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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke on the floor of the Senate last night in “strong support” of Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court as national media reports showed 41 Democrats ready to filibuster Gorsuch’s nomination. Johnson’s speech, where
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Both the Senate and Assembly are in session today. The Senate will take up the high-capacity wells bill when it hits the floor, as well as SB 49,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will be in Platteville today for the first of six public hearings around the state on the budget. Testimony will start at 10 a.m.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee’s agency briefings wrapped up last night. The last item on the agenda was Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed elimination of the Labor and Industry Review
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is back at it today after a late night hearing from the Departments of Revenue and Transportation, along with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — JFC Dems hammered the Department of Corrections during agency briefings, though they credited Secretary Jon Litscher for making significant progress on several issues. Litscher, testifying into yesterday evening,
State schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz is going up on radio around the state with an appeal to Wisconsin moms. The 60-second ad also features GOP Sens. Leah Vukmir and Alberta Darling, as well as Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Sen. Dave Craig and Rep. Mary Felzkowski are proposing legislation that would allow Wisconsin residents to carry a concealed weapon without first obtaining a permit. It also
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today to take up nine bills as well as three funding requests from state agencies. The legislation on today’s agenda includes seven
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — The state would face a structural deficit of more than $1 billion to start the 2019-21 biennium under the guv’s budget for the next two years, according to the Legislative
THU AM Update: Assembly committee to consider OWI bills today Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Three bills that would tighten up OWI laws are coming before an Assembly committee this morning for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — A bill that would guarantee $2 million annually in treatment and diversion programs to combat drug and alcohol abuse is on the agenda for a Senate committee this afternoon. Under
Gov. Scott Walker says his budget proposal to eliminate a manufacturing and ag tax credit overlap is “reasonable.” The overlap has resulted in a Wisconsin credit for taxes paid to other states, and addressing that is expected to increase tax
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker says his budget proposal to eliminate a manufacturing and ag tax credit overlap is “reasonable.” The overlap has resulted in a Wisconsin credit for taxes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker has three public appearances planned today, including an announcement in the state Capitol this afternoon about veteran grants. Ahead of that, Walker will travel to East Troy
Dem Josh Kaul, a former federal prosecutor who was part of an effort last year challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID laws, says he is “seriously exploring” a run for attorney general, the office his mother held for one term more than
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Josh Kaul, a former federal prosecutor who was part of an effort last year challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID laws, says he is “seriously exploring” a run for
State superintendent candidate Lowell Holtz argued in a brief that the Elections Commission should dismiss a complaint against him because it was “transparent political gamesmanship filed to generate negative media.” The commission this week turned down the complaint from the
The conservative MacIver Institute is appealing a ruling from a federal judge that dismissed a class-action suit over the seizure of electronic communications during the John Doe probe. The group had sued Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm, former GAB Director
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, will vote for the House GOP health care bill today in the Budget Committee, according to a spokeswoman. But he’ll do so “with the
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke on the floor of the Senate last night in “strong support” of Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court as national media reports showed 41 Democrats ready to filibuster Gorsuch’s nomination. Johnson’s speech, where he pushed his colleagues and fellow Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Both the Senate and Assembly are in session today. The Senate will take up the high-capacity wells bill when it hits the floor, as well as SB 49, which would alter the eligibility criteria for broadband expansion grants
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will be in Platteville today for the first of six public hearings around the state on the budget. Testimony will start at 10 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. See the hearing notice: http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1377201
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee’s agency briefings wrapped up last night. The last item on the agenda was Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed elimination of the Labor and Industry Review Commission, an independent agency that reviews worker disputes. LIRC Chair
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is back at it today after a late night hearing from the Departments of Revenue and Transportation, along with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. While DOT Secretary Dave Ross was testifying before the committee,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — JFC Dems hammered the Department of Corrections during agency briefings, though they credited Secretary Jon Litscher for making significant progress on several issues. Litscher, testifying into yesterday evening, highlighted some of those improvements, particularly in improving staff training…
State schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz is going up on radio around the state with an appeal to Wisconsin moms. The 60-second ad also features GOP Sens. Leah Vukmir and Alberta Darling, as well as Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek. They cite Holtz’s backing of school choice, his support of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Sen. Dave Craig and Rep. Mary Felzkowski are proposing legislation that would allow Wisconsin residents to carry a concealed weapon without first obtaining a permit. It also would eliminate the state’s school gun free zone law, though
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today to take up nine bills as well as three funding requests from state agencies. The legislation on today’s agenda includes seven bills from Co-chair John Nygren’s latest package of legislation to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — The state would face a structural deficit of more than $1 billion to start the 2019-21 biennium under the guv’s budget for the next two years, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. While worse than the $211 million structural deficit
THU AM Update: Assembly committee to consider OWI bills today Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Three bills that would tighten up OWI laws are coming before an Assembly committee this morning for a public hearing. One bill, AB 99 would call for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — A bill that would guarantee $2 million annually in treatment and diversion programs to combat drug and alcohol abuse is on the agenda for a Senate committee this afternoon. Under the bill, SSSB 2, an additional $150,000 would be added
Gov. Scott Walker says his budget proposal to eliminate a manufacturing and ag tax credit overlap is “reasonable.” The overlap has resulted in a Wisconsin credit for taxes paid to other states, and addressing that is expected to increase tax revenues by $9.7 million in each year of the budget.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker says his budget proposal to eliminate a manufacturing and ag tax credit overlap is “reasonable.” The overlap has resulted in a Wisconsin credit for taxes paid to other states, and addressing that is expected to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker has three public appearances planned today, including an announcement in the state Capitol this afternoon about veteran grants. Ahead of that, Walker will travel to East Troy High School to highlight his K-12 budget proposal and participate
Dem Josh Kaul, a former federal prosecutor who was part of an effort last year challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID laws, says he is “seriously exploring” a run for attorney general, the office his mother held for one term more than a decade ago. Kaul, 36, declined comment beyond saying he
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Josh Kaul, a former federal prosecutor who was part of an effort last year challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID laws, says he is “seriously exploring” a run for attorney general, the office his mother held for one term
State superintendent candidate Lowell Holtz argued in a brief that the Elections Commission should dismiss a complaint against him because it was “transparent political gamesmanship filed to generate negative media.” The commission this week turned down the complaint from the liberal One Wisconsin Now. The group had claimed Holtz and
The conservative MacIver Institute is appealing a ruling from a federal judge that dismissed a class-action suit over the seizure of electronic communications during the John Doe probe. The group had sued Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm, former GAB Director Kevin Kennedy and others. But Judge William Conley ruled the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, will vote for the House GOP health care bill today in the Budget Committee, according to a spokeswoman. But he’ll do so “with the understanding that there will be changes made before the bill