Sen. Testin and Rep. Kremer Return Hemp Cultivation to Wisconsin Governor Walker Signs Farm Freedom Act into Law Madison, WI – Wisconsin farmers will have the freedom to grow a new crop next year. The Farm Freedom Act, which enables the
This week on ‘Rewind,’ WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the Legislature keeping sexual harassment complaints secret, Evers seeking to ‘fire’ DOJ lawyers in the REINS Act lawsuit, the Assembly’s task force on foster care reform and more.
The WisOpinion.com Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, debate the pros and cons of a federal tax overhaul now before Congress. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
Fanlund, editor and executive publisher of The Capital Times, reflects on a New York Times feature about Neenah, which went from blue to red to back Trump.
I voted against this bill because it hurts middle class workers, hurts the poor, hurts working mothers, hurts students, hurts universities, hurts health care, hurts state and local governments, and will ensure the government won’t have the funds to fix our badly outdated infrastructure nor meet any other number of urgent priorities.
The tax proposals from both the House and the Senate contain promising provisions for our nation’s leading job creators, and are a step towards creating an equal playing field for small businesses across the county.
A balanced budget requirement could spell disaster for the American economy, especially during times when it is weak and needs help to protect businesses and jobs.
The executive branch has the charge of enforcing laws passed by the legislature, but it is the judiciary who must decide what those laws mean and whether or not the executive is acting within them.
Funding could end embarrassment of “debtors prison.”
CONTACT: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) Secretary Dan Zimmerman today announced $400,000 in grants for non-profit organizations that provide entrepreneurship training, or technical, business or other assistance to veteran entrepreneurs
CONTACT:Ben Voelkel ben_voelkel@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) today announced a bipartisan Senate resolution recognizing the importance and effectiveness of trauma-informed care. The bipartisan resolution highlights the importance of an issue that Wisconsin’s first lady, Tonette Walker, has
CONTACT: Chase Tarrier, Public Policy Coordinator, End Domestic Abuse WI chaset@endabusewi.org, 608.237.3985 Madison— Advocates for victims of domestic violence all across Wisconsin are raising their voices in opposition to the Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which could be scheduled
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Dec. 19: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate candidate Leah Vukmir Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday Dec. 19 with U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, a Brookfield Republican
CONTACT: Christine Dunbeck Communications and Public Relations Coordinator 414-755-4110 (direct) cdunbeck@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., Dec. 1, 2017 – Gov. Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 258 yesterday into law. The new Patient Records Protection Act creates important protections for dental patients to
CONTACT: Julaine Appling President 608-334-6435 Fax: 608-256-3370 info@wifamilyaction.org MADISON—Each year for the past 22 years, Wisconsin Family Council (WFC), the educational arm of Wisconsin Family Action (WFA), has displayed a Merry Christmas sign in the State Capitol Rotunda. The sign not
CONTACT: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — The Senate passed its version of a tax reform bill today that will provide real relief from Washington for Wisconsinites. To no surprise, Senator Tammy Baldwin voted against tax cuts for hard-working
CONTACT: Ben Voelkel ben_voelkel@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) today announced his support for the tax bill being debated in the Senate after negotiating improved treatment for pass-through entities. Pass-throughs account for about 95 percent of all U.S.
CONTACT: Sen. Steve Nass, (608) 266-2635 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), author of Senate Bill 275, released the following statement regarding the verdict of a San Francisco jury in the killing of Kate Steinle and the status of the Wisconsin sanctuary city
CONTACT: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, who had threatened to vote against the deficit-exploding federal tax cut plan for the rich and corporations if it didn’t include a special
CONTACT: Steven Michels, (608) 267-7874 Madison – Many state of Wisconsin agencies are currently experiencing outages with web based applications. The Department of Administration, Division of Enterprise Technology is working with the vendor to fix the hardware issue. During this outage,
Sen. Testin and Rep. Kremer Return Hemp Cultivation to Wisconsin Governor Walker Signs Farm Freedom Act into Law Madison, WI – Wisconsin farmers will have the freedom to grow a new crop next year. The Farm Freedom Act, which enables the cultivation of industrial hemp, was signed into law by Governor
This week on ‘Rewind,’ WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the Legislature keeping sexual harassment complaints secret, Evers seeking to ‘fire’ DOJ lawyers in the REINS Act lawsuit, the Assembly’s task force on foster care reform and more.
The WisOpinion.com Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, debate the pros and cons of a federal tax overhaul now before Congress. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
Fanlund, editor and executive publisher of The Capital Times, reflects on a New York Times feature about Neenah, which went from blue to red to back Trump.
I voted against this bill because it hurts middle class workers, hurts the poor, hurts working mothers, hurts students, hurts universities, hurts health care, hurts state and local governments, and will ensure the government won’t have the funds to fix our badly outdated infrastructure nor meet any other number of urgent priorities.
The tax proposals from both the House and the Senate contain promising provisions for our nation’s leading job creators, and are a step towards creating an equal playing field for small businesses across the county.
A balanced budget requirement could spell disaster for the American economy, especially during times when it is weak and needs help to protect businesses and jobs.
The executive branch has the charge of enforcing laws passed by the legislature, but it is the judiciary who must decide what those laws mean and whether or not the executive is acting within them.
Funding could end embarrassment of “debtors prison.”
CONTACT: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) Secretary Dan Zimmerman today announced $400,000 in grants for non-profit organizations that provide entrepreneurship training, or technical, business or other assistance to veteran entrepreneurs to improve employment outcomes. “Veterans are a major component in
CONTACT:Ben Voelkel ben_voelkel@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) today announced a bipartisan Senate resolution recognizing the importance and effectiveness of trauma-informed care. The bipartisan resolution highlights the importance of an issue that Wisconsin’s first lady, Tonette Walker, has prominently advocated. “Teachers, social workers and health care professionals often
CONTACT: Chase Tarrier, Public Policy Coordinator, End Domestic Abuse WI chaset@endabusewi.org, 608.237.3985 Madison— Advocates for victims of domestic violence all across Wisconsin are raising their voices in opposition to the Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which could be scheduled for a vote in the US Senate today. With reports
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Dec. 19: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate candidate Leah Vukmir Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday Dec. 19 with U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, a Brookfield Republican state senator. Check-in and lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., with
CONTACT: Christine Dunbeck Communications and Public Relations Coordinator 414-755-4110 (direct) cdunbeck@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., Dec. 1, 2017 – Gov. Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 258 yesterday into law. The new Patient Records Protection Act creates important protections for dental patients to ensure they have access to their records at all times,
CONTACT: Julaine Appling President 608-334-6435 Fax: 608-256-3370 info@wifamilyaction.org MADISON—Each year for the past 22 years, Wisconsin Family Council (WFC), the educational arm of Wisconsin Family Action (WFA), has displayed a Merry Christmas sign in the State Capitol Rotunda. The sign not only wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, but reminds viewers of
CONTACT: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — The Senate passed its version of a tax reform bill today that will provide real relief from Washington for Wisconsinites. To no surprise, Senator Tammy Baldwin voted against tax cuts for hard-working Wisconsin families – siding once again with Washington special interests.
CONTACT: Ben Voelkel ben_voelkel@ronjohnson.senate.gov WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) today announced his support for the tax bill being debated in the Senate after negotiating improved treatment for pass-through entities. Pass-throughs account for about 95 percent of all U.S. businesses, including many leading job creators in Wisconsin. “I appreciate
CONTACT: Sen. Steve Nass, (608) 266-2635 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), author of Senate Bill 275, released the following statement regarding the verdict of a San Francisco jury in the killing of Kate Steinle and the status of the Wisconsin sanctuary city bill: “Kate Steinle was killed by a criminal illegal alien
CONTACT: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, who had threatened to vote against the deficit-exploding federal tax cut plan for the rich and corporations if it didn’t include a special tax break for his company Pacur, has gotten his wish
CONTACT: Steven Michels, (608) 267-7874 Madison – Many state of Wisconsin agencies are currently experiencing outages with web based applications. The Department of Administration, Division of Enterprise Technology is working with the vendor to fix the hardware issue. During this outage, state agency websites and processing functions may be temporarily unavailable.