FRI News Summary: JFC rejects self-insurance; Walker to sign REINS Act; Gableman won’t seek re-election

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-news-summary-jfc-rejects-self-insurance-walker-to-sign-reins-act-gableman-wont-seek-re-election/ **************************************** June 22: WisPolitics.com luncheon: Secrets of the Capitol Building Join WisPolitics for lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, June 22. … Please log in to

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JFC adjourns, might return next Thursday

The Joint Finance Committee has adjourned for the evening but may come back on Thursday, according to JFC Co-chair John Nygren. Nygren, R-Marinette, told committee members at the close of the session to keep Thursday open on their calendars. Nygren

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JFC unanimously rejects Walker’s self-insurance plan

The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously shot down Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to self-insure state workers, putting an end for now to an effort the Walker administration has studied for years. The committee rejected Walker’s plan on a bipartisan 16-0

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FRI News Summary: JFC rejects self-insurance; Walker to sign REINS Act; Gableman won’t seek re-election

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-news-summary-jfc-rejects-self-insurance-walker-to-sign-reins-act-gableman-wont-seek-re-election/ **************************************** June 22: WisPolitics.com luncheon: Secrets of the Capitol Building Join WisPolitics for lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, June 22. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please

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Gableman says he won’t run for re-election to Supreme Court

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman announced Thursday he will not seek re-election next year, saying he is “more hopeful than ever in the triumph of the rule of law in Wisconsin.” Gableman’s statement did not explicitly address whether he will fill out the rest of his term, which ends

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Sauk Co. Judge Screnock announces Supreme Court bid

Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock announced today he’ll run for Michael Gableman’s spot on the state Supreme Court, saying he shares the incumbent’s “belief that it is the role of a judge to say what the law is and not what it should be.” Screnock becomes the first

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JFC adjourns, might return next Thursday

The Joint Finance Committee has adjourned for the evening but may come back on Thursday, according to JFC Co-chair John Nygren. Nygren, R-Marinette, told committee members at the close of the session to keep Thursday open on their calendars. Nygren and his fellow co-chair, Sen. Alberta Darling, told reporters earlier

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JFC votes to end a type of domestic partnership for same-sex couples

The Joint Finance Committee today voted to prohibit people in the future from entering into a type of domestic partnerships available only to same-sex couples under state law. Republicans pitched it as a fairness issue, noting that specific arrangement and the benefits that come with it aren’t available to opposite-sex couples. But

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JFC unanimously rejects Walker’s self-insurance plan

The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously shot down Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to self-insure state workers, putting an end for now to an effort the Walker administration has studied for years. The committee rejected Walker’s plan on a bipartisan 16-0 vote, with lawmakers again questioning the guv’s saving projections and

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