WED PM Update: Cross calls for special legislative session to address UW System COVID-19 challenges

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — UW System President Ray Cross is calling for a special legislative session seeking “immediate flexibility and regulatory relief” to address budget challenges brought on by COVID-19. In a letter to Gov. Tony Evers and GOP legislative leaders, the departing System president highlighted recent “difficult and painful decisions” to… 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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New Biden ad says ‘country is crying out for leadership’

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is running a new digital ad in Wisconsin in which the presumptive Dem nominee says the “country is crying out for leadership.” Biden’s campaign said the ad will run statewide on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. It declined to say how much it was spending on the buy, which includes a version that will run with Spanish captions. The ad includes comments Biden made i… 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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Cyberspace Solarium Commission: “The Covid-19 pandemic illustrates parallels to a significant cyber attack and urges swift implementation of key recommendations.”

Washington, D.C (June 2, 2020) – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today announced the release of a new Cyberspace Solarium Commission white paper, “Cybersecurity Lessons Learned from the Pandemic.” While many of the challenges identified in this white paper and the Commission’s final report have existed for the better part of four presidential administrations, the pandemic highlights the relevance of many of the Commissioners’ earlier recommendations in its Final Report that was published in March 2020 detailing a strategy of “layered cyber deterrence.” This new document provides fresh observations from the

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Imes campaign: Statement on George Floyd: We need equal rights for all of our citizens

Contact: John Imes, 608-712-7898 [email protected] A primary goal of our campaign is to enact high-road progressive policies that create a more just, equitable, sustainable, and inclusive economy that works for all. We cannot achieve that goal amid the ongoing problems of systematic racism and unequal justice. Once again, the world collectively witnessed the murder of an unarmed black man, this time a man named George Floyd, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. This tragedy is abhorrently common. The subsequent protests in our community and across the nation, led by brave people of color and their allies, have sent a message

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New Biden ad says ‘country is crying out for leadership’

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is running a new digital ad in Wisconsin in which the presumptive Dem nominee says the “country is crying out for leadership.” Biden’s campaign said the ad will run statewide on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. It declined to say how much it was spending on the

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Cyberspace Solarium Commission: “The Covid-19 pandemic illustrates parallels to a significant cyber attack and urges swift implementation of key recommendations.”

Washington, D.C (June 2, 2020) – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today announced the release of a new Cyberspace Solarium Commission white paper, “Cybersecurity Lessons Learned from the Pandemic.” While many of the challenges identified in this white paper

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