Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — State schools Superintendent Tony Evers is calling for indexing the revenue limit to inflation and making changes to the way 4-year-old kindergarten is covered as part of his agency’s budget recommendations. The proposals in the Department of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker launched four new TV ads today, each with a message on Foxconn tailored to the region in which it will run. Since the state’s incentive package was announced a year ago to lure the Taiwanese

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidates are knocking Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to lower costs for Wisconsinites who get their health insurance through the federal exchange under the Affordable Care Act, dismissing it as an election-year gimmick. Walker yesterday

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Republican U.S. Senate candidate frontrunners Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson backed President Trump and touted their conservative credentials in a televised debate last night ahead of next month’s primary. But Vukmir lamented the controversial border policy. “We shouldn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Kenosha attorney Josh Pade has become the first Dem guv candidate to call on fellow contender Matt Flynn to drop out of the race due to his work defending the Milwaukee Archdiocese during the priest abuse scandal.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be at the Waukesha County Technical College today to promote workforce development and high-tech skills training. Walker is returning today from the Republican Governors Association’s summer meeting in Aspen, Colo. — The Leg Council

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker released the first 60-second ad of his re-election campaign today, touting efforts to create fab labs to teach high school students job skills. The spot also talks up a $200 per-student increase in state aid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir released her second TV ad today, saying in the spot she worked with Scott Walker to take on “the big labor bosses” and will now “stand with President Trump” in the Senate.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Cathy Myers has filed a complaint with the FEC against 1st CD Dem primary opponent Randy Bryce, alleging the ironworker used some $7,700 in campaign contributions to cover personal legal fees and satisfy a decade-old debt. Bryce’s campaign

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem state treasurer candidate Sarah Godlewski is going up on TV in the Madison market starting today with a spot that proclaims she’ll be a “watchdog for your money.” Godlewski says in the ad when it “comes to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker spent nearly $1.6 million on TV ads over the first six months of 2018, according to his campaign finance report. He dropped another $279,195 on online ads. Walker’s TV buys include one for $23,262 in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former state Rep. Kelda Roys topped the Dem guv field for fundraising during the first half of the year, but that was largely due to a $255,000 personal loan she gave the campaign, according to a check of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Appeals Court Judge Lisa Neubauer, who last week announced her bid for the state Supreme Court, raised $358,288 in the first half of 2018, according to a cover sheet her campaign shared with WisPolitics.com. That includes $250,000 she

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, announced today she raised nearly $4.4 million in the second quarter, which her campaign said was a record for a federal candidate from Wisconsin during the reporting period. Baldwin’s campaign did not say

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Concerned Veterans for America today announced a nearly $1 million buy on TV and digital knocking U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin for failing to “show up” at “important meetings.” The spot, which the group said will air

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson raised more than $1 million during the second quarter of 2018, his campaign tells WisPolitics.com. That follows Nicholson, a business consultant and former Marine, raising nearly $1.1 million during the first three

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, is appointing new Sen. Caleb Frostman, D-Sturgeon Bay, to the WEDC Board of Directors. Shilling’s office said Frostman will replace Sen. Tim Carpenter after the Milwaukee Dem volunteered to give Frostman

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, and U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls, will attend a fundraiser for GOP U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir this afternoon. The event includes tickets starting at $250 person up to $5,400 per couple

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin released her latest TV ad today, touting legislation the Madison Dem wrote to provide job training. The spot opens with RenewAire CEO Chuck Gates saying his Waunakee company makes state-of-the-art indoor air quality systems,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An industry shortage in raw materials has delayed the Department of Correction’s efforts to install body-worn cameras at its maximum security adult institutions, according to a letter to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee. The 2017-19 state