A bill that would set aside funding for a multi-million dollar marketing program to attract more workers to Wisconsin is now heading to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk after clearing the Senate 17-15. While the bill received some bipartisan support in
The Senate signed off 18-14 on a bill that would make sweeping changes to landlord-tenant laws. The legislation, which previously cleared the Assembly, now heads to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk over Dem objections that it would disadvantage tenants by chipping away
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today made progress on saving legislation to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison, create a $100-per-child tax credit and implement school safety measures, reviving proposals that stalled amid Republican bickering.
The state Senate today approved legislation prohibiting municipalities from creating their own local labor laws after stripping out a change the Assembly made last month. That means the bill would have to be approved by the Assembly, which plans to
A retired Republican congressman is calling Democrat Conor Lamb’s victory in Pennsylvania an example of why incumbents should be stressing their bipartisanship this election year. Former U.S. Rep Tom Petri of Wisconsin’s 6th CD figures the special election results in
The Senate this afternoon unanimously passed a juvenile corrections bill that’s largely in line with the version the Assembly passed last month reviving a bill that had been stalled over Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s objections to several provisions as
The state Senate today signed off on a $100 per-child credit and a scaled back sales tax holiday as part of a deal GOP legislative leaders struck to move the stalled proposal. It only cleared the Senate because Sen. La
Compromised business email accounts are among the top online threats to Wisconsin companies in 2018, according to Byron Franz, a cybersecurity special agent for the FBI. He spoke yesterday at the Wisconsin Tech Summit, held at the GE Healthcare Institute
The Senate approved 18-14 along party lines changing chamber ruled to add a trigger to move the budget along if the Joint Finance Committee fails to complete by a deadline. The committee would have until June 30 in a budget
The DOT would permanently revoke a license if the driver had two or more “qualifying convictions” and two OWI offenses within a 15-year period. The offenses that would be “qualifying convictions” include: second-degree reckless homicide, homicide by intoxicated use of
Last year, Congress repealed the individual mandate tax penalty, leaving only the unconstitutional mandate. This change rendered the individual mandate unconstitutional under Justice Roberts’ reasoning in the Supreme Court upholding the law. After all, the mandate no longer raises “some revenue.” And without the mandate, the rest of the law falls.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said this morning his caucus has agreed to do the guv’s $100 per-child tax credit with the sales tax holiday the Assembly added and was working out final details on a deal on the juvenile
Wisconsin was one of three improbable state victories that propelled Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. But without immediate Republican Party course corrections, the state’s conservative revolution could screech to a halt after the November elections, or even be reversed in some areas.
Because of a mistake in the tax bill Congress passed last year, we have watched trucks that usually stop at our grain elevators drive a little further up the road to sell to someone else. The reason for this uncertainty is an unintended glitch in the tax bill that gives farmers an enormous incentive to sell to cooperatives, not independent businesses like mine.
Republicans in the state Legislature are proposing to send so many more people to prison that the state would have to build at least one new facility to hold them all.
A bill that would set aside funding for a multi-million dollar marketing program to attract more workers to Wisconsin is now heading to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk after clearing the Senate 17-15. While the bill received some bipartisan support in the Assembly when it cleared that chamber last month, GOP
The Senate signed off 18-14 on a bill that would make sweeping changes to landlord-tenant laws. The legislation, which previously cleared the Assembly, now heads to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk over Dem objections that it would disadvantage tenants by chipping away at provisions aimed to protect them. Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today made progress on saving legislation to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison, create a $100-per-child tax credit and implement school safety measures, reviving proposals that stalled amid Republican bickering. The Senate today approved the child credit, including a scaled-back
The state Senate today approved legislation prohibiting municipalities from creating their own local labor laws after stripping out a change the Assembly made last month. That means the bill would have to be approved by the Assembly, which plans to be in Thursday in extraordinary session, before it could head
A retired Republican congressman is calling Democrat Conor Lamb’s victory in Pennsylvania an example of why incumbents should be stressing their bipartisanship this election year. Former U.S. Rep Tom Petri of Wisconsin’s 6th CD figures the special election results in Pennsylvania, plus the election in December of Democrat Doug Jones
The Senate this afternoon unanimously passed a juvenile corrections bill that’s largely in line with the version the Assembly passed last month reviving a bill that had been stalled over Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s objections to several provisions as well as the process. There was no debate before the
The state Senate today signed off on a $100 per-child credit and a scaled back sales tax holiday as part of a deal GOP legislative leaders struck to move the stalled proposal. It only cleared the Senate because Sen. La Tonya Johnson, D-Milwaukee, joined most Republicans in backing the plan.
Compromised business email accounts are among the top online threats to Wisconsin companies in 2018, according to Byron Franz, a cybersecurity special agent for the FBI. He spoke yesterday at the Wisconsin Tech Summit, held at the GE Healthcare Institute in Waukesha by the Wisconsin Technology Council. Email accounts can
The Senate approved 18-14 along party lines changing chamber ruled to add a trigger to move the budget along if the Joint Finance Committee fails to complete by a deadline. The committee would have until June 30 in a budget year to finish its work on the document. If it
The DOT would permanently revoke a license if the driver had two or more “qualifying convictions” and two OWI offenses within a 15-year period. The offenses that would be “qualifying convictions” include: second-degree reckless homicide, homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicles or homicide by negligent operation of a
Last year, Congress repealed the individual mandate tax penalty, leaving only the unconstitutional mandate. This change rendered the individual mandate unconstitutional under Justice Roberts’ reasoning in the Supreme Court upholding the law. After all, the mandate no longer raises “some revenue.” And without the mandate, the rest of the law falls.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said this morning his caucus has agreed to do the guv’s $100 per-child tax credit with the sales tax holiday the Assembly added and was working out final details on a deal on the juvenile justice overhaul and school safety measures. Senate Republicans had balked
Wisconsin was one of three improbable state victories that propelled Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. But without immediate Republican Party course corrections, the state’s conservative revolution could screech to a halt after the November elections, or even be reversed in some areas.
Because of a mistake in the tax bill Congress passed last year, we have watched trucks that usually stop at our grain elevators drive a little further up the road to sell to someone else. The reason for this uncertainty is an unintended glitch in the tax bill that gives farmers an enormous incentive to sell to cooperatives, not independent businesses like mine.
Republicans in the state Legislature are proposing to send so many more people to prison that the state would have to build at least one new facility to hold them all.