Skip to content

Visit WisPolitics-State Affairs for premium content,
keyword notifications, bill tracking and more

  • Links
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Login/Account
  • Contact Us / Send News Tips
  • Links
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Login/Account
  • Contact Us / Send News Tips
  • News
    • WisPolitics News
    • Around Wisconsin
    • Battleground Wisconsin
    • Election Blog
    • Ad Watch
    • Quorum Call
    • DC Wrap
    • Capitol Chats
    • Interviews
  • Press Releases
  • WisOpinion
    • The Insiders
  • Events
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribers Only
    • AM Update
    • News Summary
    • PM Update
    • Friday Report
    • Budget
  • News
    • WisPolitics News
    • Around Wisconsin
    • Battleground Wisconsin
    • Election Blog
    • Ad Watch
    • Quorum Call
    • DC Wrap
    • Capitol Chats
    • Interviews
  • Press Releases
  • WisOpinion
    • The Insiders
  • Events
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribers Only
    • AM Update
    • News Summary
    • PM Update
    • Friday Report
    • Budget

Senate gavels in briefly on budget, recesses until 11:30 a.m.

Friday, Sep 15, 2017

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

Read More »

With Assembly approval, Wisconsin Foxconn deal heads to Scott Walker’s desk

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Senate’s crucial budget decision is a major test for Fitzgerald

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Changes to manure disposal could come to northeastern Wisconsin farms

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Legislator proposing bill to legalize, regulate daily fantasy sports websites

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Johnson joins Republicans in last-ditch effort to repeal ACA

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Ryan: ‘There is no agreement’ between Trump and Democrats on DACA

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

With Senate GOP holdouts, uncertainty ahead of planned budget vote

Friday, Sep 15, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is holding open the option of coming in over the weekend to take up the state budget if needed as several of his members continued to hold out. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said again

Read More »

FRI AM Update: Senate scheduled for budget vote today; weekly radio addresses

Friday, Sep 15, 2017

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The state Senate is scheduled to come in this morning to vote on the biennial budget, though it’s unclear whether Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has enough GOP

Read More »

THU PM Update: Senate GOP still short of votes needed to pass budget; Assembly passes amended Foxconn bill

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is holding open the option of coming in over the weekend to take up the state budget if needed as several of his members continued to hold

Read More »

Christian Schneider: Wipe Wisconsin’s occupational license slate clean

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

The state should wipe clean the list of occupational licenses and build the list from the ground up, making sure each makes sense in context with all the others.

Read More »

Jacob Stampen: Crony capitalist solutions don’t work because they are not knowledge-based  

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Crony capitalist-dominated Republicans control most state governments, and since the 2016 election, the federal government as well.

Read More »

Jonathan Patz: Taxing hybrid and electric vehicles doesn’t make financial sense

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

The narrow-mindedness of such a policy completely ignores the harmful effect that tailpipe exhaust from gasoline and diesel vehicles has on our citizens. The cost includes illness, death and financial losses that will be far larger than the higher revenue the Legislature hopes to bring in.

Read More »

Bruce Thompson: How to build Wisconsin’s economy

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Bribing companies to relocate here doesn’t work. So what does?

Read More »
Portrait of Bruce Murphy

Bruce Murphy: The billionaires’ choice

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

They like Nicholson and Vukmir for U.S. Senate. What more do you need you know?

Read More »

Mitch Henck: Why Hillary Clinton really lost

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on why Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential race. Clinton’s book “What Happened” was released Tuesday.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Trump’s ‘tax reform’ just more of the same

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Once again, we’re headed to “reform” that benefits the 1 percent among us and forgets the rest.

Read More »

Leah Vukmir: Keeping promises to our veterans

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

As a blue star mom, I know someday my son who serves as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army will become a veteran.

Read More »

Jon Peacock: State’s uninsured dropped 42% under ACA

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Neighboring states saw even bigger drops under Obamacare since 2013.

Read More »

Jeffrey Roman and Sharlen Moore: Legislature’s victim prevention package is misguided

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

State legislators are considering a new package of bills that dramatically would increase both the number of youths sentenced to prison and the length of time they spend at Lincoln Hills or Copper Lake, reversing years of work to reform the youth justice system for the better.

Read More »

Senate gavels in briefly on budget, recesses until 11:30 a.m.

Friday, Sep 15, 2017

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

Read More »

With Assembly approval, Wisconsin Foxconn deal heads to Scott Walker’s desk

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Senate’s crucial budget decision is a major test for Fitzgerald

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Changes to manure disposal could come to northeastern Wisconsin farms

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Legislator proposing bill to legalize, regulate daily fantasy sports websites

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Johnson joins Republicans in last-ditch effort to repeal ACA

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

Ryan: ‘There is no agreement’ between Trump and Democrats on DACA

Friday, Sep 15, 2017
Read More »

With Senate GOP holdouts, uncertainty ahead of planned budget vote

Friday, Sep 15, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is holding open the option of coming in over the weekend to take up the state budget if needed as several of his members continued to hold out. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said again Thursday the Assembly would not return to cast another budget

Read More »

FRI AM Update: Senate scheduled for budget vote today; weekly radio addresses

Friday, Sep 15, 2017

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The state Senate is scheduled to come in this morning to vote on the biennial budget, though it’s unclear whether Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has enough GOP votes to pass it. Fitzgerald said this week he doesn’t

Read More »

THU PM Update: Senate GOP still short of votes needed to pass budget; Assembly passes amended Foxconn bill

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is holding open the option of coming in over the weekend to take up the state budget if needed as several of his members continued to hold out. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said again today the

Read More »

Christian Schneider: Wipe Wisconsin’s occupational license slate clean

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

The state should wipe clean the list of occupational licenses and build the list from the ground up, making sure each makes sense in context with all the others.

Read More »

Jacob Stampen: Crony capitalist solutions don’t work because they are not knowledge-based  

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Crony capitalist-dominated Republicans control most state governments, and since the 2016 election, the federal government as well.

Read More »

Jonathan Patz: Taxing hybrid and electric vehicles doesn’t make financial sense

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

The narrow-mindedness of such a policy completely ignores the harmful effect that tailpipe exhaust from gasoline and diesel vehicles has on our citizens. The cost includes illness, death and financial losses that will be far larger than the higher revenue the Legislature hopes to bring in.

Read More »

Bruce Thompson: How to build Wisconsin’s economy

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Bribing companies to relocate here doesn’t work. So what does?

Read More »
Portrait of Bruce Murphy

Bruce Murphy: The billionaires’ choice

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

They like Nicholson and Vukmir for U.S. Senate. What more do you need you know?

Read More »

Mitch Henck: Why Hillary Clinton really lost

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on why Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential race. Clinton’s book “What Happened” was released Tuesday.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Trump’s ‘tax reform’ just more of the same

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Once again, we’re headed to “reform” that benefits the 1 percent among us and forgets the rest.

Read More »

Leah Vukmir: Keeping promises to our veterans

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

As a blue star mom, I know someday my son who serves as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army will become a veteran.

Read More »

Jon Peacock: State’s uninsured dropped 42% under ACA

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Neighboring states saw even bigger drops under Obamacare since 2013.

Read More »

Jeffrey Roman and Sharlen Moore: Legislature’s victim prevention package is misguided

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

State legislators are considering a new package of bills that dramatically would increase both the number of youths sentenced to prison and the length of time they spend at Lincoln Hills or Copper Lake, reversing years of work to reform the youth justice system for the better.

Read More »
Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5

Contact us/Send news tips

Content copyright WisPolitics.com