The progressive VoteVets today announced a $1 million TV and digital ad buy praising U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and defending her against “political attacks” on the Tomah VA scandal. The ad buy comes days after conservative Concerned Veterans for America
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today praised a deal he reached with Scott Walker to overhaul the guv’s child tax credit and add a sales tax holiday, saying it was a creative way
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Contact: Jessica Ward, (414) 422-5712 Brookfield, Wis. — Nurse and U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir announced the Students Choose Leah coalition Thursday, indicating broad energetic support among young voters. “As I talk to college students across Wisconsin, they are energized about the
CONTACT: Eric Schmeltzer, eric@votevets.org Madison, WI – A powerful $1 million television and digital ad campaign, launching today, features Wisconsin veterans praising the leadership of Senator Tammy Baldwin, as a champion for those who served. The ad, running over the next
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker met with board members from the Wisconsin Hospital Association today to discuss his Health Care Stability Plan, a major part of his Ambitious Agenda for 2018. As proposed, the three-part plan
CONTACT: Karla Weber, Office of Student Financial Aid, (608) 262-4942, karla.weber@wisc.edu MADISON – Over the last several years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has taken numerous steps to ensure that an education at the state’s flagship public university is accessible to Wisconsin students
Feb. 8, 2018 – The Badger Institute and the Reason Foundation said Thursdaythe state should pursue tolling and offered a solution to concerns expressed by Gov. Scott Walker. “The stars seem to be aligned for Wisconsin to join the ranks of states
Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — According to media reports, alarm bells were being raised about paper industry job losses by a local official in the Fox Valley last year. But Gov. Scott Walker waited until
Senator Robert Cowles ~ (920) 660-0615 MADISON– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after 2017 Senate Bill 600, authored by Senator Roger Roth (R-Appleton) and Representative Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) and amended by Senators Roth and Cowles, was recommended for
For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association 608/441-1216 | (c) 608/445-6430 | eskrum@wisbank.com Twitter: @wisbank Madison – The Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the 2017 Community Banker of the Year is Peter Knitt, recently retired President and CEO of the Peoples
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released his Weekly Radio Address today titled “Wisconsin’s Foxconn Bonus.” Hi, Governor Scott Walker here. Earlier this week Foxconn announced another investment in Wisconsin to purchase a seven-story building in downtown Milwaukee
Contact: Lauren Hitt, 443-370-3205, lauren@randybryceforcongress.com RACINE, WI – Democratic congressional candidate Randy Bryce released the following statement concerning a veteran currently held in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Bryce is running to replace Speaker Paul Ryan in
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved a plan to boost state aid for small, rural school by $6.5 million and allow low-spending districts to collect more in property taxes. While members voted 16-0 for the bill, the debate became a
CONTACT: Megan Duncan megan.duncan@wisc.edu ethics.journalism.wisc.edu Five remarkable pieces of journalism that combined aggressive reporting on important issues with care for the consequences of that reporting are finalists for the 2018 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. The 2018 recipient will
The progressive VoteVets today announced a $1 million TV and digital ad buy praising U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and defending her against “political attacks” on the Tomah VA scandal. The ad buy comes days after conservative Concerned Veterans for America unveiled its own $1.5 million statewide TV and digital ad
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today praised a deal he reached with Scott Walker to overhaul the guv’s child tax credit and add a sales tax holiday, saying it was a creative way to boost the economy. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald,
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Contact: Jessica Ward, (414) 422-5712 Brookfield, Wis. — Nurse and U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir announced the Students Choose Leah coalition Thursday, indicating broad energetic support among young voters. “As I talk to college students across Wisconsin, they are energized about the bold reforms we’ve passed to improve our state,” Leah said.
CONTACT: Eric Schmeltzer, eric@votevets.org Madison, WI – A powerful $1 million television and digital ad campaign, launching today, features Wisconsin veterans praising the leadership of Senator Tammy Baldwin, as a champion for those who served. The ad, running over the next three weeks, will cover all of the state, reaching Wisconsin
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker met with board members from the Wisconsin Hospital Association today to discuss his Health Care Stability Plan, a major part of his Ambitious Agenda for 2018. As proposed, the three-part plan would request a State Innovation Waiver to create a state
CONTACT: Karla Weber, Office of Student Financial Aid, (608) 262-4942, karla.weber@wisc.edu MADISON – Over the last several years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has taken numerous steps to ensure that an education at the state’s flagship public university is accessible to Wisconsin students and affordable for their families. Today, UW-Madison expands on that
Feb. 8, 2018 – The Badger Institute and the Reason Foundation said Thursdaythe state should pursue tolling and offered a solution to concerns expressed by Gov. Scott Walker. “The stars seem to be aligned for Wisconsin to join the ranks of states deciding to rebuild and modernize their Interstate highways using the revenues
Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — According to media reports, alarm bells were being raised about paper industry job losses by a local official in the Fox Valley last year. But Gov. Scott Walker waited until nearly a week after an announcement 600 jobs would be
Senator Robert Cowles ~ (920) 660-0615 MADISON– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after 2017 Senate Bill 600, authored by Senator Roger Roth (R-Appleton) and Representative Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) and amended by Senators Roth and Cowles, was recommended for passage by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy:
For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association 608/441-1216 | (c) 608/445-6430 | eskrum@wisbank.com Twitter: @wisbank Madison – The Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the 2017 Community Banker of the Year is Peter Knitt, recently retired President and CEO of the Peoples State Bank in Wausau. Knitt began his banking career as
Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker released his Weekly Radio Address today titled “Wisconsin’s Foxconn Bonus.” Hi, Governor Scott Walker here. Earlier this week Foxconn announced another investment in Wisconsin to purchase a seven-story building in downtown Milwaukee to serve as their new home in Wisconsin—Foxconn Place. This
Contact: Lauren Hitt, 443-370-3205, lauren@randybryceforcongress.com RACINE, WI – Democratic congressional candidate Randy Bryce released the following statement concerning a veteran currently held in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Bryce is running to replace Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin’s First. “Speaker Ryan must immediately call for the release
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved a plan to boost state aid for small, rural school by $6.5 million and allow low-spending districts to collect more in property taxes. While members voted 16-0 for the bill, the debate became a series of exchanges over education funding since the end of
CONTACT: Megan Duncan megan.duncan@wisc.edu ethics.journalism.wisc.edu Five remarkable pieces of journalism that combined aggressive reporting on important issues with care for the consequences of that reporting are finalists for the 2018 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. The 2018 recipient will be chosen from among five outstanding examples of journalism that