WI DEMOCRATS RESPOND TO GOP’S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION LEGISLATION

From our inbox, a Democratic press release (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2018) addressing Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzegerald’s blatant GOP power grab in Wisconsin: MADISON – Today, Governor-elect Tony Evers, Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul, Senate Democratic Leader Jennifer Shilling, and Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon…

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WI State Senator Jennifer Shilling Will Not Challenge Walker for Governor

This apparently is of little or no interest to Milwaukeeans since the local media hasn’t touched it, but the rumored run for Wisconsin governor in 2018 by State Senator Jennifer Shilling is a non-starter: State Sen. Jennifer Shilling says she has no plans to run for governor in 2018 and…

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Chris Larson votes to cut $4 million in state aid from Milwaukee County to help fund shiny new Bucks arena

Earlier today the Republican-controlled State Senate approved using taxpayer dollars to fund a shiny new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. The vote to approve the financing was 21 in favor of the scheme and 10 opposed, with former Democratic Minority Leader Chris Larson and five other Democrats joining Republicans in…

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Democrats to replace Sens. Grothman and Zipperer on Joint Finance Committee!

From Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel: Madison — Democratic Sens. Dave Hansen and Jen Shilling will be joining the powerful Joint Finance Committee. Hansen, of Green Bay, and Shilling, of La Crosse, will replace GOP Sens. Glenn Grothman of West Bend and Rich Zipperer of the City of Pewaukee because Democrats…

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Jennifer Shilling announces candidacy against Dan Kapanke

It looks like Republican State Senator Dan Kapanke, who is the subject of a recall effort, will have a very solid opponent in Jennifer Shilling, a Democratic State Representative currently representing the 95th Assembly district. The recall of Sen. Kapanke was triggered thanks to volunteers who collected more than 21,000…

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