
Assembly approves bill to overhaul private school funding system
The Assembly today approved 64-35 along party lines a bill to overhaul the funding system for the state’s private school voucher programs, sending the measure to the state Senate.
The Assembly today approved 64-35 along party lines a bill to overhaul the funding system for the state’s private school voucher programs, sending the measure to the state Senate.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Majority Leader Tyler August slammed the Senate and Rep. Janel Brandtjen for blocking a bill that would allow clerks to start processing absentee ballots the day before election day.
From WisPolitics … — GOP Madison businessman Eric Hovde formally launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate today, bemoaning what he said was a country in decline and an American dream increasingly out of reach for many during Joe Biden’s
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Madison, Wis. — Today, a proposal to create a tax-free retirement in Wisconsin was adopted by the Wisconsin Legislature. State Representative David Steffen (R – Howard) and State Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R – Appleton) authored the bill, which will exempt certain
Everyone has thoughts, emotions, and behaviors – what we know as mental health – and infants and toddlers are no different. Positive mental health and responsive relationships in early childhood are critical to a child’s health. The vast majority (90%)
MADISON – Today, senate bills 1014 (SB 1014) and 1015 (SB 1015) were passed during the senate session floor period. These bill are aimed at alleviating the health care crisis in the Chippewa Valley area after HSHS decided to close area hospitals
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Madison, Wis. – Today Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski filed a petition to bypass the appeals court and has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper’s ruling from December 2023 that
MADISON – Representative Jerry O’Connor (R- Fond du Lac) released the following statement after Governor Evers signed his Guaranteed Admissions Bill into law. “I am pleased that Gov. Evers signed SB 367, my bill to guarantee admission to UW System institutions
The state Senate has sent a $2.1 billion GOP tax package to Dem Gov. Tony Evers with only the Republican proposal to boost a credit for child care drawing significant bipartisan support.
MADISON, WI – Fresh off the knowledge that their reign as the gerrymandered kings of the Wisconsin legislature may soon be over with the signing of fair maps, Senate Republicans decided to take out their frustrations today on four immensely qualified
MADISON, WI… Local taxpayers would be freed from the burden of higher costs for unreasonable financial standards for municipal landfills, compared to private facilities, under legislation on its way to the Governor’s desk after passing both Houses of the Legislature today.
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Bipartisan Coalition of Local Legislators Celebrate Legislature Passing the Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway Bill MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed a bill authored by a bipartisan coalition of local legislators to designate Highway 11 between Orfordville
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MADISON, Wis. — Today, California bank owner Eric Hovde (R–Laguna Beach) officially announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, and the campaign launch hasn’t gone well for him. From getting caught trying to stash a $2.3 million house to forgetting to mention
The Assembly today approved 64-35 along party lines a bill to overhaul the funding system for the state’s private school voucher programs, sending the measure to the state Senate.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Majority Leader Tyler August slammed the Senate and Rep. Janel Brandtjen for blocking a bill that would allow clerks to start processing absentee ballots the day before election day.
From WisPolitics … — GOP Madison businessman Eric Hovde formally launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate today, bemoaning what he said was a country in decline and an American dream increasingly out of reach for many during Joe Biden’s presidency. Hovde ticked off a series of problems he sees
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Madison, Wis. — Today, a proposal to create a tax-free retirement in Wisconsin was adopted by the Wisconsin Legislature. State Representative David Steffen (R – Howard) and State Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R – Appleton) authored the bill, which will exempt certain retirement earnings from state income tax. The bill now lands
Everyone has thoughts, emotions, and behaviors – what we know as mental health – and infants and toddlers are no different. Positive mental health and responsive relationships in early childhood are critical to a child’s health. The vast majority (90%) of brain development occurs before a child enters kindergarten, so
MADISON – Today, senate bills 1014 (SB 1014) and 1015 (SB 1015) were passed during the senate session floor period. These bill are aimed at alleviating the health care crisis in the Chippewa Valley area after HSHS decided to close area hospitals and clinics by April 21st, 2024. In the 2021-23 Biennial
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Madison, Wis. – Today Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski filed a petition to bypass the appeals court and has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper’s ruling from December 2023 that statute 940.04 does not apply to consensual abortion care should
MADISON – Representative Jerry O’Connor (R- Fond du Lac) released the following statement after Governor Evers signed his Guaranteed Admissions Bill into law. “I am pleased that Gov. Evers signed SB 367, my bill to guarantee admission to UW System institutions and technical colleges for Wisconsin’s “best and brightest High School
The state Senate has sent a $2.1 billion GOP tax package to Dem Gov. Tony Evers with only the Republican proposal to boost a credit for child care drawing significant bipartisan support.
MADISON, WI – Fresh off the knowledge that their reign as the gerrymandered kings of the Wisconsin legislature may soon be over with the signing of fair maps, Senate Republicans decided to take out their frustrations today on four immensely qualified appointees of Governor Tony Evers, including three women. Today’s action
MADISON, WI… Local taxpayers would be freed from the burden of higher costs for unreasonable financial standards for municipal landfills, compared to private facilities, under legislation on its way to the Governor’s desk after passing both Houses of the Legislature today. Sen. André Jacque, co-author of the measure along with Rep.
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Bipartisan Coalition of Local Legislators Celebrate Legislature Passing the Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway Bill MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed a bill authored by a bipartisan coalition of local legislators to designate Highway 11 between Orfordville and Footville as the Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway.
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MADISON, Wis. — Today, California bank owner Eric Hovde (R–Laguna Beach) officially announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, and the campaign launch hasn’t gone well for him. From getting caught trying to stash a $2.3 million house to forgetting to mention Wisconsin (the state he’s running in) in his opening advertisement,