Assembly approves portable benefits legislation

The Assembly today approved with bipartisan support a bill to create portable benefit accounts for contract employees of companies like DoorDash and Uber, despite some Dems’ concerns it wouldn’t do enough to protect those workers’ rights.  AB 269 passed 56-36 in the

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WED AM Update: Assembly, Senate meet today 

From WisPolitics … — The Assembly today is set to take up a variety of bills, including a plan to create a new certification for advanced practice registered nurses and a measure aiming to help gig workers. Under AB 257,

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 13

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Joint Finance Committee Republicans approving tax cut and education funding plans for the state budget, a lawsuit filed against Elon Musk over paying people to sign petitions, this weekend’s state Dem Party convention and more.

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Assembly approves portable benefits legislation

The Assembly today approved with bipartisan support a bill to create portable benefit accounts for contract employees of companies like DoorDash and Uber, despite some Dems’ concerns it wouldn’t do enough to protect those workers’ rights.  AB 269 passed 56-36 in the Assembly, with four Democrats joining Republicans in support. Three Dems

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WED AM Update: Assembly, Senate meet today 

From WisPolitics … — The Assembly today is set to take up a variety of bills, including a plan to create a new certification for advanced practice registered nurses and a measure aiming to help gig workers. Under AB 257, APRNs, with the exception of certified nurse-midwives, would be required

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TUE News Summary: State Supreme Court sides with Kaul in lame duck lawsuit; Baldwin, Pocan and Moore named in writings by alleged Minnesota shooter

TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously sides with AG on power to settle some lawsuitsCase challenged part of lame-duck law passed by GOP-controlled state Legislature … concluded that the attorney general should have authority over resolving lawsuits if those lawsuits have to do with “core executive powers.” … “The settlement

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 13

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Joint Finance Committee Republicans approving tax cut and education funding plans for the state budget, a lawsuit filed against Elon Musk over paying people to sign petitions, this weekend’s state Dem Party convention and more.

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