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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
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, collected $3.4 million for his personal campaign account during the second quarter of the year, pushing his cash on hand to $11.15 million, according to an aide. Ryan’s personal campaign account is just one piece
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
Political activist David Yankovich, who moved to the 1st CD from Ohio earlier this year to take on Speaker Paul Ryan, today dropped out of the race and endorsed fellow Dem Randy Bryce. The move comes two days after Bryce
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross discuss the big stories of the week as they relate to state government…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription
Gov. Scott Walker has sent legislative leaders a letter proposing to reduce transportation borrowing by $200 million as part of a proposal to break a budget impasse. The guv also proposed an unspecified amount of contingency bonding for megaprojects in
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.
Former state Sen. Ted Kanavas, the chairman and co-founder of Michael Best Strategies, has died, friends and colleagues said today. He was 56. The Brookfield Republican, who had been battling cancer, was named chair of Michael Best Strategies last week with
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
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the big stories of the week as they relate to state government.
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
President Trump’s job approval rating was upside down again in the latest Marquette University Law School poll with more Wisconsin voters unhappy with his performance in the White House compared to three months ago. Meanwhile, Gov. Scott Walker’s job approval
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
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, says it will be an “uphill battle” for Senate Democrats to stop the Republican health care bill. Senate Democrats are uniformly against the bill Republicans have designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act,
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.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, collected $3.4 million for his personal campaign account during the second quarter of the year, pushing his cash on hand to $11.15 million, according to an aide. Ryan’s personal campaign account is just one piece of his fundraising effort. He collected $271,585 in contributions directly
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
Political activist David Yankovich, who moved to the 1st CD from Ohio earlier this year to take on Speaker Paul Ryan, today dropped out of the race and endorsed fellow Dem Randy Bryce. The move comes two days after Bryce announced he had raised $430,000 in just 12 days after
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross discuss the big stories of the week as they relate to state government…. 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
Gov. Scott Walker has sent legislative leaders a letter proposing to reduce transportation borrowing by $200 million as part of a proposal to break a budget impasse. The guv also proposed an unspecified amount of contingency bonding for megaprojects in southeastern Wisconsin that would be linked to additional federal funding
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
Former state Sen. Ted Kanavas, the chairman and co-founder of Michael Best Strategies, has died, friends and colleagues said today. He was 56. The Brookfield Republican, who had been battling cancer, was named chair of Michael Best Strategies last week with Rob Marchant succeeding him as the firm’s president. “Ted was
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
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross discuss the big stories of the week as they relate to state government.
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
President Trump’s job approval rating was upside down again in the latest Marquette University Law School poll with more Wisconsin voters unhappy with his performance in the White House compared to three months ago. Meanwhile, Gov. Scott Walker’s job approval rating was back to even, his best showing since October
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
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, says it will be an “uphill battle” for Senate Democrats to stop the Republican health care bill. Senate Democrats are uniformly against the bill Republicans have designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, former President Obama’s signature law. “I see a lot to