Louis Fortis: Please don’t talk impeachment

Until it can be shown that Trump committed serious acts—such as colluding with a hostile foreign power to help him win the 2016 election—and moderate Republicans accept the evidence, impeachment and removal from office is just not going to happen. However, what will happen if people keep pushing for impeachment prematurely is that the president’s base will get more fired up and will work harder to keep the Republicans in control of Congress so they can continue to protect the president.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Releases opinions

Thursday, May 10, 2018 Mandates JUSTICE ANN WALSH BRADLEY: 2015AP2627 (2018 WI 46) Mark McNally  v. Capital Cartage, Inc. d/b/a Capital Cartage Moving & Storage, Mary R. Hermanson –THE DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IS REVERSED. Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler dissents –

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Foxconn Technology Group: Announces $1 million ‘Smart City, Smart Future’ competition; partners with Wisconsin universities and technical colleges on statewide initiative

Media Contact: media@foxconn.com New Initiative Will Encourage Innovative Ideas from Students and Faculty for Smart Connected Cities and Systems to Better Serve Wisconsin Kenosha, WI – Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced a “Smart City, Smart Future” initiative in which the company

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DATCP: Sec. Harsdorf applauds new funding for producer-led projects

Contact:   Donna Gilson, 608-224-5130, donna.gilson@wi.gov Bill Cosh, Communications Director 608-224 5020, William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – Two more farmer-led groups will receive funding for soil and water conservation efforts, and 17 groups will receive additional funding as a result of a recently signed bill that

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Taylor decries ‘political lynching’ in discussing her JFC ouster

Sen. Lena Taylor is decrying what she called a “political lynching,” insisting she had done nothing that warranted her removal from the Legislature’s powerful Joint Finance Committee. Flanked by supporters at a Milwaukee news conference yesterday, Taylor defended her actions at a Milwaukee bank last month that resulted in a

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One Wisconsin Now: What did Brad Schimel say to hate group at their conference?

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Appearing in Capacity as Wisconsin Attorney General Schimel Took Over $4,100 in Travel, Lodging, Meals and Appearance Fees From Anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom MADISON, Wis. — In multiple interviews on right wing radio programs yesterday, Brad Schimel had a lot to say trying

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Louis Fortis: Please don’t talk impeachment

Until it can be shown that Trump committed serious acts—such as colluding with a hostile foreign power to help him win the 2016 election—and moderate Republicans accept the evidence, impeachment and removal from office is just not going to happen. However, what will happen if people keep pushing for impeachment prematurely is that the president’s base will get more fired up and will work harder to keep the Republicans in control of Congress so they can continue to protect the president.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Releases opinions

Thursday, May 10, 2018 Mandates JUSTICE ANN WALSH BRADLEY: 2015AP2627 (2018 WI 46) Mark McNally  v. Capital Cartage, Inc. d/b/a Capital Cartage Moving & Storage, Mary R. Hermanson –THE DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IS REVERSED. Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler dissents – opinion filed. https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=212596 JUSTICE REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY: 2015AP1970 & 2016AP2528

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THU News Summary: Vukmir campaign says Baldwin on ‘Team Terrorists’; Walker open to state aid for deer farm fencing

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Foxconn Technology Group: Announces $1 million ‘Smart City, Smart Future’ competition; partners with Wisconsin universities and technical colleges on statewide initiative

Media Contact: media@foxconn.com New Initiative Will Encourage Innovative Ideas from Students and Faculty for Smart Connected Cities and Systems to Better Serve Wisconsin Kenosha, WI – Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced a “Smart City, Smart Future” initiative in which the company will partner with higher education institutions statewide to seek out

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Sen. Miller: Weekly Democratic radio address: Teacher Appreciation Week

Contact: Sen. Mark Miller (D – Monona) (608)266-9170 MADISON, WI – Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona) offered the weekly Democratic radio address today. The audio file of this week’s address can be found here: http://media2.legis.wisconsin.gov/multimedia/Sen16/millerradio051018.mp3 A written transcript of the address is below: “Hello, this is Senator Mark Miller with this

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DATCP: Sec. Harsdorf applauds new funding for producer-led projects

Contact:   Donna Gilson, 608-224-5130, donna.gilson@wi.gov Bill Cosh, Communications Director 608-224 5020, William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – Two more farmer-led groups will receive funding for soil and water conservation efforts, and 17 groups will receive additional funding as a result of a recently signed bill that triples funding for Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grants through 2019. “We

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Dept. of Financial Institutions: Announces $100,000 program for K-12 financial literacy grants 

Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director, 608-261-4504 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) today announced a $100,000 statewide grant program to encourage Wisconsin’s K-12 school districts to incorporate personal finance education into their curricula. Funding for the program will be provided by DFI, which through its Office of

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