JFC to take up Vets Affairs, PSC May 11

The Joint Finance Committee will take up Veterans Affairs, the PSC and the Medicaid Services Administration when it meets May 11. The committee also plans to take up Financial Institutions and Safety and Professional Services. It’s scheduled to meet at

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WED PM Update: Vukmir, Jarchow release alternative campus speech bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The backers of two competing bills aimed at preventing the “heckler’s veto” on college campuses disagreed today on which version is stronger. But liberal critics are slamming both versions as proposals that would create “safe spaces for racists.” The bills aim to

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JFC to take up Vets Affairs, PSC May 11

The Joint Finance Committee will take up Veterans Affairs, the PSC and the Medicaid Services Administration when it meets May 11. The committee also plans to take up Financial Institutions and Safety and Professional Services. It’s scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. See the hearing notice.   … Please log

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Sen. Shilling: Democrats call for Joint Transportation Committee to break budget stalemate

Contact: Tony Palese, tony.palese@legis.wi.gov, 608-266-5490 MADISON, WI – With top Republican politicians in Wisconsin gridlocked over how to address the state’s transportation funding deficit, Democratic lawmakers want to break the stalemate by creating a Joint Transportation Committee to craft a long-term funding solution. Senate Democratic Leader Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse)

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Dems call for new transpo committee to find funding solutions

Dem leggie leaders are calling for a Joint Transportation Committee evenly split between the two parties to find a long-term funding solution. But a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said leaders worked carefully to appoint committee membership ahead of the session and to rework the structure now

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Lawmakers largely praise first draft of federal education plan

Lawmakers today raised concerns over a state education plan that looks to cut the achievement gap in half within the next six years without making a push for funding equity across districts in the state. Still, they largely praised the DPI plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds

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Rep. Neylon: Statement on Asm State Affairs Passing REINS Act

Further Information Contact: Rep. Adam Neylon (608) 266-5120 Madison— Today State Representative Adam Neylon (R-Pewaukee) issued the following statement in response to the passage of Assembly Bill 42 in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs: “Assembly Bill 42, also known as the REINS Act, is legislation that will ensure unelected

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American Dairy Coalition: Sen. Johnson Releases Meaningful Reform for Desperate Farmers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAURIE FISCHER 920-366-1880 info@americandairycoalitioninc.com The American Dairy Coalition applauds Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, for introducing desperately needed legislation to secure workers to milk cows throughout the nation. The bill he introduced today is called the “State Sponsored

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