MADISON, Wisconsin, March 15 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Tonight, Judge Brian Hagedorn and his opponent for State Supreme Court, Lisa Neubauer, will meet in their first formal debate. While Judge Hagedorn has made clear he'll stand up for the rule of law by protecting the Constitution and applying the law as it is written, Judge Lisa Neubauer has made clear only one thing - that she is willing to say one thing and do another, endangering Wisconsin's reforms alon  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 13 -- Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: Today, a coalition of conservative groups called on the Texas legislature to support measures that would significantly limit or eliminate the ability of local governments to use taxpayer dollars to pay for lobbyists. In the last session, local Texas governments spent some $41 million of taxpayer money on contract lobbyists. A poll taken last December by WPA Intelligence showed that 91 percent of Texans   more

DALLAS, Texas, March 13 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey: * * * - Cities, counties, and ISDs throughout Texas have gone unwatched in their frivolous spending of taxpayer dollars. Republican Party of Texas is taking a closer look at where hard working taxpayer dollars are being spent. In Dallas County millions in taxpayer dollars were wasted on a multitude of failed programs or failed efforts. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dicke  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 14 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Stephen Stepanek regarding multiple proposals before the New Hampshire House and Senate: "HB 291, establishing a committee to study certain findings and other initiatives regarding end-of-life care. "Democrats want to study physician-assisted suicide while Republicans want to study palliative care issues in the Granite State. We should not be studying a process which diminishes the  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 15 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: In yet another display of his bumbling leadership, Governor Tony Evers claimed yesterday that his state budget proposal is "pretty close" to not raising taxes, even though it would increase taxes by $1.3 billion. This comes after Evers vetoed a bill to reduce taxes for Wisconsin's middle-class families, gave his key appointees double-digit salary increases, and repeatedly reversed course on raising taxes.   more

LA JOYA, Texas, March 13 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey: * * * - La Joya ISD, located just outside of McAllen, Texas, has chosen to prioritize building a $20 million waterpark rather than delivering quality education for its students. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey commented: * * * "La Joya ISD built a $20 million water park with taxpayer dollars and it is truly illogical that a school district would choose to build a  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, issued the following news release: House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss the disarray in the Democrat House majority, impeachment, and developments in the Russia investigation. Excerpts of Leader McCarthy's interview can be found below, or you can watch the full video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh9gSgO6oco). Inside the President's Budget and the Democrats' Disa  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Log Cabin Republicans issued the following news release: President Trump's A Budget for a Better America shows just how strong a stand the Trump Administration is willing to take to eliminate HIV/AIDS in the United States. The FY2020 budget provides the Department of Health and Human Services with $291 million to aggressively reduce the number of new HIV infections through targeted campaigns and expanded referral, testing, care and treatment. The President's budget   more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 13 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey: Cities, counties, and ISDs around the state of Texas have been spending millions of taxpayer dollars senselessly and betraying taxpayer trust. Republican Party of Texas is raising awareness that this extravagance on the taxpayer dime has gone unchecked. McKinney ISD spent over $70 million taxpayer dollars to build a high school stadium, which immediately had foundation issues. Repub  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 13 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Today, Republicans in the House Energy Committee voted unanimously to approve a resolution introduced by State Representative Matt Hall, that opposes the Democrat, 'Green New Deal'. The federal resolution has come under increasing criticism due to the fact it would add an estimated $93 trillion in federal spending over 10 years, and would add new Federal regulations that would be devastating to both Michigan  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 11 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Milwaukee's long history with socialism made the city an obvious choice to host the 2020 DNC convention, according to Mark Jefferson, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. "No city in America has stronger ties to socialism than Milwaukee," Jefferson said. "And with the rise of Bernie Sanders and the embrace of socialism by its newest leaders, the American left has come full circle. It'  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 15 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement: * * * The following is a statement from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox regarding Attorney General Dana Nessel's decision to withdraw Michigan from a Multi-State lawsuit filed against over-burdensome EPA regulations. The regulations were opposed by Nessel's Republican predecessor due to the adverse effects they will have on Michigan farmers. "Attorney General Dana Nessel's decision to wi  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 14 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: When President Donald Trump makes a promise, he keeps it -- and his pledge to restore jobs and vitality in Michigan has been no exception. Just two weeks ago, Chrysler announced $4.5 billion in new investment in our state, an investment that brings with it a new assembly plant in Detroit and the creation of 6,500 new jobs. It's results like these that have led to the president's popularity within our state  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 13 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following op-ed by Chairman James Dickey: * * * - Today, Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey submitted an op-ed to media outlets around the state on the subject of property taxes in the state of Texas. * * * The op-ed is titled Property Taxes - The Texas-Sized Problem and reads: "For the last two decades, employers and entrepreneurs have fled California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and other high-tax states   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 13 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey: Today was Election Day in the Texas House District 125 Special Election. Republican candidate Fred Rangel fought hard in his ultimately unsuccessful race for the seat. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey commented: "Congratulations to Fred Rangel on his run for the Texas House. His campaign was built on grassroots energy and focused on accountability of those who s  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 12 -- The Virginia Republican Party issued the following news: Democrats have begun to walk back their calls for Ralph Northam's resignation. Notably, potential presidential candidate Terry McAuliffe and Senator Mark Warner have given Northam a chance to come back from his embarrassing blackface scandal. If Ralph Northam or Mark Herring are to regain the faith of the people of Virginia as Warner and McAuliffe say they should have a right to, then they should help them  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The office of Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with seven of their Senate Democratic colleagues, introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act, or EACH Woman Act. The bill would repeal the Hyde Amendment, lifting the current ban that prohibits federal health plans and programs such as Medicaid, TRICARE, and the VA from providing coverage fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the Trump Administration released the president's 2020 budget proposal, and it includes deep cuts to virtually every program in government that protects Americans from environmental threats, including an outrageous 31% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency and massive cuts to other critical agencies, including 14% to the Department of Interior. The Trump budget would cut $410 million from programs that prote  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 14 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following news: Congressman Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke officially threw his hat into the ring for the Democrat nomination for President today. O'Rourke is coming off of a short hiatus following a failed run for the Texas Senate. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey commented: "It's no surprise that Beto O'Rourke has entered the race for President - he'll be joining several fellow Socialists with a message that r  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: Congressional candidates running in 2017 and 2018 collected $2.8 billion and disbursed $2.7 billion, political parties received $1.6 billion and spent $1.5 billion, and political action committees (PACs) raised $4.7 billion and spent $4.6 billion during the 2017-2018 cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover financial activity from January 1, 2017 t  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 12 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Since announcing her campaign, Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer has been attempted to mislead voters at every turn. Neubauer's entire campaign message has been focused on one main theme: that she will be fair, impartial, and independent. In fact, Neubauer is nearly incapable of answering a question without slipping in this this claim of being "fair, impartial, and independent." Unfortunately for Neuba  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, despite the House and Senate passage of a resolution to overturn Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, the President vetoed the bill. The move comes one day after the Senate passed the resolution and after several lawsuits, including the Sierra Club's, challenged the constitutionality of the declaration. Several members of the Republican party in the House and Senate made clear their disagreement with Tr  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 11 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Donald Trump is once again attacking Ohio communities, families and workers with the budget plan his administration released today. "With this budget proposal, Donald Trump is showing us what his priorities are -- and his main priority is protecting his massive tax giveaway for the wealthy and corporations like General Motors, which is laying off 14,000 workers despite getting a huge windfall from the GOP tax scam  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 15 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Laura Cox regarding President Trump's upcoming rally in Grand Rapids: The following is a statement from Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox regarding President Trump's upcoming rally in Grand Rapids. The rally will be held at Van Andel Arena on March 28th at 7 pm. Tickets can be acquired by clicking here (https://www.donaldjtrump.com/rallies/mar-grandrap-mi-2019?utm_medium=web&utm_so  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 11 -- The Virginia Republican Party issued the following news: Over the past year, the Democratic Party of Virginia has begun to embrace the anti-Semitic attitudes of some of their candidates. Not counting national figures, the DPVA wholeheartedly supported Leslie Cockburn (Dem Congressional candidate) and Ibraheem Samirah (Dem Delegate), even AFTER it was revealed that they both were virulent anti-Semites. Leslie Cockburn - Cockburn has a long history of anti-Semitic  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: * * * - Barrasso Says Filling Judicial Vacancies Remains Top Senate Priority * * * With more than 125 seats currently sitting vacant on the federal courts, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) appeared yesterday morning before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society to discuss the effort to fill those vacancies, and the possibility that Senate rules may have to be changed to overcome Democratic obstruction and achieve th  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: With Democrats trying to craft an agenda as the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives, The Ripon Society hosted a breakfast discussion this past Friday morning with two members of the Republican Whip Team, who discussed how they plan to shape the agenda in the GOP's newfound role as the House minority. Those leaders were U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson (GA-3) and U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell (MI-10). Ferguson serves   more

LANSING, Michigan, March 14 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Governor Gretchen Whitmer has halted the construction of a new $115 Million psychiatric facility in Caro. That facility would have replaced the current hospital which has been operating since 1914, and is the second largest employer in Tuscola county with 300 employees. The hospital, which is just one of five state psychiatric hospitals, serves over 150 patients and their families. The replacement plan had   more