Contact: (608) 266-0703 MADISON – State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) moved Budget Motion #313 as a part of the Joint Finance Committee’s (JFC’s) Executive Session today to continue providing tools and flexibility to the state park system including funding
Contact: (888) 534-0089 Madison – On Wednesday, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) released information that clearly shows the Group Insurance Board’s (GIB) miscalculations regarding Governor Walker’s proposal to move state employees from Wisconsin’s current fully-funded insurance model to a
Contact: (608) 264-8486 Madison… The Committee on Joint Finance approved a budget motion submitted by State Representative Bob Gannon, R-West Bend, today that would grant the Milwaukee Innovative Network for Education (MINE) initiative startup funding for its Building Occupational Skills
Democrats and school advocates in a public hearing Wednesday blasted a “constitutional carry” bill, saying repeal of the state’s school gun-free zone law would endanger students’ safety. But gun rights advocates and GOP backers defended the measure, arguing it simplifies
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee has rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to eliminate the DNR’s Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine. But the committee yesterday approved 12-4 publishing the magazine four
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said today he’d be open to a “short-term market stabilization bill” addressing issues with the Affordable Care Act if Republicans struggle to replace the law. The Oshkosh Republican is part of the Senate Republican group working
Join the WisPolitics.com DC Wrap email list here: https://goo.gl/forms/yHxSHZVenzsss1SH2 Quotes of the week Ignoring climate change is foolish and short-sighted. Inaction will limit our country’s long-term prosperity and expose our children and grandchildren to catastrophic consequences because President Trump wants
The committee approved giving the DNR secretary the authority to raise daily entrance fees at most state parks and forests by $5 and nightly camping fees up to $10 as the guv wanted. But it nixed his proposal to allow
The committee approved 12-4 earmarking $3.4 million from existing, unobligated stewardship bonding to aid five projects. The biggest two were $1 million each for Iron County to rebuild Saxon Harbor marina and campground and for the acquisition of a 13-mile
Contact: (608) 266-0703 MADISON – State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) moved Budget Motion #313 as a part of the Joint Finance Committee’s (JFC’s) Executive Session today to continue providing tools and flexibility to the state park system including funding for maintenance and improvements, raising the overall cap on electrical
Contact: (888) 534-0089 Madison – On Wednesday, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) released information that clearly shows the Group Insurance Board’s (GIB) miscalculations regarding Governor Walker’s proposal to move state employees from Wisconsin’s current fully-funded insurance model to a self-funded plan. These miscalculations inflate projected premium increases and misrepresent
Contact: (608) 264-8486 Madison… The Committee on Joint Finance approved a budget motion submitted by State Representative Bob Gannon, R-West Bend, today that would grant the Milwaukee Innovative Network for Education (MINE) initiative startup funding for its Building Occupational Skills for Success (BOSS) program. “Throughout the hearings that the State
Democrats and school advocates in a public hearing Wednesday blasted a “constitutional carry” bill, saying repeal of the state’s school gun-free zone law would endanger students’ safety. But gun rights advocates and GOP backers defended the measure, arguing it simplifies state law while protecting otherwise law-abiding gun owners from receiving
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee has rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to eliminate the DNR’s Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine. But the committee yesterday approved 12-4 publishing the magazine four times a year rather than the current six. It also
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said today he’d be open to a “short-term market stabilization bill” addressing issues with the Affordable Care Act if Republicans struggle to replace the law. The Oshkosh Republican is part of the Senate Republican group working on a health care bill following the House’s passage of
Join the WisPolitics.com DC Wrap email list here: https://goo.gl/forms/yHxSHZVenzsss1SH2 Quotes of the week Ignoring climate change is foolish and short-sighted. Inaction will limit our country’s long-term prosperity and expose our children and grandchildren to catastrophic consequences because President Trump wants to make good on his promises to Big Oil –
The committee approved giving the DNR secretary the authority to raise daily entrance fees at most state parks and forests by $5 and nightly camping fees up to $10 as the guv wanted. But it nixed his proposal to allow the secretary to increase the cost of an annual pass
The committee approved 12-4 earmarking $3.4 million from existing, unobligated stewardship bonding to aid five projects. The biggest two were $1 million each for Iron County to rebuild Saxon Harbor marina and campground and for the acquisition of a 13-mile long abandoned rail corridor between Dover and Sturtevant in Racine