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On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ appointments; the legal challenge against new early voting limits; school funding; and an Assembly hopeful’s conviction for forging nomination signatures.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he’s not ruling out accepting the federal Medicaid expansion, a tenet of Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ campaign. While the Juneau Republican said he doesn’t see support from his members “right now,” he added “there’s a
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he expects to use the base budget and allow the Joint Finance Committee to work from there, rather than use Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ spending plan. The state population grows,
Foxconn could collect tax credits on workers who don’t live or work in Wisconsin under a written policy with the state jobs agency, a policy that violates state law and the company’s contract, a new report finds. The report, from
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov.-elect Tony Evers announces first cabinet picks and meets with Foxconn officials. House Speaker Paul Ryan delivers his farewell address…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com
Gov.-elect Tony Evers today announced Joel Brennan, who ran Tom Barrett’s 2002 guv campaign and has been CEO of Milwaukee’s Discovery World for the past 11 years, will be his first DOA secretary. Evers also tapped three others from Milwaukee
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: New details on the Kimberly-Clark incentive package. A former Dem Assembly candidate is expected to enter plea to a felony count of forging signatures on her nomination papers…. Please log in to access subscriber content.
Kimberly-Clark could receive up to 30 percent of a potential $28 million incentive package during the first year of its newly announced agreement with the state’s jobs agency to keep open a company plant in the Fox Valley. Gov. Scott
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Dem lawmakers knock Gov. Scott Walker after a federal judge strikes down the Affordable Care Act. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald announces committee chairs for the next legislative session…. Please log in to access subscriber content.
Senate President Roger Roth, R-Appleton, said the lame-duck session bills signed by Gov. Scott Walker on Friday will not prevent a future governor from striking a deal similar to the one Walker reached with Kimberly-Clark last week. “I think a
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Kimberly-Clark and the lame-duck session bills. They also interview Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ transition head JoAnne Anton.
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov. Scott Walker signs lame-duck legislation without issuing any partial vetoes Assembly Dems announce their Joint Finance Committee members… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Wisconsin House members split over support of the federal farm bill Gov. Scott Walker announces Kimberly-Clark incentive package… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling fears the Legislature will be left out of any incentive package the outgoing Walker administration negotiates to keep open a Kimberly-Clark plant, saying WEDC’s poor track record puts taxpayers at risk without some layer of
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov. Scott Walker says he hopes to make a Kimberly-Clark announcement “in the next few days.” The U.S. Senate signs off on the $867 billion farm bill…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If
Gov. Scott Walker says the lame-duck legislation doesn’t amount to “a fundamental shift in powers” away from incoming Dems Tony Evers and Josh Kaul. Criticizing the “huge misinformation out there” about the bills, the guv told reporters at a stop
On today’s WisPolitics Midday: Gov.-elect Tony Evers announces new ag, energy and natural resources panel A Republican legislator is considering bringing back his “Teacher Protection Act” next session… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a
The head of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says proposed changes to the way the agency verifies job creation under a new lame-duck bill wouldn’t alter WEDC’s current process for certifying jobs. Instead, WEDC Secretary and CEO Mark Hogan told
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov.-elect Tony Evers announces his criminal justice council. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says good news may be coming regarding efforts to keep Kimberly-Clark in Wisconsin…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald described some of the GOP’s controversial lame-duck session legislation as “innocuous items” and said Republicans were just “protecting some of the public policy” they passed in eight years under outgoing Gov. Scott Walker. In an
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ appointments; the legal challenge against new early voting limits; school funding; and an Assembly hopeful’s conviction for forging nomination signatures.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he’s not ruling out accepting the federal Medicaid expansion, a tenet of Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ campaign. While the Juneau Republican said he doesn’t see support from his members “right now,” he added “there’s a lot of moving parts.” “So I don’t want to be
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he expects to use the base budget and allow the Joint Finance Committee to work from there, rather than use Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ spending plan. The state population grows, but not by much, over the past year…. Please log
Foxconn could collect tax credits on workers who don’t live or work in Wisconsin under a written policy with the state jobs agency, a policy that violates state law and the company’s contract, a new report finds. The report, from the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau, recommends the Wisconsin Economic Development
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov.-elect Tony Evers announces first cabinet picks and meets with Foxconn officials. House Speaker Paul Ryan delivers his farewell address…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is
Gov.-elect Tony Evers today announced Joel Brennan, who ran Tom Barrett’s 2002 guv campaign and has been CEO of Milwaukee’s Discovery World for the past 11 years, will be his first DOA secretary. Evers also tapped three others from Milwaukee for his cabinet: *Preston Cole at Natural Resources. He now
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: New details on the Kimberly-Clark incentive package. A former Dem Assembly candidate is expected to enter plea to a felony count of forging signatures on her nomination papers…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription
Kimberly-Clark could receive up to 30 percent of a potential $28 million incentive package during the first year of its newly announced agreement with the state’s jobs agency to keep open a company plant in the Fox Valley. Gov. Scott Walker last week announced the five-year agreement to save 388
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Dem lawmakers knock Gov. Scott Walker after a federal judge strikes down the Affordable Care Act. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald announces committee chairs for the next legislative session…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription
Senate President Roger Roth, R-Appleton, said the lame-duck session bills signed by Gov. Scott Walker on Friday will not prevent a future governor from striking a deal similar to the one Walker reached with Kimberly-Clark last week. “I think a lot has been overblown in the talking about how Gov.
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Kimberly-Clark and the lame-duck session bills. They also interview Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ transition head JoAnne Anton.
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov. Scott Walker signs lame-duck legislation without issuing any partial vetoes Assembly Dems announce their Joint Finance Committee members… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Wisconsin House members split over support of the federal farm bill Gov. Scott Walker announces Kimberly-Clark incentive package… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling fears the Legislature will be left out of any incentive package the outgoing Walker administration negotiates to keep open a Kimberly-Clark plant, saying WEDC’s poor track record puts taxpayers at risk without some layer of oversight. “The Legislature, the Joint Finance Committee certainly has a
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov. Scott Walker says he hopes to make a Kimberly-Clark announcement “in the next few days.” The U.S. Senate signs off on the $867 billion farm bill…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options
Gov. Scott Walker says the lame-duck legislation doesn’t amount to “a fundamental shift in powers” away from incoming Dems Tony Evers and Josh Kaul. Criticizing the “huge misinformation out there” about the bills, the guv told reporters at a stop in Pewaukee Tuesday Evers would still have authority to appoint
On today’s WisPolitics Midday: Gov.-elect Tony Evers announces new ag, energy and natural resources panel A Republican legislator is considering bringing back his “Teacher Protection Act” next session… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs
The head of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says proposed changes to the way the agency verifies job creation under a new lame-duck bill wouldn’t alter WEDC’s current process for certifying jobs. Instead, WEDC Secretary and CEO Mark Hogan told reporters Monday the legislation “clarifies, and it will identify what
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov.-elect Tony Evers announces his criminal justice council. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says good news may be coming regarding efforts to keep Kimberly-Clark in Wisconsin…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald described some of the GOP’s controversial lame-duck session legislation as “innocuous items” and said Republicans were just “protecting some of the public policy” they passed in eight years under outgoing Gov. Scott Walker. In an interview that aired Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” Fitzgerald,