http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/jeff-smith-s5.jpgState Senator's experience at Summit meeting of legislators from other states and around the world gives opportunity to talk, including on redistricting reform.

AB 297 updates Wisconsin’s Electronic Waste Recycling law of 2009, to modify technology definitions, expand the program to eligible schools, and reduce fees.

MADISON - Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support AB 297, which is before the Assembly Committee on Environment on Thursday.

Every year, thousands of tons of old televisions and video screens from computers are thrown into Wisconsin’s landfills. This electronic waste can leak toxic substances like mercury, cadmium, and chromium that can cause developmental problems in children or lead to cancer. AB 297 updates Wisconsin’s Electronic Waste Recycling law that was passed in 2009, to modify technology definitions, expand the program to eligible schools, and reduce fees. AB 297 will continue to keep toxic electronics out of our landfills by requiring that producers of electronic waste collect and properly dispose of video display devices once they are no longer wanted by consumers.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/clean-drinking-water-s5.jpgState Senator Patty Schachtner examines clean drinking water and it's effect upon healthy communities, our economy, and our Wisconsin way of life.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/jerrold-nadler-judiciary-s5.jpgApplies "formal" label to the process this week for the first time.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/journey-mhc-s5.jpgNational Labor Relations Board says Journey Mental Health Center Inc. of Madison interfered with, restrained and coerced employees.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/baby-lead-paint-s5.jpgLocal Lawmaker proposes a personal and corporate income tax credit for costs paid to eliminate a lead hazard in a residence.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democrats are giving a cold shoulder to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax, one of the centerpieces of her presidential campaign.

The Massachusetts Democrat’s proposal is meant to address rising inequality in the United States. It would impose a 2 percent tax on the wealth of people with more than $50 million in assets, while those with assets over $1 billion would face a 3 percent tax.

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Citizen Action supports legislation to accept additional federal money to expand BadgerCare.

Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 0892, currently circulating for co-sponsorship, that would create a tax credit of up to $1500 to permanently eliminate a lead hazard in a dwelling.

MADISON - Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 0892, which is currently circulating for co-sponsorship.

Lead poisoning, especially in young children, can lead to profound and permanent health problems, including damage to brain development. Young children in childcare centers – and even in their own homes – can be exposed to lead-contaminated water without their parents’ knowledge. LRB 0892 would help to incentivize removing lead hazards in homes by creating a non-refundable income tax credit of up to $1500 to permanently eliminate a lead hazard in a dwelling.

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http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/family-worried-bills-s5.jpgAn economy should work for all people, not just our country’s corporations. A successful economy is more than the unemployment rate. We need to understand the hidden factors in our economy that affect the way people work and raise a family.