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
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin releases an ad attacking her top GOP rivals; U.S. Sen Ron Johnson is aiming to meet with US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this month; and the 1st CD Republican debate is
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
On this week’s episode, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Patrick Marley, who’s filling in for WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross, and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss where the Senate stands on the Kimberly-Clark incentive package; last night’s U.S. Senate Republican primary debate; and Dem guv
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
All five Republican candidates are slated to appear in a televised debate hosted by a media partnership that includes WisPolitics.com today at 6 p.m.
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
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
Former Sen. Mike Ellis, who spent 44 years in the state Legislature, has passed away, according to Sen. Roger Roth, who succeeded him for his Appleton-area Senate seat. “Someone once told me that Mike Ellis wasn’t just the leader of
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters cover the latest on the Dem guv race, GOP U.S. Senate primary and fundraising numbers.
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
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, said efforts by the Trump administration to reunite children with parents who were detained along the U.S.-Mexican border have been “pathetic.” Pocan visited the border last month. He called the current situation a
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan’s bill to abolish ICE; the debate over Wisconsin’s prison population; and President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Dem guv candidates will meet tonight at 6 p.m. in a Milwaukee debate hosted by a media partnership that includes WisPolitics.com.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is writing off a more than $1 million loan the agency made to now-bankrupt Green Box in northeastern Wisconsin. The waste-recycling company and its owner, De Pere businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel, have been plagued
U.S. Sen Ron Johnson downplayed the impact of Russian interference on the 2016 election Tuesday and said the U.S. faces “much larger threats.” Nonetheless, Johnson said during last week’s trip to Russia with a GOP congressional delegation that nearly half
Dem U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says he plans to officially introduce his legislation to abolish ICE on Thursday, as he defended the plan and knocked President Trump’s border policies. Meanwhile, fellow Wisconsin Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin Monday came out against
