Tiffany campaign: Issues statement after first Democrat candidate forum

WAUSAU, WI – Tom Tiffany, Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin, issued a statement today in response to the Democrat Main Street Governor Candidate Forum. “Every Democrat in this race is running on the same platform of higher property taxes, bigger government, and taking more from the paychecks of working families.

Read More »

Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin: Urges lawmakers to reject utility handout disguised as nuclear renaissance 

Madison, WI — Americans for Prosperity–Wisconsin (AFP-WI) urged Representatives in the Assembly to vote NO on Assembly Bill 472, warning the bill misuses Wisconsin’s pro-nuclear momentum to advance a utility handout that shifts financial risk from investors onto ratepayers.  AFP-WI Legislative Director Jerry Ponio said, “Wisconsin ratepayers are being hammered by rising

Read More »

Rep. Phelps: Republicans reject Rep. Phelps’s amendment to regulate AI in workforce

MADISON, WI – State Representative Christian Phelps (D–Eau Claire) introduced an amendment to Assembly Bill 840 on Tuesday. His amendment would have changed a Republican-authored data center bill to require a regulatory board to oversee the impacts of artificial intelligence on Wisconsin business practices and the workforce. Rep. Phelps’s amendment was rejected along

Read More »

Sen. Hutton: Bill requiring basic fiscal accountability before school tax increases is headed to Governor’s desk

MADISON, Wis. — The State Senate on Wednesday approved legislation authored by Senator Rob Hutton (R–Brookfield) and Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie) to ensure school districts meet basic fiscal accountability standards before asking taxpayers to approve higher property taxes. Assembly Bill 457 requires school districts to be in compliance with existing

Read More »

DNC: ICYMI: DNC blasts Trump’s first year in office as a disaster as working families suffer under rising costs, less health care

Donald Trump promised an economic “golden age” on “Day One,” but his first year back in office has been a complete disaster for working families. Instead, Trump has squeezed American families’ pocketbooks with skyrocketing prices and rising inflation, destroyed thousands of jobs, and implemented policies that will kick millions of

Read More »

Rep. Rodriguez: Federal Scholarship Tax Credit heads to governor’s desk

MADISON – A bill authored by Representative Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) and Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) passed the State Senate today. Assembly Bill 602 (AB 602) would opt Wisconsin-based scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) into the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) program. The FSTC creates a non-refundable federal income tax credit

Read More »

MacIver Institute: Study: Wisconsin economy lags rest of nation

MADISON — After years of keeping pace with or outperforming the national economy, a new study from the MacIver Institute and the Center of the American Experiment Wisconsin has fallen to the bottom of the barrel over the last decade. The report, Accounting for Growth in Wisconsin: Performance and Prospects, reveals

Read More »