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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Contact: Jeri Bonavia: 414-510-7594 or Anneliese Dickman: 414-915-7785 Turning Wisconsin Orange to Help End Gun Violence Every year, more than 100,000 men, women and children are shot in our country. In Wisconsin and across America, gun violence has devastated families
Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 Local schools blindsided by “Jacque Shock” MADISON — Rep. Andre Jacque, Republican candidate for state Senate District 1, was one of only two Republican lawmakers earlier this year to vote against a bill to increase sparsity aid
Contact: judgelisaneubauer@gmail.com, (414) 412-6099 “For more than 40 years, Shirley Abrahamson has delivered justice from Wisconsin’s high court bench. She’s inspired countless women, lawyers, judges, and leaders, with her sharp wit, extraordinary intellect, profound understanding of the law, and deep, principled
Contact: Amy Eckelberg, Executive Director of Public Relations, 608.828.5706 MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and Farmers for Free Trade co-hosted a roundtable on the importance of fair and free trade policies on state agricultural exports. The roundtable, held on Wednesday, May 30, at
Contact: Brad Wojciechowski 920.540.5875, press@beauforcongress.com Green Bay — The following is a statement from Beau Liegeois, candidate for U.S. Congress on Mike Gallagher’s Save the Bay Event. “If Congressman Gallagher wants to hear what his constituents think about the water quality in
Contact: Aaron Collins – 608-266-2254 MADISON – Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) released the following statement on Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s announcement that she will not seek re-election to the court when her term is up next April.
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Contact: Sen. Jennifer Shilling (D – La Crosse) (608)266-5490 MADISON, WI – Senator Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) 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/Sen32/shillingradio053118.mp3 A written transcript of
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org GOP plans would also strip health care away from 30 million Americans MADISON — Leah Vukmir just reiterated her hardline commitment to repealing the Affordable Care Act — an extreme policy move that would spike health care
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — Following tonight’s GOP U.S. Senate primary debate, Brad Bainum, DPW spokesperson for the 2018 Senate race, released the following statement: “Every Wisconsinite should be concerned after tonight’s debate: Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson are
Contact: Shawn N. Reilly, Mayor Phone: 262-524-3697 Email: sreilly@waukesha-wi.gov Waukesha, WI (May 31, 2018) – The City of Waukesha is proud it will receive, along with the City of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s Intergovernmental Cooperation Award. The “Salute to
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — The crowded field of Democrat candidates for governor are tripping over themselves trying to run further to the left than ever before. Today, the Republican Party of Wisconsin is launching a new
Contact: Susan Lampert Smith 11 a.m. CST Thursday, May 31, 2018 (608) 513-6946 Ssmith5@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. – Dr. Robert Fettiplace, who pioneered techniques to better understand the physiology of hearing, was announced today as one of the winners of the
WAUSAU, Wis. – Today, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is now offering a Dose of Reality to Native American Tribal Communities on the dangers of misusing opioid and narcotic pain medications. In addition to
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 Updated Dairy Margin Protection Program provides better resources for Wisconsin dairy farmers Farmers encouraged to contact local Farm Service Agency office for details WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a bipartisan group of Senators urging
If you, my dear reader, lost your job tomorrow, who in your network would actually help? Are you investing in them now so that they may invest in you?
Redistricting is the ultimate prize, and the Democrats will get the lines drawn the way they like by either controlling at least one chamber of the legislature or the state Supreme Court. That’s why Abrahamson’s seat is so important and that’s why Wisconsin’s Democrats want to plan for the day when Abrahamson can’t hold the seat any longer.
Missouri is the “Show Me State,” so, appropriately, it’s demanding sunlight on allegations that dark money coordination was involved in the demise of its GOP Governor Eric Greitens.
Its economic problems stem from political gridlock over how to pay for its commitments.
Contact: Jeri Bonavia: 414-510-7594 or Anneliese Dickman: 414-915-7785 Turning Wisconsin Orange to Help End Gun Violence Every year, more than 100,000 men, women and children are shot in our country. In Wisconsin and across America, gun violence has devastated families and terrorized whole communities. “At a time when our children
Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 Local schools blindsided by “Jacque Shock” MADISON — Rep. Andre Jacque, Republican candidate for state Senate District 1, was one of only two Republican lawmakers earlier this year to vote against a bill to increase sparsity aid funding for rural schools, providing an additional funding stream for
Contact: judgelisaneubauer@gmail.com, (414) 412-6099 “For more than 40 years, Shirley Abrahamson has delivered justice from Wisconsin’s high court bench. She’s inspired countless women, lawyers, judges, and leaders, with her sharp wit, extraordinary intellect, profound understanding of the law, and deep, principled beliefs. “I thank Justice Abrahamson for her service and longstanding
Contact: Amy Eckelberg, Executive Director of Public Relations, 608.828.5706 MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and Farmers for Free Trade co-hosted a roundtable on the importance of fair and free trade policies on state agricultural exports. The roundtable, held on Wednesday, May 30, at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station, featured Wisconsin agribusiness owners, farmers,
Contact: Brad Wojciechowski 920.540.5875, press@beauforcongress.com Green Bay — The following is a statement from Beau Liegeois, candidate for U.S. Congress on Mike Gallagher’s Save the Bay Event. “If Congressman Gallagher wants to hear what his constituents think about the water quality in the district, he should hold an open, public town hall
Contact: Aaron Collins – 608-266-2254 MADISON – Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) released the following statement on Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s announcement that she will not seek re-election to the court when her term is up next April. “I want to thank Justice Abrahamson for serving the citizens
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Contact: Sen. Jennifer Shilling (D – La Crosse) (608)266-5490 MADISON, WI – Senator Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) 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/Sen32/shillingradio053118.mp3 A written transcript of the address is below: “Hi, I’m State Senator Jennifer Shilling
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org GOP plans would also strip health care away from 30 million Americans MADISON — Leah Vukmir just reiterated her hardline commitment to repealing the Affordable Care Act — an extreme policy move that would spike health care costs and strip away millions of Americans’ health care access.
Contact: Brad Bainum, bradb@wisdems.org MADISON — Following tonight’s GOP U.S. Senate primary debate, Brad Bainum, DPW spokesperson for the 2018 Senate race, released the following statement: “Every Wisconsinite should be concerned after tonight’s debate: Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson are bought and paid for by mega-donors and powerful special interests
Contact: Shawn N. Reilly, Mayor Phone: 262-524-3697 Email: sreilly@waukesha-wi.gov Waukesha, WI (May 31, 2018) – The City of Waukesha is proud it will receive, along with the City of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s Intergovernmental Cooperation Award. The “Salute to Local Government” Awards recognize “governments and school districts for innovative
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — The crowded field of Democrat candidates for governor are tripping over themselves trying to run further to the left than ever before. Today, the Republican Party of Wisconsin is launching a new digital ad campaign and website making the case against the
Contact: Susan Lampert Smith 11 a.m. CST Thursday, May 31, 2018 (608) 513-6946 Ssmith5@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. – Dr. Robert Fettiplace, who pioneered techniques to better understand the physiology of hearing, was announced today as one of the winners of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, one of the world’s pre-eminent scientific
WAUSAU, Wis. – Today, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is now offering a Dose of Reality to Native American Tribal Communities on the dangers of misusing opioid and narcotic pain medications. In addition to customized brochures, flyers, and posters, online advertisements will run throughout
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 Updated Dairy Margin Protection Program provides better resources for Wisconsin dairy farmers Farmers encouraged to contact local Farm Service Agency office for details WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a bipartisan group of Senators urging Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to extend the June 1
If you, my dear reader, lost your job tomorrow, who in your network would actually help? Are you investing in them now so that they may invest in you?
Redistricting is the ultimate prize, and the Democrats will get the lines drawn the way they like by either controlling at least one chamber of the legislature or the state Supreme Court. That’s why Abrahamson’s seat is so important and that’s why Wisconsin’s Democrats want to plan for the day when Abrahamson can’t hold the seat any longer.
Missouri is the “Show Me State,” so, appropriately, it’s demanding sunlight on allegations that dark money coordination was involved in the demise of its GOP Governor Eric Greitens.
Its economic problems stem from political gridlock over how to pay for its commitments.