Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Amy Loudenbeck said today she’s looking at a slew of options for the heavy trucking fee she’s proposed to pump new money into transportation, including the possibility it could come with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The two top GOP legislative leaders today struck an optimistic tone on budget talks, much different than yesterday’s public dispute. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, told reporters today that’s perhaps due to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top Republicans today displayed their private disputes over the budget stalemate, lobbing shots at each other in unusual back-to-back appearances in the Capitol press room. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, whose criticisms of the Senate GOP health care bill have drawn national attention, said the Congressional Budget Office score out today is one of the things he’ll weigh
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Alberta Darling said today top GOP leaders have a long way to go on reaching a consensus on transportation, another sign the budget won’t be completed by the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders are still at an impasse on the transportation budget, although they’re confident they will strike a deal soon on K-12 education. GOP leg leaders met yesterday as well as
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders reported progress on hammering out a budget deal today but will meet again tomorrow as they work through major items like K-12 education, taxes and transportation. Participants’ spokespeople provided
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate and Assembly leaders are meeting tomorrow to hammer out differences over the budget’s remaining big-ticket items, ahead of a potential Joint Finance Committee meeting on Thursday. Co-chair John Nygren, R-Marinette, told
GOP lawmakers and AG Brad Schimel today touted a proposed constitutional amendment that they say would give victims more rights before the court. But opponents, including defense attorney Dean Strang, worried it would give crime victims a sense of “false
A series of bills that would put the brakes on the referendum process for school districts drew criticism from Dems and some school advocates today, who argued the legislation would hurt schools and students. The three bills, part of a
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate fell to 3.1 percent in May, according to federal data released by the state Department of Workforce Development. This follows a rate of 3.2 percent in April, and marks the lowest it’s been since October 1999. It’s
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman announced today he will not seek re-election next year, saying he is “more hopeful than ever in the triumph of the rule of law in Wisconsin.”
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan called for unity following a shooting that injured four people, including a top member of the House GOP leadership team. The shooting occurred this morning in suburban
Two Milwaukee Dems are backing four bills that aim to increase gun safety, in light of a GOP-backed constitutional carry bill that would eliminate the state’s gun free school zones. Two of the bills, from Sen. Lena Taylor and Rep.
Private school advocates lined up today to voice support for a bill that would make sweeping technical changes to the state’s school choice programs. The bipartisan bill, which is likely to be on the guv’s desk before the end of
