Contact: Logan Vidal logan.vidal@legis.wisconsin.gov (608) 266-8570 Madison – In 2005, at the behest of the NRA, Congress passed laws to protect gun manufacturers from liability for any and all gun deaths, an unprecedented protection not provided to any other industry.
Media Contact: Heather Weininger 414-778-5780 Wisconsin Right to Life’s Political Action Committee has endorsed the following candidates for the December 19th, 2017 Special Election Primary: Wisconsin State Senate, District 10 Adam Jarchow (R) Shannon Zimmerman (R) Wisconsin State Assembly, District
Congresswoman Gwen Moore, WI – 4 DCCC T.E.A.M. Co-Chair House Committee on Financial Services at a holiday reception in Milwaukee Sunday, December 10, 2017 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Ambassador Hotel 2308 West Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee Suggested Levels of Support:
CONTACT: Mary Jo Garinger Creative Marketing Resources O: (414) 247-9898 C: (414) 425-6164 maryjo@cmredge.com MILWAUKEE – December 5, 2017 – With more than 18,000 jobs currently available in southeastern Wisconsin,ResCare Workforce Services has launched a “Change the Game” campaign to
St. Paul, Minnesota (December 5, 2017) – Minnesota can declare today for the first time that people who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing have access to texting for emergency services from anywhere in the state. Text-to-911 is now
Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), Co-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court holding oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. “Masterpiece
Media Contact: Sara Finger (608) 251-0139 x1 Madison, WI – It’s open enrollment season in the individual marketplace, and that means Wisconsinites across the state are considering their options for 2018 coverage. Open enrollment began on November 1st, and ends
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) today named Republican lawmakers to serve on the House-Senate conference committee for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The House passed its version of the measure in November and
CONTACT Christopher Krepich, 202-225-5101 Washington, D.C.—Today, the House of Representatives voted to form a Conference Committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate tax reform bills. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) offered the following statement after supporting the motion to
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after House passage of a motion to go to a House-Senate conference on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: “2017 is the year we finally
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org Over 100 Wisconsinites including 50+ constituents of US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will urge Ryan and members of Congress from both parties to include the Dream Act in federal spending legislation this year
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** NOMINATE TOP WISPOLITICOS, ADS OF 2017 WisPolitics.com will again hand out its annual awards for the top Democratic and Republican “WisPolitico” of the year. We are also looking for nominations for the top liberal ad
Rep. Josh Zepnick, who has resisted calls to resign after he was accused of kissing two women without their consent, has been stripped of his committee assignments. A spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Dems have not yet
UW-Madison researchers have found a new way to potentially treat Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare, fatal and currently untreatable disorder. Aseem Ansari, a professor of biochemistry and genomics at UW-Madison and leader of the research team that made this discovery, says
Contact: Logan Vidal logan.vidal@legis.wisconsin.gov (608) 266-8570 Madison – In 2005, at the behest of the NRA, Congress passed laws to protect gun manufacturers from liability for any and all gun deaths, an unprecedented protection not provided to any other industry. As a result, victims of gun violence cannot seek damages
Media Contact: Heather Weininger 414-778-5780 Wisconsin Right to Life’s Political Action Committee has endorsed the following candidates for the December 19th, 2017 Special Election Primary: Wisconsin State Senate, District 10 Adam Jarchow (R) Shannon Zimmerman (R) Wisconsin State Assembly, District 58 Tiffany Koehler (R) Rick Gundrum (R) Paid for by
Congresswoman Gwen Moore, WI – 4 DCCC T.E.A.M. Co-Chair House Committee on Financial Services at a holiday reception in Milwaukee Sunday, December 10, 2017 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Ambassador Hotel 2308 West Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee Suggested Levels of Support: $2,700 Chair ~ $1,000 Host ~ $500 Sponsor $250 Supporter
CONTACT: Mary Jo Garinger Creative Marketing Resources O: (414) 247-9898 C: (414) 425-6164 maryjo@cmredge.com MILWAUKEE – December 5, 2017 – With more than 18,000 jobs currently available in southeastern Wisconsin,ResCare Workforce Services has launched a “Change the Game” campaign to raise awareness among FoodShare members about enrollment in the FoodShare
St. Paul, Minnesota (December 5, 2017) – Minnesota can declare today for the first time that people who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing have access to texting for emergency services from anywhere in the state. Text-to-911 is now in Minnesota! It covers all 87 Minnesota counties, and not
Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), Co-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court holding oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is about more than
Media Contact: Sara Finger (608) 251-0139 x1 Madison, WI – It’s open enrollment season in the individual marketplace, and that means Wisconsinites across the state are considering their options for 2018 coverage. Open enrollment began on November 1st, and ends on December 15th. After December 15th there will not be
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) today named Republican lawmakers to serve on the House-Senate conference committee for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The House passed its version of the measure in November and the Senate passed its version over the weekend. Ways and
CONTACT Christopher Krepich, 202-225-5101 Washington, D.C.—Today, the House of Representatives voted to form a Conference Committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate tax reform bills. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) offered the following statement after supporting the motion to go to conference: “Americans deserve to keep more of their
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after House passage of a motion to go to a House-Senate conference on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: “2017 is the year we finally overhaul our broken tax code. This plan is going to
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org Over 100 Wisconsinites including 50+ constituents of US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will urge Ryan and members of Congress from both parties to include the Dream Act in federal spending legislation this year Who: Voces de la Frontera, Youth Empowered in the Struggle,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** NOMINATE TOP WISPOLITICOS, ADS OF 2017 WisPolitics.com will again hand out its annual awards for the top Democratic and Republican “WisPolitico” of the year. We are also looking for nominations for the top liberal ad and top conservative ad of the year — TV, radio
Rep. Josh Zepnick, who has resisted calls to resign after he was accused of kissing two women without their consent, has been stripped of his committee assignments. A spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Dems have not yet named replacements for Zepnick’s spots on five committees. Asked if
UW-Madison researchers have found a new way to potentially treat Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare, fatal and currently untreatable disorder. Aseem Ansari, a professor of biochemistry and genomics at UW-Madison and leader of the research team that made this discovery, says this method represent a “new precision-tailored path to personalized medicine.”