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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is holding a rally with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Madison and Milwaukee today. The Madison event will feature Kathy Evers, wife of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker pledged the state will pass a bill to guarantee pre-existing condition coverage using “the exact same language that’s in the Affordable Care Act.” Walker’s comments today, during a campaign

That’s why four of his cabinet secretaries, including me, have condemned him.

Evers presents a clear path forward while Walker likes to drop surprise bombs.

State aids to schools are at the highest level of actual dollars in history. When accounting for inflation, those dollars dip below prior year investments when taking a traditional view of state aids as a line item. Yet, not accounted for in that metric is the savings to districts that they can now make, if they choose, through the tools of Act 10. Those savings add up, to the tune of $3.2 billion in just five years.

School choice, vouchers — take your pick — have been rapidly expanding since the days of Tommy Thompson’s modest Milwaukee voucher plan. This has been especially so since Republican Scott Walker and a Legislature dominated by his fellow party members took over state government.

The federal government has signed off on the state’s plan to institute work requirements for some Medicaid recipients. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shot down a provision in Wisconsin’s waiver request asking for permission to drug test

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Tony Evers launched a new TV ad today charging the men Scott Walker trusted to run Wisconsin’s most important agencies say he lacked integrity and was changed by power
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The latest Marquette University Law School Poll found a tied race for guv, while Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin maintained a big lead over GOP challenger Leah Vukmir. Gov. Scott Walker and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Joette Richards, (262)894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – Tommy G. Thompson, Wisconsin’s longest-tenured governor, will be the featured speaker at a Newsmaker Luncheon, hosted jointly by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com, on

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir urged workers at a Menomonee Falls factory today to vote for Republicans, warning Dem wins would unravel conservative reforms in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Vukmir, who’s a state senator from Brookfield, said the state

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and and her GOP opponent, Leah Vukmir, are on opposite sides of a plan from President Trump to end birthright citizenship for some born in the U.S. While Baldwin, D-Madison, instead called for “comprehensive immigration reform,”

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is holding a rally with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Madison and Milwaukee today. The Madison event will feature Kathy Evers, wife of Dem guv candidate Tony Evers. The Milwaukee event will include
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker pledged the state will pass a bill to guarantee pre-existing condition coverage using “the exact same language that’s in the Affordable Care Act.” Walker’s comments today, during a campaign stop in Waukesha, go further than he has before in

That’s why four of his cabinet secretaries, including me, have condemned him.

Evers presents a clear path forward while Walker likes to drop surprise bombs.

State aids to schools are at the highest level of actual dollars in history. When accounting for inflation, those dollars dip below prior year investments when taking a traditional view of state aids as a line item. Yet, not accounted for in that metric is the savings to districts that they can now make, if they choose, through the tools of Act 10. Those savings add up, to the tune of $3.2 billion in just five years.

School choice, vouchers — take your pick — have been rapidly expanding since the days of Tommy Thompson’s modest Milwaukee voucher plan. This has been especially so since Republican Scott Walker and a Legislature dominated by his fellow party members took over state government.

The federal government has signed off on the state’s plan to institute work requirements for some Medicaid recipients. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shot down a provision in Wisconsin’s waiver request asking for permission to drug test recipients of BadgerCare Plus, instead opting to require recipients to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Tony Evers launched a new TV ad today charging the men Scott Walker trusted to run Wisconsin’s most important agencies say he lacked integrity and was changed by power and ambition. Evers’ campaign said the ad will run on
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The latest Marquette University Law School Poll found a tied race for guv, while Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin maintained a big lead over GOP challenger Leah Vukmir. Gov. Scott Walker and Dem challenger Tony Evers were each backed by 47 percent
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Joette Richards, (262)894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – Tommy G. Thompson, Wisconsin’s longest-tenured governor, will be the featured speaker at a Newsmaker Luncheon, hosted jointly by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com, on Wednesday, November 14. Thompson, who also served for 20 years

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir urged workers at a Menomonee Falls factory today to vote for Republicans, warning Dem wins would unravel conservative reforms in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Vukmir, who’s a state senator from Brookfield, said the state has seen record low unemployment, state budget surpluses and reduced

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and and her GOP opponent, Leah Vukmir, are on opposite sides of a plan from President Trump to end birthright citizenship for some born in the U.S. While Baldwin, D-Madison, instead called for “comprehensive immigration reform,” Vukmir, R-Brookfield, characterized Trump’s idea as “courageous leadership to fix