TUE AM Update: Confirmation hearing today for PSC nominee Valcq

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Public Service Commission nominee Rebecca Cameron Valcq has a confirmation hearing this morning before the Senate Committee on Utilities and Housing. See the notice: http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1487343 — State

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MON AM Update: Independent groups continue pouring money into Supreme Court race; Steineke, Pocan on ‘UpFront’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Republican State Leadership Committee is up to nearly $1.2 million spent on the state Supreme Court race as independent groups exert heavy influence on tomorrow’s election. American Majority Action and Wisconsin Right to Life PAC are

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FRI AM Update: Wisconsin waiting for federal guidance after judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in two states

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s work requirements for some Medicaid recipients are still in force despite a federal judge blocking Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas, according to state Medicaid Director Jim Jones. Jones, speaking yesterday at a WisPolitics.com forum on

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THU AM Update: Kelly considering running for full term on Supreme Court

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — While he hasn’t formally announced his intentions for seeking a full 10-year term, state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly says he “can’t imagine wanting to do anything other than this.” Kelly, appointed by Gov. Scott Walker to the

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TUE AM Update: RSLC ads knock Neubauer; Supreme Court debate tonight

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Republican State Leadership Committee’s Judicial Fairness Initiative mounted a last-minute ad buy ahead of next week’s election trying to paint Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer as a tool of “radical, out-of-state special interests.” The group, which traditionally

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WED AM Update: Meaney, Frostman confirmation hearings today; Water Quality Task Force to meet

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney and Department of Workforce Development head Caleb Frostman have their confirmation hearings scheduled for this afternoon. The two will appear before the Senate Local Government, Small Business, Tourism, and Workforce Committee. See the notice:

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TUE AM Update: New Greater Wisconsin ad targets Hagedorn on abortion

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Greater Wisconsin Political Fund targets Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn on abortion in its latest TV ad, calling him “extreme” in his position. The group said the ad will run on broadcast TV in Madison and via

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WED AM Update: Evers orders agencies to update outdated, derogatory language in administrative rules

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is directing agencies to update “outdated and derogatory” language within their administrative rules. The executive order, his 15th, specifically targets the terms “mentally retarded,” “mental retardation” and “handicapped” and orders they be replaced with the words

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TUE AM Update: Confirmation hearing today for PSC nominee Valcq

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Public Service Commission nominee Rebecca Cameron Valcq has a confirmation hearing this morning before the Senate Committee on Utilities and Housing. See the notice: http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1487343 — State Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer is speaking at a Dane

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MON AM Update: Evers hires new campaign executive director, Bryce creates PAC

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Mitch Wallace, who previously worked for a national organization coordinating efforts by progressive groups, has joined Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign as executive director. Wallace, a Wisconsin native, was state director for American Votes after working for the state

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FRI AM Update: WI congressional delegation unanimously backs anti-hate resolution

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin congressional delegation unanimously supported a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, bigotry against Muslims and racism against minorities. But reports from Washington, D.C. indicated that U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, and several other lawmakers were listed as a no

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THU AM Update: Regents to meet; Cole confirmation hearing today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — The UW Board of Regents will meet in Madison today to hear an update from President Ray Cross on the system’s federal relations. Regents will also hear an update on Gov. Tony Evers’ budget and

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