Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A coalition of conservative groups is warning lawmakers against trying to add new regulations of wedding barns to the state budget. The Evers administration earlier this year said it planned to continue the existing policy of not

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee last night approved jacking up fees and eliminating breaks for retailers to help pump $483.7 million of new revenue into transportation over the next two years while borrowing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up transportation funding and taxes today as it pushes towards its goal of finishing the budget by the end of next week. This comes after Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told reporters

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A group of Senate Republicans today will announce plans to pump more than $130 million into local road funding, according to sources with knowledge of the plan. The 10 Senate Republicans expected to attend today’s news conference includes

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up the Medicaid program today as it begins the sprint toward its goal of finishing the budget by the end of next week. Today’s agenda includes: Health Services –Medical Assistance

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — New Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler says his first order of business will be getting the state party more involved in the fight to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers had proposed in his

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and state Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, will be on the UW-Stevens Point campus today for a town hall on improving healthcare access and expanding Medicaid. Evers has continued

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Efforts by the state crime lab to trim a backlog of untested sexual assault kits led to delays in testing DNA in nearly 350 active cases, a new Department of Justice report says. The state began to clear

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — UW President Ray Cross slammed the GOP proposal to fund the university over the next two years, calling it a missed opportunity for the Legislature. The GOP proposal, approved 12-4 along party lines Tuesday evening,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Justice Daniel Kelly officially kicked off his bid for a full 10-year term on the state Supreme Court, promising today he will remain faithful to the Wisconsin Constitution while serving on the court.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers used this week’s Dem radio address to rally support for his plan to boost public school spending by $1.4 billion and special education funding by $600 million. The former Wisconsin Superintendent of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will take up K-12 funding today after Assembly Republicans put a $500 million plan on the table. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said after the Assembly GOP presentation that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans set a news conference today on the education budget in advance of the Joint Finance Committee’s plan to take up K-12 finding tomorrow. The Assembly GOP caucus met on the topic yesterday as Senate Majority Leader

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will convene today to consider Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals to boost funding for the Department of Corrections. That plan includes: *an increase of nearly $130 million for the department’s overtime and overtime supplement funds.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pitched his vision for bringing a corporate structure to the Republican Party of Wisconsin at this weekend’s state convention, while GOP leaders and the guv’s spokeswoman got into a dustup. Meanwhile, GOP members of the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Pence concluded his trip to Wisconsin with a visit to Fort McCoy where he praised members of the armed forces and their families and touted the Trump administration’s proposed defense budget. “President Trump and I understand that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is meeting today to continue taking up agency budgets. Among agenda items today: *Department of Financial Institutions *Higher Educational Aids Board *Wisconsin Technical College System *Legislature *Department of Military Affairs *Secretary of State *Wisconsin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today as justices begin to consider the legality of a host of measures passed by the Legislature during December’s extraordinary session. The case, brought by the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will be back at it today with an agenda that includes Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to pump more money into clean drinking water initiatives. That plan, part of the environmental improvement fund, includes: *an increase

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. David Bowen and MoveOn.org senior adviser Ben Wikler were the only candidates to file by Saturday’s deadline to run for state Dem chair. The two will square off at the party’s June state convention to replace