Priorities USA Action: Places $65 million in TV reservations through November

Washington, DC — Priorities USA Action is beginning to place $64.7 million in TV reservations today across six key battleground states through Election Day. Initially, Priorities had made reservations through July, when the Democratic National Convention was originally scheduled to be held. Now that the primary has ended early and Vice President

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Dept. of Justice: AG Kaul reacts to proposed EPA rules on PFAS amid nationwide concerns about “forever chemicals”

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined 17 attorneys general in insisting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strengthen its proposed regulations requiring importers of certain products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (collectively “PFAS”) in their surface coating to notify and receive EPA’s approval before importing the products.  “Wisconsin

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Dairy Business Association: Dairy groups see United States Department of Agriculture assistance as bridge during COVID-19 crisis

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative and the Dairy Business Association issued a statement today after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced plans for financial help for farmers hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the plan laid out Friday evening, dairy farmers will receive $2.9 billion of $16 billion in

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ADC: Congress must replenish PPP & EIDL SBA loans to assist dairy farmers

The American Dairy Coalition (ADC) asks Congress to swiftly add significant additional funds to allow the Small Business Administration to continue offering the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Emergency Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). These are critical for keeping the hard working farmers of our nation in business. During these challenging and

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UW-Platteville: Pioneers Helping Pioneers sets $100,000 goal

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – “Sue,” a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, not only was taking a full load of engineering classes, but she was also working on campus to earn her spending money. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced students to leave campus in March to be safer at

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Dept. of Military Affairs: More Wisconsin National Guard troops mobilized to establish additional COVID-19 mobile testing site capacity

Approximately 225 additional Citizen Soldiers and Airmen mobilized Sunday to establish additional specimen collection teams in support of Wisconsin’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services requested Wisconsin National Guard support to establish additional specimen collection and COVID-19 mobile testing site capacities at yet-to-be determined

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