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Democratic gubernatorial candidates took different approaches to funding public schools at a Madison forum ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin told the Madison audience he’d want to reduce public education’s reliance on the property tax for funding and
Gov. Scott Walker knocked several Dem guv candidates for proposing to halve the state’s prison population, calling the position dangerous and based on a myth that the state’s prisons are primarily filled with non-violent drug offenders. But Dems fired back,
JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling says Senate Republicans “probably don’t” have the votes right now to pass an incentive package to encourage Kimberly-Clark to keep jobs in Wisconsin. But she said at a panel discussion during WMC’s Policy Day 2018 Monday
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she feels good about her re-election bid but “things could change any moment.” “I am number one on a list that nobody wants to be number one on, and that is super PAC, outside special
The head of Arkansas’ economic development agency said the Foxconn-like incentives Wisconsin is considering in an attempt to keep open a Kimberly-Clark plant is “unprecedented” for jobs that already exist. The Wisconsin package is part of an effort to keep
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly. Note: This is the last DC Wrap newsletter until Congress is back from the August recess. Thanks for reading!
State schools Superintendent Tony Evers is calling for indexing the revenue limit to inflation and making changes to the way 4-year-old kindergarten is covered as part of his agency’s budget recommendations. The proposals in the Department of Public Instruction’s budget
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin isn’t backing away from her support of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-all plan after a new study from a libertarian policy center found it would boost government health spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years. Still, the
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s more optimistic that the Trump administration will resolve its international trade disputes, and that the president understands the pain the situation is causing in agricultural and manufacturing states. Johnson, who early last week
Republican U.S. Senate candidate frontrunners Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson backed President Trump and touted their conservative credentials in a televised debate tonight ahead of next month’s primary. But Vukmir lamented the controversial border policy. “We shouldn’t be separating children
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly. Quotes of the week, July 20-26 I think when you look at President Trump, you have to look at
WisPolitics Midday is a daily podcast that tells you everything happening in Wisconsin politics and policy in about two minutes. Our Wednesday newscast reports on GOP Rep. Thomas Weatherston, who is blaming a staffer for a tweet from his account
GOP Sen. Roger Roth is pushing for a quick Senate vote on a tax incentive package for Kimberly-Clark after the company indicated it was open to accepting state help to keep open a Fox Valley factory. The Appleton Republican also
WisPolitics Midday, sponsored by Spectrum, is a newscast covering everything you need to know about Wisconsin politics and policy in around two minutes. Check out it out online at http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ or subscribe via iTunes or the Google Play Music App. Just
Dem guv candidate Matt Flynn is continuing to defend his work for the Milwaukee Archdiocese, insisting reporters were misreading a deposition from the former archbishop in which he testified the lawyer kept a list of priest accused of sexually abusing
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, said it’s “a good thing” President Trump is talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that Trump’s overall policy toward Russia is positive. “I think when you look at President Trump, you have to look
Cathy Myers has filed a complaint with the FEC against 1st CD Dem primary opponent Randy Bryce, alleging the ironworker used some $7,700 in campaign contributions to cover personal legal fees and satisfy a decade-old debt. Bryce’s campaign didn’t comment
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly. Quotes of the week, July 13-19 It’s not a serious effort by [House Speaker Paul Ryan] to have a
Gov. Scott Walker spent nearly $1.6 million on TV ads over the first six months of 2018, according to his campaign finance report. He dropped another $279,195 on online ads. Walker’s TV buys include one for $23,262 in late January
Gov. Scott Walker outraised the entire Dem guv field 2-to-1 over the first six months of 2018, according to a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports. The Republican incumbent raised nearly $5.5 million, spent $3.8 million and had $5.9 million
Democratic gubernatorial candidates took different approaches to funding public schools at a Madison forum ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin told the Madison audience he’d want to reduce public education’s reliance on the property tax for funding and shift it to either the income or sales tax, but
Gov. Scott Walker knocked several Dem guv candidates for proposing to halve the state’s prison population, calling the position dangerous and based on a myth that the state’s prisons are primarily filled with non-violent drug offenders. But Dems fired back, saying Walker has mishandled the state’s youth prisons and criticized
JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling says Senate Republicans “probably don’t” have the votes right now to pass an incentive package to encourage Kimberly-Clark to keep jobs in Wisconsin. But she said at a panel discussion during WMC’s Policy Day 2018 Monday what that final package should look like was in the
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she feels good about her re-election bid but “things could change any moment.” “I am number one on a list that nobody wants to be number one on, and that is super PAC, outside special interest spending,” the Madison Democrat said Sunday on “UpFront with
The head of Arkansas’ economic development agency said the Foxconn-like incentives Wisconsin is considering in an attempt to keep open a Kimberly-Clark plant is “unprecedented” for jobs that already exist. The Wisconsin package is part of an effort to keep open a plant in the Fox Valley that makes similar
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly. Note: This is the last DC Wrap newsletter until Congress is back from the August recess. Thanks for reading! Quotes of the week, July 27-Aug. 2 I certainly don’t like
State schools Superintendent Tony Evers is calling for indexing the revenue limit to inflation and making changes to the way 4-year-old kindergarten is covered as part of his agency’s budget recommendations. The proposals in the Department of Public Instruction’s budget are elements of the Dem guv candidate’s plan to overhaul
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin isn’t backing away from her support of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-all plan after a new study from a libertarian policy center found it would boost government health spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years. Still, the Madison Dem’s campaign also stressed that she has supported other
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s more optimistic that the Trump administration will resolve its international trade disputes, and that the president understands the pain the situation is causing in agricultural and manufacturing states. Johnson, who early last week was harshly critical of the administration’s plan to spend $12
Republican U.S. Senate candidate frontrunners Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson backed President Trump and touted their conservative credentials in a televised debate tonight ahead of next month’s primary. But Vukmir lamented the controversial border policy. “We shouldn’t be separating children from their parents,’’ she said. The debate came just a
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly. Quotes of the week, July 20-26 I think when you look at President Trump, you have to look at what he does, not what he says. – U.S. Rep.
WisPolitics Midday is a daily podcast that tells you everything happening in Wisconsin politics and policy in about two minutes. Our Wednesday newscast reports on GOP Rep. Thomas Weatherston, who is blaming a staffer for a tweet from his account he’s deeming racist. It also reports on state Dems filing
GOP Sen. Roger Roth is pushing for a quick Senate vote on a tax incentive package for Kimberly-Clark after the company indicated it was open to accepting state help to keep open a Fox Valley factory. The Appleton Republican also said he will need GOP and Dem votes to pass
WisPolitics Midday, sponsored by Spectrum, is a newscast covering everything you need to know about Wisconsin politics and policy in around two minutes. Check out it out online at http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ or subscribe via iTunes or the Google Play Music App. Just search WisPolitics Midday. Today’s newscast covers a potential tax incentive
Dem guv candidate Matt Flynn is continuing to defend his work for the Milwaukee Archdiocese, insisting reporters were misreading a deposition from the former archbishop in which he testified the lawyer kept a list of priest accused of sexually abusing minors. Flynn told reporters yesterday that the list referenced a
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, said it’s “a good thing” President Trump is talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that Trump’s overall policy toward Russia is positive. “I think when you look at President Trump, you have to look at what he does, not what he says,” Grothman said
Cathy Myers has filed a complaint with the FEC against 1st CD Dem primary opponent Randy Bryce, alleging the ironworker used some $7,700 in campaign contributions to cover personal legal fees and satisfy a decade-old debt. Bryce’s campaign didn’t comment on the issues outlined in the complaint, saying in a
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly. Quotes of the week, July 13-19 It’s not a serious effort by [House Speaker Paul Ryan] to have a vote on it, so we’re not going to give him
Gov. Scott Walker spent nearly $1.6 million on TV ads over the first six months of 2018, according to his campaign finance report. He dropped another $279,195 on online ads. Walker’s TV buys include one for $23,262 in late January with the bulk of it coming in late April. The
Gov. Scott Walker outraised the entire Dem guv field 2-to-1 over the first six months of 2018, according to a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports. The Republican incumbent raised nearly $5.5 million, spent $3.8 million and had $5.9 million in the bank. Altogether the Dem guv field raised $2.4