WisPolitics Midday: April 9, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: WI Senate and Assembly are in session today. WI Ethics Commission add some provisions to draft bills. Attorneys for both GOP and Gov Evers are okay with moving “lame duck lawsuits” straight to the WI

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Ways and Means Committee passes bill to lower drug costs for Wisconsin families and increase transparency

Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means passed the Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability and Reporting (STAR) Act, which will provide Americans with more transparency and lower drug prices by holding prescription drug manufacturers accountable for

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Rep. Steineke: Statement on State of the Tribes

Contact: Rep. Jim Steineke                                                     (608) 266-2418 MADISON – Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) released the following statement regarding Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill’s State of the Tribes address: “I was honored to have the Assembly host a strong voice

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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs: U.S. southern border frontline perspectives spotlighted at Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday

Contact: Austin Altenburg WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine the current migration crisis at the U.S. southern border, apprehensions, drug flow data, and compare recent data to historical trends. The witnesses offered frontline perspectives on the

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WisDOT: Merrimac Ferry open for 2019 season

Contact: Michael Bie, WisDOT Southwest Region (608) 246-7928; michael.bie@dot.wi.gov The Merrimac Ferry is open for the 2019 season. In season the ferry, which serves as Highway 113 across the Wisconsin River between Sauk and Columbia counties, shuttles vehicles and bicycles free

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Wisconsin Historical Society: La Crosse community is invited to “share your voice” with the Wisconsin Historical Society on a new state history museum and see two objects from the Society’s vast collection

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe Kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 La Crosse, WI. – The La Crosse community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society on Wednesday, April 17, at the La Crosse Public Library from 6:00-7:30 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm) to share

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WisDOT: Overnight ramp closures scheduled at WIS 11/Racine Street and WIS 11/Avalon Road interchanges, Janesville

Contact: Steven Theisen, WisDOT Project Communications Manager (608) 884-1230, steven.theisen@dot.wi.gov As construction work progresses on Interstate 39/90 in Janesville, crews are preparing for another traffic switch on I-39/90 between the US 14/Humes Road interchange (Exit 171B) and WIS 11/Avalon Road interchange (Exit 177) in Rock County. The following ramp closures are

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WisPolitics Midday: April 9, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: WI Senate and Assembly are in session today. WI Ethics Commission add some provisions to draft bills. Attorneys for both GOP and Gov Evers are okay with moving “lame duck lawsuits” straight to the WI Supreme Court.

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Ways and Means Committee passes bill to lower drug costs for Wisconsin families and increase transparency

Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means passed the Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability and Reporting (STAR) Act, which will provide Americans with more transparency and lower drug prices by holding prescription drug manufacturers accountable for the list price they charge consumers. The bill will now

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Rep. Steineke: Statement on State of the Tribes

Contact: Rep. Jim Steineke                                                     (608) 266-2418 MADISON – Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) released the following statement regarding Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill’s State of the Tribes address: “I was honored to have the Assembly host a strong voice from northeast Wisconsin to deliver the State of the Tribes

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Gov. Evers: Promises kept: Wisconsin withdraws from GOP lawsuit attacking ACA

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MADISON – The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today granted Wisconsin’s motion for dismissal from Texas v. United States, the Republican lawsuit that seeks to gut the Affordable Care Act. Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul released the following statements: “People in Wisconsin believe in

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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs: U.S. southern border frontline perspectives spotlighted at Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday

Contact: Austin Altenburg WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine the current migration crisis at the U.S. southern border, apprehensions, drug flow data, and compare recent data to historical trends. The witnesses offered frontline perspectives on the current challenges compared to past trends. “There is a humanitarian

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WisDOT: Merrimac Ferry open for 2019 season

Contact: Michael Bie, WisDOT Southwest Region (608) 246-7928; michael.bie@dot.wi.gov The Merrimac Ferry is open for the 2019 season. In season the ferry, which serves as Highway 113 across the Wisconsin River between Sauk and Columbia counties, shuttles vehicles and bicycles free of charge 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Wisconsin Historical Society: La Crosse community is invited to “share your voice” with the Wisconsin Historical Society on a new state history museum and see two objects from the Society’s vast collection

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe Kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 La Crosse, WI. – The La Crosse community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society on Wednesday, April 17, at the La Crosse Public Library from 6:00-7:30 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm) to share their thoughts and ideas and see design concepts for a

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