WisPolitics Midday: Feb. 7, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Republicans approve their version of the middle-class tax cut. Fundraising numbers in the race for the WI Supreme Court. Tuition increases approved for UW by a Board of Regents committee.

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Badger Institute: Wisconsin legislative leaders say tolling necessary for upgrading, maintaining highway system

Contact: Michael Jahr, 262-442-5208 Michael@badgerinstitute.org Milwaukee – Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday advocated for tolling as a long-term solution to the state’s transportation funding shortfalls and called for a study that could bring the state one step closer to gaining federal approval for tolling. During

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: Continues push to delist gray wolf with new amendment

Contact: Ben Voelkel WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the Natural Resources Management Act Wednesday that would delist the gray wolf in western Great Lakes states, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, as well as Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The amendment

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WisPolitics Midday: Feb. 7, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Republicans approve their version of the middle-class tax cut. Fundraising numbers in the race for the WI Supreme Court. Tuition increases approved for UW by a Board of Regents committee.

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One Wisconsin Now: Brian Hagedorn’s past pays off … with $18,000 campaign contribution from big special interest

Contact: Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — Brian Hagedorn’s work as a clerk for former Justice Michael Gableman looks like it’s paying off for his own campaign for the state Supreme Court. According to a filing with the Elections Board, the special interest group the Wisconsin Realtors Association

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