Dear Friends,
As children are heading back to school this week, we are already getting great reports on the schools many of them will be attending.
Congratulations to the students and teachers of the school districts of Fox Point J2, Whitefish Bay, Hamilton, Mequon-Thiensville, Friess Lake, Grafton, Menomonee Falls, Richfield J1, Maple Dale-Indian Hill, Nicolet High, and Germantown. They were all ranked as "Exceeding Expectations" in
the latest district report cards.
The report cards take into account student achievement (test scores), student growth (improvement year-to-year on tests), closing performance gaps, and college readiness. We are blessed to have so many great schools in our area.
As always, if you have any concerns or ideas on how to improve our great state, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone at 608-266-5830 or by email at
Sen.Darling@legis.wi.gov
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On, Wisconsin!
Alberta
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Wisconsin Receives Record Transportation Funding
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Last week, I joined Governor Walker to mark the official end to the Zoo Interchange project on time. This week, we learned the federal government is sending us a record $91 million in redistributed road funding.
This is great news for our state. It is significantly higher than expected and around $30 million more than we received last year.
The Trump Administration clearly recognizes our growing economy and the infrastructure needs that come with it. I look forward to working with Governor Walker on the best way to utilize this funding.
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Thanks to a $400 million surplus, we were able to return a significant portion of it back to taxpayers in the form of a Child Tax Rebate and August Sales Tax Holiday.
I'm happy to report that More than a half million Wisconsin families received $95 million thanks to the Child Tax Rebate.
Raising a family can be hard. I'm glad we were able to give so many families a little help.
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Wisconsin Takes Care of Our Vets
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I'm proud to say Wisconsin takes care of our veterans. Click on the video above to hear directly from veterans why our state is one of the best for Vets!
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- Wisconsin's unemployment rate remained below 3% for six consecutive months.
- Wisconsin added 21,300 manufacturing jobs from July 2017 to July 2018. That ranks us second in the nation, just behind Texas which added 21,400 in the same time period.
- Business Insider ranked Wisconsin's economy as the 10th best in the nation.
- Fifty of Wisconsin's 72 counties met or broke their all-time low unemployment rates in May.
- CNBC ranks Wisconsin as the 17th best state in the nation for business.
- All 12 of the state's metro areas and all our 32 largest cities have seen a year-over-year drop in unemployment.
- The number of people employed in Wisconsin is at an all-time high of 3,090,200, and the unemployment rate is at all-time low at 2.8% for May.
- Construction wages in Wisconsin are up 7.5% from 2016-2017.
- Wisconsin ranks 7th in manufacturing job creation from 2016-17, and wages are up 15% since 2010.
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The fifth annual Taste of Mequon is this Saturday, September 8, 2018 from noon - 9:00 pm at Mequon City Hall. Click on the picture above for more information.
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The Henrizi-Schneider American Legion Post 382 in Menomonee Falls, WI will be hosting its inaugural motorcycle benefit ride, Angels of the Road Ride for Veterans on Sunday, September 9th, 2018. Proceeds from this ride will benefit the Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative. For more information, click on the picture above.
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