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Assembly GOP leaders today notified Gov. Scott Walker they will accept his offer to redirect $203.5 million in income tax cuts he had proposed and instead pump new cash toward road projects over the next two years. But Senate Majority
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters Wednesday his caucus is taking its time to digest the Senate’s budget proposal but the Rochester Republican raised doubts about borrowing $712 million for roads. The Senate plan to borrow that amount goes above
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald Tuesday challenged Assembly Republicans to come up with something “palatable” that his caucus could support after unveiling a plan that would repeal the personal property tax, wipe out the guv’s income tax cuts and raise
Justice Annette Ziegler returned $227,962 to donors in May and June after she won another 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court without opposition. In addition to the returned donations, Ziegler spent $18,064, leaving her with $38,032. Following her win,
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said “very ill advised” comments by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, if true, jeopardize the Republican health care reform bill and Johnson’s support of it. Appearing on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” Johnson made clear that he
GOP legislators are looking to add more oversight to the Department of Transportation and fully repeal the state’s prevailing wage law in a new bill out Thursday. More than 20 legislators have already signed onto the legislation, which comes as
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Wednesday continued to dig in on his insistence that Senate Republicans need to agree to no new bonding for transportation in the state budget if his caucus has to accept there won’t be a revenue
A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the state’s “right-to-work” law, ruling that a previous decision throwing out a lawsuit from unions was appropriate. The unions have argued the GOP-authored law is is an “unconstitutional taking” of their property by making them
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said yesterday Assembly Speaker Robin Vos needs to move past his push to find new revenues for the transportation fund. Vos, R-Rochester, said he has, and urged his Senate GOP counterparts to accept what that would
Gov. Scott Walker, who pledged his fundraising report for the first half of 2017 would send a message about his re-election intentions, raised $3.5 million over the past six months and finished June with $2.4 million in the bank, according
Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik has formally launched his campaign for guv, declaring on a new website that it’s “time for a different kind of leadership in Madison.” Gronik also used the website to take a shot at Gov. Scott Walker,
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, said Congress should skip all or part of its August recess to stay in Washington and work on key issues, including health care reform and the nation’s next budget. “You just look at the
A key piece of Gov. Scott Walker’s outline to break the budget impasse could include the state getting 10 times what it typically receives when the federal government redistributes unused federal transportation aid. In a letter to the Legislature’s top
The Badger Advocates alumni lobbying group is slamming a plan that would make UW-Madison lose out on some of the state funding going toward the UW System in the next budget. The regents today will vote on the UW System’s
The professor who envisioned the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership threatened at the last minute to drop out of the project over concerns the board overseeing it would have too much power, according to emails obtained by WisPolitics.com.
Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke on Sunday’s “UpFront with Mike Gousha” slammed Senate Republicans for shooting down Assembly GOP proposals to raise revenues for transportation while simultaneously backing an additional $850 million in borrowing for roads. A group of five
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck says she’s looking at a slew of options for the heavy trucking fee she’s proposed to pump new money into transportation, including the possibility it could come with a sunset. Speaker Robin Vos, meanwhile, continued to talk
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout Wednesday downplayed as “just paperwork” her recent registering of a campaign committee as she weighs a potential run for governor. The Alma Dem earlier this month registered what she called an “exploratory committee” to challenge Gov. Scott
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, says he’s pleased GOP leaders have decided to delay a vote on the chamber’s Obamacare repeal bill until after the July 4th recess. Johnson and a handful of other Republicans had said they weren’t ready to vote
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said in a telephone town hall meeting Monday he’s still not sure whether he’ll support the Senate GOP health care bill. Meanwhile, Dems in the state’s Congressional delegation blasted the bill following the release of the
Assembly GOP leaders today notified Gov. Scott Walker they will accept his offer to redirect $203.5 million in income tax cuts he had proposed and instead pump new cash toward road projects over the next two years. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said this afternoon following discussions with his caucus
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters Wednesday his caucus is taking its time to digest the Senate’s budget proposal but the Rochester Republican raised doubts about borrowing $712 million for roads. The Senate plan to borrow that amount goes above the $500 million that Gov. Scott Walker initially proposed —
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald Tuesday challenged Assembly Republicans to come up with something “palatable” that his caucus could support after unveiling a plan that would repeal the personal property tax, wipe out the guv’s income tax cuts and raise income limits for the statewide voucher program. But Assembly Majority
Justice Annette Ziegler returned $227,962 to donors in May and June after she won another 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court without opposition. In addition to the returned donations, Ziegler spent $18,064, leaving her with $38,032. Following her win, Ziegler notified donors she would return a prorated portion of
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said “very ill advised” comments by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, if true, jeopardize the Republican health care reform bill and Johnson’s support of it. Appearing on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” Johnson made clear that he had to confirm McConnell made the remarks about future Medicaid
GOP legislators are looking to add more oversight to the Department of Transportation and fully repeal the state’s prevailing wage law in a new bill out Thursday. More than 20 legislators have already signed onto the legislation, which comes as top Republican leaders try to work through a transportation budget
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Wednesday continued to dig in on his insistence that Senate Republicans need to agree to no new bonding for transportation in the state budget if his caucus has to accept there won’t be a revenue upper for road work. But JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River
A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the state’s “right-to-work” law, ruling that a previous decision throwing out a lawsuit from unions was appropriate. The unions have argued the GOP-authored law is is an “unconstitutional taking” of their property by making them give equal representation to non-union members in negotiations with employers.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said yesterday Assembly Speaker Robin Vos needs to move past his push to find new revenues for the transportation fund. Vos, R-Rochester, said he has, and urged his Senate GOP counterparts to accept what that would mean for the transportation budget. “The Assembly has moved to
Gov. Scott Walker, who pledged his fundraising report for the first half of 2017 would send a message about his re-election intentions, raised $3.5 million over the past six months and finished June with $2.4 million in the bank, according to a memo his campaign provided WisPolitics.com. The campaign dropped
Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik has formally launched his campaign for guv, declaring on a new website that it’s “time for a different kind of leadership in Madison.” Gronik also used the website to take a shot at Gov. Scott Walker, saying the days of the incumbent blaming “the people of
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, said Congress should skip all or part of its August recess to stay in Washington and work on key issues, including health care reform and the nation’s next budget. “You just look at the scope and the scale of challenges we face both at
A key piece of Gov. Scott Walker’s outline to break the budget impasse could include the state getting 10 times what it typically receives when the federal government redistributes unused federal transportation aid. In a letter to the Legislature’s top GOP leaders, the guv outlined a possible deal that would
The Badger Advocates alumni lobbying group is slamming a plan that would make UW-Madison lose out on some of the state funding going toward the UW System in the next budget. The regents today will vote on the UW System’s $6.2 billion operating budget for the 2017-18 year, including a
The professor who envisioned the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership threatened at the last minute to drop out of the project over concerns the board overseeing it would have too much power, according to emails obtained by WisPolitics.com. Among other things, UW-Madison officials and Ryan Owens, the political
Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke on Sunday’s “UpFront with Mike Gousha” slammed Senate Republicans for shooting down Assembly GOP proposals to raise revenues for transportation while simultaneously backing an additional $850 million in borrowing for roads. A group of five GOP senators said Friday they wouldn’t support a new fee
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck says she’s looking at a slew of options for the heavy trucking fee she’s proposed to pump new money into transportation, including the possibility it could come with a sunset. Speaker Robin Vos, meanwhile, continued to talk up the proposal as a possible bridge to a deal
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout Wednesday downplayed as “just paperwork” her recent registering of a campaign committee as she weighs a potential run for governor. The Alma Dem earlier this month registered what she called an “exploratory committee” to challenge Gov. Scott Walker in 2018. Still, she said it was only registered
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, says he’s pleased GOP leaders have decided to delay a vote on the chamber’s Obamacare repeal bill until after the July 4th recess. Johnson and a handful of other Republicans had said they weren’t ready to vote on the bill this week, denying Senate GOP leaders enough
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said in a telephone town hall meeting Monday he’s still not sure whether he’ll support the Senate GOP health care bill. Meanwhile, Dems in the state’s Congressional delegation blasted the bill following the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the legislation. CBO estimated 15