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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Wednesday August 20, 2025 ( 9 items )  

Chipply Welcomes Three New Team Members
MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, Aug. 19 [Category: Business] -- The National Sporting Goods Association posted the following news: * * * Chipply Welcomes Three New Team Members * NEW BERLIN, WISCONSIN (August 19, 2025) - Chipply announced the addition of three new team members: Product Managers Kathleen O'Donnell and Dylan Pinkus, and Customer Support Specialist Dalin Kirn. These hires underscore Chipply's ongoing growth and commitment to delivering both innovative product solutions and outstandin  more

Clean Wisconsin: Trump Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Will Mean Higher Energy Bills in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 20 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Trump order to keep Michigan coal plant running will mean higher energy bills in Wisconsin Families and businesses across the Midwest, including here in Wisconsin, will be footing the bill to bring an empty coal plant back online in Michigan. In May, the Trump Administration used an emergency order to force Consumers Energy to truck coal back on site and fire up the old plant. So far, that has come with a   more

FFRF opposes EPA's dangerous retreat from climate science
MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 19 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF opposes EPA's dangerous retreat from climate science * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is strongly opposing a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule that would strip the agency of its ability to regulate greenhouse gases -- a move FFRF calls dangerous, anti-science, and part of the Christian nationalist Project 2025 agenda. Revoking the EPA's 20  more

FFRF: Resist Trump's proposed move to destroy voter access and fair elections
MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 19 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF: Resist Trump's proposed move to destroy voter access and fair elections * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is denouncing President Trump's reprehensible announcement that he plans to issue an executive order seizing control of American elections. The national state/church watchdog urges its membership, freethinkers and all Americans who support democracy  more

How Wisconsin taxpayers are saving $3,182 thanks to Derrick Van Orden
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * How Wisconsin taxpayers are saving $3,182 thanks to Derrick Van Orden * Wisconsin taxpayers will save $3,182 on average thanks to Representative Derrick Van Orden's Working Family Tax Cuts. A new Tax Foundation report found Wisconsin taxpayers will save big, thanks to expanded child tax credits, pro-business policies and No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime and a tax cut on Social Security  more

ICYMI: Democrat Political Operative Rebecca Cooke Races to the Left, Campaigning with Socialist
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * ICYMI: Democrat Political Operative Rebecca Cooke Races to the Left, Campaigning with Socialist * A new report is highlighting that Rebecca Cooke who has " deep ties to dark money and George Soros-backed networks " is not only touting the endorsement of far-left radical Bernie Sanders while saying she is " very progressive where it counts " but she is bringing Socialist Bernie to Western W  more

Newark Museum of Art to Return Ancestral Remains to 3 Native American Tribes, Objects Following Completed Inventory
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSFR) -- The Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural connection to three indigenous groups. This action means the remains of at least two individuals and 58 objects will be returned to the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; the Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin. A human jawbone, anonymously given to the museum in 1931, was removed from the site of   more

Rep. Tiffany Calls on DOJ to Secure Reimbursement for the Town of Lac du Flambeau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tiffany Calls on DOJ to Secure Reimbursement for the Town of Lac du Flambeau * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the Department of Justice to ensure the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians reimburses the town of Lac du Flambeau for their "illegal shakedown." On January 31, 2023, the tribal government   more

Steil Leads Full Wisconsin Delegation Requesting FEMA Assistance
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Steil Leads Full Wisconsin Delegation Requesting FEMA Assistance * Janesville, WI - Today, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) led the Wisconsin Congressional delegation in writing to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requesting an expedited Joint Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) to support recovery efforts across Wisconsin following historic flooding. A PDA is the first step in establi  more