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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Saturday August 10, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Baldwin Calls for Surface Transportation Board to Review and Remove Commodity Exemptions to Help More Wisconsin Rail Shippers Address High Costs, Unreliable Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to review existing exemptions of certain commodities like paper and forest products, manufactured goods, and food products and act to ensure companies that ship these goods have an avenue to address harmful service and pricing issues. These outdated exemptions prohibit rail shippers from seeking recourse at the STB. Revoking the  more

Senator Baldwin Delivers Over $8 Million to Grow Wisconsin's Clean Energy Workforce
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WISCONSIN Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Southwest Wisconsin Technical College have been awarded $8.7 million to bolster the development of clean energy workforce training programs in Wisconsin. The funding comes through the Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "Our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is putting Wisconsin to work updating o  more