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Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today appointed attorney Andrew Hitt to serve as chairman of the Governor’s Judicial Selection Advisory Committee (JSAC), replacing attorney Michael Brennan who has been nominated to serve on the United
Contact: Joanne Juhnke, Policy Director – (608) 320-6165; joanne@wifamilyties.org Madison, WI – On the final day of state budget deliberations, and months after public hearing opportunities on the state budget have passed, the Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 Scandal After Scandal Shows Hintz Cannot Be Trusted to Respect Hard-Working Families, Let Alone Fight for Them [Madison, WI]— Today sleazy politician Gordon Hintz announced he would seek a leadership position with what remains of
Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 MADISON – On Friday, the Co-Chairs of the state’s budget-writing Joint Committee on Finance, State Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), issued the

WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the news of the week in state politics.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Scott Jensen and Chuck Chvala, start a new season. The former legislative leaders explain why the state budget is late this year despite total Republican control. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

Balancing the upside of $83 billion in new economic activity against an incentive package that pays out only as Foxconn delivers on its promises is a risk well worth the reward.

Millions for Foxconn, potholes, gravel and flat tires for the rest of us.

I can’t help but yearn for a candidate who, when charged with being a Madison liberal, responds by redefining the label, instead of just running from it.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck says political labels are out of control.

Communities would be restricted from regulating air and water quality and blasting at sand mines, gravel pits and quarries under a plan approved by the legislature’s GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee.

Schumer and Pelosi wanted and got swift hurricane relief when McConnell wanted it all to seem his doing on his watch. He was outplayed at the poker table.

Raise money for roads by tacking extra registration fees onto un-American vehicles; taxes paid on wages and products overseas aren’t adding to Wisconsin’s road fund, after all.
It’s not just the can that’s being kicked down the road; whole roads are being booted down the freeway.

And how this cost state taxpayers $54 million.

We want to talk about reform, not leaked report’s many errors, he says.
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
Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker today appointed attorney Andrew Hitt to serve as chairman of the Governor’s Judicial Selection Advisory Committee (JSAC), replacing attorney Michael Brennan who has been nominated to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The JSAC
Contact: Joanne Juhnke, Policy Director – (608) 320-6165; joanne@wifamilyties.org Madison, WI – On the final day of state budget deliberations, and months after public hearing opportunities on the state budget have passed, the Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to use the budget to significantly expand Wisconsin’s Special
Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 Scandal After Scandal Shows Hintz Cannot Be Trusted to Respect Hard-Working Families, Let Alone Fight for Them [Madison, WI]— Today sleazy politician Gordon Hintz announced he would seek a leadership position with what remains of the Assembly Democratic caucus, taking his own personal “War on
Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 MADISON – On Friday, the Co-Chairs of the state’s budget-writing Joint Committee on Finance, State Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), issued the following statement regarding the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s most recent

WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the news of the week in state politics.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Scott Jensen and Chuck Chvala, start a new season. The former legislative leaders explain why the state budget is late this year despite total Republican control. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

Balancing the upside of $83 billion in new economic activity against an incentive package that pays out only as Foxconn delivers on its promises is a risk well worth the reward.

Millions for Foxconn, potholes, gravel and flat tires for the rest of us.

I can’t help but yearn for a candidate who, when charged with being a Madison liberal, responds by redefining the label, instead of just running from it.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck says political labels are out of control.

Communities would be restricted from regulating air and water quality and blasting at sand mines, gravel pits and quarries under a plan approved by the legislature’s GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee.

Schumer and Pelosi wanted and got swift hurricane relief when McConnell wanted it all to seem his doing on his watch. He was outplayed at the poker table.

Raise money for roads by tacking extra registration fees onto un-American vehicles; taxes paid on wages and products overseas aren’t adding to Wisconsin’s road fund, after all.
It’s not just the can that’s being kicked down the road; whole roads are being booted down the freeway.

And how this cost state taxpayers $54 million.

We want to talk about reform, not leaked report’s many errors, he says.
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