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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul wants the Joint Finance Committee to “promptly” hold a vote on his request for authorization to withdraw from the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act. That’s according to his letter, sent to JFC

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers took his push to expand Medicaid to a statewide audience in his first State of the State, making a public appeal to the Legislature’s two top Republicans to avoid making health care a “partisan issue.” Evers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers will deliver his first State of the State at 7 p.m. today. The speech will be carried live by WisconsinEye and Wisconsin Public TV as Evers addresses a joint session of the state Legislature. Check

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: There will be no subscriber products sent Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Products will resume Tuesday. Thank you for subscribing. — A spokeswoman for Speaker Robin Vos says Assembly Republicans are still discussing a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and GOP legislative leaders are looking to meet soon to discuss a bill on the coverage of pre-existing conditions. The plans came up after the guv exchanged letters with Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Scott Walker raised $9 million more in 2018 than victorious Dem Tony Evers, according to their latest campaign finance filings. Evers raised nearly $10.6 million last year, finishing 2018 with $345,485 in the bank. He also spent $10.3

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is filing a lawsuit on behalf of two wedding barns, asking a Dunn County court to declare they don’t need a liquor license. In the alternative, The Farmview Event Barn in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former AG Brad Schimel spent $2.1 million in 2018 on his unsuccessful re-election bid, according to his latest fundraising report. Schimel reported raising $1.6 million for the year and finished 2018 with $50,302 in the bank. The report

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers will be at Lincoln Hills today, fulfilling a campaign promise to visit the youth prison in northern Wisconsin. Evers will be joined by Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and Kevin Carr, the guv’s nominee for Corrections secretary.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn raised $310,630 during the second half of 2018 as he geared up for this spring’s race. Hagedorn, a judge on the 2nd District Court of Appeals, also spent $30,040 and had $281,089

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has hired three former aides to Gov. Scott Walker as legislative staffers, including former state Rep. Joe Handrick, who served as consultant to Republicans as they redrew legislative lines in 2011. A Vos spokeswoman said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers pledged to supporters last night he would “stay the course” on his biggest priorities. Speaking at his inauguration gala at Monona Terrace in Madison, Evers also highlighted the need to share his budget priorities with the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Tony Evers’ inaugural ceremony is set to kick off at 11 a.m. as the Dem becomes Wisconsin’s 46th guv. Along with Evers, Mandela Barnes will be sworn in as lt. guv, Josh Kaul will be take the oath

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers today announced three deputy chiefs of staff as he continues to round out his team. They are: *Barbara Worcester, who was a longtime legislative aide. She most recently had worked for Cardinal Capital Management, a national

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers and Lt. Gov.-elect Mandela Barnes today will announce more cabinet picks. Those left to be announced include the departments of: Children and Families, Health Services, Revenue, Safety and Professional Services, and Workforce Development. Evers also has

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — With a deadline looming today, no one had yet to file to challenge outgoing AG Brad Schimel for the Waukesha Circuit Court spot he gained through a Gov. Scott Walker appointment. Schimel will be up for a full

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Women in Government From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers will announce additional cabinet picks this morning, with multiple sources telling WisPolitics.com that Transportation Development Association Executive Director Craig Thompson will head DOT. Sources also told WisPolitics.com that Brad Pfaff, who was the U.S…

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. elect Tony Evers touted his first four cabinet picks as people who “reflect our Wisconsin values and also our state’s great diversity,” as he downplayed criticism that all four are from Milwaukee. Evers in making his announcement yesterday