Nov. 16: WisPolitics.com DC breakfast with Morning Consult CEO Michael Ramlet

Michael Ramlet, a Middleton native who’s now CEO of Morning Consult, outlines his team’s work to shake up the national polling industry. Morning Consult partners with Politico and others. See an article on Morning Consult’s success in the 2016 presidential race: http://www.businessinsider.com/morning-consult-election-polls-2016-11 Time: Breakfast and check-in start at 8:30 a.m.

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Groups at odds over budget provision on short-term home rentals

A group that represents the tech company Airbnb says it’s opposing a budget provision that would add requirements to homeowners who want to rent out their property on the platform. The Travel Technology Association wrote to lawmakers Monday warning of the “unintended consequences” of a tax provision that the Joint

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Fitzgerald opts against U.S. Senate bid, endorses Vukmir

Scott Fitzgerald officially opted against a bid for the U.S. Senate today, instead endorsing fellow GOP state Sen. Leah Vukmir as an “actual conservative.” Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, was considered a top candidate for the U.S. Senate at the beginning of the year. But that talk faded as the legislative session began

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