Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The mining bill is headed to Gov. Scott Walker after the Senate approved the legislation to lift a nearly two-decade old moratorium. The bill cleared the Senate 19-14, helped by a key amendment the Assembly OK’d last week

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — As he continued his statewide tour to promote his re-election bid, Gov. Scott Walker repeated his “Moving Wisconsin Forward” pitch. “Rebecca Kleefisch and I are asking for your help to have four more years as your governor

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker is hitting La Crosse, Eau Claire, Wausau, Rhinelander and Green Bay today as he kicks off a three-day tour of the state following his formal announcement of his bid for a third term. Yesterday in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly passed the GOP sulfide mining bill last night on a 53-38 vote with a key amendment to win over some holdout Senate Republicans. Bill co-author Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, told WisPolitics.com earlier this week he was

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Platform Communications From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly’s set to take up two major bills this afternoon: one on abortion coverage and another on sulfide mining. The first bill would prohibit the Group Insurance Board from providing abortions for public employees or contracting to do

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Chair John Macco plans to announce a restructuring of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee today. That includes adding four lawmakers — three Republicans and one Dem — to the 12-member committee. Macco also plans to create four

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Several top aides to Gov. Scott Walker’s previous runs are returning for his 2018 re-election bid, and Mike Grebe, former head of the conservative Bradley Foundation, will again once again chair the effort. The guv’s campaign today announced

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty From WisPolitics.com … — The Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce today launched a $1.6 million TV and digital ad campaign hitting Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin for supporting tax hikes “rigging the system against us.” The group said campaign

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Dem state Sen. Lena Taylor is knocking Gov. Scott Walker’s call to appoint an interim superintendent of the state’s juvenile prisons following attacks on staff. Walker sent a letter to Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher suggesting “violent individuals in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A GOP bill that would nix a requirement for certain state agencies to adhere to renewable energy goals is up for a hearing today. The legislation, from Sen. Chris Kapenga and Rep. Mike Kuglitsch, would roll back a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Platform Communications From WisPolitics.com … — Retired Army Col. Steve Toft, a Republican, has events planned in Eau Claire and La Crosse today to formally announce he plans to run next year against U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse. Toft graduated from Osseo-Fairchild High School

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be in Detroit today and tomorrow for the annual Leadership Summit of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers. See more: http://www.gsgp.org/events/governors-and-premiers-meetings/2017-governors-and-premiers-leadership-summit/ — In his weekly radio addre… Please log in to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Platform Communications From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind says he’s not re-thinking his decision to opt out of a gubernatorial bid against Gov. Scott Walker next year. Kind in March announced he wasn’t going to seek the post. He affirmed the decision yesterday,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty From WisPolitics.com … — Scott Walker continued to lay the foundation for his expected re-election bid next month with a new digital ad campaign that features the incumbent saying “there’s more to be done.” It’s the latest move Walker

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The WEDC board will meet in Madison today to hear updates from the agency on the Foxconn contract. The board may vote on the WEDC staff review of the deal, which would give the agency the authority to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Randy Bryce has a big financial edge over Dem rival Cathy Myers in the 1st CD, according to their campaigns. Myers had $82,500 in total receipts during the third quarter and $20,000 cash on hand, her campaign said.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — UW System faculty and students say they wish they would’ve been consulted on a plan to merge two-year colleges with four-year campuses. But they want to have substantial input as campus officials make key decisions about their future.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, raised $2.4 million in the third quarter, pushing her overall haul for first nine months of 2017 to $7.1 million, her campaign said today. Baldwin also finished September with $5.3 million in the