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The bill, authored by Sen. David Craig and Reps. André Jacque, Ron Tusler and Janel Brandtjen, would allow for exceptions for rape, incest and to protect the mother’s life.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee today will take up the last two special session bills aimed at battling opioid abuse. The full chamber already signed off on nine of
The state Dem party in an ad yesterday urged President Donald Trump to prioritize Wisconsin workers, following his signing of an executive order on American-made goods yesterday. Trump signed the order after a speech at Kenosha-based manufacturer Snap-on Inc. that
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today ripped Sentry’s decision to hire former Dem Sen. Julie Lassa to lobby for the insurance firm, calling it tone deaf. He expressed hope the company
Contact: Randy Winter, 715-346-7104, randy.winter@sentry.com Erik Mrotek, 715-346-8288, erik.mrotek@sentry.com Former state lawmaker Julie Lassa joins Sentry Stevens Point, WI — Stevens Point native and former state lawmaker Julie Lassa has joined Sentry Insurance’s government relations team. Lassa will represent Sentry,
The ACLU today asked a federal judge to halt the state’s “excessive” use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and physical restraints at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons in northern Wisconsin. The motion for a preliminary judgment seeks
Dem lawmakers are once again looking to ask state voters if they’d support a constitutional amendment to limit spending in elections. The bill, from Rep. Lisa Subeck and Sen. Dave Hansen, would put an advisory referendum on the November 2018
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said today she’s looking to President Trump to pressure Congress to back her Buy America legislation, following a comment he made in support of her efforts yesterday. “Now that President Trump has expressed his support for
The Department of Health Services says its efforts to drug test some Medicaid enrollees would help the state “identify members with unmet substance abuse disorder treatment needs” and get them help. DHS today released the draft of the waiver request
The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is suing the state and the Ho-Chunk Nation over the growth of a gaming facility in central Wisconsin that the lawsuit says violates tribal compacts. But the state Department of Administration says the facility’s expansion is allowed
A bill that would prohibit the Group Insurance Board from providing abortions for public employees or contracting to do so “corrects a practice” Wisconsinites don’t agree with, according to its GOP authors. The legislation faced a strong backlash from Dems,
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today ripped Sentry’s decision to hire former Dem Sen. Julie Lassa to lobby for the insurance firm, calling it tone deaf. He expressed hope the company will realize “it was a bad move and
A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The study from Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor who advised the presidential
We’ve made Wisconsin’s tax climate much more competitive and we want to reduce income and property taxes even more in the next two years to keep our momentum going.
New enforcement agents could collect $400 million in taxes owed.
The bill, authored by Sen. David Craig and Reps. André Jacque, Ron Tusler and Janel Brandtjen, would allow for exceptions for rape, incest and to protect the mother’s life.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee today will take up the last two special session bills aimed at battling opioid abuse. The full chamber already signed off on nine of the special session bills, which are based on recommendations from
The state Dem party in an ad yesterday urged President Donald Trump to prioritize Wisconsin workers, following his signing of an executive order on American-made goods yesterday. Trump signed the order after a speech at Kenosha-based manufacturer Snap-on Inc. that he said is aimed at boosting the federal government’s use
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today ripped Sentry’s decision to hire former Dem Sen. Julie Lassa to lobby for the insurance firm, calling it tone deaf. He expressed hope the company will realize “it was a bad move and reverse their
Contact: Randy Winter, 715-346-7104, randy.winter@sentry.com Erik Mrotek, 715-346-8288, erik.mrotek@sentry.com Former state lawmaker Julie Lassa joins Sentry Stevens Point, WI — Stevens Point native and former state lawmaker Julie Lassa has joined Sentry Insurance’s government relations team. Lassa will represent Sentry, working with lawmakers and regulators in Midwestern states. “We are
The ACLU today asked a federal judge to halt the state’s “excessive” use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and physical restraints at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons in northern Wisconsin. The motion for a preliminary judgment seeks to limit the use of all three to “rare and
Dem lawmakers are once again looking to ask state voters if they’d support a constitutional amendment to limit spending in elections. The bill, from Rep. Lisa Subeck and Sen. Dave Hansen, would put an advisory referendum on the November 2018 ballot asking if voters would be in favor of overturning
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said today she’s looking to President Trump to pressure Congress to back her Buy America legislation, following a comment he made in support of her efforts yesterday. “Now that President Trump has expressed his support for my Buy America reform, I’m hopeful he will join me
The Department of Health Services says its efforts to drug test some Medicaid enrollees would help the state “identify members with unmet substance abuse disorder treatment needs” and get them help. DHS today released the draft of the waiver request it’ll send to the Trump administration, which the agency hopes
The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is suing the state and the Ho-Chunk Nation over the growth of a gaming facility in central Wisconsin that the lawsuit says violates tribal compacts. But the state Department of Administration says the facility’s expansion is allowed under terms the Doyle administration reached with the Ho-Chunk in
A bill that would prohibit the Group Insurance Board from providing abortions for public employees or contracting to do so “corrects a practice” Wisconsinites don’t agree with, according to its GOP authors. The legislation faced a strong backlash from Dems, who argued it eliminates physicians’ role in deciding when an
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today ripped Sentry’s decision to hire former Dem Sen. Julie Lassa to lobby for the insurance firm, calling it tone deaf. He expressed hope the company will realize “it was a bad move and reverse their decision.” “It might be the single dumbest hire
A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The study from Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor who advised the presidential campaigns of Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio,
We’ve made Wisconsin’s tax climate much more competitive and we want to reduce income and property taxes even more in the next two years to keep our momentum going.
New enforcement agents could collect $400 million in taxes owed.