TUE PM Update: Brennan says Evers still considering full budget veto

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Frustrated with Republicans’ refusal to expand Medicaid, Administration Secretary Joel Brennan reiterated today that a full budget veto is still possible. Gov. Tony Evers early this month warned he was considering a veto of the entire budget over the GOP-controlled Joint Finance

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TUE News Summary: Environmental groups seek to intervene in PFAS lawsuit; Milwaukee could make significant lead pipe progress with ARP funds

**************************************** Today: From dairy to tech: How smarter immigration policy can help the Midwest workforce Four speakers will talk about the prospects for immigration reform under the Biden administration and within Congress, and how bipartisan changes might help solve workforce problems in some of Wisconsin’s largest economic sectors. Participants are

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TUE AM Update: Polls open in 37th AD Republican primary; JFC meets today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Construction Business Group (CBG) From WisPolitics.com … — Polls are open in the GOP primary for the 37th AD near Watertown. Eight Republicans are squaring off the party’s nomination to replace John Jagler after the Watertown Republican won a special election in April for

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FRI News Summary: JFC approves prison overtime funding; Supreme Court strikes down Madison order to close schools due to COVID-19

**************************************** Tuesday: From dairy to tech: How smarter immigration policy can help the Midwest workforce Four speakers will talk about the prospects for immigration reform under the Biden administration and within Congress, and how bipartisan changes might help solve workforce problems in some of Wisconsin’s largest economic sectors. Participants are

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FRI AM Update: JFC approves four-year extension of stewardship; guv wanted 10 years

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) From WisPolitics.com … — The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program would be renewed for four years with $32 million annually under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved along party lines. That money for preservation and recreation initiatives was

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THU News Summary: Wisconsin at risk of losing over $2B for K-12 schools; Legislature votes to end extra federal unemployment checks

**************************************** Tuesday: From dairy to tech: How smarter immigration policy can help the Midwest workforce Four speakers will talk about the prospects for immigration reform under the Biden administration and within Congress, and how bipartisan changes might help solve workforce problems in some of Wisconsin’s largest economic sectors. Participants are

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WED News Summary: WI could take in nearly $6B in revenue over next three years; JFC reduces money for roads, mass transit in Milwaukee and Madison

**************************************** Tuesday: From dairy to tech: How smarter immigration policy can help the Midwest workforce Four speakers will talk about the prospects for immigration reform under the Biden administration and within Congress, and how bipartisan changes might help solve workforce problems in some of Wisconsin’s largest economic sectors. Participants are

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