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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Both the Senate and Assembly are in session today. The Senate will take up the high-capacity wells bill when it hits the floor, as well as SB 49,
The Elections Commission expects turnout tomorrow to be between 13 percent and 18 percent, based on recent spring elections that featured a contested DPI race, but no challenger to a sitting Supreme Court justice. Not counting presidential primaries that have
Rep. Dale Kooyenga says he’s taking the next couple of weeks to hammer out specifics of an Assembly GOP transportation plan that could “sail through” the Legislature. Kooyenga told WisPolitics.com he’s spoken to a wide range of stakeholders from the
The Joint Finance Committee co-chairs said today lawmakers haven’t yet decided whether they’ll work off agencies’ base budgets or instead make changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal, as they’ve done in the past. Walker, meanwhile, called on lawmakers to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee co-chairs said today lawmakers haven’t yet decided whether they’ll work off agencies’ base budgets or instead make changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal, as they’ve done in
Citizens today pressed JFC members on a wide range of budget items, including boosting funding for K-12 and increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates. Lawmakers heard testimony from several Wisconsin Public Education Network members, who wore green shirts saying “Go Public” and
UW System students today slammed Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to let students opt out of paying some student fees, saying the move would lead to significant cuts for crucial campus groups. That includes the leaders of the UW-Madison student groups
Our state budget invests more into K-12 education than ever before in Wisconsin.
The media campaign, complete with its attack ads and spending that is provided by — laughably — “independents,” makes it next to impossible to compete.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck says what Democrats should do now that Tim Cullen out of the run for governor.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. On Wednesday, North Carolina GOP Senator Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, indicated that the committee’s investigation into Russian
Unlike President Trump, we urge policymakers to consider the scientific evidence that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are increasing and global climate change is occurring, at least in part, as a result of man-made activities.
In Wisconsin, should a person suffering a slow and painful death from a terminal illness have the right to medically end his or her life?
UW-Platteville leaders and community members asked JFC members to approve a new engineering building that Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to defer. UW-Platteville Chancellor Dennis Shields kicked off today’s hearing and asked lawmakers to approve the building of Sesquicentennial Hall,
We are being denied access to the only lifelines we have: therapies showing promising benefits in clinical trials.
Right-wing WI Gov. and long-time pollution enabler Scott Walker has finally found a cut to environmental protection he can’t stomach: the full elimination of Great Lakes restoration funding proposed by President Trump.
Public school leaders today praised Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed K-12 funding increase and asked Joint Finance Committee members to support it. They spoke on the UW-Platteville campus at JFC’s first public hearing, where lawmakers also heard concerns over funding for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will be in Platteville today for the first of six public hearings around the state on the budget. Testimony will start at 10 a.m.
State Sen. Dave Craig, R-Town of Vernon, said his right-to-carry bill would remove barriers for law-abiding citizens who want to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin. Craig is the lead Senate sponsor of the bill, which would remove the requirements
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Both the Senate and Assembly are in session today. The Senate will take up the high-capacity wells bill when it hits the floor, as well as SB 49, which would alter the eligibility criteria for broadband expansion grants
The Elections Commission expects turnout tomorrow to be between 13 percent and 18 percent, based on recent spring elections that featured a contested DPI race, but no challenger to a sitting Supreme Court justice. Not counting presidential primaries that have been held on the April general election, turnout for statewide
Rep. Dale Kooyenga says he’s taking the next couple of weeks to hammer out specifics of an Assembly GOP transportation plan that could “sail through” the Legislature. Kooyenga told WisPolitics.com he’s spoken to a wide range of stakeholders from the timber industry to local governments on possible improvements to the
The Joint Finance Committee co-chairs said today lawmakers haven’t yet decided whether they’ll work off agencies’ base budgets or instead make changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal, as they’ve done in the past. Walker, meanwhile, called on lawmakers to work from his K-12 education budget rather than scrapping the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee co-chairs said today lawmakers haven’t yet decided whether they’ll work off agencies’ base budgets or instead make changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal, as they’ve done in the past. Walker, meanwhile, called on lawmakers to work from
Citizens today pressed JFC members on a wide range of budget items, including boosting funding for K-12 and increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates. Lawmakers heard testimony from several Wisconsin Public Education Network members, who wore green shirts saying “Go Public” and decried the growth in school vouchers. Some of them said
UW System students today slammed Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to let students opt out of paying some student fees, saying the move would lead to significant cuts for crucial campus groups. That includes the leaders of the UW-Madison student groups Badger Catholic and Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics, who testified together
Our state budget invests more into K-12 education than ever before in Wisconsin.
The media campaign, complete with its attack ads and spending that is provided by — laughably — “independents,” makes it next to impossible to compete.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck says what Democrats should do now that Tim Cullen out of the run for governor.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. On Wednesday, North Carolina GOP Senator Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, indicated that the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is bipartisan and serious.
Unlike President Trump, we urge policymakers to consider the scientific evidence that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are increasing and global climate change is occurring, at least in part, as a result of man-made activities.
In Wisconsin, should a person suffering a slow and painful death from a terminal illness have the right to medically end his or her life?
UW-Platteville leaders and community members asked JFC members to approve a new engineering building that Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to defer. UW-Platteville Chancellor Dennis Shields kicked off today’s hearing and asked lawmakers to approve the building of Sesquicentennial Hall, as did several leaders on campus and in the community.
We are being denied access to the only lifelines we have: therapies showing promising benefits in clinical trials.
Right-wing WI Gov. and long-time pollution enabler Scott Walker has finally found a cut to environmental protection he can’t stomach: the full elimination of Great Lakes restoration funding proposed by President Trump.
Public school leaders today praised Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed K-12 funding increase and asked Joint Finance Committee members to support it. They spoke on the UW-Platteville campus at JFC’s first public hearing, where lawmakers also heard concerns over funding for senior programs, transportation funding, Walker’s self-insurance proposal and his effort
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will be in Platteville today for the first of six public hearings around the state on the budget. Testimony will start at 10 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. See the hearing notice: http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1377201
State Sen. Dave Craig, R-Town of Vernon, said his right-to-carry bill would remove barriers for law-abiding citizens who want to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin. Craig is the lead Senate sponsor of the bill, which would remove the requirements for a permit, training and fee for concealed carry. “This