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Last week, the Joint Finance Committee completed its work on the 2019-21 biennial budget, originally proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in February. The following 10 ideas would improve the JFC budget.
Perch count way down in Lake Michigan. Strong leadership needed to protect state waters.
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Gov. Tony Evers says he will not make a decision on how to use his partial or full veto authority on the state budget until lawmakers present him with a finalized version. The Joint Finance Committee last week wrapped up
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly is scheduled to today take up a bill that would address step therapy, a cost-saving method employed by insurance companies. The practice makes patients try a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today said he will not make a decision on how to use his partial or full veto authority on the state budget until lawmakers present him with a finalized
DOT Secretary Craig Thompson says the transportation budget recently approved by the Joint Finance Committee is “far more responsible” than the past five, despite JFC Republicans rejecting Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to increase the gas tax. Still, he said that
Treasurer Sarah Godlewski is looking for solutions to Wisconsin’s student loan debt problem. And she’s thinking the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands that she chairs could be part of the solution by facilitating student loans at cheaper rates. Godlewski
The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll indicates that 55 percent of Republicans support states expanding Medicaid.
Wisconsin has long been a tax hell where it is more expensive to live, work, and play than in most other states. Gov. Scott Walker and the legislative Republicans made some progress over the last eight years in making the state more affordable, but now many of those same legislative Republicans are allowing the state to slide back.
For some reason — stubbornness, rigid ideology, special interest influence — the corps of the Republican Party would rather put the burden on Wisconsin taxpayers, denials notwithstanding.
If the proposed ordinance to impose fines on parents of young bullies passes it will send two messages. First it will say as a society the victims of bullies have a strong ally. Secondly, it makes clear that everyone involved with a bullying experience, even the parents of the perpetrator, has to bear some of the responsibility.
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Last week, the Joint Finance Committee completed its work on the 2019-21 biennial budget, originally proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in February. The following 10 ideas would improve the JFC budget.
Perch count way down in Lake Michigan. Strong leadership needed to protect state waters.
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Gov. Tony Evers says he will not make a decision on how to use his partial or full veto authority on the state budget until lawmakers present him with a finalized version. The Joint Finance Committee last week wrapped up its deliberations on the guv’s original proposal. The panel approved
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly is scheduled to today take up a bill that would address step therapy, a cost-saving method employed by insurance companies. The practice makes patients try a number of drugs recommended by the insurer before “stepping” up
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today said he will not make a decision on how to use his partial or full veto authority on the state budget until lawmakers present him with a finalized version. The Joint Finance Committee last week wrapped up its
DOT Secretary Craig Thompson says the transportation budget recently approved by the Joint Finance Committee is “far more responsible” than the past five, despite JFC Republicans rejecting Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to increase the gas tax. Still, he said that proposal — which would increase the gas tax by 8
Treasurer Sarah Godlewski is looking for solutions to Wisconsin’s student loan debt problem. And she’s thinking the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands that she chairs could be part of the solution by facilitating student loans at cheaper rates. Godlewski said under the approach she’s looking at, the BCPL wouldn’t
The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll indicates that 55 percent of Republicans support states expanding Medicaid.
Wisconsin has long been a tax hell where it is more expensive to live, work, and play than in most other states. Gov. Scott Walker and the legislative Republicans made some progress over the last eight years in making the state more affordable, but now many of those same legislative Republicans are allowing the state to slide back.
For some reason — stubbornness, rigid ideology, special interest influence — the corps of the Republican Party would rather put the burden on Wisconsin taxpayers, denials notwithstanding.
If the proposed ordinance to impose fines on parents of young bullies passes it will send two messages. First it will say as a society the victims of bullies have a strong ally. Secondly, it makes clear that everyone involved with a bullying experience, even the parents of the perpetrator, has to bear some of the responsibility.
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