Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up Gov. Scott Walker’s call to end the state forestry tax, allow the DNR secretary to raise fees at state parks and eliminate the eight-person Parole Commission. Other items on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik tells WisPolitics.com he’s hired Maura Tracy to serve as a senior adviser while he decides whether to run for guv. Tracy was campaign manager for Terri Bonoff’s unsuccessful bid for a Minnesota congressional seat

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee last night green-lighted Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to drug test Medicaid recipients, adopting a GOP motion that also left intact many of the other changes to both Medicaid and food stamps the guv was

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today to vote on the state’s building program, Medicaid, FoodShare and several other Department of Health Services provisions. It’s also expected to take action on the UW System budget after delaying a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Tommy@30 Project From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee plans to take up the UW System portion of the budget on Thursday after delaying a vote on the topic. The committee had pushed off yesterday’s scheduled votes on UW, as Republicans continue to disagree

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Nine participants have been referred for drug treatment out of the more than 1,800 screened under existing standards for W-2, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Now, non-custodial parents in W-2, Transform Milwaukee, Children First and the Transitional

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Tommy@30 Project From WisPolitics.com … — The guv is now threatening to veto the entire budget if it results in a property tax increase. Gov. Scott Walker’s pledge comes as some Republicans consider killing his plan to wipe out the state property tax as they

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Attorney General Brad Schimel argues in a new filing with the U.S. Supreme Court against the “hodgepodge” of social science measures called for by those suing the state over its redistricting maps. A split federal three-judge panel late

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — AG Brad Schimel says he plans to appeal a decision from a federal judge striking down a law that let state officials detain pregnant women who abuse alcohol and drugs. U.S. District Judge James Peterson ruled last month

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Committee on State Affairs is holding a public hearing on a bill this afternoon that would prohibit an adult from letting underage people drink alcohol on the adult’s property. See the meeting notice: http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1386289 — A

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up the guv’s call to create a refundable tax credit for young adults who “age out” of placement in the state’s foster care program, as well as young adults

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Three possible U.S. Senate candidates this weekend declined to fully weigh in on President Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey. The three — state Sen. Leah Vukmir, state Rep. Dale Kooyenga and Kevin Nicholson, a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today announced Joe Fadness as his campaign manager as he continues to send signs that he will run for re-election next year. Walker has said he will wait until after the budget is done to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Today’s Joint Finance agenda includes the Veterans Trust Fund, which has been propped up in recent years by transfers from state veterans homes. The transfers received new attention late last week after an audit noted $55 million had

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate plans to take up a child labor permits bill today, while the Assembly’s considering a bill that would allow delivery robots to travel on sidewalks. The Assembly’s also looking to take up a bill that passed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today is scheduled to consider Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to bring back WEDC’s loan program, which would be revamped so it’s funded by repayments of other loans. The loan program drew fire following a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Addressing the Wisconsin Democrats’ annual Founders Day Gala, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison urged party activists to start organizing now and to engage with voters in all areas of the state to win in 2018. He also got in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Transportation groups are praising Assembly Republicans for their transportation funding plan, though they’re still reviewing the package. The caucus yesterday released the plan that Rep. Dale Kooyenga, a Brookfield Republican member of the Joint Finance Committee, has been

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans today will lay out Rep. Dale Kooyenga’s transportation plan. Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, is also scheduled to discuss the package with the Assembly GOP caucus. WisPolitics.com on Friday reported on some of the elements of the package, which

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The REINS Act is up for a vote before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs this morning, following passage in the Senate. The bill cleared the chamber 19-14. Sen. Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay, was the only Republican who