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November 12, 2021
Senate Floor Session
School Spending Transparency
Veterans Day
CMS Vaccine Mandate
Antigo High School Tour
Holiday Events
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Senate Floor Session
On Monday, the State Senate convened for a floor session to take up a number of bills. Here are a few we passed:
Senate Bill 570: Relating to: limiting civil liability for firearm, firearm accessory, and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, importers, trade associations, sellers, and dealers. This is already the case on the federal level, but makes sure Wisconsin has this law in place if the federal government changes their mind.
Senate Bill 585: Relating to: reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation and granting rule-making authority. If crime is occurring, this will allow you to know what kind of crime is happening at your child's school - giving parents the necessary information to know their kids are safe.
Senate Bill 588: Relating to: changes to insurance laws, including issuance of funding agreements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. This is typical procedure to make technical changes on behalf of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance based off of federal changes to law.
Senate Bill 607: Relating to: the threshold amount of timber sold from state, county, or community forests above which certain approval and notice requirements apply. I talked about this in last weeks Felzkowski Flyer.
Senate Bill 621: Relating to: legislative redistricting. This happens every 10 years based off of national census data and it is a constitutional requirement that the Legislature pass maps.
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School Spending Transparency
In last weeks Felzkowski Flyer, I talked about my School Spending Transparency bill. Above is a video that explains the bill and why it's beneficial for Wisconsin.
Veterans Day
Yesterday was Veterans Day, a day in which we come together as a nation to honor the heroes in our community that have served our country and sacrificed to protect our way of life.
Thank you Veterans!
CMS Vaccine Mandate
Over the last few days I've heard from many constituents who are deeply concerned about losing their jobs due to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate on all health care workers.
Currently, there is a multi-state lawsuit against this order - filed by the Attorneys General in Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Alaska's Attorney General, Treg Taylor, lays out the reasoning for this lawsuit below:
“The 10th Amendment prohibits federal agencies from taking away powers that are reserved to the states, which know best how to enact the kinds of public health measures to best fit the needs of its citizens,” Attorney General Taylor said. “This rule would punish our rural hospitals and countless health care workers across Alaska by withholding Medicare and Medicaid funding if they don’t comply with a mandate. The courts have already stopped one overreaching federal vaccine mandate in the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals, and we hope this one will be blocked as well.”
While Wisconsin's Attorney General, Josh Kaul, has no desire to join this lawsuit on behalf of our health care heroes, the overall verdict could have major implications nationwide.
Antigo High School Tour
Yesterday, the Art Club from Antigo High School came down and toured the Wisconsin State Capitol.
If you belong to a group or class that would like to take a Capitol tour, please reach out to my office for more information!
Holiday Events
Through the end of the year, we will be adding to this list of holiday events happening in communities across the 12th Senate District. If you have any events you would like to include on our list, please send them to Sen.Felzkowski@legis.wisconsin.gov!
November 13th
Christmas Fest (Sayner)
November Christmas Bazaar (St Germain)
November 19th
Downtown Rhinelander Holiday Open House
November 26th
Christmas Train Village Show (Minocqua)
Christmas Arts and Craft Fair (Boulder Junction)
November 27th
Christmas in Minocqua (Minocqua)
Community Christmas Kickoff (Minocqua, Arbor Vitae, Woodruff)
Lighting up St Germain Holiday Celebration (St Germain)
Small Business Saturday Christmas Craft Show (Rhinelander)
Visit with Santa (Three Lakes)
Christmas Open House (Lakewood)
Christmas in the Village (Crivitz)
December 1st
24th Annual Chili Cook-Off and Christmas Parade (Antigo)
December 2nd
Christmas Open House (Oconto Falls)
December 3rd
Town Christmas Celebration & Tree Lighting (Manitowish Waters)
Christmas on Main Street (Crandon)
December 4th
3rd Annual Mani*wish Christmas Event (Manitowish Waters)
Christmas Kick-Off (Eagle River)
Rhinelander Parade of Lights (Rhinelander)
Annual Christmas Parade (Merrill)
Riverview Annual Tree Lighting Celebration (Riverview)
Townsend Tree Lighting (Townsend)
11th Annual Christmas in Florence (Florence)
Christmas in the Park (Gillett)
December 5th
American Legion Xmas Party (Three Lakes)
December 11th
Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Arbor Vitae)
Breakfast with Santa (Merrill)
Lions Club Kids Christmas Party (Three Lakes)
Christmas Parade (Crivitz)
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