Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — A special session of the Legislature is slated to begin tomorrow to consider the $3 billion state deal with Foxconn to build a plant in southeastern Wisconsin. Hearings could start this week with GOP legislative leaders hoping for passage by

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today will visit four cities to highlight how the planned $10 billion Foxconn investment in southeastern Wisconsin will benefit the whole state. Walker is scheduled to start his tour with a visit to Appleton and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be at the Milwaukee Art Museum today with Foxconn executives to tout the company’s planned $10 billion plant in southeastern Wisconsin. Walker joined President Trump, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, and House

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Businessman and former Marine Kevin Nicholson announced today he will run for the U.S. Senate, the first Republican candidate to officially launch a bid to challenge Dem Tammy Baldwin. A three-minute announcement video Nicholson released this morning

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — Kids Forward and 16 other advocacy groups say the U.S. Senate GOP health care bill is “fundamentally flawed and beyond repair” as Republican leaders press ahead with a vote today. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans on holding a vote

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin spent $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2017 as she collected $2.5 million, according to her most recent campaign finance filing. Baldwin’s campaign previously announced the Madison Dem had raised $2.5 million and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — Senate leadership emerged from caucus cautious about the guv’s budget proposal, saying GOP senators are still wedded to the idea of eliminating the personal property tax. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said yesterday there’s still “no deal” yet on the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan says U.S. Sen. John McCain has “always been a warrior” and that Americans are behind him as he fights cancer. McCain’s office said yesterday doctors found a brain tumor as he was going through

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative campaign committees outraised Dem counterparts, thanks in part to an advantage in corporate contributions, according to a WisPolitics.com review. The Republicans Assembly Campaign Committee raised $470,856 between two accounts, the most of the four caucuses. RACC pulled in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers’ campaign finance report shows he outraised opponent Lowell Holtz better than 3-to-1 as the two sparred for the top DPI post. The latest report, which covers March 21 to the end of June, showed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan has a far bigger warchest than his fellow Wisconsin House members, with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind a distant second. Ryan reported his re-election campaign had $3.4 million in receipts between April 1 and June

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be in Rhode Island this weekend for a National Governors Association summer meeting. Walker is scheduled to return to Wisconsin on Sunday morning. Today’s agenda features addresses by Vice President Mike Pence, who previously

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan collected $3.4 million for his personal campaign account during the second quarter of the year, pushing his cash on hand to $11.15 million, according to an aide. Ryan’s personal campaign account is just one

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Andy Gronik challenged Gov. Scott Walker to come up with a long-term plan to address the state’s transportation needs and to stop thinking in “two-year cycles.” But in an interview with WisPolitics.com, Gronik declined to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker, who pledged his fundraising report for the first half of 2017 would send a message about his re-election intentions, raised $3.5 million over the past six months and finished June with $2.4 million in the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Responding to a call from Assembly GOP leaders, Wal-Mart is calling for a 5-cent-per gallon hike in the gasoline tax, but only if the minimum markup on fuel is eliminated. Wal-Mart was among the 17 groups that publicly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The UW System Board of Regents will vote today on a resolution reaffirming its support for freedom of expression. The resolution says the UW System is “committed to freedom of speech and expression” as it reviews existing policies

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Badger Advocates alumni lobbying group is slamming a plan that would make UW-Madison lose out on some of the state funding going toward the UW System in the next budget. The regents today will vote on the

    WED AM Update — 5 July 2017 Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers – DO NOT FORWARD     Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dems and labor unions have events planned today on health care. That includes Dem lawmakers and Citizen Action of Wisconsin announcing new legislation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: There will be no WisPolitics email news updates sent on Monday or Tuesday because of the July 4th holiday. Happy Fourth and thanks for subscribing. — DPI is set to release estimates today of the general school aids