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Michael Luckey Office of Representative Mike Rohrkaste Wisconsin State Assembly (608) 266-5719 Madison, WI – The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance wrapped up work today on the 2019-2021 state budget, sending it now to the full Assembly and Senate for
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Corporations and Wealthy to Get $361 Million Windfall, Including Breaks on Spending for Food, Drinks and Salaries for Millionaires MADISON, Wis. — The state big
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary McCarthy (414) 253-7646 MILWAUKEE – Rebecca Kiefer, candidate for Milwaukee County Circuit Court in Branch 29, today announced the endorsement of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm. “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Rebecca Kiefer
Contact: Shelby Williamson Senior Communication Specialist (414) 288-6712 – office (262) 441-0516 – mobile shelby.leduc@marquette.edu MILWAUKEE — Dr. Melissa Gibson, assistant professor of educational policy and leadership at Marquette University, is a recipient of the Helen Way Klingler Young
For Immediate Release: 6/13/2019 Contact: Jordan Dunn WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mike Gallagher today released the following statement following the House Armed Services Committee markup for H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA). “While the
Nearly hidden in the transportation budget passed by the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee is a provision that would allow the committee to implement a mileage-based fee on drivers by 2023. The decisions to create the fee, how it would implemented, and the amount of the fee would all be in the hands of the 16-member JFC instead of the full legislature and the governor.
The workaround that Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee have come up with to get to some form of transportation tax increase has even me a little concerned. But just a little. If it works, I’ll eat the sausage.
Republicans’ mistake gives Evers some say over how to apportion tax cuts from online sales tax revenue.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Free event: June 17: Navigating the New Economy: The booming border –Sponsored by WAGET, the Wisconsin Academy of Global Education and Training in partnership with WisBusiness.com and the Kenosha News — Even if the Foxconn
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joint Finance is set today to take up a proposal from Sen. Dale Kooyenga that would use tax revenue from online sales to reduce taxes
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) introduced the Milk in Lunches for Kids (MILK) Act Wednesday, legislation to allow schools to serve all forms of milk, including flavored and unflavored whole milk and two percent
Michael Luckey Office of Representative Mike Rohrkaste Wisconsin State Assembly (608) 266-5719 Madison, WI – The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance wrapped up work today on the 2019-2021 state budget, sending it now to the full Assembly and Senate for action. This document builds off of the surpluses created by
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Corporations and Wealthy to Get $361 Million Windfall, Including Breaks on Spending for Food, Drinks and Salaries for Millionaires MADISON, Wis. — The state big business lobby, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), lobbied legislators to
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary McCarthy (414) 253-7646 MILWAUKEE – Rebecca Kiefer, candidate for Milwaukee County Circuit Court in Branch 29, today announced the endorsement of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm. “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Rebecca Kiefer for nearly two decades and in that time I have
Contact: Shelby Williamson Senior Communication Specialist (414) 288-6712 – office (262) 441-0516 – mobile shelby.leduc@marquette.edu MILWAUKEE — Dr. Melissa Gibson, assistant professor of educational policy and leadership at Marquette University, is a recipient of the Helen Way Klingler Young Scholar Award. Receiving the Young Scholar Award will allow Gibson
For Immediate Release: 6/13/2019 Contact: Jordan Dunn WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mike Gallagher today released the following statement following the House Armed Services Committee markup for H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA). “While the NDAA has always included a robust debate, it has long
Nearly hidden in the transportation budget passed by the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee is a provision that would allow the committee to implement a mileage-based fee on drivers by 2023. The decisions to create the fee, how it would implemented, and the amount of the fee would all be in the hands of the 16-member JFC instead of the full legislature and the governor.
The workaround that Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee have come up with to get to some form of transportation tax increase has even me a little concerned. But just a little. If it works, I’ll eat the sausage.
Republicans’ mistake gives Evers some say over how to apportion tax cuts from online sales tax revenue.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Free event: June 17: Navigating the New Economy: The booming border –Sponsored by WAGET, the Wisconsin Academy of Global Education and Training in partnership with WisBusiness.com and the Kenosha News — Even if the Foxconn development doesn’t reach its full promise, the southeastern Wisconsin border
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joint Finance is set today to take up a proposal from Sen. Dale Kooyenga that would use tax revenue from online sales to reduce taxes on income in the state’s the second lowest bracket as
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) introduced the Milk in Lunches for Kids (MILK) Act Wednesday, legislation to allow schools to serve all forms of milk, including flavored and unflavored whole milk and two percent milk. Currently, schools are only allowed to serve flavored and