215 rep.krug@legis.wi.gov MADISON – Early Thursday morning, Representative Krug (R-Rome) joined his Republican colleagues in a vote on an amended version of Assembly Bill 365. The bill passed the Wisconsin State Assembly on a party line vote of 62-35. A vote for this bill is a vote to
Public officials in Marquette County apparently know how to get the biggest bang for their buck when it comes to transportation. They have the best roads in the state, while receiving almost the smallest amount of state aid per mile, according to the DOT and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Contact: Katy Otto (Juvenile Law Center), (215) 625-0551 x128, kotto@jlc.org Molly Collins (ACLU of Wisconsin), (414) 272-4032 x215, media@aclu-wi.org Milwaukee, WI (June 23, 2017) – Today, Western District Judge Peterson ordered the opposing parties in a lawsuit to agree on language for a preliminary injunction to end the inhumane conditions
The deny, delay and decay approach to transportation in Wisconsin threatens our economic prosperity. But so does an over reliance on bonding, without any plan on how to pay down that debt.
And how a fee on trucks could solve state’s transportation problem.
Walker doesn’t see drug-testing human-welfare recipients as a punitive, back-door way to deny benefits to people already down on their luck. He sees it as a way to help them address and conquer their addictions and move toward self-sufficiency. It’s only fair to offer the same to CEOs on the corporate-welfare dole.
The same sickening science-free song keeps seeping from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources which Scott Walker is managing with his self-described “chamber of commerce mentality.”
Contact: Nick Ramos (262) 260-9366 press@randybryceforcongress.com KENOSHA, WI—Randy Bryce, local activist and iron worker, launched his campaign earlier this week to challenge Speaker Paul Ryan for Wisconsin’s First Congressional seat in 2018. Bryce’s campaign will hold its first rally this Saturday, June 24 at 10am at the United Autoworkers Local
Contact: Gretchen Herrmann (262) 497-7339 gretchen.herrmann@cityofracine.org On Monday, June 26, 2017, The James A. Peterson Veteran Village in Racine will be highlighted at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in Miami, FL. In a morning session of the Ending Veterans Homelessness Task Force, Jeff Gustin, Director of Veterans Outreach
Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — Jason Kander, President of Let America Vote, will join State Sen. Mark Miller and Madison voting rights advocates at a press conference on Sunday, June 25 at 11 a.m. outside the Madison Central Public Library to discuss the continuing
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 STAR PRAIRIE – Governor Scott Walker signed Assembly Bill 160 and Assembly Bill 56 into law today at Star Prairie Trout Farm. Assembly Bill 160 – addresses three major subject areas for fish farms and the Department of Natural Resources, including: access to appropriate genetic
Contact: Fran McLaughlin (414) 278-5226 Milwaukee, WI – A Milwaukee County Jail probationary correctional officer was arrested last night by the Greenfield Police Department. Timothy J. Jennings, age 30, of Greenfield, initially called the Greenfield police to report that someone shot into his apartment. Responding officers found evidence inconsistent with
Contact: Noel Fritsch NoelF@electnehlen.com Delavan, WI – Republican Paul Nehlen proclaimed victory over Paul Ryan today after Fox Business reported the imminent demise of Ryan’s pet tax, the Border Adjustment Tax (BAT). “Another of Paul Ryan’s supposedly genius policy schemes is crumbling around him,” Nehlen said. “Ryan is supposed to be
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Brad Schimel continued his 72-county statewide tour to meet with local law enforcement and elected officials this week with stops in Barron and Douglas Counties on Wednesday, June 21. “Counties in northwest Wisconsin have been particularly hard hit with the opiate and meth epidemics ravishing
Contact: Tom McCarthy (608) 266-3559 MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction will conduct a hearing in July on emergency rules that will make changes in educator licensing to address teacher shortages in time for the 2017-18 school year. The July 6 hearing will be held from 2:30 to
Contact: Joette Richards (262) 894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Press Club and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee will present a joint program on Tuesday, June 27, featuring Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at the University of Arizona. Scott oversee the center, which produces and shares
Contact: Alderwoman Coggs- (414) 286-2994 Alderman Stamper- (414) 286-2659 Today the full Common Council approved a new first-of-its-kind pilot program to turn dilapidated foreclosed homes into beautiful hubs for artwork and resources. The Art and Resource Community Hub (ARCH) loan program will take city-owned foreclosed homes and turn them into
Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 OSHKOSH – Governor Scott Walker will address young women from across the state this evening at the 74th Annual Badger Girls State Inauguration Ceremony. Every year during Badger Girls State, students selected to attend are grouped into cities and counties to form a “51st state,” where they