Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan is touting the House Republicans’ newly released bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying the effort will “rescue our health care system from this disastrous law.” The GOP plan, called the American

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Two GOP state lawmakers are circulating legislation that would prohibit employees of the UW System and the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority from performing or assisting in an abortion at Planned Parenthood. The bill from state Rep.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence will give a speech in Janesville today following a listening session with House Speaker Paul Ryan and HHS Secretary Tom Price. The three will be at the Blain’s Farm & Fleet Distribution Center

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be in Washington, D.C., today to address the House GOP conference at the request of Speaker Paul Ryan. Walker’s office said the guv also plans to meet with individual members of Congress. Walker

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan called President Trump’s address to Congress a “home run” as his fellow GOP delegation members largely praised the speech. Dem members, however, were critical of the speech. U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — A constitutional amendment that would eliminate the office of state treasurer is on the agenda this week for two separate Assembly and Senate committee meetings. The amendment, which would eliminate the office in 2019, is a topic

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers and challenger Lowell Holtz will meet today at a forum hosted by WisPolitics.com. See the details below and the PM Update for coverage. — Jason Rae, a Milwaukee political consultant, beat incumbent and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The Transportation Development Association is out with a new document outlining points it says weren’t fully addressed at the DOT audit hearing this week. TDA says it supports the Legislative Audit Bureau’s recommendations, which include requiring that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Several Wisconsin health care advocacy groups and liberal-leaning think tanks are warning Congress against block granting Medicaid, saying the move would effectively be a funding cut. Gov. Scott Walker has said he’d like the feds to turn

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers says his primary victory can be chalked up to a focus on the state’s public school kids — and not on the “kind of weird politics and policies” that plagued his challengers. Evers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — DOT would have to account for inflation in future road project cost estimates under legislation before the Joint Legislative Audit Committee today. The bill comes on the heels of a Legislative Audit Bureau examination of Department of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker is again hitting the road to tout his plan to pump $649 million into K-12 education. He’ll be at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle and High School to tout his budget proposal. Walker also will be at

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s office says he’ll make an announcement today during two stops in the state. Walker is scheduled to appear at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse and then head to De Pere for an

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, announced today he won’t run for the U.S. Senate next year, saying it is not the right time. “We have eight great kids and family always comes first,” Duffy said in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — An amendment that would eliminate the office of state treasurer is getting a second consideration at an Assembly hearing this morning. The Committee on State Affairs is holding a public hearing on the amendment, which would eliminate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Topping the list of State Superintendent Tony Evers’ biggest donors during the pre-primary period were the Wisconsin Education Association Council and AFT-Wisconsin’s Committee on Political Education, which contributed $18,000 each. Evers also … Please log in to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers’ campaign says he raised $142,442 over the first five weeks of the year. The campaign said he will report $237,695 in the bank as of Feb. 6. Meanwhile, Lowell Holtz, the former Whitnall

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — A provision under Gov. Scott Walker’s budget that would allocate $26 million to Milwaukee County over the biennium for new buses would put the county nearly $9 million ahead overall, according to a county spokeswoman. Melissa Baldauff,