Saturday - July 12, 2025
*Wisconsin Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Tuesday July 08, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Congresswoman Gwen Moore Slams Gutting of 6th St Reconstruction Project Funding in GOP's Big Bonanza for Billionaires
WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Gwen Moore Slams Gutting of 6th St Reconstruction Project Funding in GOP's Big Bonanza for Billionaires * "Republicans would rather giveaway more tax goodies to the richest in our nation than fund health care, nutrition, clean energy, and safer communities. I was a champion of the 6th Street Reconstruction effort, which would have supported safer roads and walkability and reduced sewer   more

DATCP Announces Wisconsin Potato Industry Board Election Results
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issued the following news release on July 7, 2025: * * * DATCP Announces Wisconsin Potato Industry Board Election Results MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the 2025 Wisconsin Potato Industry Board election results. The following growers began three-year terms on the Wisconsin Potato Industry Board on July 1, 2025. Dist  more

Pocan Corrects the Record on Van Orden's Billion-Dollar Claims
WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Pocan Corrects the Record on Van Orden's Billion-Dollar Claims * MADISON, WI - Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement fact-checking Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) after a weekend of nonsense tweets, eight in total, claiming credit for earmarking Wisconsin's hospitals $1 billion. "It's rich that Rep. Van Orden is claiming credit for $1 billion coming to Wiscon  more

Tiffany, Finstad Lead Letter Urging Canada to Mitigate Wildfire Risk
WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Tiffany, Finstad Lead Letter Urging Canada to Mitigate Wildfire Risk * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Brad Finstad (MN-01), Tom Emmer (MN-06), Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), Glenn Grothman (WI-06), and Pete Stauber (MN-08) sent a letter to Canada's Ambassador urging stronger forest management practices to mitigate wildfire risk. The call for action comes after yet another wave of Ca  more