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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Sunday September 08, 2024 ( 4 items )  

ICYMI: Project 2025 Author Backs Trump in Wisconsin
MONONA, Wisconsin, Sept. 6 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. Donald Trump's close involvement with Project 2025 became even clearer this week as one of its contributors, Monica Crowley, stopped in Milwaukee to tout her support for Trump's agenda. Project 2025, a 900-page document written by former Trump staffers and MAGA allies as a blueprint for a Trump-Vance Ad  more

Line 5 is an Existential Threat to the Bad River Band, the Great Lakes, and Our Climate
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Madison, WISCONSIN Today the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released its final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the Line 5 pipeline, a 71-year-old oil pipeline that has continued to illegally trespass through the Bad River Band's reservation in northern Wisconsin. This is the expected next step in the permitting process after the DNR received feedback on their draft EIS in l  more

OP-ED: It's Time for Republicans to Fully Fund Wisconsin's Public Schools
MONONA, Wisconsin, Sept. 7 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: As students across Wisconsin head back to school for a new year, most of us believe that all kids deserve to attend a public school that has the resources needed to provide them with a great education. Wisconsin is known for its high quality public schools that rank among the best in the nation academically. But in   more

Rep. Huffman skewers Project 2025 blueprint on FFRF TV show
MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 6 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Watch the teaser here. The first episode of the new season of the Freedom From Religion Foundation's TV show, "Freethought Matters," features a prominent member of Congress dissecting a right-wing presidential takeover plan. U.S. Representative Jared Huffman, a humanist and agnostic who is the only openly nonreligious member of Congress, represents California's 2nd District and is co-chair o  more