Rep. Shankland: To Hold Office Hours on Saturday

Contact: Rep. Katrina Shankland, office: (608) 267-9649 Location will be at the Stevens Point Area Winter Farmers’ Market STEVENS POINT – Representative Katrina Shankland (D–Stevens Point) is pleased to announce her upcoming office hours on Saturday, March 31. Rep. Shankland

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Monsanto using weather-monitoring system from Madison startup

Monsanto is using a weather-monitoring system from a Madison-based startup to improve farming operations in Argentina. Understory’s weather network relies on a distributed system of sensors that provide insight to customers on rainfall, temperature, humidity and evapotranspiration — a measure

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Sen. Shilling: Statement on extraordinary session

Contact: Kate Constalie, kate.constalie@legis.wi.gov, 608-266-5490 MADISON, WI – Following Senator Fitzgerald and Speaker Vos’s call for extraordinary session to further rig special elections in Wisconsin, Senate Democratic Leader Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) released the following statement: “Gov. Walker and legislative

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AG Schimel: Encourages Schools to Participate in School Safety Grant Program

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Brad Schimel released the following statement in response to Governor Walker signing school safety legislation today. “I credit the bipartisan group of Wisconsin State legislators and Governor Walker for quickly turning our proposed School Safety Program into action items. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office

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Board of Commissioners of Public Lands: $35.7 million for Wisconsin’s public school libraries

Contact: Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Jonathan B. Barry, Executive Secretary (608) 266-8369 WISCONSIN DELLS – Wisconsin’s K-12 public school libraries will receive $35.7 million thanks to earnings from Common School Fund investments, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) announced today.  BCPL board members Attorney General Brad Schimel and

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Rep. Shankland: To Hold Office Hours on Saturday

Contact: Rep. Katrina Shankland, office: (608) 267-9649 Location will be at the Stevens Point Area Winter Farmers’ Market STEVENS POINT – Representative Katrina Shankland (D–Stevens Point) is pleased to announce her upcoming office hours on Saturday, March 31. Rep. Shankland hosts office hours every month around the 71st Assembly District

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Monsanto using weather-monitoring system from Madison startup

Monsanto is using a weather-monitoring system from a Madison-based startup to improve farming operations in Argentina. Understory’s weather network relies on a distributed system of sensors that provide insight to customers on rainfall, temperature, humidity and evapotranspiration — a measure of moisture loss in plants. It can also display where

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Sen. Shilling: Statement on extraordinary session

Contact: Kate Constalie, kate.constalie@legis.wi.gov, 608-266-5490 MADISON, WI – Following Senator Fitzgerald and Speaker Vos’s call for extraordinary session to further rig special elections in Wisconsin, Senate Democratic Leader Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) released the following statement: “Gov. Walker and legislative Republicans are so desperate to maintain their grip on power

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WisDems: Screnock declines to behave ethically on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court

Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 MADISON — At today’s Milwaukee Bar Association debate, Judge Michael Screnock was presented with multiple opportunities to commit to behaving ethically on the state Supreme Court. He declined to commit to recusing himself from cases involving his major donors at every turn. Wisconsin’s largest corporate lobbyist,

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