TUE PM Update: Hagedorn, Neubauer clash again, Greater Wisconsin goes up with more TV ads

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer today continued her line of attack on rival Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn over his past actions and writings on the LGTBQ community, questioning whether voters could trust him to remain impartial. Hagedorn, meanwhile, renewed his efforts to tie Neubauer to retiring liberal Justice Shi… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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State Supreme Court: Releases opinions

CHIEF JUSTICE PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK: 2017AP850-CR (2019 WI 25) State of Wisconsin v. Joseph B. Reinwand – THE DECISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT IS AFFIRMED. Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet, Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley concur – opinion filed. https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=237660   JUSTICE REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY: 2016AP1525 (2019 WI 24) Milwaukee District Council 48 v. Milwaukee County – THE DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IS AFFIRMED. Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler and Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack dissent – opinion filed. https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=237648 JUSTICE REBECCA FRANK DALLET: 2017AP1618-CR (2019 WI 26) State of Wisconsin v. Michael A. Keister – THE DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IS REVERSED;

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State Treasurer Godlewski: Financing provided for public safety initiatives around Wisconsin

Contact: Sarah Smith, [email protected] MADISON- Today, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) approved financing for important public safety improvements around Wisconsin. The town of Greenville, in Outagamie County, will now be able to build a public safety building for the town’s fire and police departments. BCPL is providing them with over $6 million in financing that will provided a proper decontamination area, vehicle bays, and conference rooms for planning. “Fire, police, and other emergency services are essential to our community’s overall wellbeing. We have an obligation to make sure public safety needs are appropriately financed, and I’m glad

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Racine Mayor Mason: And Foxconn partner on Smart City initiatives

CONTACT: Shannon Powell 262-636-9266 Partnership will make Racine a hub of innovation that enhances quality of life and work for residents and businesses City of Racine – Mayor Cory Mason, together with Foxconn Technology Group’s (Foxconn) executive leadership, today announced a partnership to pursue public-private partnerships to accelerate a shared vision for Racine as a ‘Smart City.’ The agreement, which Mayor Mason will submit for the Common Council’s approval tonight, builds on the “Racine Smart City Initiative” framework passed in February. Dr. Louis Woo, Special Assistant to the Foxconn Chairman and CEO, signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on behalf

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Gov. Evers: Signs Executive Order #17 relating to the creation of the Governor’s Health Equity Council

MILWAUKEE — Following a tour of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Midtown Clinic in Milwaukee, Governor Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #17 establishing the Governor’s Health Equity Council. According to the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s 2016 Wisconsin Report Card, the state of Wisconsin has an overall health disparities grade of “D.” The Report Card also notes that while Wisconsin’s grade for overall health has remained the same since 2007, the health disparities grade has gotten worse since 2010, moving from a C- to a D in 2013 and 2016. The Governor’s Health Equity Council will work to develop a plan,

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WisDOT: Orange barrels return, construction resumes along Verona Road (US 18/151) in Fitchburg

Steven Theisen, WisDOT Project Communications Manager (608) 884-1230, [email protected] Traffic shift planned for northbound Verona Road, between Williamsburg Way and Raymond Road. FITCHBURG, WI – Construction is anticipated to begin this week for the Verona Road (US 18/151) Project in Fitchburg. Mobilization of crews and equipment is ongoing with minimal traffic impacts. The Verona Road Project is reconstructing and expanding Verona Road from Raymond Road south to County PD (McKee Road), and building interchanges at Williamsburg Way and County PD. Work this year will include: Completion of the signalized Verona Road and Raymond Road intersection; Bridge construction for Williamsburg Way over

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Board of Commissioners of Public Lands: Approves $7 million for community projects

CONTACT:  Jonathan Barry, Executive Secretary (608) 266-8369 MADISON – Today, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) unanimously approved slightly more than $7 million in State Trust Fund Loans to support three community projects in Wisconsin. The BCPL approved the following loans: Town of Greenville, Outagamie County / Construct public safety building / $6,750,000 Lake Denoon Lake District, Waukesha County / Finance weed abatement program / $30,000 Village of Twin Lakes, Kenosha County / Purchase fire truck / $574,731 The BCPL operates entirely on program revenue, without taxpayer money, and distributes more than 96 cents of every dollar of interest earned

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April 4: Coping with diversions, invasives, and politics in the Great Lakes region

Join Canada, UW-Milwaukee and WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com on Thursday April 4 for a luncheon at the University Club in Milwaukee to discuss new developments in the complicated issues affecting Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes. Out-of-basin diversions, including those affecting Foxconn, invasive species and politics all combine to challenge those seeking to manage and preserve a critical resou… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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Greater Wisconsin hits Hagedorn in two new TV ads

The Greater Wisconsin Committee is hitting conservative Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn with two TV ads that accuse him of trying to “turn back the clock” on discrimination and favoring corporate special interests over children. They are the fourth and fifth TV ads of the campaign from the Greater Wisconsin Committee or its affiliate the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund. The group said both are running on broadcast, cable and online in the Milwaukee, Green Bay, Wausau and La Crosse/Eau Claire markets. One shows color images of children and then black-and-white pictures of women’s suffragists and Rosa Parks before the narrator

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WisPolitics Midday: Mar. 19, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Corrections Department nominee moves through committee. Bernie Sanders campaign staff grows in WI. Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan added to a board of directors.  

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WisDems: Floundering Hagedorn campaign excoriated by conservative radio

Contact: Courtney Beyer, [email protected] “I’m not going to lie, I’m a little concerned” MADISON — Two weeks before the statewide election for Wisconsin Supreme Court, former Scott Walker lawyer Brian Hagedorn is finding criticism of his floundering campaign from even his most fervent supporters after weeks of brutal press coverage over his radical, partisan agenda. Conservative radio host Dan O’Donnell sharply criticized Hagedorn on this morning’s “The Dan O’Donnell show” for his campaign’s many blunders and missteps, worrying aloud that Hagedorn doesn’t understand what’s at stake in this race. Excerpts from the program cast Hagedorn’s campaign apparatus as inept and incapable

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One Wisconsin Now: Brian Hagedorn’s college classmates saw Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate’s political ambition

MADISON, Wis. — College classmates recognized the political fervor in state Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn, naming him “most likely to run for president,” according to his college yearbook. As a law student, the hate group the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) accepted him into their program to train right-wing legal activists. He even worked as a top lawyer to the governor and advocated f… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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AG Kaul: Opposes CFPB effort to delay protections from payday lenders

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take immediate action to protect consumers from abuses in payday lending, vehicle title lending, and other types of high-cost exploitative consumer lending. Attorney General Kaul is part of a coalition of 25 states, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, taking today’s action. “We should have strong protections in place for borrowers,” said Attorney General Kaul. “Delaying the date by which lenders must comply with rules that protect consumers is unwarranted and would mean that more consumers will be harmed by abusive lending

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State Supreme Court: Releases opinions

CHIEF JUSTICE PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK: 2017AP850-CR (2019 WI 25) State of Wisconsin v. Joseph B. Reinwand – THE DECISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT IS AFFIRMED. Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet, Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley concur – opinion filed. https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=237660   JUSTICE REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY: 2016AP1525 (2019 WI 24) Milwaukee District Council

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Racine Mayor Mason: And Foxconn partner on Smart City initiatives

CONTACT: Shannon Powell 262-636-9266 Partnership will make Racine a hub of innovation that enhances quality of life and work for residents and businesses City of Racine – Mayor Cory Mason, together with Foxconn Technology Group’s (Foxconn) executive leadership, today announced a partnership to pursue public-private partnerships to accelerate a shared

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Gov. Evers: Signs Executive Order #17 relating to the creation of the Governor’s Health Equity Council

MILWAUKEE — Following a tour of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Midtown Clinic in Milwaukee, Governor Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #17 establishing the Governor’s Health Equity Council. According to the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s 2016 Wisconsin Report Card, the state of Wisconsin has an overall health disparities grade

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WisDOT: Orange barrels return, construction resumes along Verona Road (US 18/151) in Fitchburg

Steven Theisen, WisDOT Project Communications Manager (608) 884-1230, [email protected] Traffic shift planned for northbound Verona Road, between Williamsburg Way and Raymond Road. FITCHBURG, WI – Construction is anticipated to begin this week for the Verona Road (US 18/151) Project in Fitchburg. Mobilization of crews and equipment is ongoing with minimal traffic

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Greater Wisconsin hits Hagedorn in two new TV ads

The Greater Wisconsin Committee is hitting conservative Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn with two TV ads that accuse him of trying to “turn back the clock” on discrimination and favoring corporate special interests over children. They are the fourth and fifth TV ads of the campaign from the Greater Wisconsin

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WisPolitics Midday: Mar. 19, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Corrections Department nominee moves through committee. Bernie Sanders campaign staff grows in WI. Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan added to a board of directors.  

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AG Kaul: Opposes CFPB effort to delay protections from payday lenders

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take immediate action to protect consumers from abuses in payday lending, vehicle title lending, and other types of high-cost exploitative consumer lending. Attorney General Kaul is part of a coalition of 25 states, led

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