Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers POLITICAL STOCK REPORT –A collection of insider opinion– (Dec. 16-22, 2017) Rising Paul Ryan: The House speaker pushes aside speculation about his future as he basks in what his fans say is a career-defining achievement with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A GOP-run Senate committee today voted to give AG Brad Schimel the go-ahead to conduct an expanded investigation into the actions of the defunct Government Accountability Board. The vote came after the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he doesn’t see a crisis in the state’s workers comp program and sees no demand in his caucus to impose a fee schedule for the medical care
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Sen. Leah Vukmir said today those responsible for broad email sweeps unveiled in the John Doe leak report should be fired and possibly face jail time. Vukmir, a U.S. Senate candidate whose
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Milwaukee today announced the Eastern District of Wisconsin will get two new prosecutors to help combat violent crime. The two are part of 40 new prosecutor
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he’s not leaving Congress anytime soon amid multiple media reports this week the Janesville Republican will step aside next year. That includes a Politico Magazine report today
Co-chairs of a commission tasked with overhauling the state’s school funding formula say they’re taking a “blank slate” approach to the job. Commission heads Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon Bay, and Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, told reporters this morning they’ll make
Kevin Nicholson’s campaign today released a polling memo suggesting he has an early edge in the GOP U.S. Senate primary. The poll was conducted Dec. 6-7 following some $2.3 million in TV ads from pro-Nicholson groups that began in early
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz late this afternoon declined comment on Rep. Josh Zepnick’s standing with the caucus after Dems met behind closed doors for more than three hours today. Several Assembly
AG Brad Schimel today said he “can’t fathom” a reasonable explanation why the old GAB had personal emails between GOP state Sen. Leah Vukmir and her daughter in a folder labeled “Opposition Research.” Still, he doesn’t believe DOJ investigators looked
The state Dem party outraised the Wisconsin GOP in the most recent reporting period through its main state account. But Dems continued to significantly lag behind the Republican Party for cash on hand in their state accounts, though that disparity
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz late this afternoon declined comment on Rep. Josh Zepnick’s standing with the caucus after Dems met behind closed doors for more than three hours today. Several Assembly Dems and caucus leadership have called on Zepnick
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Ethics Commission today countered DOJ’s investigation into leaks from the John Doe probes, saying the report failed to accurately describe the agency’s efforts to cooperate or the steps it took
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker cited keeping young people in Wisconsin as one reason for signing legislation in Rhinelander that will make it easier to open a sulfide mine. “This is just one more
Attorney Marisabel Cabrera announced today she will run next year for the 9th AD, which is now held by fellow Milwaukee Dem Josh Zepnick, who’s been accused of kissing two women at political events without their consent. Cabrera challenged Zepnick
