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Assembly passes project labor agreements bill, treasurer elimination amendment

Friday, Mar 10, 2017

A bill that would ban local governments from requiring that companies bidding on public projects enter into project labor agreements is heading to Gov. Scott Walker after a 64-35 party-line vote in the Assembly Thursday. The Assembly also signed off 68-31 on a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the state treasurer’s office, putting the question before voters in an April 2018 referendum.

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John Torinus: GOP replacement plan: missed opportunities

Thursday, Mar 9, 2017

They had seven years while vehemently opposing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which played out as the unaffordable Care Act, to craft with an elegant plan for governing the health care industry – nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy. Instead they made least-wurst sausage.

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QBE opens Digital Innovation Lab

Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017

QBE North America, an Australia-based global insurer with offices in Wisconsin, has opened a unique new Digital Innovation Lab in Sun Prairie. The lab was unveiled to over 200 people on Feb. 22, as part of the Greater Madison Chamber

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Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan: The American Health Care Act: What you need to know

Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017

Our plan will create an environment for universal access to quality, affordable health care. It will help create more choices, lower costs, and give back control to individuals and families. It will move decisions away from Washington and into state programs, doctors’ offices, and family living rooms.

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Assembly Committee on Education executive session

Monday, Mar 6, 2017

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Elections Commission teleconference meeting

Sunday, Mar 5, 2017

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Assembly passes project labor agreements bill, treasurer elimination amendment

Friday, Mar 10, 2017

A bill that would ban local governments from requiring that companies bidding on public projects enter into project labor agreements is heading to Gov. Scott Walker after a 64-35 party-line vote in the Assembly Thursday. The Assembly also signed off 68-31 on a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the state treasurer’s office, putting the question before voters in an April 2018 referendum.

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U.S. Attorney Vaudreuil: 14th defendant sentenced in 127-pound Minnesota-to-Wisconsin methamphetamine conspiracy 

Thursday, Mar 9, 2017

Contact: Daniel J. Graber, (608) 264-5158, TTY: (608) 264-5006 Five Other Defendants Who Have Pleaded Guilty, Will be Sentenced in April & May MADISON, WIS. — John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today the results of a three-year investigation by local, state, and federal law enforcement into the

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John Torinus: GOP replacement plan: missed opportunities

Thursday, Mar 9, 2017

They had seven years while vehemently opposing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which played out as the unaffordable Care Act, to craft with an elegant plan for governing the health care industry – nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy. Instead they made least-wurst sausage.

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Fiscal Bureau details impact of Walker’s budget plan

Wednesday, Mar 8, 2017

The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s analysis of the guv’s budget is adding details on the impact of the two-year plan in advance of legislative work to revise it. For example, yesterday’s analysis shows the budget would cut off the domestic partners of deceased public employees from purchasing health insurance through

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QBE opens Digital Innovation Lab

Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017

QBE North America, an Australia-based global insurer with offices in Wisconsin, has opened a unique new Digital Innovation Lab in Sun Prairie. The lab was unveiled to over 200 people on Feb. 22, as part of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s Big Night Out event series. It will be

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Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan: The American Health Care Act: What you need to know

Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017

Our plan will create an environment for universal access to quality, affordable health care. It will help create more choices, lower costs, and give back control to individuals and families. It will move decisions away from Washington and into state programs, doctors’ offices, and family living rooms.

Read More »

Trump’s revised travel ban draws fire from Wisconsin Dems

Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017

President Trump’s revised travel ban is coming under fire from Wisconsin Dems. The executive order was altered today to end travel restrictions from Iraq, as well removing language that indefinitely banned Syrians and rolling back provisions that prioritized Christians over Muslims. But Dems remain wary of the changes. U.S. Rep. Mark

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Assembly Committee on Education executive session

Monday, Mar 6, 2017

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Elections Commission teleconference meeting

Sunday, Mar 5, 2017

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Pence: Trump ‘best friend Wisconsin businesses will ever have’

Friday, Mar 3, 2017

JANESVILLE — Vice President Mike Pence today promised the Trump administration will grow the economy “faster than ever before,” calling the president “the best friend Wisconsin businesses will ever have.” Pence spoke in Janesville today following a listening session with local business leaders and farmers, who he said shared “candid

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