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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 Dem guv candidate Tony Evers. The Milwaukee event will include Dem lt. guv candidate Mandela Barnes. Meanwhil… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me Forgot Password
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 committing Wisconsin to safeguarding pre-existing conditions. “No mat… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.
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 complete a health and wellness survey that includes questions about drug… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.
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