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Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke this weekend “rescinded his acceptance” of an offer to join the U.S. Homeland Security Department.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

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