THU PM Update: JFC rejects tech college tuition freeze, scraps Walker’s plan for VW settlement money

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to freeze tuition at the Wisconsin Technical College System, opting to boost funding for financial aid instead. The committee also rejected Dems’ efforts to make WTCS tuition free. Walker’s proposal would have frozen tuition for the next two years and given WTCS… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Gov. Walker: Weekly Radio Address- “We Cannot Afford to Abandon Property Tax Relief”

Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 The audio file of this week’s address can be found here: We_Cannot_Afford_to_Abandon_Property_Tax_Relief.mp3 A written transcript of the address is below: Madison, Wisconsin – Governor Scott Walker released his Weekly Radio Address today titled “We Can’t Afford to Abandon Property Tax Relief.” Hi, Scott Walker here. Like many families across Wisconsin, Tonette and I used to hate to open our property tax bill every year. In the decade before we took office, property taxes across the state had gone up some 27 percent.   To help Wisconsin’s working families, senior citizens, family farmers, and small businesses,

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One Wisconsin Now: No politics at $900 million right wing Bradley Foundation?

Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Madison, Wisconsin — Internal documents leaked and reported on by the media have invited new scrutiny of the activities of the $900 million Bradley Foundation. The Milwaukee based underwriter of hundreds of right wing noise machine groups was run by Michael Grebe until 2016, who concurrently served as the co-chair of Gov. Scott Walker’s three gubernatorial campaigns and chair of his 71 day presidential run. Grebe was quoted in November 2011 saying he was “very careful” to separate his foundation job and politics but an email obtained by One Wisconsin Now raises questions about that

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Milwaukee activists ask Walker to appoint new sheriff

Milwaukee activists today slammed Milwaukee County Sheriff Clarke’s promotion to a position in the Department of Homeland Security, calling the appointment “disgraceful.” They also called on Gov. Scott Walker to appoint a sheriff friendlier toward immigrant families, following Clarke’s announcement in a radio interview yesterday that he’s leaving his post to join the Trump administration. A DHS sp… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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Walker touts new unemployment rate of 3.2 percent

Gov. Scott Walker today lauded the dropping of the state’s unemployment rate last month to 3.2 percent as “further evidence we are continuing to move Wisconsin forward.” This is down 0.2 percent from March’s unemployment rate, and marks the lowest level of unemployment since February 2000, according to federal data released today by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. DWD Secretary … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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GOP bill would require UW to boost three-year degree options

Two GOP lawmakers are circulating a bill that would bring back Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to require the UW System to lay out more three-year degree options for its students. Under the bill, from Sen. Dan Feyen and Rep. Joel Kitchens, the UW System would have to submit three-year graduation plans for 25 percent all its majors by Jan. 1, 2018, and plans for 50 percent of all its majors by June 30,… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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Nass clashes with UW over possible UW-Oshkosh Foundation ‘bailout’

Sen. Steve Nass clashed with the UW System today on whether it’s trying to use public funds to “bail out” the UW-Oshkosh Foundation. The UW System is currently suing a former UW-Oshkosh chancellor and former vice chancellor in a lawsuit that alleges the two approved “illegal transfers” of money for five real estate projects managed by the private UW-Oshkosh Foundation. Nass, R-Whitewater, sent a n… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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Gov. Walker: Gov. Walker issues statement on Wisconsin’s 3.2% unemployment rate

Contact: Tom Evenson (608) 266-2839 Madison, Wisconsin – Governor Scott Walker released the following statement today after the state’s workforce agency announced Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.2 percent in April, down from 3.4 percent in March. This is the lowest our state’s unemployment rate has been since February 2000. “We have worked hard since 2011 to get our state’s economy back on track, and today’s news is further evidence we are continuing to move Wisconsin forward. “Our unemployment rate is down from 8.1% when we took office to 3.2% today. This is the lowest it’s been since February 2000, and

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One Wisconsin Now: No politics at $900 million right wing Bradley Foundation?

Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Madison, Wisconsin — Internal documents leaked and reported on by the media have invited new scrutiny of the activities of the $900 million Bradley Foundation. The Milwaukee based underwriter of hundreds of right wing noise machine groups was run by Michael Grebe until 2016, who

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Milwaukee activists ask Walker to appoint new sheriff

Milwaukee activists today slammed Milwaukee County Sheriff Clarke’s promotion to a position in the Department of Homeland Security, calling the appointment “disgraceful.” They also called on Gov. Scott Walker to appoint a sheriff friendlier toward immigrant families, following Clarke’s announcement in a radio interview yesterday that he’s leaving his post

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Walker touts new unemployment rate of 3.2 percent

Gov. Scott Walker today lauded the dropping of the state’s unemployment rate last month to 3.2 percent as “further evidence we are continuing to move Wisconsin forward.” This is down 0.2 percent from March’s unemployment rate, and marks the lowest level of unemployment since February 2000, according to federal data

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GOP bill would require UW to boost three-year degree options

Two GOP lawmakers are circulating a bill that would bring back Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to require the UW System to lay out more three-year degree options for its students. Under the bill, from Sen. Dan Feyen and Rep. Joel Kitchens, the UW System would have to submit three-year graduation

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