Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 7

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state budget and the governor’s veto powers, the fate of Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s latest fundraising numbers and more.

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SAA, WASB: Joint statement on signing of the state budget

MADISON — The School Administrators Alliance and the Wisconsin Association of School Boards have issued the following joint statement in response to the legislature’s passing and the governor’s signing of the 2023-25 biennial state budget: While the newly signed 2023-25

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Dave Cieslewicz: Consider automatic admissions on merit

A GOP proposal is floating around the Wisconsin Legislature to require the UW to grant automatic admission to any Wisconsin student who graduates in the top 5% of their high school class. They might not intend it this way, but it looks like that could be a significant move toward diversity.

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U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Leads push against onerous regulations on northeast Wisconsin welders, manufacturers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senators J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) sent a letter to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Chairman over the proposed safety standards for portable generators outlined in the commission’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. In the letter, the members expressed concerns that

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National Federation of Independent Business in Wisconsin: Governor Evers tax vetoes disappointing to small business owners

MADISON (July 6, 2023) The National Federation of Independent Business in Wisconsin, or NFIB, expresses disappointment with the Governor’s recent action to veto important tax legislation that would have provided Wisconsin small business owners with some much-needed tax relief. Today, State Director Bill G. Smith, NFIB State Director in Wisconsin called

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 7

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state budget and the governor’s veto powers, the fate of Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s latest fundraising numbers and more.

Read More »

SAA, WASB: Joint statement on signing of the state budget

MADISON — The School Administrators Alliance and the Wisconsin Association of School Boards have issued the following joint statement in response to the legislature’s passing and the governor’s signing of the 2023-25 biennial state budget: While the newly signed 2023-25 State Budget Act falls short of providing the inflation-adjusted increase

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Dave Cieslewicz: Consider automatic admissions on merit

A GOP proposal is floating around the Wisconsin Legislature to require the UW to grant automatic admission to any Wisconsin student who graduates in the top 5% of their high school class. They might not intend it this way, but it looks like that could be a significant move toward diversity.

Read More »