JFC passes GOP motion on UW 12-4

The Joint Finance Committee today argued over whether Republicans are adding funding toward UW or cutting it. The committee passed 12-4 an omnibus motion on UW that freezes tuition again, adds performance funding for the UW System and makes some

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THU News Summary: Drug testing for Medicaid; Ryan on Comey

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 7 breakfast gathering in D.C. with U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan A June 7 breakfast gathering at the Monocle in D.C. features U.S. Rep. MARK POCAN, D-Town of Vermont. Sponsored by Michael Best and Michael

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Public Service Commission: Integrated anaerobic digester system RFP update

Contact: Elise Nelson 608-266-9600 Elise.Nelson@wisconsin.gov Integrated Anaerobic Digester System Request for Proposal Update Webinar scheduled for June 5   (MADISON) – Governor Walker has directed the Public Service Commission, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Agricultural Trade and Consumer Protection to work

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FRI AM Update: JFC backs drug testing some Medicaid recipients

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee last night green-lighted Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to drug test Medicaid recipients, adopting a GOP motion that also left intact many of the other changes to both Medicaid and food stamps the guv was

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JFC passes GOP motion on UW 12-4

The Joint Finance Committee today argued over whether Republicans are adding funding toward UW or cutting it. The committee passed 12-4 an omnibus motion on UW that freezes tuition again, adds performance funding for the UW System and makes some investments that Gov. Scott Walker hadn’t called for in his

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JFC debates past UW cuts as Republicans reject Dem proposals

The Joint Finance Committee today rejected Dem efforts to make tuition free at the two-year UW Colleges and add $500 million to the UW System to make up for past GOP cuts. The omnibus GOP motion the committee is taking up today adds investments to the UW System. But Dems hammered Republican

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THU News Summary: Drug testing for Medicaid; Ryan on Comey

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 7 breakfast gathering in D.C. with U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan A June 7 breakfast gathering at the Monocle in D.C. features U.S. Rep. MARK POCAN, D-Town of Vermont. Sponsored by Michael Best and Michael Best Strategies, WPS Health Insurance, AARP Wisconsin and Xcel Energy

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Public Service Commission: Integrated anaerobic digester system RFP update

Contact: Elise Nelson 608-266-9600 Elise.Nelson@wisconsin.gov Integrated Anaerobic Digester System Request for Proposal Update Webinar scheduled for June 5   (MADISON) – Governor Walker has directed the Public Service Commission, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Agricultural Trade and Consumer Protection to work together on an effort to align anaerobic digester/water treatment system

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Gov. Walker: On state transportation budget: ‘Get it done’

Contact: Tom Evenson, (608) 266-2839 NEENAH – Governor Scott Walker called upon lawmakers to get the state transportation budget done without delays at the site of the 10/441 project today. The call from Governor Walker comes in response to the suggestion that transportation be broken away from the full state

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