Wisconsin Supreme Court: Denies review of 44 cases

Madison, Wisconsin (June 13, 2023) – The Supreme Court recently acted to deny review in the cases listed below. As the state’s law-developing court, the Supreme Court exercises its discretion to select for review only those cases that fit certain

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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development Wisconsin: Invests $20.6 million to improve water infrastructure for rural residents in Chetek, Wisconsin

CHETEK, Wis., June 13, 2023 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Wisconsin State Director, Julie Lassa, alongside Chetek Mayor Jeff Martin, Market and Johnson, CBS Squared, and City of Chetek officials, today helped the community celebrate the groundbreaking of a new wastewater treatment facility which will benefit over

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Sen. Agard: Responds to Republican JFC members cutting UW System budget

MADISON – Today, Republican JFC members are poised to cut millions of dollars from the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement in response to Speaker Vos’ comments and in anticipation of a multi-million dollar funding cut:  “Republican actions’ to cut funding from the

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Rep. Shelton: Pushes back on voucher school expansion

MADISON – This morning the Assembly Committee on Education held a public hearing on one bill. Assembly Bill 305 would increase the per pupil payments in the parental choice and the Special Needs Scholarship Program and provide an increase in the school district revenue ceiling.  The Committee has not received a

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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Denies review of 44 cases

Madison, Wisconsin (June 13, 2023) – The Supreme Court recently acted to deny review in the cases listed below. As the state’s law-developing court, the Supreme Court exercises its discretion to select for review only those cases that fit certain statutory criteria (see Wis. Stat. § 809.62). Except where indicated, these cases came

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WisDems: Democratic Party of Wisconsin on cooling inflation

MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that annual inflation has fallen for eleven months in a row, bringing inflation to its lowest annual rate in more than two years. “While Republicans are fighting tooth and nail to give handouts to special interests and big corporations and increase

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Community leaders discuss efforts to fight rising Milwaukee violence

Concordia University justice and public policy Prof. Kenneth Harris blasted part of the shared revenue proposal floating around the Capitol as “ridiculous.” Harris at a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics.com event slammed the provision, which would transfer policy-making power from the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission to police and fire chiefs and

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