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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
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
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
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.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate plans to take up the REINS Act today, while the Assembly has the high-capacity well bill on its agenda. Both also are voting on HOPE agenda
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker paid off two creditors in 2016 that he owed at least $50,000 each, according to his economic interest statement. But he added a new debt
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Assembly will return to the floor Tuesday to vote on the high-capacity wells bill while possibly taking up two special session bills to address opioid abuse.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he thinks a new amendment to the House GOP health care bill “helps us get to consensus.” The conservative House Freedom Caucus announced
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The REINS Act is before a Senate committee this morning for a vote on a substitute amendment that the Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have already signed
The Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have signed off on a substitute amendment for the REINS Act. It would allow lawmakers to permanently object to a proposed rule to prevent the agency from going forward with it. Currently, if the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have signed off on a substitute amendment for the REINS Act. It would allow lawmakers to permanently object to a proposed rule
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is meeting this afternoon to take up two of the GOP bills aimed at targeting homelessness. Also on the agenda is broadband expansion and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today will wrap up its public hearings on Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget with a final hearing in Marinette, the home town of GOP
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee today will take up the last two special session bills aimed at battling opioid abuse. The full chamber already signed off on nine of
The state Dem party in an ad yesterday urged President Donald Trump to prioritize Wisconsin workers, following his signing of an executive order on American-made goods yesterday. Trump signed the order after a speech at Kenosha-based manufacturer Snap-on Inc. that
A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The study from Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor who advised the presidential
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The
Walker’s campaign is running a statewide digital ad telling people to call their lawmakers and ask them to “cut taxes not raise them.” The ads come as Walker and Assembly Republicans continue their battle over whether the state needs to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Donald Trump today will make his first stop in Wisconsin since taking office, signing an executive order and speaking at Kenosha-based tool manufacturer Snap-on this afternoon. The
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Donald Trump is coming back to Wisconsin on Tuesday for a stop in Kenosha. Trump will speak at the Kenosha tool manufacturer Snap-on, according to the White
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
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate plans to take up the REINS Act today, while the Assembly has the high-capacity well bill on its agenda. Both also are voting on HOPE agenda bills in special session. The REINS Act would have to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker paid off two creditors in 2016 that he owed at least $50,000 each, according to his economic interest statement. But he added a new debt of between $5,000 and $50,000 and continued to owe more
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Assembly will return to the floor Tuesday to vote on the high-capacity wells bill while possibly taking up two special session bills to address opioid abuse. The Assembly Committee on Rules yesterday signed off on the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he thinks a new amendment to the House GOP health care bill “helps us get to consensus.” The conservative House Freedom Caucus announced yesterday it backs the amended version of the American Health
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The REINS Act is before a Senate committee this morning for a vote on a substitute amendment that the Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have already signed off on. The amendment would let lawmakers permanently object to
The Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have signed off on a substitute amendment for the REINS Act. It would allow lawmakers to permanently object to a proposed rule to prevent the agency from going forward with it. Currently, if the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules objects to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have signed off on a substitute amendment for the REINS Act. It would allow lawmakers to permanently object to a proposed rule to prevent the agency from going forward with it. Currently,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is meeting this afternoon to take up two of the GOP bills aimed at targeting homelessness. Also on the agenda is broadband expansion and an objection to a DNR stewardship request. The homeless bills
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today will wrap up its public hearings on Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget with a final hearing in Marinette, the home town of GOP co-chair Rep. John Nygren. Today’s hearing is in the Marinette
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee today will take up the last two special session bills aimed at battling opioid abuse. The full chamber already signed off on nine of the special session bills, which are based on recommendations from
The state Dem party in an ad yesterday urged President Donald Trump to prioritize Wisconsin workers, following his signing of an executive order on American-made goods yesterday. Trump signed the order after a speech at Kenosha-based manufacturer Snap-on Inc. that he said is aimed at boosting the federal government’s use
A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The study from Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor who advised the presidential campaigns of Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The study from Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor who advised
Walker’s campaign is running a statewide digital ad telling people to call their lawmakers and ask them to “cut taxes not raise them.” The ads come as Walker and Assembly Republicans continue their battle over whether the state needs to consider raising revenues to address a transportation funding shortfall. The
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Donald Trump today will make his first stop in Wisconsin since taking office, signing an executive order and speaking at Kenosha-based tool manufacturer Snap-on this afternoon. The executive order will be part of his “Buy American, Hire
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Donald Trump is coming back to Wisconsin on Tuesday for a stop in Kenosha. Trump will speak at the Kenosha tool manufacturer Snap-on, according to the White House. It will be Trump’s first visit to the state