Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Insiders are taking Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s starkly different tone on a proposal to add a new fee on heavy trucks as a sign the guv is at least open to the idea. Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, told reporters

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Top Republicans are meeting with Gov. Scott Walker today following a tense budget meeting that left GOP legislative leaders voicing blistering criticisms of the process and their colleagues. The two caucuses are divided on the appropriate levels of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says though Wisconsin’s high-risk pool wasn’t perfect and “did exclude people,” it provides important lessons that Congress needs to consider. Johnson said in a telephone town hall meeting yesterday he’s still not sure

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be at Klondike Cheese in Monroe today as part of “Wisconsin Cheese Day.” Members of the Walker administration, meanwhile, will visit cheese producers around the state as part of the celebration. Walker spent the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Hospital Association says the health care bill from Senate Republicans “falls far short” of the group’s priorities. WHA President and CEO Eric Borgerding said the bill doesn’t ensure enough access to health care, doesn’t stabilize the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly early this morning passed legislation that looks to guarantee insurance coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. That’s in addition to the chamber’s passage of two big-ticket bills on campus speech and recounts, as well as legislation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — GOP leaders will continue closed-door talks today on the budget, as they try to strike a deal on the remaining big-ticket items of K-12 education, taxes and transportation. Their offices reported they were making progress following a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan today will tell manufacturers that Republicans “are going to get” tax reform done this year and will call the issue the “crown jewel” of the GOP economic agenda, according to excerpts of a speech

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke this weekend “rescinded his acceptance” of an offer to join the U.S. Homeland Security Department. News of the position, which had never been publicly announced by the agency, was shared by Clarke in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock announced today he’ll run for Michael Gableman’s spot on the state Supreme Court, saying he shares the incumbent’s “belief that it is the role of a judge to say what

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — After a nearly two-week break, the Joint Finance Committee will meet today to continue its work on the state budget. The committee, which had put off meeting amid GOP disagreements on major budget items, today will weigh

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The American Federation of Teachers blasted President Trump’s planned visit to the Waukesha County Technical College today as “sheer hypocrisy.” Trump is expected to tour the college with his daughter Ivanka Trump and Gov. Scott Walker, where they’ll

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Over the weekend, Gov. Scott Walker joined Mike Pence for an event in Milwaukee, where the vice president promised that people with pre-existing conditions “will have access to the coverage and care they need, no exceptions” under the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The UW System Board of Regents today will wrap up its two-day meeting in UW-Milwaukee by electing new board leadership. The regents will also hear updates on the state and federal budgets from UW System President Ray Cross.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Researchers estimate that 140 people are getting sick from contaminated private wells in Kewaunee County every year. That’s in addition to an estimated 1,700 cattle being infected annually in the dairy-farm intensive northeastern county, where residents have long

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Fresh off announcing their K-12 proposal, Assembly Republicans are hitting the road to promote it. JFC Co-chair John Nygren, R-Marinette, and fellow committee member Mary Felzkowski, R-Irma, will be in Green Bay to tout the plan, which would

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A bill that would up the compensation for people with contaminated private wells under a DNR grant program is the focus of a Senate public hearing today. Under the program, grants are given to cover some of the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be in Fitchburg this morning to talk about his transportation budget as he continues to urge lawmakers to “get it done.” Walker, who has made several similar stops around the state, also has been

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Dem Party will kick off its annual convention in Middleton today and hear from U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, will also speak at the convention and will lay out her economic

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee has rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to eliminate the DNR’s Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine. But the committee yesterday approved 12-4 publishing the magazine four times a year rather than the current six. It also