FRI AM Update: Transpo groups praise Assembly GOP funding plan

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Transportation groups are praising Assembly Republicans for their transportation funding plan, though they’re still reviewing the package. The caucus yesterday released the plan that Rep. Dale Kooyenga, a

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Heifetz disputes claims that House GOP bill guts Medicaid

State Medicaid Director Michael Heifetz today disputed concerns from critics that the health care bill guts Medicaid funding in the long-term. Heifetz told a WisPolitics.com luncheon today that Congress is trying to bend the cost curve since Obamacare ended up doing little

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Assembly GOP details transportation plan

Assembly Republicans today pitched eliminating credits for married couples and renters and stopping local governments from enacting new wheel taxes as part of a far-reaching plan that would raise revenue for transportation while putting Wisconsin on the path to a

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Lena Taylor: Safe Streets Initiative

Public safety affects everyone. Therefore, it should be treated seriously. By everyone. This means that residents, government officials, and law enforcement all have a hand to play in keeping our streets safe.

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FRI News Summary: GOP transpo plan; King veterans home audit; House GOP health care bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 18: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Focus on UpLift MKE: Jobs and inner-city Milwaukee.” The luncheon at UW-Milwaukee’s Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee features a panel discussion with Milwaukee County Exec Chris Abele; DR. Eve Hall, leader of the Milwaukee Urban League;

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FRI AM Update: Transpo groups praise Assembly GOP funding plan

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Transportation groups are praising Assembly Republicans for their transportation funding plan, though they’re still reviewing the package. The caucus yesterday released the plan that Rep. Dale Kooyenga, a Brookfield Republican member of the Joint Finance Committee, has been

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Heifetz disputes claims that House GOP bill guts Medicaid

State Medicaid Director Michael Heifetz today disputed concerns from critics that the health care bill guts Medicaid funding in the long-term. Heifetz told a WisPolitics.com luncheon today that Congress is trying to bend the cost curve since Obamacare ended up doing little to “substantively change how care is delivered or how it’s

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Assembly GOP details transportation plan

Assembly Republicans today pitched eliminating credits for married couples and renters and stopping local governments from enacting new wheel taxes as part of a far-reaching plan that would raise revenue for transportation while putting Wisconsin on the path to a flat income tax. The plan included a hodgepodge of proposals

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Lena Taylor: Safe Streets Initiative

Public safety affects everyone. Therefore, it should be treated seriously. By everyone. This means that residents, government officials, and law enforcement all have a hand to play in keeping our streets safe.

Read More »