Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 12

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss new laws Gov. Tony Evers signed to crack down on reckless driving and carjacking, committee shuffling with the new Senate GOP supermajority, shared revenue negotiations, the UW System eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion statements for employment, and more.

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DC Wrap: Gallagher says defense cuts off the table for debt ceiling negotiations, pushes for prioritizing defense increases

U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says defense cuts are off the table to satisfy future spending cut requirements in a Republican debt limit bill, but there is room for more efficiency. The Allouez Republican House Armed Services Committee member in a phone interview with WisPolitics said he doubts any real defense budget cuts would pass the Republican-controlled House. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party chair added there are ways to ramp up defense spending while prioritizing where the funds go to increase deterrents against China.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 5

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans’ shared revenue bill and Gov. Tony Evers’ veto threat, the Joint Finance Committee nixing 545 items from Evers’ budget, the lawsuit challenging the state 1849 abortion ban and more.

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Citations, arrests could help munis meet law enforcement commitment requirement in GOP shared revenue bill

Republicans’ shared revenue bill would allow municipalities to cite the number of citations for moving violations or arrests for breaking local ordinances in the previous year to meet requirements for additional state aid. That’s even though state law bars state agencies or municipalities from requiring a law enforcement officer to meet a quota for traffic violation citations.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 28

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest on the state budget, including Assembly Republicans’ shared revenue plan, tax cut proposals and items the Joint Finance Committee intends to pull from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. The two also discuss GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments on abortion at a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon this week.

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JFC plans to nix 545 of Evers’ budget proposals

The GOP-run Joint Finance Committee plans to pull 545 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the budget, nixing items that range from putting $240 million of state money into a new paid family and medical leave program to capping co-pays on insulin.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 12

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss new laws Gov. Tony Evers signed to crack down on reckless driving and carjacking, committee shuffling with the new Senate GOP supermajority, shared revenue negotiations, the UW System eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion statements for employment, and more.

Read More »

DC Wrap: Gallagher says defense cuts off the table for debt ceiling negotiations, pushes for prioritizing defense increases

U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says defense cuts are off the table to satisfy future spending cut requirements in a Republican debt limit bill, but there is room for more efficiency. The Allouez Republican House Armed Services Committee member in a phone interview with WisPolitics said he doubts any real defense budget cuts would pass the Republican-controlled House. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party chair added there are ways to ramp up defense spending while prioritizing where the funds go to increase deterrents against China.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 5

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans’ shared revenue bill and Gov. Tony Evers’ veto threat, the Joint Finance Committee nixing 545 items from Evers’ budget, the lawsuit challenging the state 1849 abortion ban and more.

Read More »

Citations, arrests could help munis meet law enforcement commitment requirement in GOP shared revenue bill

Republicans’ shared revenue bill would allow municipalities to cite the number of citations for moving violations or arrests for breaking local ordinances in the previous year to meet requirements for additional state aid. That’s even though state law bars state agencies or municipalities from requiring a law enforcement officer to meet a quota for traffic violation citations.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 28

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest on the state budget, including Assembly Republicans’ shared revenue plan, tax cut proposals and items the Joint Finance Committee intends to pull from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. The two also discuss GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments on abortion at a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon this week.

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JFC plans to nix 545 of Evers’ budget proposals

The GOP-run Joint Finance Committee plans to pull 545 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the budget, nixing items that range from putting $240 million of state money into a new paid family and medical leave program to capping co-pays on insulin.

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