U.S. Rep. Moore: Announces cancer in remission

Libbie Wilcox, 202-495-8879 Washington, DC — Today, during the first House Committee on Ways and Means hearing of the 116th Congress, Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) announced she is living with Small Cell Lymphoma. Congresswoman Moore released the following statement: “Today, as

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TUE AM Update: Hintz appoints himself to WEDC board

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz has appointed himself to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Board, one of four lawmakers to serve on the panel. The Oshkosh Dem replaces Rep.

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U.S. Rep. Moore: Announces cancer in remission

Libbie Wilcox, 202-495-8879 Washington, DC — Today, during the first House Committee on Ways and Means hearing of the 116th Congress, Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) announced she is living with Small Cell Lymphoma. Congresswoman Moore released the following statement: “Today, as Ways and Means Democrats gear up our fight to restore

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Supports legislation to make sure federal contract workers hurt by shutdown receive their paychecks

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin cosponsored legislation to secure back pay for the federal contractor employees who went without pay during President Trump’s recent government shutdown. The Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act, led by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), would help low-wage federal contractor employees—including janitorial, food

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Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty: Releases K-12 education reform agenda

For more information, contact: Collin Roth | WILL Director of Communication collin@will-law.org | 414-727-7418 Detailed policy roadmap shows how state can improve student outcomes The Problem: Wisconsin’s K-12 education system is not working. Reading and math achievement has been stagnant for two decades while the rest of the country has experienced significant

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State Treasurer Godlewski: Demands change after the impact of the shutdown on Wisconsin families

MADISON- Today, Treasurer Godlewski highlighted the fiscal impact of the Federal Government shutdown on Wisconsin workers and their families. Godlewski stated that “in the 5 weeks that our government was shutdown without guardrails to protect employees, Wisconsinites experienced $25.7 million in lost wages.” “Wisconsin is home to almost 30,000 federal employees, and these

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Dept. of National Resources Secretary Preston Cole: Announced additional appointments to his leadership team today

CONTACT: Andrew Savagian, DNR Office of Communications, 608-261-6422 Todd Ambs has been named DNR Assistant Deputy Secretary. Ambs previously served as DNR Water Division administrator from 2003-2010. Ambs has worked in the environmental policy field for more than 35 years, most recently as the director for Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition.

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Northwestern Mutual: Named presenting sponsor of WERCBench Labs demo day

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 jmorby@m-werc.org Start-up teams will showcase companies on March 5 MILWAUKEE – Five start-up companies with technologies ranging from energy storage to power generation are finishing the final weeks of MWERC’s WERCBench Labs accelerator program. “WERCBench Labs has built a reputation as one of the region’s top accelerator

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TUE AM Update: Hintz appoints himself to WEDC board

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz has appointed himself to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Board, one of four lawmakers to serve on the panel. The Oshkosh Dem replaces Rep. Dana Wachs, D-Eau Claire, who left the Legislature to run

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