JFC targeting May 9 for first budget votes

The Joint Finance Committee plans to begin voting next week on the 2019-21 state budget, according to the office of Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills. That’s a little later start than in 2017, when the committee’s first votes were May 1. A Darling spokesman said the committee is targeting May 9 for the first votes…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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MON PM Update: Vos rounds out office staff with 14 now under his direction

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos added two new staffers last month, filling the last of the 14 positions he put under his authority for the session. The additions of Julie Lund and Ashley Luke have pushed Vos’ payroll to more than $975,000 for staffers either working directly for him in the speaker’s office or under his guidance thro… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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Gov. Evers: Announces appointments to Board of Regents

Gov. Evers Announces Appointments to Board of Regents   MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced three appointments to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents: Karen Walsh, of Madison, is being appointed for a 7-year term from May 2, 2019 – May 1, 2026. A former journalist, Ms. Walsh spent more than 20 years working in various roles at the University of Wisconsin- Madison and currently serves as the director of a local family foundation dedicated to advancing human and animal health and welfare. Edmund Manydeeds III, of Eau Claire, is being appointed for a 7-year term from May

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Marquette University: Receives $2.5 million gift to support Innovation Alley leadership initiatives and men’s basketball program

Contact: Lynn Sheka Sr. Director of University Communication (414) 288-4719 — office (414) 499-5157 — mobile lynn.sheka@marquette.edu This release is also available online. MILWAUKEE — Chuck and Karen Swoboda, an alumni couple, have committed a $2.5 million gift to Marquette University, President Michael R. Lovell shared today. The gift will support the men’s basketball program and Innovation Alley leadership development initiatives, a key academic priority that aligns with the university’s strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries. Chuck, who served as the chair of Marquette’s Board of Trustees from 2012-14, graduated from the Opus College of Engineering in 1989; Karen in 1990. “This

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Hudson and St. Croix Valley Area Community: Is invited to “Share Your Voice” with the Wisconsin Historical Society on a new state history museum

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe Kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Plus, guests will see five objects including a shawl worn by President Abraham Lincoln Hudson, Wis. – The Hudson and St. Croix Valley area community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson from 6:30-8:00 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm) to share suggestions for what aspects of local and regional history and culture could be included in a new modern, state-of-the-art history museum on Wisconsin’s Capitol Square in Madison. “The new state history museum project is about more than bricks

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Hitt says GOP’s 2018 postmortem shows need for grassroots focus

The state GOP’s postmortem of the 2018 elections found the party focused too much on advertising at the expense of engaging the grassroots, new Chair Andrew Hitt told WisPolitics.com in giving the first public overview of the report. Hitt said the report suggests the state GOP needs to re-focus on congressional and county parties to give those activists the data they need to personally engage neighbors and friends to turn out and vote. Still, Hitt said he didn’t think anyone with the party did anything wrong in 2018. Instead, he believes there was some complacency. And after eight years of

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WisPolitics Midday: April 29, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: DHS Secretary says she is “more optimistic” that WI will take federal money to expand Medicaid. Special election set for tomorrow in Kenosha. Dem reaction to Trump’s Green Bay speech.  

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JFC targeting May 9 for first budget votes

The Joint Finance Committee plans to begin voting next week on the 2019-21 state budget, according to the office of Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills. That’s a little later start than in 2017, when the committee’s first votes were May 1. A Darling spokesman said the committee is targeting May

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Gov. Evers: Announces appointments to Board of Regents

Gov. Evers Announces Appointments to Board of Regents   MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced three appointments to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents: Karen Walsh, of Madison, is being appointed for a 7-year term from May 2, 2019 – May 1, 2026. A former journalist, Ms. Walsh

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Marquette University: Receives $2.5 million gift to support Innovation Alley leadership initiatives and men’s basketball program

Contact: Lynn Sheka Sr. Director of University Communication (414) 288-4719 — office (414) 499-5157 — mobile lynn.sheka@marquette.edu This release is also available online. MILWAUKEE — Chuck and Karen Swoboda, an alumni couple, have committed a $2.5 million gift to Marquette University, President Michael R. Lovell shared today. The gift will

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Hudson and St. Croix Valley Area Community: Is invited to “Share Your Voice” with the Wisconsin Historical Society on a new state history museum

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe Kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Plus, guests will see five objects including a shawl worn by President Abraham Lincoln Hudson, Wis. – The Hudson and St. Croix Valley area community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at the Phipps Center for the Arts

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WisPolitics Midday: April 29, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: DHS Secretary says she is “more optimistic” that WI will take federal money to expand Medicaid. Special election set for tomorrow in Kenosha. Dem reaction to Trump’s Green Bay speech.  

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