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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report DVA Secretary Zimmerman defends Confederate statues in letter to...

Government representatives from Canada and Mexico testified to the positive benefits of the NAFTA agreement at a recent WisPolitics.com luncheon held in Madison. This came...

Rep. Todd Novak says the biennial budget “ate up a lot of time” but he’s optimistic his Marsy’s Law proposal to give crime victims...

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos issued a stern warning to Gov. Scott Walker’s chief of staff against reaching a deal with three Senate Republicans to...

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com ... -- The day after Gov. Scott Walker promised three Senate Republicans that he'd...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Vice President Mike Pence today praised Gov. Scott Walker's record on taxes as he touted the...

A Senate committee today approved a bill that would set up a review of the state’s occupational licensing requirements. The bill from Sen. Chris Kapenga,...

Leah Vukmir’s U.S. Senate campaign confirmed she met with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. The Hill reported Bannon, chairman of Breitbart News, is looking at...

Dem guv candidate Kathleen Vinehout is defending the character reference she wrote for a Leg Council attorney who was later convicted of possessing child...

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Vice President Mike Pence is making his third stop in Wisconsin over...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Vice President Mike Pence will be in Waukesha tomorrow to boost the Trump administration's push to...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s campaign has notified the FEC it will refund excess donations it received during the last reporting period and amend its...

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce has launched a new coalition to encourage lawmakers to make a dramatic shift to how doctors are paid under Wisconsin’s...

A new website from the state Department of Justice shows the state has yet to test 4,698 sexual assault kits from across the state...

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com ... -- The federal Department of Homeland Security says it "stands by" its statement...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- After telling Wisconsin officials that Russians attempted to infiltrate the state's voter registration system, the federal...

The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty today questioned a study by two UW-Madison researchers that suggested nearly 17,000 people, and possibly more,...

Two Dem lawmakers today pushed for a bill that would require the state to automatically register voters, saying it would be a major step...

Dem guv candidate Kathleen Vinehout says she would have supported a 5-cent hike in the gas tax in this biennium to fund roads and...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS - White house - State government - Federal government - Cap times idea fest - Civil liberties - Courts - Demographics - Education - Elections - Environment -...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- The state GOP and Scott Walker are launching separate ad campaigns today...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- The Elections Commission will hear updates tomorrow on the news that Russians attempted to hack into...

Walker today announced Matt Moroney will fill a new DOA economic development position created under the Foxconn bill. Moroney, who’s currently Walker’s deputy chief of...

Rep. Joel Kleefisch says Walker hit a “home run” in appointing former GOP state Rep. Dan Meyer to lead the Department of Natural Resources. But...

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has appointed former state GOP Rep. Dean Knudson, who authored legislation to split the GAB into two bodies, to the...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/mon-news-summary-walkers-partial-vetoes-walker-praises-senate-health-care-bill-vinehout-joins-guv-race/ **************************************** REGISTER NOW: Sept. 26 luncheon, 'The Future of NAFTA and Trade' Join WisPolitics...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com ... -- State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, formally kicked off her guv campaign today...

State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, will formally announce Monday she plans to run for guv, according to an email sent to supporters today. Vinenout has...

High-income filers will pay more in Wisconsin income taxes, Kwik Trip-made yogurt will no longer be subject to state sales tax and beekeepers will...

A legislative push to revamp a transportation commission that’s only met six times over the last 17 years was squashed this week by Gov....

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the REPORT: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-report-walker-vetoes-move-to-revamp-transportation-projects-commission/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Walker vetoes move...

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Scott Walker will make three stops across the state tomorrow to...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Scott Walker signed a nearly $76 billion two-year state budget today in Neenah as he...

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan today railed against the health care bill being considered by the GOP-run Senate, saying it puts at risk coverage for...

Lawmakers of both parties today raised concerns over a set of bills that punish people who participate in riots, saying they could lead to...

State Superintendent Tony Evers later says he would “absolutely” call on the Legislature to override a veto of the Assembly GOP plan to boost...

State Superintendent Tony Evers today used his annual State of Education speech to champion road funding solutions and knock Gov. Scott Walker for not...

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Scott Walker will sign the biennial budget today at Tullar Elementary...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Scott Walker plans to use his veto pen to kill an item giving lawmakers more...

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin today demanded a “clean” bill to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation as he touted the ways those individuals contributed to...

Millennial lawmakers who are members of the new Wisconsin State Future Caucus today pitched it as a way to find bipartisan solutions on issues...

Certain aspects of the Foxconn bill’s expedited appellate court process could be unconstitutional, according to attorneys from the state’s Legislative Council. The memo, which was...

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today continued to slam three GOP senators who received a package of veto assurances in exchange for their budget...

Gov. Scott Walker today announced 99 vetoes, including a plan lawmakers inserted in the budget to boost low-spending school districts. The provision would have adjusted...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Scott Walker, head of the RGA, has joined 14 other GOP...

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he expressed frustration to Scott Walker that the guv enabled three senators to hijack the budget by promising them...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he expressed frustration to Scott Walker that the guv enabled three...

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has sent out a fundraising appeal for 6th CD candidate Dan Kohl, saying he’s “the person that can bring bipartisanship...

A unanimous state appeals court today upheld Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, ruling while unions may have to spend resources in representing employees who do not...

A Senate committee today passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase the rights of crime victims. An amended version of the proposal, called...

A Senate committee this morning OK’d along party lines an amended GOP bill that would allow constitutional carry over Dem objections that the legislation...

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com ... -- House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters his meeting with Harley-Davidson executives and...

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to talk with Scott Walker about the veto promises he issued to win Senate passage before sending the budget...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to talk with Scott Walker about the veto promises he issued to...

Wisconsin is one of the 15 states that would get additional money under a new health care bill that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson supports,...

Maura Tracy is leaving her post as Andy Gronik’s campaign manager at the end of the month, a spokesman confirmed. Brandon Weathersby said Tracy had...

Dem guv candidate and state schools Superintendent Tony Evers chalked up Gov. Scott Walker’s refusal to sign onto his department’s statewide education plan as...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/mon-news-summary-walker-to-sign-foxconn-bill-today-budget-heads-to-walker-cap-times-idea-fest-coverage/ STORY TOPICS - White house - State government - Federal government - Local government - Cap times...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Scott Walker today will be at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant...

Gov. Scott Walker has promised to use his veto pen to immediately move up a repeal of the prevailing wage on state projects and...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Republicans working on veto assurances to secure final votes...

Panelists at a WisPolitics.com luncheon at UW-Milwaukee on Thursday diverged on whether Gov. Scott Walker is vulnerable in 2018 but agreed U.S. Sen. Tammy...

In February, the Dane County long-term care program that 41-year-old Sara Yochum has relied on since high school will be phased out. Sara, whose seizures...

Beyond the possibility of eliminating the quarry provisions in their entirety, some are warning Gov. Scott Walker would have the option to use his...

Republicans this afternoon were working on a package of veto assurances to win the final votes needed in the state Senate to send the...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** WisPolitics would like to send you and your family/friends to the Cap Times Idea Fest this weekend on the...

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is holding open the option of coming in over the weekend to take up the state budget if needed...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com ... -- The state Senate is scheduled to come in this morning to vote...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is holding open the option of coming in over the weekend...

A key group that helps Wisconsinites enroll in Healthcare.gov plans says it can’t serve some central Wisconsin counties due to coming federal cuts. Covering Wisconsin...

Dem state Rep. Jason Fields, who told WisPolitics.com he would consider a run for minority leader, said today he is unlikely to challenge Gordon...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** TODAY: How will Foxconn and the state budget affect Walker's re-election odds? Find out today when a WisPolitics.com panel...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Assembly Republicans this afternoon were declining to make changes to the state budget to possibly win...

Gov. Scott Walker today noted “a lot of interest” in Wisconsin during his trade trip so far relating to the Foxconn announcement, adding he’s...

State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is being vetted for a possible job in the Trump administration, a source confirmed today. The source said the...

Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, said today he hopes he’s got enough support from his colleagues to be the new minority leader but that he...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS - White house - State government - Federal government - Local government - Courts - Culture - Demographics - Education - Elections - Environment - Foxconn - Health care -...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com ... -- Gov. Scott Walker is thanking the state Senate for passing the $3 billion Foxconn...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald introduced an amendment to the Foxconn bill that would maintain the...

Democrat Beau Liegeois, who announced today he’ll challenge 8th CD freshman GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher next year, said the House’s “failure” on health care...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** How will Foxconn and the state budget affect Walker's re-election odds? Find out on Thursday when a WisPolitics.com panel...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa has told her Assembly Dem colleagues she plans to...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- A group that represents the tech company Airbnb says it's opposing a budget provision that would...

The liberal One Wisconsin Institute today said a new poll shows Gov. Scott Walker and GOP lawmakers need to take action on a bill...

Dems blasted the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation today following the release of a new analysis that they say calls into question WEDC’s ability to...

The “effects of extreme weather” are among the emerging challenges highlighted in a recent report on the state’s groundwater that was submitted to the...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** How will Foxconn and the state budget affect Walker's re-election odds? Find out on Sept. 14 when a WisPolitics.com...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Public officials will be at various events today commemorating the 16th anniversary...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers POLITICAL STOCK REPORT --A collection of insider opinion-- (Sep. 2 - Sep. 8, 2017) Rising Education: Gov. Scott Walker made K-12 education the...

State tax collections in 2016-17 came in $14 million higher than had been expected in January, a bump of 0.1 percent, according to the...

State Rep. Gordon Hintz today formally launched his bid for Assembly minority leader, saying he would work to contrast core Dem values “with a...

State tax collections in 2016-17 came in $14 million higher than had been expected in January, a bump of 0.1 percent, according to the...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** How will Foxconn and the state budget affect Walker's re-election odds? Find out on Sept. 14 when a WisPolitics.com...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, says a faction of "young legislators who have...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- Assembly Dems are meeting in closed caucus outside the Capitol this afternoon as speculation swirled about...

A Senate committee today approved a bill 3-2 overhauling the state’s forfeiture laws that would limit law enforcement’s ability to keep people’s property when...

A bill that would end the so-called sulfide mining moratorium was touted by backers today as an economic development opportunity for northern Wisconsin on...

Gov. Scott Walker doesn’t expect the Senate and Assembly to make any major changes to the budget, which the full Legislature will take up...

The Assembly will be on the floor Sept. 13 to take up the budget and Sept. 14 for the Foxconn bill, according to an...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** How will Foxconn and the state budget affect Walker's re-election odds? Find out on Sept. 14 when a WisPolitics.com...

Following are a list of motions adopted by the Joint Finance Committee beginning May 1, and broken down by agency: Final Motion and Adoption of...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- The Assembly is poised to take up the budget next week after...

Republicans put the final touches on their version of the state budget late Tuesday, as the Joint Finance Committee added provisions that would repeal...

The committee voted 12-4 along party lines to approve the wrap-up motion that includes moving up a pay increase for state employees and requiring...

The committee approved the GOP tax package 12-3 along party lines. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, was not in the room for the vote. JFC is now...

The UW System Board of Regents would have to develop a plan to monitor teaching workloads of faculty and instructional staff under the wrap-up...

Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee are proposing the elimination of the alternative minimum tax starting in 2019 while nixing a series of tax...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- The Joint Finance Committee this afternoon was working through the final votes on the state budget,...

The committee approved 12-4 along party lines a motion that includes a new exemption to the personal property tax with a price tag of...

The Joint Finance Committee kicked of its final budget action Wednesday with a 12-4 party-line vote to revamp the special needs scholarship, which allows...

GOP U.S. Sen. John McCain and his Dem colleague Sheldon Whitehouse are among the more than two dozen parties who filed briefs this week...

A motion that would dial back some local governments’ regulations of quarries where the material is mined for transportation projects is drawing fire from...

Planned expansions of the Milwaukee streetcar would become much more difficult under the transportation motion that JFC signed off on last night, one critic...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** September 14: Panel discussion on the state of politics and policy in DC and Wisconsin and how it will...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- The Joint Finance Committee plans to reconvene this morning to finish its...

The Joint Finance approved the GOP transportation motion 12-4 along party lines and then recessed until 11 a.m. Wednesday. It will then reconvene to take...

Joint Finance Dems torched the DOT’s transportation package Monday night, saying it was chockful of earmarks and falls well short of the long-term transportation...

The DOT would eliminate 200 jobs over the next two years, there would be a new fee on hybrid and electric cars, and many...

The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 along party lines to approve a GOP amendment to the Foxconn bill that would overhaul the appeal process...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com ... -- In addition to the challenge coins promoting the agency's "Kicking Ass Every Day" motto, Attorney General...

The state Supreme Court would take jurisdiction over any appeal of a circuit court decision relating to the Foxconn project under an amendment Joint...

Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who abruptly resigned his office last week, will serve as a spokesman and senior adviser to the pro-Trump...

— A Senate committee this morning heard emotional testimony on a series of bills looking to tighten penalties on drunken drivers, as citizens and...

The transportation package the Joint Finance Committee expects to take up today would not enumerate I-94 east-west or the north leg of the Zoo...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/tue-news-summary-jfc-to-exec-on-state-budget-foxconn-bill-ryan-on-daca/ **************************************** September 14: Panel discussion on the state of politics and policy in...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- The Joint Finance Committee plans to vote today on both remaining provisions...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Sources: Transpo package could keep 39/90 on track, while delaying...

GOP legislative leaders were looking at a transportation package that would keep the I-39/90 expansion project moving forward, but not fund I-94 east-west or...

A GOP bill looking to end the so-called moratorium on sulfide mining in the state is just the opportunity many mining interests have been...

More than 18,000 FoodShare recipients in a state work training program found a job two years after the state’s new work requirement took effect,...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary:https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-news-summary-milwaukee-county-sheriff-resigns-foxconn-ryan-discusses-opioid-crisis/**************************************** Wed., Sept. 6: WisPolitics Insiders Breakfast Forum (WASHINGTON, D.C.)...

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com ... -- Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said he will have an announcement about...