Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The attorneys who represented Dems challenging Wisconsin’s Assembly lines urged a court to reject a request from GOP lawmakers’ lawyers for attorney fees, arguing their motion reads “more like an op-ed than a serious

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and DNR Secretary Preston Cole will be in Kenosha today to talk about lead exposure. Evers has declared 2019 the year of clean drinking water. — The Republican lawmaker leading a task

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Joan Ballweg accused Ag Secretary Brad Pfaff of playing “a political game of keep away” as Republican lawmakers continue to pile criticism on the DATCP head. Ballweg, who chairs the Speaker’s Task

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers connected the state’s workforce shortage to the national conversation on immigration reform while speaking to tech leaders at a conference in Madison. “We have to have immigration reform. We have to,” Evers said yesterday. “If we

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Employers in the state will see an 8.84 percent decrease in worker’s comp premiums starting in October, according to the state Department of Workforce Development. Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance approved the rate decrease, marking

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today to consider several funding requests from the Evers administration, including $5.2 million in stewardship funds on two projects. A member of the committee objected anonymously to the DNR’s request to release

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency following storms that swept across Wisconsin the last few days, downing power lines, closing roads due to debris, and damaging homes and businesses. “The first responders

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, joined Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers in the House in voting against a measure that would have begun the process of ousting President Trump from office. The resolution from

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is to lead a trade mission to Japan in September in an effort to expand exports from Wisconsin companies. The trip will mark the first trade mission of Evers’ administration. The delegation is to visit Tokyo,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Appeals Court Judge Lisa Neubauer outraised and outspent rival Brian Hagedorn in a losing effort for a state Supreme Court seat, according to campaign finance reports. But Hagedorn, who will be sworn in next month as the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Former Gov. Scott Walker will take over as president of the conservative Young America’s Foundation in 2021. He told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the new position precludes him from running in 2022, when he had mulled bids for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem presidential candidates at a League of United Latin American Citizens town hall last night ripped President Trump over his immigration policies while pledging to reform a system they described as broken. The candidates also shared their

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly raised $243,794 over the first five weeks of his bid for a full 10-year term, his campaign said. Over the past decade, only Lisa Neubauer and Rebecca Dallet reported more receipts

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidate Jill Karofsky raised $121,000 since early May for her bid to knock off conservative Justice Daniel Kelly, her campaign says. The Dane County judge will report $110,913 in the bank to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — A coalition that backed the step therapy bill says the guv is expected to sign the legislation in Janesville today. SB 26 would make it easier for patients to get prescription drugs when insurance companies require them to try

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Members of Gov. Tony Evers’ cabinet and state Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor are hitting the road to promote the changes he made to the budget. The group has news conferences planned in Green Bay, Wausau and La Crosse.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin governors have issued on average 137 partial vetoes to the budget bills that have reached their desk over the last 30 years, according to statistics from the Legislative Reference Bureau. That jumps to 242 partial vetoes during

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The projected surplus in the state’s Medicaid program to wrap up the 2017-19 biennium dipped slightly compared to three months ago. Still, the $52 million difference in general purpose revenue amounts to less than

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Prominent backers of UW-Madison have formed a group to educate the public about the economic value of the university. Amber Schroeder, executive director of Badgers United, said business leaders saw a need to explain what the university means to