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Jennifer Shilling
stated on August 14, 2017 in a press release:

"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."

By Tom Kertscher • August 16, 2017
Jennifer Shilling
stated on May 11, 2016 in a teleconference:

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."

By Tom Kertscher • May 20, 2016
Jennifer Shilling
stated on October 1, 2015 in a tweet:

"71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."

By Sarah Hauer • November 18, 2015
Jennifer Shilling
stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet:

A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening."

By James B. Nelson • September 25, 2015
Jennifer Shilling
stated on June 30, 2011 in a statement on her legislative website:

The 2011-13 state budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion"

By Dave Umhoefer • July 25, 2011
Jennifer Shilling
stated on February 27, 2011 in a news release:

Says many local governments in Wisconsin already require employees to pay 20 percent, 30 percent or even 40 percent of their health insurance premiums.

By Dave Umhoefer • March 3, 2011