Ryan touts ACA replacement bill

House Speaker Paul Ryan is touting the House Republicans’ newly released bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying the effort will “rescue our health care system from this disastrous law.” The GOP plan, called the American Health Care Act,

Read More »
Rep. Adam Jarchow, R-Balsam Lake.

Adam Jarchow: I screwed up and I’m sorry

Last session, in his budget, Gov. Walker proposed adding 102 new auditors to the Department of Revenue. I didn’t like the proposal, nor did many of my colleagues in the Legislature. A number of us tried to remove it from the budget. When that failed, to our discredit, we went along with it. We shouldn’t have.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Trump and Ryan, pay attention to John Dean

John Dean, former White House counsel to Nixon, who plead guilty for his role in covering up Watergate, tweeted: “Hey, Donald (Trump), a tip: Cover-ups don’t get easier as they proceed. Russia tie leaks drown your joint session speech (Tuesday) in less than 24 hrs”.

Read More »

Ryan touts ACA replacement bill

House Speaker Paul Ryan is touting the House Republicans’ newly released bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying the effort will “rescue our health care system from this disastrous law.” The GOP plan, called the American Health Care Act, would eliminate the ACA’s individual mandate to have health insurance.

Read More »

TUE AM Update: Ryan touts ACA replacement bill; Assembly, Senate to take up “right to try” legislation today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan is touting the House Republicans’ newly released bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying the effort will “rescue our health care system from this disastrous law.” The GOP plan, called the American

Read More »

Millis resigns from Elections Commission to return to lobbying

Elections Commission member Don Millis has resigned from the board because he is poised to begin lobbying the Legislature again. Millis sent Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who appointed him to the commission, a letter on Friday announcing his decision to resign. Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, is replacing Millis with Jodi Jensen,

Read More »

Voters approve $1.35 billion in building borrowing last year, study says

Voters in public school districts last year approved $1.35 billion in borrowing for building, the highest in at least 20 years, according to a Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report released today. The heightened borrowing for new construction projects, which previously peaked at $1.04 billion in 1996, also coincides with the greater

Read More »
Rep. Adam Jarchow, R-Balsam Lake.

Adam Jarchow: I screwed up and I’m sorry

Last session, in his budget, Gov. Walker proposed adding 102 new auditors to the Department of Revenue. I didn’t like the proposal, nor did many of my colleagues in the Legislature. A number of us tried to remove it from the budget. When that failed, to our discredit, we went along with it. We shouldn’t have.

Read More »

Stockbridge-Munsee plans to withhold nearly $1 million payment to state

The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe says it’s planning to withhold a nearly $1 million payment to the state, claiming state officials are violating tribal compacts by letting the Ho-Chunk continue to expand a gaming facility near Wausau. It’s the latest development in the disagreement on the expansion of Ho-Chunk’s facility in Wittenberg,

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Trump and Ryan, pay attention to John Dean

John Dean, former White House counsel to Nixon, who plead guilty for his role in covering up Watergate, tweeted: “Hey, Donald (Trump), a tip: Cover-ups don’t get easier as they proceed. Russia tie leaks drown your joint session speech (Tuesday) in less than 24 hrs”.

Read More »