Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — Two Senate committees are scheduled today to hear testimony on two of Gov. Scott Walker’s priorities that face an uncertain future. A committee will meet to hear public testimony on the Senate version of the guv’s one-time $100 per-child

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Josh Zepnick, who has been under fire over allegations he kissed two women without their consent at political events in 2011 and 2015, has a luncheon fundraiser planned today in Madison. Zepnick, D-Milwaukee, reported $2,433 in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — Madison businessman Eric Hovde told WisPolitics.com he has not talked to anyone about hiring them for a possible U.S. Senate campaign. But he has spoken with outside consultants and firms in case he decides to move forward with a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — No state Supreme Court candidate won more than 46 percent the vote in their home county on Tuesday, a WisPolitics.com review shows. This year’s three-way primary pitted conservative Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock against left-leaning Milwaukee

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — The race for Supreme Court, now down to two candidates, is off to a contentious start after last night’s primary results. Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock, the Republicans’ choice in the officially non-partisan race, slammed rival Rebecca Dallet as

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks gave conservative Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock $20,000 late last week during the final stretch ahead of today’s primary. The Sauk County judge’s most recent late contribution report also includes a $2,500 donation from

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will tour hospitals in La Crosse and Green Bay today to tout his plan for an Obamacare reinsurance program for individuals. Both houses of the Legislature have the bill on their Tuesday calendars. See the Senate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP-run Assembly last night signed off on a bill to roll back permitting requirements for certain urban and rural wetlands on a 58-39 vote. The chamber also approved a new substitute amendment on a voice vote aligning

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly is due to take up the special session welfare overhaul package on the floor this afternoon. Nine of the bills have cleared a Senate committee as of this week. The chamber will also vote on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — After lengthy debate, the Assembly passed a bill 91-2 to help rural schools. The bill would increase sparsity aid and low-revenue ceilings for school districts. Authored by Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and championed by Gov. Scott Walker,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock raised $231,861 over the first five weeks of the year, with almost half of that coming from the Republican Party of Wisconsin through in-kind donations, according to his report filed with the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP has made a $31,152 in-kind contribution to Judge Michael Screnock’s Supreme Court campaign, according to a reported filed with the Ethics Commission. The late contribution report last week included no details of the donation. A

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin congressional delegation split along party lines over a government spending bill that cleared the House early this morning. The 240-186 vote ended a brief government shutdown, as the bill was held up in the Senate by

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will reconvene today to exec several bills, including one that would boost state aid for small, rural districts. The bill, which also would allow low-spending districts to collect more in property taxes, was before

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A bill that would increase the amount of money that could be claimed under Wisconsin’s historic rehabilitation tax credit is one of several measures before the JFC today. Under the measure, by Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Concerned Veterans for America today announced a $1.5 million statewide TV and digital ad campaign targeting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, on the Tomah VA scandal. The narrator opens the spot saying the Tomah VA “over

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Lawmakers collected more than $1.3 million in per diem last year as the budget stretched into September, about $139,000 more than 2015, when they finished the spending plan in July. Members of the Assembly topped $1 million as

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker and former Gov. Tommy Thompson are traveling the state today to tout a package of 10 welfare overhaul bills and the state’s unemployment numbers. The two will be stopping in Milwaukee, Green Bay and La

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly panel this morning is slated to vote on a substitute amendment that would significantly pare back a GOP wetlands bill. While the original bill would exempt all state wetlands from permitting requirements, the sub from

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Speaker Robin Vos will testify at a joint hearing this morning on a set of bills he authored with Sen. Chris Kapenga that would overhaul the state’s welfare system. The hearing is part of a special session called