For Immediate Release Nov. 10, 2017 Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 The Art of a Desperate Deal:  Gov. Walker signs $3 billion taxpayer giveaway to Foxconn MADISON —  As Gov. Scott Walker signed the Foxconn contract, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Communications Director Melanie Conklin released this statement. “Rather than invest in Wisconsin-owned

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Nov. 10, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director, 608-261-4504 State-chartered credit unions grow net income, lending by double digits MADISON – Net income and total lending grew by double digits at Wisconsin’s 134 state-chartered credit unions in the first nine months of 2017 compared to the same period in

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2017 Contact: Rep. John Nygren                                                                                   

For Immediate Release: Friday, November 10, 2017 Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov (202) 224 – 6225 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Bipartisan VA Reform to Ensure Veterans Receive Care from Trusted Doctors Passes the Senate The Veterans ACCESS Act prevents doctors once fired or suspended by the VA from treating our veterans again WASHINGTON, D.C. –

November 10, 2017 Contact:  Hariah Hutkowski Phone:  608-266-3156 Rep. Thiesfeldt’s four bills pass State Assembly Strong bipartisan support for each Madison – Today, Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R – Fond du Lac) applauded the passage of four authored bills during the last session day of 2017.  Amongst the four is Assembly Bill 152/Senate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2017 Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839   Governor Walker Celebrates Veterans Day at Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove   MADISON – Governor Scott Walker highlighted the selfless work of Wisconsin’s service members and veterans today at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove.“We’re able to enjoy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, November 10, 2017 CONTACT: DWD Communications, 608-266-2722 On the Web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/news.htm On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WIWorkforce On Twitter: @WIWorkforce REMINDER: Apprenticeship Week Celebrates the Successes of the Nation’s First Regulated Apprenticeship Program MADISON – Governor Scott Walker has proclaimed next week, November 12-18, as Apprenticeship Week throughout the state. Wisconsin’s Apprenticeship Week corresponds with

TV White Space: The answer to Rural Wisconsin’s Broadband Woes State Representative Mary Felzkowski and Senator Tom Tiffany November 10, 2017 There is no place quite like the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Apart from our beautiful lakes and rivers and abundant wildlife, we have some of the best recreational opportunities in

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 ‘If It’s True’, Sen. Ron Johnson’s Failure to Strongly Confront Sexual Abuse of Women and Children Continues Offers Only Qualified Condemnation of Sourced Reporting of Abuse of Teens, Minor Women by GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Roy Moore

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                              Contact:  Rep. Dianne Hesselbein November 10, 2017                                                                                608-266-534 Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Legislative Package to Honor Wisconsin’s Veterans Dems call for audit of Veteran’s Trust Fund,

For more information, contact: Cameron Sholty | WILL Communications Director cameron@will-law.org | 414-727-7416 | 262-409-9816 Where Does Your State Rank in Red Tape, Barriers to Economic Opportunity? November 10, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – WILL’s recent report, Land of the Free? 50 state study on how professional licensing laws lead to fewer jobs, examines the relationship between

Industrial Hemp on the Verge of Returning to Wisconsin Freedom to Farm Act Passes Both Houses Unanimously Madison, WI – In a move supported by farmers throughout Wisconsin, both houses of the state legislature voted unanimously to pass the Farm Freedom Act, which would end the state’s decades-long prohibition on the

Contact: Amy Eckelberg, Executive Director of Public Relations, 608.828.5706 November 10, 2017                                                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wisconsin Farm Bureau Statement on the Appointment of Sheila Harsdorf as DATCP Secretary MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Jim Holte issued the following statement regarding Governor Scott Walker’s appointment of Sheila Harsdorf as the Secretary