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State Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Saturday April 13, 2024 ( 5 items )  

DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: "BOZO" GOP SENATE CANDIDATES CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN MESS (AGAIN), TRAIL OF INCONSISTENCIES & LAKE'S SUPPORT FOR 1864 ABORTION BAN
WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE TRUTH -> New reporting from Slate details how the GOP's deeply damaged "bozo" Senate candidates keep getting caught in their own mess. Read the key points from Slate below: * This was the one thing Mitch McConnell didn't want to happen. * In the past week, both Wisconsin's Hovde and Montana's Sheehy have gotten involved in some real bozo-like situations. * Sheehy had s  more

New Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Report Shows Wisconsin's Education Workforce is in Crisis
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 12 (TNSres) -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A new report released today by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction found Wisconsin educators continue to leave the state's workforce at an alarming rate, and that educator compensation has decreased nearly 20 percent over the past 12 years when held constant in 2022 dollars. The DPI's 2022 Educator Preparation Program and Workforce Analysis Rep  more

UW student with foreign policy ambitions receives esteemed Truman Scholarship
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 12 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: UW-Madison undergraduate student Pranav Krishnan is the recipient of a 2024 Truman Scholarship. Photo: Jeff Miller As an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Pranav Krishnan has studied and researched some of the weightiest topics facing the world, from the rise of authoritarian regimes to the future of democratic institutions. Now, Krishnan will be able to dig even deeper in  more

Wis. Natural Resources Dept. Confirms CWD in Wild Deer in Waushara County
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 12 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Waushara County. The deer was found dead in early February in the town of Wautoma and is within 10 miles of the Marquette and Portage county borders. This detection will cause the following: * Waushara County will renew the ban already in p  more

Wis. Republican Party: ICYMI - Lyerly Reprimanded by Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 12 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: In case you missed it, Democratic congressional candidate in Wisconsin's 8th District Kristin Lyerly is facing scrutiny for her work as a physician in Minnesota. It turns out that Lyerly's incompetence not only resulted in an emergent C-section but also a reprimand from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. From Dan Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "In March 2020, Lylerly was reprimanded by the Minn  more