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MADISON — For speakers at the 16th annual Fighting Bob Fest, the message to the audience was clear: the time is now. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, said that’s because under what she described as a dysfunctional Trump administration, the
Gov. Scott Walker has promised to use his veto pen to immediately move up a repeal of the prevailing wage on state projects and cut off school districts from an exemption to spending caps for energy efficiency projects, according to
The state Senate put the final touches Friday on a nearly $76 billion state budget that would pump an additional $649 million into K-12 education over the next two years after a handful of holdout GOP senators received assurances from
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Republicans working on veto assurances to secure final votes for budget passage Groups press Walker over potential veto of quarry regulation measure in state budget Dane
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the significant news of the week in state politics.
Senate Republicans have rejected two amendments from Democrats so far as debate on the biennial budget continues. JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, kicked off the debate by saying it was “one of the best budgets” she’s worked on, ticking
With the Senate budget vote in question because of three holdouts, Insiders Jensen & Chvala, former leg leaders, talk over their strategies for getting budget votes. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, said today taxpayers are “being held hostage” by Republicans’ delay in passing a budget. The Senate gaveled in today to vote on the budget, though Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he still
President Trump and his former alt-right strategist Steve Bannon have spread a truly outlandish narrative known as the “deep state,” the notion that the public sector has undertaken a dark and orchestrated plot against the American people.
It promises to be an incredible, thought-provoking weekend, aimed at creating discussion about what our city and state are looking at over the coming years. And it will include divergent views from Republicans and independents as well as progressives and liberals.
We believe that good policy requires input from all sides, and continuing open discussions. Bipartisanship isn’t dead, and if we embrace it with clear eyes and full hearts, there’s no limit to what we can achieve.
Meeting with Trump and others, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi on Sept. 13 worked out a “deal to make a deal as soon as possible”—which seems the proper description—on enshrining the roots of DACA and agreeing on border security issues—outside the wall, the Democrats said. On that “outside” phrase, the White House tweeted disagreement.
Northern Wisconsin can have a clean environment and economic prosperity. We can continue to be a vibrant tourism destination while allowing industry to flourish.
While we welcome new business, we cannot afford to weaken our environmental laws in Wisconsin for the benefit of sulfide mining. Doing so tarnishes the integrity of our laws and puts our water and people at significant risk.
As Walker buries the state under $3 billion in guarantee-free gifts to Foxconn, let’s bury his phony fiscal conservatism and falsely-claimed aversion to picking government-financed winners and losers.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** WisPolitics would like to send you and your family/friends to the Cap Times Idea Fest this weekend on the UW-Madison campus — Sept. 16-17. We have 200 free tickets to give away on a first
The state Senate gaveled in briefly this morning for its session on the biennial budget and is now in recess until 11:30 a.m. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said this week he didn’t have the required 17 votes from his
MADISON — For speakers at the 16th annual Fighting Bob Fest, the message to the audience was clear: the time is now. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, said that’s because under what she described as a dysfunctional Trump administration, the “challenges and struggles of hard-working Wisconsinites just aren’t being dealt
Gov. Scott Walker has promised to use his veto pen to immediately move up a repeal of the prevailing wage on state projects and cut off school districts from an exemption to spending caps for energy efficiency projects, according to three GOP senators who sought the changes to the budget
The state Senate put the final touches Friday on a nearly $76 billion state budget that would pump an additional $649 million into K-12 education over the next two years after a handful of holdout GOP senators received assurances from the guv’s office on a package of vetoes. The budget,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Republicans working on veto assurances to secure final votes for budget passage Groups press Walker over potential veto of quarry regulation measure in state budget Dane County families have concerns as DHS makes switch to long-term
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the significant news of the week in state politics.
Senate Republicans have rejected two amendments from Democrats so far as debate on the biennial budget continues. JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, kicked off the debate by saying it was “one of the best budgets” she’s worked on, ticking off a range of provisions that include: the $639 million
With the Senate budget vote in question because of three holdouts, Insiders Jensen & Chvala, former leg leaders, talk over their strategies for getting budget votes. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, said today taxpayers are “being held hostage” by Republicans’ delay in passing a budget. The Senate gaveled in today to vote on the budget, though Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he still didn’t have the required 17 GOP votes to pass the
President Trump and his former alt-right strategist Steve Bannon have spread a truly outlandish narrative known as the “deep state,” the notion that the public sector has undertaken a dark and orchestrated plot against the American people.
It promises to be an incredible, thought-provoking weekend, aimed at creating discussion about what our city and state are looking at over the coming years. And it will include divergent views from Republicans and independents as well as progressives and liberals.
We believe that good policy requires input from all sides, and continuing open discussions. Bipartisanship isn’t dead, and if we embrace it with clear eyes and full hearts, there’s no limit to what we can achieve.
Meeting with Trump and others, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi on Sept. 13 worked out a “deal to make a deal as soon as possible”—which seems the proper description—on enshrining the roots of DACA and agreeing on border security issues—outside the wall, the Democrats said. On that “outside” phrase, the White House tweeted disagreement.
Northern Wisconsin can have a clean environment and economic prosperity. We can continue to be a vibrant tourism destination while allowing industry to flourish.
While we welcome new business, we cannot afford to weaken our environmental laws in Wisconsin for the benefit of sulfide mining. Doing so tarnishes the integrity of our laws and puts our water and people at significant risk.
As Walker buries the state under $3 billion in guarantee-free gifts to Foxconn, let’s bury his phony fiscal conservatism and falsely-claimed aversion to picking government-financed winners and losers.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** WisPolitics would like to send you and your family/friends to the Cap Times Idea Fest this weekend on the UW-Madison campus — Sept. 16-17. We have 200 free tickets to give away on a first come, first serve basis. Cap Times Idea Fest is set
The state Senate gaveled in briefly this morning for its session on the biennial budget and is now in recess until 11:30 a.m. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said this week he didn’t have the required 17 votes from his party to pass the budget. He told reporters today he