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WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. The latest installment features Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable. The former chief legal officer at American Family Insurance is a Wisconsin transplant who was born in New York and raised
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Evers rescinds 82 appointments as Republicans seek emergency stay of lame-duck decision GOP legal bills in Planned Parenthood suit could hit $500K for outside counsel JFC

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the capital budget, recent court action on the lame-duck laws and Foxconn.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Upcoming WisPolitics.com events in Wauwatosa, Madison and Milwaukee include: *A March 28 issues forum at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. The event, on whether the Medicaid expansion is right for the state, features

As legislative Republicans take over the budget process, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, gauge Gov. Tony Evers’ budget items that trim back the GOP’s labor law changes from the past two sessions. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

It is primarily the moderate Democrats running for president or politicians from Trump-leaning congressional districts who genuinely are the “bold” politicians. It is they who will dictate whether the Trump nightmare ends next year.

The last time the top tax rate was 70 percent was back in the days when President Jimmy Carter talked about a country in a malaise. Now, socialists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey want to bring that top tax rate back as part of the so-called “Green New Deal.”

A state judge on March 21 declared illegal the lame duck laws passed in December by the GOP-dominated legislature.

If Wisconsin conservatives needed a reminder of the importance of the courts, they received it Thursday when a Dane County judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the laws passed by the Republican legislature last December in an extraordinary session.

The ruling is a “strict constructionist” look at the Constitution.

The latest: uses taxpayer-funded lawyer to shield him from revealing how he gerrymandered districts.

It is critical for conservatives to reclaim their seat at the table by advancing forward-thinking, market-driven energy solutions that will create jobs and support a stronger economy while transitioning us to cleaner sources of energy.
On March 26, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is hearing a case that directly concerns the residents of Dane County and also puts a spotlight on the integrity of our highest court. The case is called Enbridge Energy Co., Inc., v. Dane County.

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. The latest installment features Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable. The former chief legal officer at American Family Insurance is a Wisconsin transplant who was born in New York and raised in Illinois. He came to Wisconsin for college, attending Milwaukee’s
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Evers rescinds 82 appointments as Republicans seek emergency stay of lame-duck decision GOP legal bills in Planned Parenthood suit could hit $500K for outside counsel JFC invites just six agencies to testify on budget, encourages standing

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the capital budget, recent court action on the lame-duck laws and Foxconn.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Upcoming WisPolitics.com events in Wauwatosa, Madison and Milwaukee include: *A March 28 issues forum at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. The event, on whether the Medicaid expansion is right for the state, features JIM JONES, the Medicaid director for Gov. TONY EVERS’ health

As legislative Republicans take over the budget process, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, gauge Gov. Tony Evers’ budget items that trim back the GOP’s labor law changes from the past two sessions. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

It is primarily the moderate Democrats running for president or politicians from Trump-leaning congressional districts who genuinely are the “bold” politicians. It is they who will dictate whether the Trump nightmare ends next year.

The last time the top tax rate was 70 percent was back in the days when President Jimmy Carter talked about a country in a malaise. Now, socialists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey want to bring that top tax rate back as part of the so-called “Green New Deal.”

A state judge on March 21 declared illegal the lame duck laws passed in December by the GOP-dominated legislature.

If Wisconsin conservatives needed a reminder of the importance of the courts, they received it Thursday when a Dane County judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the laws passed by the Republican legislature last December in an extraordinary session.

The ruling is a “strict constructionist” look at the Constitution.

The latest: uses taxpayer-funded lawyer to shield him from revealing how he gerrymandered districts.

It is critical for conservatives to reclaim their seat at the table by advancing forward-thinking, market-driven energy solutions that will create jobs and support a stronger economy while transitioning us to cleaner sources of energy.
On March 26, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is hearing a case that directly concerns the residents of Dane County and also puts a spotlight on the integrity of our highest court. The case is called Enbridge Energy Co., Inc., v. Dane County.