Too many rural healthcare facilities are staffed by medical professionals who are nearing the end of their careers. Much like the shortage in healthcare professionals and mental and substance abuse professions, there is a shortage of lawyers in rural Wisconsin. if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; .leg-hnt-container { Historically, lower density population areas have made it economically undesirable for private providers to invest in the cost of installation of broadband infrastructure in less densely populated areas. Companies that do things like bringing back manufacturing from overseas, locating their operations in rural communities, investing in the health and wellbeing of the community they are located in, and have a unionized workforce those are examples of ways they can earn a tax break. Our students are Wisconsins future, and if we dont invest in them, then they wont be able to invest in Wisconsin, which is one of the many reasons why I will fight for equitable broadband access across our state. .votebox-results-metadata-p { When employers pay a living wage, it reduces the need for those vital services. The pandemic has shown us first-hand what a lack of access to reliable broadband means for schools, healthcare facilities, and small businesses. clear: both; These century-old laws must be adjusted to account for todays workforce and our current economic reality. This will take work from the Wisconsin congressional delegation, working with state and local officials. That's an amazing nine-year return, and a hedge fund owner home run. Fortunately, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill contains new funding for rural water projects at historic levels. overflow-y: hidden; flex-wrap: wrap; We need Congress to invest in attracting more proven drug treatment programs and personnel into rural communities. We can do this through empowering unions and giving power back to the workers. ", "Bice: 33-year-old Bucks exec Alex Lasry got COVID-19 vaccine, says he was 'lucky' to jump line", "Mandela Barnes gets open path to take on Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson", "U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry's ritzy roots include elite schools, Michael Jackson home, $50 million-plus trust", "Cathy and Marc Lasry, parents | Penn Arts & Sciences Endowed Professors", "Wall Street roots. We need to increase funding for counseling, mental health, addiction, and homelessness services so police only need to focus on imminent threats to the public. Im not a career politician. padding-bottom: 0px; Senator Baldwin is taking that work one step further through her Made in America Act to strengthen Buy America requirements for the federal government in order to support American businesses, manufacturers, and workers. Alex Lasry ( Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Wisconsin. .infobox { This is a clear and present danger and Congress must act immediately. I worked with both Democrats and Republicans on the successful bid showing that it is possible to work across the aisle to get things done for the people of Wisconsin. Lasry, a New York City native, is . Prior to 2017, contract workers, like many in the skilled trades who must travel to do their jobs, were allowed to deduct their gas mileage, work clothes, lodging, and dining from their taxes. text-align: center; a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } margin-bottom: 1px; Classify most gig workers as employees for union rights purposes. Its a vicious cycle that we must break. I strongly oppose all efforts to undermine the Antiquities Act and, in the Senate, will ensure it stays in place. We still have a lot of work to do to make this a reality, and in the Senate, I will fight to make that happen. .expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;} He and his wife Lauren live in Milwaukee. font-weight: bold; $('#candidate-connection-twitter-97840').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); letter-spacing: 0.03em; Since the passage of the United States Constitution, the residents of Washington, D.C. have been denied their full citizenship rights that all residents of other states enjoy, including voting representation in Congress. Companies regularly violate federal labor law during union campaigns because the penalty for doing so is too low. In the twenty years between 1989-2009, Wisconsin saw its labor force grow by 20%. [3] He is the son of Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry . According to Reuters, 2 million fewer women aged 20 and older are currently working in America, compared to February of 2020. In the last almost two years during COVID, we have seen first-hand what a lack of access to affordable broadband really means for schools, healthcare facilities and small businesses as we transitioned to a completely online world. Re-shoring Manufacturing and Improving Supply Chains. .hideResponses { display: none;} Lasry was born and raised in New York and moved to Wisconsin in 2014. Bucks executive Alex Lasry, the 33-year-old son of team owner Marc Lasry and a hedge fund manager, said he "just got lucky" to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot that he said would have otherwise gone to . One year ago, our country witnessed something that has never been seen in the United States , a sitting President and his followers attempted to disrupt and stop the peaceful transfer of power. Its time to vote out those who are standing in the way of protecting voting rights and who are trying to manipulate voting laws in their favor. I will continue to press for additional funding for infrastructure. $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); border: 1px solid #aaa; [19][16] Lasry also continues to own shares in Amazon, which he has refused to sell, despite criticizing the company. .leg-hnt-leadership-title { In the coming years, Congress will need to pass a follow up bill to ensure our critical infrastructure needs are continuing to be addressed. According to Human Rights Watch, the Pro Act bans agreements that would prevent employees from pursuing class action lawsuits and collective claims against their employers for employment-related matters, such as wage theft, workers compensation, harassment, and discrimination. Republicans are actively blocking this crucial legislation. The only way we can follow through on our promises is by passing legislation through Congress, and then letting voters register their approval or disapproval at the ballot box. Alex Lasry, a 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire, received the coronavirus vaccine this week at a senior living center in Milwaukee, despite not being part of a group currently eligible for the shots in Wisconsin. Alex Lasry is senior vice president for the Milwaukee Bucks, where he directs the team's digital marketing efforts and leads the company's development initiatives. When people have good benefits, a good paying job, and job security, Wisconsin will be a hub of economic activity and people. width: 100%; [22], Lasry was accused of cutting in line because he received his COVID vaccine at the time when only seniors were eligible for shots in Wisconsin. Wisconsin needs a partner for Tammy Baldwin to fight every day to ensure these issues have the funding and attention they need to help rural communities prosper and succeed. I believe this is a good transitional step to help bring down current gas prices, stretching gas supplies and increasing demand for biofuels. For reasons that extend well beyond workforce needs, we need comprehensive immigration reform. I live in Milwaukee with my wife Lauren, Chief of Staff for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Its time to enact a Workers Bill of Rights. The federal government should set the wage floor and then ensure that states allow local governments the freedom to innovate according to local conditions. I believe that in order to make real, lasting change we need to protect and preserve our public lands, because ownership of public lands is an incredible birthright of every American citizen. I support adding a robust public option to the Affordable Care Act because I believe that this is the fastest way to get everyone covered. background-color: #db0000; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; We need to attract new workers to move into our rural communities. .race_header.green { width: 250px; .results_row td { As a country, we produce more now than we did during that time, but we do it in very different ways. background-color: white; padding-left: 16px; The war on labor unions and the resulting large-scale reduction in union membership has hurt our country and our economy. They are passing laws in states across the country to decide who gets to vote and who doesnt. padding-left: 0; If they choose to not do any of these things, then they will not be eligible for tax breaks. We need college loan forgiveness programs that eliminate student loan debt in order to attract people to move back to our rural communities to do critical jobs for the community. We need businesses to help sponsor young people, get involved in the classroom, and offer scholarships for college that are conditioned on coming back. .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, Lasry, a Democrat, is a . font-weight: bold; One of the best ways we can help strengthen our rural communities is to make sure our kids can stay, or come back to the community they are born and raised in. Its time to pass federal legislation that will ban partisan gerrymandering and establish a federal non-partisan standard for drawing fair maps that will be representative of the diversity in each district. font-size: 1.2em; Progressive values and economic justice should go hand and hand. float: right; We need to rebuild infrastructure across our state. Equity must be at the center of reshaping of this new economy so that America can truly be a land of equal opportunity, not a country where the zip code youre born into can define your health outcomes. .results_table_container { Fortunately, Gov. He has previously worked for Goldman Sachs and in the. We need federal housing incentives that do a better job of incentivizing new rural affordable housing. .results_row.winner { flex: 0 0 150px; This is especially timely legislation that must pass given the recent passage of the bipartisan infrastructure deal that will be injecting 1 trillion dollars into new infrastructure projects around the country. } } font-weight: 500; .leg-hnt-border-top { } Access to clean, safe drinking water is increasingly under threat in Wisconsin. } The Bucks pay all our employees at the Bucks Arena family-sustaining wages because we know that paying our employees fairly is not only the right thing to do, but also translates to higher productivity. .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { But workers still cant deduct them. Progressive values are good business. .widget-img { We need to market our rural areas as more affordable, especially as home prices in cities continue to skyrocket. margin-bottom:0px; margin: 0; What Now? Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Lasrys campaign website stated the following: I am running for US Senate because for over a decade Wisconsinites have had only one US Senator fighting for them in Washington. Insurrectionists did not like the outcome of the election and they tried to discard the voice of the People. 0:24. That represents tens of millions of research dollars that are not coming into the state and instead are going somewhere else. Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry withdrew from the Democratic Senate primary Wednesday afternoon and endorsed Lt. Gov. We are seeing both the federal and state governments invest to ensure that all Wisconsinites have access to affordable high-speed internet, but more needs to be done. .race_header.libertarian { I was proud to march shoulder to shoulder in the streets of Milwaukee after Jacob Blake was shot and proud to back up the Bucks players who protested on the court bringing needed national attention to this issue. font-weight: bold; .widget-row.Republican { Whether it is inadequate access to affordable healthcare, unsafe drinking water, a lack of access to high-speed broadband, crumbling infrastructure, educational challenges, or vanishing economic opportunity, our communities need help. display: table; }

. Voters are looking for their elected officials to do the things that they said they were going to do. [3] Alex graduated from Trevor Day School and then . } overflow-x: auto; Level the playing field for union organizing. The road to a Democratic Senate runs through Wisconsin, and every single vote will matter. I am one of the few leading candidates in this race to have never taken corporate PAC money. } Congress must also pass the PRO Act to protect unions, empower workers, and hold big businesses accountable. } The 34-year-old basketball executive could easily have been mistaken for a young professor at the nearby public university or perhaps a government employee in the Capitol building across the street. p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;} [20], While running for US Senate, Alex received an extension in May 2022 to not disclose his financial assets until after the Wisconsin Democratic Senate Primary in August 2022. . Residents of the District of Columbia overwhelmingly favor statehood, it is constitutional, and would finally right an historic wrong. $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { } } Tony Evers vetoed those bills, but other states arent as lucky. } } Especially in rural areas, we have seen population loss, a shrinking labor pool, and limited access to career training and opportunity. display: flex; ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } We need to safeguard unions and protect workers for generations to come. $('#candidate-connection-email-97840').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-email'); }); We cannot allow people like Ron Johnson to be at the table when critical issues that impact the daily lives of so many are at stake. Im on leave as the Senior Vice President of the Milwaukee Bucks. We need to think differently about our tax policy. } font-size: 12px; No plan that seeks to strengthen rural communities will ever address every issue. These efforts are a role model for states across the country in driving down costs and increasing opportunities for students. Not long ago, former Wisconsin Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner was a champion for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } The Wisconsin State Legislature has done everything they can to disinvest from the University system over the last dozen years. } } It also has a direct effect on the innovations, patents, and new startups that result from that research. We need to create legal pathways for farms to get the workers they need. According to an August 2021 Pew Research Center report, 16 percent of American adults have earned money through an online gig platform, and one third of workers say its their primary job. We saw in 2016, and more recently, how nefarious foreign attempts to undermine confidence in our elections can have disastrous consequences. [7] He worked in the White House during Obama Administration from 2009 to 2012. We also need to reinvest in our police training too. margin-right: 12px; .votebox_bp_logo { Solve child care crisis by paying child care workers, home health care workers, and long term care workers a fair wage. Along with increasing funding for our public safety programs, we must also increase accountability. var nTimer = setInterval(function() { According to his latest financial declaration, Alex Lasry, who is the team's senior vice-president, owns an interest worth more than $50mn. We have since seen other candidates take that pledge, but it rings hollow when candidates that have taken corporate PAC money in the past now claim to reject it. Source. The United States is the only advanced country that does not currently guarantee paid leave. [4] He graduated from Trevor Day School, where his mother served as a board member. margin-top: 0px; position: relative; } line-height: 1.5em; The funds that exist arent enough to make a real impact on the size of the need or opportunity. .widget-row { margin-top: 5px; Unions protect our workers, and make workplaces safer, stronger, and better. } Happy birthday today to James Blake, tennis legend and MLP founding co-owner of the Milwaukee Mashers, who embodies the heart and soul of Major League Pickleball and our vision for the sport. } Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry explains the reasons he wants to be a U.S. senator, what his legislative priorities would be if elected and why he is running in the Democratic primary on Aug. 9, 2022. . Thats why its critical that we get rid of the filibuster. Nineteen states have now enacted 34 new laws that put in place new obstacles to make it harder to vote. Wisconsin has a proud history of having a geographically diversified manufacturing base. The VRAA will strengthen protections against racially discriminatory voter suppression and redistricting abuses. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? People of color are disproportionately marginalized by the systemic racism ingrained in our society. We need to substantially update and modernize our environmental protection laws to meet the challenges of today and enforce stronger consequences that actually dissuade people and corporations from violating these tougher standards. display: inline-block; Congress can help by raising the rural health reimbursement rates for Medicaid and Medicare and establishing more stringent minimum standards to make sure they can afford to provide the services that are needed in our communities. We have shown that progressive values are good for business and the economy. } School districts | display: block; Our agriculture industry, especially our dairy industry, is one of the heaviest utilizers of immigrant labor in the state. We need to ensure that the communities that need help now are positioned to compete for and win funding to address this critical need. I am passionate about the creation of good union jobs, raising wages for working people, making sure Wisconsinites have access to quality affordable healthcare, improving infrastructure across the state, and protecting our democracy and environment. margin: 0 5px; float: right; display: block; Workers well-being should not be dependent on who holds power. .non_result_row div { Strengthening Election Security and Ending Foreign Interference. Many of these same expenses were continued for business owners and in fact, in the 2021 COVID relief bill, business meal deductions were expanded to allow for them to be 100 percent deductible as a way to help restaurants recover from the pandemic. Even as they are covered by Medicare, Wisconsin seniors are getting nickeled and dimed by rising out of pocket costs. I strongly support keeping public lands in public hands. We are facing a dramatic labor shortage in our skilled trades because of an impending retirement wave. State legislature | The drinking water infrastructure in rural communities is rapidly aging and creating a threat to public health. top: -5px; top: 0px; Lasry's departure leaves Lt. Gov. I believe that in order to make real, lasting change we need to protect and preserve all our public lands, because ownership of public lands is an incredible birthright of every American citizen. Governor Evers has promised to veto any bill that results in new barriers to voting, but having Governor Evers as our lifeline for democracy should not have to happen. No employer fighting a union should be able to force their employees to sit through meetings specifically designed to thwart the union drive, interrogate workers about the organizing campaign, and disseminate union-busting materials. background-color: #f9d334; Thats roughly twice the deficit for men in the same age bracket. Lyft, DoorDash, and Grubhub force gig workers to either accept changes to their contracts that allow those corporations to take more money away from gig workers, or the workers are blocked from getting additional gigs through the app. color: #888; vertical-align: top; But in order to make this possible, we also need to ensure that every community has access to affordable, reliable high-speed broadband. 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