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• Short window makes first year of statewide school choice expansion a challenge
  MILWAUKEE -- Implementing statewide voucher expansion will be challenging due to a short window to admit schools and students into the program for the coming school year, panelists at a school choice forum said today. School Choice Wisconsin President Jim Bender told the WisPolitics.com-University ... <more>
  
  
• Tate touts grassroots ties, party's future prospects as he makes re-election bid
  Mike Tate only sees success in the future of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and says that his "passion and enthusiasm" for the job of Dem party chair is the prime reason why he should be re-elected to the post at the Dem convention this weekend. "The last four years, we've had some great success... <more>
  
  
• Amid partisan tensions on IRS, Obamacare, Ryan hopeful bipartisanship prevails on immigration, tax reform
  Former GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says he believes the 2012 elections were "status quo" elections, returning the incumbent president, a Dem Senate and a Republican House to power. But the House Budget Committee chair also told a WisPolitics.com luncheon last week that doesn't mean Am... <more>
  
  
• Profile: Hard work propels Berens from Doyle to Pelosi to DGA
  
  
• Tate challenger says Dem grassroots yearning for attention
  Joe Kallas has heard the criticism before: how can a man who ran a losing congressional campaign on a $7,000 budget run the Democratic Party of Wisconsin? His counter is simple: He still got 136,000 votes against an entrenched GOP incumbent with virtually no financial or institutional support. “No... <more>
  
  
• 'Future of Wisconsin Transportation Funding' event featuring Congressman Petri, expert panel
  
  
• Fitzgerald: No surprise to see Walker, Ryan mentioned as 2016 presidential contenders
  Speaking a few days before the start of this weekend's state GOP convention, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he isn't surprised two the state's highest profile Republicans, Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, are being talked about as possible presidential contenders in 2016. D... <more>
  
  
• Shilling says Dems will focus on 'ABCs' during JFC work
  Sen. Jennifer Shilling says Dems have the “ABCs of the JFC.” Affordable health care. Better schools. Creating jobs. As the Legislature’s budget committee dives into the meat of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget, Shilling and her fellow Dem members are fine-tuning the message on their priorities. That i... <more>
  
  
• Jacque says he plans on bringing back personhood amendment
  Andre Jacque makes clear the abortion issue isn’t his only legislative focus. This session alone, he's put his name to legislation on tort reform, domestic abuse and setbacks for wind farms. He admits that for a younger member of the Assembly, he’s been fairly active. But the sophomore representat... <more>
  
  
• Common Cause president says 'Citizens United' decision, ALEC harming democracy
  The national president of government reform group Common Cause says the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2010 decision on campaign finance regulations is "soiling democracy in a very negative way" -- particularly in Wisconsin. Bob Edgar, in the state for a conference on the impacts of the Citizens Uni... <more>
  
  
• Larson optimistic about Dem electoral prospects
  Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson says he's optimistic about Dems’ future electoral success, but notes it's still early in the process. The Milwaukee Democrat acknowledged some Dems are “kicking the tires” on a possible guv bid against Scott Walker in 2014. He declined to say if he was among tho... <more>
  
  
• JFC co-chairs: It’s our budget, too
  The co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee say legislators are determined to leave their mark on the 2013-2015 state budget. "That's what our job is. We’re not just going to automatically bless a budget," Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, said at a WisPolitics luncheon last week as JFC prepare... <more>
  
  
• Riemann uses PR skills, 'lunch-pail work ethic' to boost state interests in D.C.
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Saving whooping cranes, “connecting the capitals” and fixing a dilapidated bridge spanning two states is all in a day’s work for Sheboygan native Wendy Riemann. Well, not quite a day, but in nearly two years on the job, the 33-year-old has already racked up these accomplishments ... <more>
  
  
• Evers focused on boosting funding for public schools
  Superintendent Tony Evers makes it clear: his main concern with K-12 education in Wisconsin is the level of funding. After a large cut to K-12 funding in the 2011-13 budget, Evers proposed increasing the revenue limits by $200 per pupil for Wisconsin schools. He said he felt the proposal was “polit... <more>
  
  
• Pridemore looks for education to get 'back to basics'
  Don Pridemore’s skepticism of modern education techniques is what fuels his approach to public education in the state of Wisconsin. He says problems such as “revisionist history” and “fuzzy math” are examples of the way the education system has lost its way in teaching the state’s students. “Look ... <more>
  
  
• Pollster Ulm says firms changing techniques after 2012
  After being caught off guard by some of the results in the presidential election, Republicans have been taking a second look at how they conduct their polls. The conclusion, according to GOP pollster Gene Ulm, is that polling has to include more cell phone users, reach more minority voters -- parti... <more>
  
  
• Duffy, Pocan weigh in on federal budget turmoil
  Two members of the Wisconsin House delegation portrayed a dysfunctional congressional budget process as a big part of the reason for federal programs -- good and bad -- facing $85 billion in across-the-board cuts. U.S. Reps. Sean Duffy and Mark Pocan appeared at a WisPolitics.com luncheon last week... <more>
  
  
• Kind blames House GOP for sequestration
  U.S. Rep. Ron Kind slammed House Republicans Friday for their role in federal sequestration, saying they are abdicating lawmakers' responsibility for making tough decisions with a move to give the White House more flexibility on spending cuts. "I think it's the biggest political cop-out there is, a... <more>
  
  
• Similar on substance, Rhoades may break from Smith's style
  Kitty Rhoades doesn’t see herself as having a philosophy all that different from former Health Secretary Dennis Smith. Rhoades intends to follow most of the same policies as Smith, who left his position at the end of February to take a job at a D.C. law firm. They follow a similar philosophy when i... <more>
  
  
• Target of income tax cuts up for debate
  Two members of the Joint Finance Committee debated last week whether Gov. Scott Walker’s $343 million income tax cut plan really helps the middle class as advertised. Reps. Pat Strachota, R-West Bend, and Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, also clashed on school choice and Medicaid at a WisPolitics.com lun... <more>
  
  

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