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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The $3.4 billion tax package the Joint Finance Committee plans to take up later today would put more into K-12 education and tech colleges to drive down property tax levies while lowering
STORY TOPICS – Race relations – Coronavirus – Local government – Civil liberties – Courts – Demographics – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Environment – Foxconn – Health care – Law and order – Management –
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement AARP Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is calling on GOP legislative leaders to quickly send him four policing bills while urging them to do more. The Assembly yesterday concurred on Senate bills
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly today approved a series of bills to overhaul police policies, including one to ban chokeholds except in self-defense or when an officer’s life is in danger. That bill was one
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – White house – Race relations – Coronavirus – State government – Federal government – Local government – Agribusiness – Courts – Economy – Education – Elections – Environment – Health care – Labor
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin would put another $129 million into expanding broadband under a motion Ok’d by the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee. Of that, $125 million
Wisconsin would put another $129 million in state money into efforts to expand broadband under a motion the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved Tuesday. Of that, $125 million would be covered through bonds with another $4 million transferred from a
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to pump $748.5 million in general purpose revenue into Medicaid and other health programs, matching some of Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from his budget. But Republicans didn’t include Evers’ calls to
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
**************************************** 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
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
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Two Assembly Republicans who traveled to Arizona to witness the partisan audit of the 2020 election told WisPolitics.com they’d like to see a similar review of Wisconsin’s presidential results as part of
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says he’s leaning toward vetoing a GOP bill that would cut off enhanced federal unemployment benefits of $300 a week. “I’ll take a look at
Quotes of the Week [W]e did a billion dollars in tax cuts my first year in office, $400 million last year. It’s not like this is a tax-cut free zone here in Madison. – Gov. Tony Evers, in an interview
**************************************** 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
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
The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program would be renewed for four years with $32 million annually for preservation and outdoor recreation programs under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved Thursday along party lines. That’s well short of the 10 years and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee plans today to reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program for four years at $32 million annually. That’s well short of the 10 years at $70 million a year that
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines this afternoon to put an additional $34.4 million into the Department of Corrections and Juvenile Justice, much of it to help cover overtime for prison guards. But Dems knocked the motion for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The $3.4 billion tax package the Joint Finance Committee plans to take up later today would put more into K-12 education and tech colleges to drive down property tax levies while lowering one of the state’s four tax brackets. The package also
STORY TOPICS – Race relations – Coronavirus – Local government – Civil liberties – Courts – Demographics – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Environment – Foxconn – Health care – Law and order – Management – Manufacturing – Public health and safety – Real estate –
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement AARP Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is calling on GOP legislative leaders to quickly send him four policing bills while urging them to do more. The Assembly yesterday concurred on Senate bills to: ban chokeholds except in self-defense or when an officer’s
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly today approved a series of bills to overhaul police policies, including one to ban chokeholds except in self-defense or when an officer’s life is in danger. That bill was one of four heading to the desk of Gov. Tony Evers,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – White house – Race relations – Coronavirus – State government – Federal government – Local government – Agribusiness – Courts – Economy – Education – Elections – Environment – Health care – Labor – Law and order – Military – Non-profits – Public
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin would put another $129 million into expanding broadband under a motion Ok’d by the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee. Of that, $125 million would be covered through bonds with another $4 million transferred
Wisconsin would put another $129 million in state money into efforts to expand broadband under a motion the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved Tuesday. Of that, $125 million would be covered through bonds with another $4 million transferred from a separate fund over the next two years toward the effort.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to pump $748.5 million in general purpose revenue into Medicaid and other health programs, matching some of Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from his budget. But Republicans didn’t include Evers’ calls to expand Medicaid coverage to services such as doulas or to
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
**************************************** 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
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
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Two Assembly Republicans who traveled to Arizona to witness the partisan audit of the 2020 election told WisPolitics.com they’d like to see a similar review of Wisconsin’s presidential results as part of an ongoing Legislative Audit Bureau review. But the ranking Dem
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says he’s leaning toward vetoing a GOP bill that would cut off enhanced federal unemployment benefits of $300 a week. “I’ll take a look at it but certainly leaning that way,” he said on UpFront,
Quotes of the Week [W]e did a billion dollars in tax cuts my first year in office, $400 million last year. It’s not like this is a tax-cut free zone here in Madison. – Gov. Tony Evers, in an interview airing Sunday on “UpFront,’’ when asked whether he is open
**************************************** 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
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
The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program would be renewed for four years with $32 million annually for preservation and outdoor recreation programs under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved Thursday along party lines. That’s well short of the 10 years and $70 million annually that Gov. Tony Evers had proposed. The
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee plans today to reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program for four years at $32 million annually. That’s well short of the 10 years at $70 million a year that Gov. Tony Evers had proposed. Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, and the
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines this afternoon to put an additional $34.4 million into the Department of Corrections and Juvenile Justice, much of it to help cover overtime for prison guards. But Dems knocked the motion for not embracing the guv’s call for measures meant to reduce