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News from September 2023

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Q2 2023 Tax Revenue: Wisconsin collects $3.7 billion in sales and gross receipt tax

By The Sconi | Sep 30, 2023

Wisconsin collected $3.7 billion in tax and gross receipts, a 47.4% increase from the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau

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The Latest Election Scam: Ranked-Choice Voting

By Kweku Boafo | Sep 29, 2023

Have you ever wondered what happened in Alaska during the 2022 midterm election? How is it that a congressional district that had long been held by Republicans since 1971 was suddenly and inexplicably won by a Democrat? How is it that of the last three candidates standing — showcasing two Republican candidates and only one Democrat candidate — neither Republican candidate won that race?

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Attorney General Kaul Announces Best Practice Recommendations for Sexual Assault Response Teams

By The Sconi Report | Sep 25, 2023

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today is announcing that the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services and the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) has released a compilation of best practice recommendations for SARTs.

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Gov. Evers Appoints Jorge Fragoso to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court

By The Sconi Report | Sep 25, 2023

Gov. Evers announced today his appointment of Jorge Fragoso to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court – Branch 23. The appointment will fill the vacancy created by Judge Lindsey Grady’s resignation, effective November 4, 2023. Fragoso will complete a term ending July 31, 2024.

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Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address on Special Session to Address State’s Workforce Challenges and the Impacts of Republican Inaction

By The Sconi Report | Sep 25, 2023

Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address discussing the special session he called on September 20 to urge Republican legislators to address the state’s longstanding workforce challenges by passing his comprehensive plan to increase access to affordable child care and prevent the child care industry’s collapse, expand paid family leave, educate and train future workers, and support high-need workforce sectors statewide.

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Zero Republican Legislators Respond to Legislative Survey on Solutions to Prevent Child Care Crisis, Address Workforce Challenges

By The Sconi Report | Sep 25, 2023

Newly released report shows child care for two young children in Wisconsin costs more than tuition for two students at UW-Madison

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Week ending Aug. 12: 20 deaths among Hispanic people in Wisconsin

By The Sconi | Sep 24, 2023

There were 20 Hispanic people who died in Wisconsin in the week ending Aug. 12, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address on Special Session to Bolster Wisconsin's Healthcare and Education Workforces

By The Sconi Report | Sep 19, 2023

Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address urging Republican lawmakers to take up his special session plan to address Wisconsin’s chronic workforce challenges, including helping strengthen high-need areas of our state’s workforce such as the healthcare and education sectors.

Gov. Evers Releases Statement Regarding Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Resuming Abortion Care for Patients

By The Sconi Report | Sep 19, 2023

Governor: “I will never let up. And we must not let up. Our fight to restore the same reproductive rights and freedoms Wisconsinites had up until the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe must continue.”

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Governor Evers, Attorney General Kaul Join Multistate Coalition in Fight Against Idaho Abortion limits

By The Sconi Report | Sep 18, 2023

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general on Friday backing the Biden administration’s challenge to Idaho’s limits on abortion.

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Governor Evers, Attorney General Kaul Join Multistate Coalition in Fight Against Idaho’s Radical Abortion Ban

By The Sconi Report | Sep 18, 2023

Complaint Alleges Senate Vote to Reject Administrator Wolfe “Has No Legal Effect”

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Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Opens Inquiry Into Coast Guard’s Lack of Transparency on Sexual Assault Investigation

By The Sconi Report | Sep 18, 2023

U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Ranking Member Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have opened an inquiry into the Coast Guard Academy’s mishandling of sexual assault investigations and its failure to disclose the results of its sexual assault investigation to Congress or the public.

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Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours

By The Sconi Report | Sep 18, 2023

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below.

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Sen. Johnson and GOP Colleagues Demand Answers from CIA Director about COVID-19 Origins Investigation

By The Sconi Report | Sep 18, 2023

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Sen. Rand Paul M.D. (R-Ky.) and his GOP colleagues in sending a letter to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J. Burns, requesting information on the recent whistleblower allegations related to the CIA’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19.

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CDC reports 19 deaths among Wisconsin Hispanics in week ending Aug. 5

By The Sconi | Sep 17, 2023

There were 19 Hispanic people who died in Wisconsin in the week ending Aug. 5, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Wisconsin GOP criticizes Democrats for opposing nonpartisan redistricting council the Dems once supported

By The Sconi Report | Sep 14, 2023

Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature are accusing Democrats, who once embraced the notion of an independent redistricting council, of opposing the measure now that they have a majority on the state Supreme Court.

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U.S. Wisconsin gas prices far outpace inflation

By The Sconi Report | Sep 14, 2023

Gas prices have risen by 18 percent nationally and in Wisconsin since the beginning of the year, significantly higher than the 4.6 percent average increase in the overall Consumer Price Index over the same time period. Wisconsin pump prices are nearly six times higher in 2023 than the overall annual inflation rate for August.

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Sens. Johnson and Blumenthal Seek Complete Records of Saudi Arabia’s Role in 9/11 Attacks

By The Sconi Report | Sep 14, 2023

Ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and as part of an ongoing inquiry into Saudi Arabia’s attempts to influence United States, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) asked Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the complete, unredacted records of Saudi Arabia’s role in the attacks and requested a full explanation of any ongoing need for classification of any portions of these records.

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Baldwin, Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Protect School Hunting and Archery Programs

By The Sconi Report | Sep 12, 2023

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) as Congress intended and restore federal funding for educational activities like hunting and archery.

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In Wisconsin, 744 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By The Sconi | Sep 12, 2023

Wisconsin registered 744 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).