Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The federal Department of Homeland Security says it “stands by” its statement that Wisconsin and 20 other states were targeted by Russian government cyber actors trying to breach election systems. State officials yesterday said they hadn’t received any

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP and Scott Walker are launching separate ad campaigns today to herald the guv’s work on the budget. The Republican Party of Wisconsin’s statewide radio spot praises Walker for lowering taxes. The narrator says taxes on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, formally kicked off her guv campaign today with a more than four-minute video, calling for Wisconsin’s own health care solution and a leader who listens. Vinehout, who also planned a formal announcement later

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will make three stops across the state tomorrow to highlight the biennial budget’s K-12 funding. Walker will start at Chippewa Falls Middle School, then head to Mosinee Middle School’s library and fabrication lab before ending

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will sign the biennial budget today at Tullar Elementary School in Neenah. He announced 99 vetoes ahead of today’s signing, including wiping out an Assembly GOP plan to boost low-spending school districts. The provision for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker, head of the RGA, has joined 14 other GOP governors in praising an Obamacare repeal bill that the Senate is weighing. The bill, whose authors include U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, would eliminate Affordable Care

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters his meeting with Harley-Davidson executives and union officials provided more evidence of the need for tax cuts and tax reform. Ryan, who pledges a tax reform framework will be unveiled next

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today will be at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant to sign the $3 billion Foxconn bill. The plant is expected to be located in Racine County. — Walker has already released a list of nine

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — The state Senate is scheduled to come in this morning to vote on the biennial budget, though it’s unclear whether Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has enough GOP votes to pass it. Fitzgerald said this week he doesn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker is thanking the state Senate for passing the $3 billion Foxconn bill, calling it an “amazing win for the people of Wisconsin.” The Senate yesterday approved the deal 20-13, with GOP Sen. Robert Cowles opposing it and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa has told her Assembly Dem colleagues she plans to run for assistant minority leader, according to a source with knowledge of her plans. That could set up a race with Rep. Dianne Hesselbein, of Middleton,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Public officials will be at various events today commemorating the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, was to be at a Milwaukee County event at the War Memorial Center. —

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, says a faction of “young legislators who have never legislated” led the charge to oust Minority Leader Peter Barca, who announced he will step down at the end of September. Barca angered some members

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly is poised to take up the budget next week after the Joint Finance Committee put the final touches on its version of the two-year spending plan. The proposal, which cleared the committee on party lines 12-4,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee plans to reconvene this morning to finish its budget work after approving a GOP transportation package that calls for cutting 200 DOT jobs and pre-empting some local regulations of quarries used for road and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee plans to vote today on both remaining provisions in the budget and the Foxconn incentive package. The committee sent a notice late Friday afternoon on the Foxconn exec. Budget items on tap include

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said he will have an announcement about what he’s doing next “in the very near future.” Clarke resigned at 11:59 p.m. yesterday, a little more than two months after announcing he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan will be in Janesville today to host a roundtable discussion on the opioid crisis. Ryan, R-Janesville, will hold the discussion at the MercyHealth Prehospital and Emergency Services Center. He’ll be in Greendale in the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues Committee is holding a public hearing this morning on two bills that would address the so-called “dark store” tax loophole. That loophole has allowed retailers to appeal their assessed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 along party lines to change Gov. Scott Walker’s K-12 education plan by adding a boost for low-spending school districts and increasing the income cutoff for students in the statewide voucher program. Dems