FRI AM Update: JFC approves $125 million to fight PFAS

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee approved investing $125 million to combat PFAS — but left the details of how to spend the money for a trailer bill introduced just

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FRI AM Update: Kaul knocks JFC not putting additional state dollars into Office of School Safety with federal funding to end this year

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — Dem AG Josh Kaul is knocking the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee for declining to put additional state dollars into the Office of School Safety. During its executive session late yesterday, the committee voted 11-4 to approve

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THU AM Update: LeMahieu threatens to scuttle Milwaukee sales tax proposal unless Evers accepts ‘last, best’ shared revenue offer

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu was threatening to walk away from a proposal to allow Milwaukee County and the city to impose new sales taxes unless the guv accepted Republicans’ “last, best offer” on shared revenue. LeMahieu, R-Oostburg,

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MON AM Update: DNR: U.S. Supreme Court ruling doesn’t change Wisconsin wetland regulations, will remove many from federal jurisdiction

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — DNR says a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting which wetlands are subject to the Clean Water Act doesn’t change the state’s wetland regulations. At the same time, DNR Waterway and Wetland Policy Section Manager Tom

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THU AM Update: Elections Commission staff recommend rejection of challenge to Melotik’s nomination papers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — Elections Commission staff recommended commissioners reject a challenge seeking to push Republican Paul Melotik off the ballot in the special election for suburban Milwaukee’s 24th AD. The staff found the nomination papers for the most part

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WED AM Update: Assembly committee to take testimony on National Guard sexual misconduct bills

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee plans to take testimony today on legislation that would overhaul how the Wisconsin National Guard investigates and addresses sexual assault and harassment. The bills grew out of the Legislative Council Study Committee on Wisconsin National

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FRI AM Update: Audit Committee co-chairs accuse DOA of withholding documents in LAB’s COVID-19 funds audit

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The co-chairs of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee are accusing DOA of withholding documents from the Legislative Audit Bureau as it reviewed how the agency used federal COVID-19 funds. But Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld wrote to the lawmakers

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FRI AM Update: JFC approves $125 million to fight PFAS

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee approved investing $125 million to combat PFAS — but left the details of how to spend the money for a trailer bill introduced just this week. Dems last night slammed the GOP plan —

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TUE AM Update: JFC resumes budget work today following new revenue projections

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee resumes its work on the state budget today. The agenda includes: Circuit Courts, the Supreme Court, District Attorneys and the Public Defender. It’s the first committee meeting since the Legislative Fiscal Bureau released

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MON AM Update: WPPA’s Palmer calls for passage of shared revenue bill, Ribble talks Trump, DeSantis on ‘UpFront’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, said Gov. Tony Evers and GOP leaders need to “resolve their differences” and pass a shared revenue bill. The Assembly is expected to vote on legislation this week.

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