State political reaction to President Trump’s new immigration restrictions is generally falling along party lines. Republicans generally supported Trump’s executive order…
Kevin Dwyer, CEO of HealthConnect.Link, has made it his mission to connect low-income and uninsured people to affordable health and social services.
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Leah Vukmir, R-Brookfield, said she would be seeking an audit of the Department of Corrections as part of a package of crime “victim-prevention” bills she is co-authoring with Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-New Berlin, and Sen. Van
Union membership in Wisconsin last year dropped by 4,000 from 2015, according to a report released today by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2016, 8.1 percent of public and private workers were members of unions, down slightly from
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A federal panel today ordered lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker to draw up and approve new Assembly district maps by Nov. 1. But the state DOJ says it expects to appeal the decision. The three judge-panel, which in November ruled
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker touts his package of welfare changes in his radio address this week, saying it’s aimed at getting all Wisconsinites to “fulfill their true potential through the dignity that comes from work.” Walker likens
The state underestimated by $3.8 billion the costs for major highway work completed over the past decade or still in progress, often because it failed to account for inflation in its estimates, according to a Legislative Audit Bureau review. The
Gov. Scott Walker is putting off announcing a plan to “dramatically help rural schools in the state of Wisconsin” after coming down with a cold. But he had planned to touch on broadband expansion and initiatives to improve the teacher
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos took a measured approach toward what two Wisconsin political figures in key national roles, House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, could do to help the state. Speaking at a
Union backers during a public hearing Tuesday said the latest example of the GOP’s attack on workers is a bill that bans the state and local governments from requiring project labor agreements on construction bids. But Republicans and non-union firms
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is recounting his welfare reform battles from two decades ago in voicing support for Gov. Scott Walker’s “Wisconsin Works for Everyone” welfare plan. The name is a take off of the Wisconsin Works program that Thompson
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin will report more than $1 million in the bank to start 2017 after raising $1.8 million in 2016, her campaign said in a memo today. The Madison Dem also is elevating Scott Spector to campaign manager
Gov. Scott Walker today called for expanding work requirements under the state’s food stamps program to able-bodied adults with school-age children as well as those receiving housing assistance. Walker made the announcement in Milwaukee as part of a statewide tour
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