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Adequately-funded flexible block grants to the states are the last, best hope to finally repeal and replace Obamacare, a program which is collapsing before our very eyes.
We’re about to embark on a plan that gives the largest government payoff to a private corporation in the history of state government.
Wisconn Valley is a con; it’s an anchor around the necks of taxpayers and further starves our schools, our roads and our economy for decades.
When the Joint Finance Committee voted, along party lines, to give Foxconn the right to directly appeal any lower court order straight to the Wisconsin Supreme Court and to have that order suspended until the high court rules on it, the legislature was entering very dubious legal waters.
Rustbelt jobs have steadily declined since 1990. State should look elsewhere for answers.
Wisconsin’s model for educating special needs children is outdated, lagging far behind other states, and does a disservice to parents.
They’re Walker’s most successful economic development program. So why would he cut them?
The mysterious group behind it failed miserably. Why?
A last-minute financial obstruction thrown by GOP budget-writers yesterday at the City of Milwaukee’s streetcar and home rule powers made perfect sense inside the right-wing echo chamber and fossil-fuel/road-building funding combine that passes for a major political party these days.
Contact: Olivia Hwang, 608.266.5504 Madison – Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D – Kenosha) released the following statement on the Republican budget passed in the state’s budget committee this evening: “Republicans should be ashamed of this budget. They spent more
Contact: Rep. John Nygren (888) 534-0089 Madison- State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) released the following statement regarding a motion in the state budget to provide additional funds to support a half-time Special Prosecutor to assist the Marinette County District Attorney’s
Contact: Matt Sande, (262) 352-0890, Matt.S@ProLifeWI.org Madison – The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) adopted a budget motion yesterday that would require the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health Services (DHS) to conduct a comprehensive
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker joined Department of Health Services Secretary Linda Seemeyer and leaders in the field of long-term care today to accept the inaugural Pacesetter Prize awarded by The SCAN Foundation. The award,
Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 Madison: On Wednesday, the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee (JFC) approved the 2017-2019 State Budget. JFC Co-chairs State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) and State Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills)
Contact: Jessica Ward, (414) 422-5712 Leah promises to bring the Wisconsin way to the Senate Brookfield, Wis. – Conservative Republican and State Sen. Leah Vukmir announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate by releasing a new video Thursday. You can
Contact: press@wisdems.org, 608-260-2409 MADISON — Today, a Tea Party, billionaire-backed, Koch brothers disciple announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate. State Senator Leah Vukmir has a long history in Madison of putting her extreme, Tea Party agenda ahead of the needs
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** How will Foxconn and the state budget affect Walker’s re-election odds? Find out on Sept. 14 when a WisPolitics.com panel convenes in Milwaukee. Participants include: –Betsy Ankney, manager for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s winning 2016
Adequately-funded flexible block grants to the states are the last, best hope to finally repeal and replace Obamacare, a program which is collapsing before our very eyes.
We’re about to embark on a plan that gives the largest government payoff to a private corporation in the history of state government.
Wisconn Valley is a con; it’s an anchor around the necks of taxpayers and further starves our schools, our roads and our economy for decades.
When the Joint Finance Committee voted, along party lines, to give Foxconn the right to directly appeal any lower court order straight to the Wisconsin Supreme Court and to have that order suspended until the high court rules on it, the legislature was entering very dubious legal waters.
Rustbelt jobs have steadily declined since 1990. State should look elsewhere for answers.
Wisconsin’s model for educating special needs children is outdated, lagging far behind other states, and does a disservice to parents.
They’re Walker’s most successful economic development program. So why would he cut them?
The mysterious group behind it failed miserably. Why?
A last-minute financial obstruction thrown by GOP budget-writers yesterday at the City of Milwaukee’s streetcar and home rule powers made perfect sense inside the right-wing echo chamber and fossil-fuel/road-building funding combine that passes for a major political party these days.
Contact: Olivia Hwang, 608.266.5504 Madison – Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D – Kenosha) released the following statement on the Republican budget passed in the state’s budget committee this evening: “Republicans should be ashamed of this budget. They spent more than two months bickering about whose idea was best while
Contact: Rep. John Nygren (888) 534-0089 Madison- State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) released the following statement regarding a motion in the state budget to provide additional funds to support a half-time Special Prosecutor to assist the Marinette County District Attorney’s office for two years: “I am proud to provide increased
Contact: Matt Sande, (262) 352-0890, Matt.S@ProLifeWI.org Madison – The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) adopted a budget motion yesterday that would require the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health Services (DHS) to conduct a comprehensive audit of all Medicaid family planning payments to Planned Parenthood
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker joined Department of Health Services Secretary Linda Seemeyer and leaders in the field of long-term care today to accept the inaugural Pacesetter Prize awarded by The SCAN Foundation. The award, which recognizes continued progress in improving the lives of older
Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 Madison: On Wednesday, the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee (JFC) approved the 2017-2019 State Budget. JFC Co-chairs State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) and State Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) released the following statement regarding passage of the budget: “We
Contact: Jessica Ward, (414) 422-5712 Leah promises to bring the Wisconsin way to the Senate Brookfield, Wis. – Conservative Republican and State Sen. Leah Vukmir announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate by releasing a new video Thursday. You can watch the video here. “I first got into politics because
Contact: press@wisdems.org, 608-260-2409 MADISON — Today, a Tea Party, billionaire-backed, Koch brothers disciple announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate. State Senator Leah Vukmir has a long history in Madison of putting her extreme, Tea Party agenda ahead of the needs of Wisconsin families. Leah joins former College Democrats of America
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** How will Foxconn and the state budget affect Walker’s re-election odds? Find out on Sept. 14 when a WisPolitics.com panel convenes in Milwaukee. Participants include: –Betsy Ankney, manager for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s winning 2016 campaign — Paul Maslin, Democratic pollster with FM3 Research –Mark