Contact: Stephanie Miller 608-267-8823 Today, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced that nearly $3.5 million in his 2018 budget will go toward studying the expansion of Highway M to four lanes, resurfacing a portion of Highway Q, and accelerating development
Contact(s): Sarah Geers, Staff Attorney (608)251-5047 x 5 sgeers@midwestadvocates.org Stacy Harbaugh, Communications Director (608)251-5047 x 1 sharbaugh@midwestadvocates.org Green Bay, Wisconsin– On Monday, October 2, Midwest Environmental Advocates filed a joint motion on behalf of the Clean Water Action Council of
Contact: Sen. Janis Ringhand (608) 266-2253 Sen.Ringhand@legis.wisconsin.gov A bi-partisan measure that would give nineteen cities and villages, including Beloit, Janesville, Whitewater and Fort Atkinson the option to adopt a residency requirement for their city or village manager has been unanimously approved
Contact: Sen. Vukmir (608) 266-2512 Rep. Kooyenga (608) 266-9180 Madison, Wisconsin — Sen. Leah Vukmir, R–Brookfield, and Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R–Brookfield, released a billTuesday that would prohibit businesses from engaging in boycotts of Israel as a condition of any state contract. “Boycotts
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Foxconn and Racine County leaders tomorrow will announce the location for the $10 billion manufacturing campus that the Taiwanese tech company is planning on building, according to an event invite. The invite says Foxconn’s announcement will “transform Racine County’s economic
CONTACT: Jean-Michel Ané, (608) 262-6457, jeanmichel.ane@wisc.edu MADISON – Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how some plants partner with bacteria to
CONTACT: Stacey Mink, 410-790-9913 Wisconsin Working Families Party political director Rebecca Lynch made the following statement in response to Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander’s Facebook post about her upcoming gun-themed fundraiser: “In the wake of the tragic mass shooting in
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — With the U.S. Supreme Court today hearing oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a challenge to Wisconsin Republicans’ efforts to undemocratically lock down control of the state using partisan gerrymandering, it’s as good a
Contact: Heath Bierman 608-741-3612 When: October 17, 2017 2-4 pm Where: Community Action Training Center at 27 Eclipse Center, Beloit A Hiring Event (Job Fair) is set for Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from 2-4 p.m. at the Community Action Training Center
Contact: Rep. Hintz 1-888-534-0054 Madison – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether redistricting maps drawn in secret by Wisconsin State Republicans are an unconstitutional political gerrymander. A year ago, a panel of federal judges ruled 2-1
Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director, 608-261-4504 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has entered into a consent agreement with Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, a mortgage servicer doing business in Wisconsin. The settlement resolves an enforcement action that
It is my hope that when Whitford v. Gill goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, party politics will be the last thing on their mind. Instead, let’s hope they put American citizens first and ensure every American the Constitutional voting rights our forefathers endowed us with.
Hopefully the US Supreme Court will see past the false outrage of the sinking political left and allow the State of Wisconsin and all other states take responsibility for what the Constitution allows.
Liberals’ desire to live near their government jobs, with public transit, neighborhood public schools and government funded recreation facilities have surrendered vast swaths of the state to Republican voters.
The country is being damaged by a government that really doesn’t want to govern, but because everyone is being distracted by Trump and his tweets, few are paying attention.
Contact: Toni Morrissey, 263-3223 tmorrissey@uwhealth.org WHERE: Lobby of American Family Children’s Hospital, 1675 Highland Avenue, Madison WHEN: Monday, October 9, 2017; 10 am to 11 am WHO: Madison radio TV personalities/journalists Please RSVP WHAT: Compete to see who can most
For more traditional conservatives horrified by Trump’s behavior, his level-headed judicial picks make the rest of his tenure even more frustrating.
Contact: Stephanie Miller 608-267-8823 Today, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced that nearly $3.5 million in his 2018 budget will go toward studying the expansion of Highway M to four lanes, resurfacing a portion of Highway Q, and accelerating development of the North Mendota Bike Trail. As the fastest growing
Contact(s): Sarah Geers, Staff Attorney (608)251-5047 x 5 sgeers@midwestadvocates.org Stacy Harbaugh, Communications Director (608)251-5047 x 1 sharbaugh@midwestadvocates.org Green Bay, Wisconsin– On Monday, October 2, Midwest Environmental Advocates filed a joint motion on behalf of the Clean Water Action Council of Northeast Wisconsin, Milwaukee Riverkeeper and the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation to
Contact: Sen. Janis Ringhand (608) 266-2253 Sen.Ringhand@legis.wisconsin.gov A bi-partisan measure that would give nineteen cities and villages, including Beloit, Janesville, Whitewater and Fort Atkinson the option to adopt a residency requirement for their city or village manager has been unanimously approved by a Senate Committee. Senate Bill 335, authored by Senators
Contact: Sen. Vukmir (608) 266-2512 Rep. Kooyenga (608) 266-9180 Madison, Wisconsin — Sen. Leah Vukmir, R–Brookfield, and Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R–Brookfield, released a billTuesday that would prohibit businesses from engaging in boycotts of Israel as a condition of any state contract. “Boycotts of Israel must be fought because they do not just
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Foxconn and Racine County leaders tomorrow will announce the location for the $10 billion manufacturing campus that the Taiwanese tech company is planning on building, according to an event invite. The invite says Foxconn’s announcement will “transform Racine County’s economic landscape” and make Wisconsin the electronics manufacturing capital of North
CONTACT: Jean-Michel Ané, (608) 262-6457, jeanmichel.ane@wisc.edu MADISON – Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how some plants partner with bacteria to create usable nitrogen and to transfer this ability to the
CONTACT: Stacey Mink, 410-790-9913 Wisconsin Working Families Party political director Rebecca Lynch made the following statement in response to Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander’s Facebook post about her upcoming gun-themed fundraiser: “In the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas and the ongoing tragedy of unchecked gun violence,
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — With the U.S. Supreme Court today hearing oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a challenge to Wisconsin Republicans’ efforts to undemocratically lock down control of the state using partisan gerrymandering, it’s as good a time as ever to remember state Senator-turned-Senate candidate Leah Vukmir’s
Contact: Heath Bierman 608-741-3612 When: October 17, 2017 2-4 pm Where: Community Action Training Center at 27 Eclipse Center, Beloit A Hiring Event (Job Fair) is set for Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from 2-4 p.m. at the Community Action Training Center at 27 Eclipse Center in Beloit. In recognition of Manufacturing
Contact: Rep. Hintz 1-888-534-0054 Madison – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether redistricting maps drawn in secret by Wisconsin State Republicans are an unconstitutional political gerrymander. A year ago, a panel of federal judges ruled 2-1 that the maps were drawn so sympathetically to Republicans that
Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director, 608-261-4504 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has entered into a consent agreement with Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, a mortgage servicer doing business in Wisconsin. The settlement resolves an enforcement action that resulted from the identification of numerous deficiencies with the company’s
It is my hope that when Whitford v. Gill goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, party politics will be the last thing on their mind. Instead, let’s hope they put American citizens first and ensure every American the Constitutional voting rights our forefathers endowed us with.
Hopefully the US Supreme Court will see past the false outrage of the sinking political left and allow the State of Wisconsin and all other states take responsibility for what the Constitution allows.
Liberals’ desire to live near their government jobs, with public transit, neighborhood public schools and government funded recreation facilities have surrendered vast swaths of the state to Republican voters.
The country is being damaged by a government that really doesn’t want to govern, but because everyone is being distracted by Trump and his tweets, few are paying attention.
Contact: Toni Morrissey, 263-3223 tmorrissey@uwhealth.org WHERE: Lobby of American Family Children’s Hospital, 1675 Highland Avenue, Madison WHEN: Monday, October 9, 2017; 10 am to 11 am WHO: Madison radio TV personalities/journalists Please RSVP WHAT: Compete to see who can most correctly identify kids properly and safely buckled up. One representative
For more traditional conservatives horrified by Trump’s behavior, his level-headed judicial picks make the rest of his tenure even more frustrating.