U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson told a WisPolitics.com breakfast Tuesday he’s not confident an Obamacare replacement bill will pass this year and declined to endorse the current version that is facing a difficult time in the House.
Gov. Scott Walker encouraged the U.S. House to move forward on a GOP health care plan that he expects will be continually improved as it winds its way through Congress, saying “doing nothing would be a big mistake.” “There’s going
Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Evers, and his challenger Lowell Holtz clashed over the Common Core in a joint appearance on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com.
A Senate committee Thursday sent Gov. Scott Walker’s appointments to head the Department of Transportation and the Department of Veterans Affairs to the full Senate for confirmation. DOT Secretary Dave Ross pushed back during the hearing against an effort to
The Elections Commission unanimously dismissed a complaint filed against John Humphries and Lowell Holtz, finding their talks that one could get a six-figure salary and a driver if the other won the state superintendent’s race did not violate election bribery
Elections Commission Chairman Mark Thomsen Tuesday blamed Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign for the spike in 17-year-olds voting illegally in the April 2016 primaries. But he later softened his criticism during Tuesday’s commission meeting after agency staff said it didn’t fully
The state saw at least 60 cases of 17-year-olds voting illegally during the 2016 spring primaries, according to a report the Elections Commission will submit to the Legislature. Elections Commission spokesman Reid Magney said that was a significant increase from
Racine Mayor John Dickert says a possible 97 percent cut to Great Lakes restoration funding would be devastating to the lakes and the communities that depend upon them.
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
Republican members of the state congressional delegation aren’t fully backing the House GOP health care bill, though U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy predicted skeptics will “get on board and be supportive.’’
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
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,
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s “highly concerned” about Russia and its interference in the election, but wants to let congressional committees handle the investigation at this time. Johnson appeared Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with
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
Dems on the state’s congressional delegation are slamming Attorney General Jeff Sessions for not disclosing his prior communications with a Russian official, though Sessions said today he’d recuse himself from any investigations on the 2016 elections.
A bill that would help those with terminal illnesses access treatments that haven’t received FDA approval will be taken up Tuesday, under calendars OK’d by the Assembly Committee on Rules. The Assembly Committee on Health signed off on the “right to
House Speaker Paul Ryan called the president’s national address a “home run” as his fellow GOP members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation largely praised the speech. Dem members, however, were critical of the speech.
Candidates for state superintendent at a WisPolitics.com forum in Milwaukee disagreed about Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to make a proposed boost in per-pupil school aid contingent on compliance with Act 10. Walker’s plan would increase per-pupil aid by $200 the
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, says he wants to see President Trump take the lead on the federal budget in his address to Congress Tuesday night. Grothman was a guest Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with
Gov. Scott Walker urged attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, D.C., to keep pressing forward with reforms in the face of protests. The Republican guv and chair of the RGA Thursday recounted the protests surrounding Act 10
