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

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

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