Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today kicked off its work on Tony Evers’ budget by gutting the guv’s proposal, pulling more than 380 provisions and amending the document to current law spending
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to pull more than 380 items from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, including his call to expand Medicaid. Dems decried the move, noting expanding the program would provide health care to an additional
The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously approved nearly $66 million to expand the Mendota Juvenile Justice Treatment Center, a key step in the process to close the state’s troubled youth prisons. Even with the move, the state still would need
**************************************** MONDAY: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a
Gov. Tony Evers wrote GOP legislative leaders today that he’s open to meeting with them on how he plans to spend $3.2 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. But he also challenged them to bring to the meeting their plan to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today begins the process of reworking Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. One of the GOP-run committee’s first actions will be to approve a motion that
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — UW System Regent Edmund Manydeeds told WisPolitics.com he’s considering a run for board president this June. Manydeeds, an appointee of Dem Gov. Tony Evers, said he hasn’t yet fully decided whether to
A motion Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee plan to approve Thursday would mean forgoing $2.4 billion in federal money while nixing $1 billion in general fund tax increases, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The memo the agency prepared
**************************************** MONDAY: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Senate committees plan several hearings today on some of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointments, including his pick of Missy Hughes to lead the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The Senate
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee today pitched the administration’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package as an opportunity to invest in America and create jobs. Addressing a roundtable at UW-Milwaukee this afternoon,
**************************************** May 10: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced three appointments to the DATCP Board, giving him a majority of the picks that sit on the body that makes ag policy.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Four GOP legislative leaders today invited Gov. Tony Evers to meet as soon as possible to share his plans for $3.2 billion in federal funding from the latest COVID-19 stimulus plan. Evers
Four GOP legislative leaders today invited Gov. Tony Evers to meet as soon as possible to share his plans for $3.2 billion in federal funding from the latest COVID-19 stimulus plan. Evers said last week the Joint Finance Committee will
**************************************** May 10: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — President Biden’s ideas for getting the economy going after the pandemic have broad public support, and Dems will put those ideas like infrastructure into law, said U.S.
The Joint Finance Committee will take its first votes on Gov. Tony Evers’ budget Thursday with a plan to strip out his calls to expand Medicaid, legalize marijuana, plus allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver licenses and pay in-state tuition
BREAKING NEWS: The state Capitol, closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will reopen to the public on Monday, according to the Department of Administration. The building will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.
**************************************** May 10: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today kicked off its work on Tony Evers’ budget by gutting the guv’s proposal, pulling more than 380 provisions and amending the document to current law spending levels as they build their own version. Dropping Evers’ plan
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to pull more than 380 items from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, including his call to expand Medicaid. Dems decried the move, noting expanding the program would provide health care to an additional 91,000 of the state’s working poor, children, elderly, those with
The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously approved nearly $66 million to expand the Mendota Juvenile Justice Treatment Center, a key step in the process to close the state’s troubled youth prisons. Even with the move, the state still would need to construct a new facility planned for Milwaukee to house
**************************************** MONDAY: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a bipartisan proposal for a legislative package of policing reforms for
Gov. Tony Evers wrote GOP legislative leaders today that he’s open to meeting with them on how he plans to spend $3.2 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. But he also challenged them to bring to the meeting their plan to expand Medicaid, a move that would generate an additional $1.6
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today begins the process of reworking Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. One of the GOP-run committee’s first actions will be to approve a motion that would strip more than 380 items out of the Dem
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — UW System Regent Edmund Manydeeds told WisPolitics.com he’s considering a run for board president this June. Manydeeds, an appointee of Dem Gov. Tony Evers, said he hasn’t yet fully decided whether to put his name in the race but that he’s “thinking
A motion Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee plan to approve Thursday would mean forgoing $2.4 billion in federal money while nixing $1 billion in general fund tax increases, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The memo the agency prepared at the request of JFC member Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee,
**************************************** MONDAY: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a bipartisan proposal for a legislative package of policing reforms for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Senate committees plan several hearings today on some of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointments, including his pick of Missy Hughes to lead the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The Senate Economic and Workforce Development Committee will take public testimony on
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee today pitched the administration’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package as an opportunity to invest in America and create jobs. Addressing a roundtable at UW-Milwaukee this afternoon, Harris said the federal government’s investment in innovation, research and
**************************************** May 10: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a bipartisan proposal for a legislative package of policing reforms
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced three appointments to the DATCP Board, giving him a majority of the picks that sit on the body that makes ag policy. In the past week, Evers’ appointees have also become a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Four GOP legislative leaders today invited Gov. Tony Evers to meet as soon as possible to share his plans for $3.2 billion in federal funding from the latest COVID-19 stimulus plan. Evers said last week the Joint Finance Committee will “know where
Four GOP legislative leaders today invited Gov. Tony Evers to meet as soon as possible to share his plans for $3.2 billion in federal funding from the latest COVID-19 stimulus plan. Evers said last week the Joint Finance Committee will “know where the money is going to be in the
**************************************** May 10: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a bipartisan proposal for a legislative package of policing reforms
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — President Biden’s ideas for getting the economy going after the pandemic have broad public support, and Dems will put those ideas like infrastructure into law, said U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan. “These are all smart ideas, and that’s
The Joint Finance Committee will take its first votes on Gov. Tony Evers’ budget Thursday with a plan to strip out his calls to expand Medicaid, legalize marijuana, plus allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver licenses and pay in-state tuition at Wisconsin colleges and universities. Many of the Evers-backed provisions
BREAKING NEWS: The state Capitol, closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will reopen to the public on Monday, according to the Department of Administration. The building will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and only the Martin Luther King Boulevard
**************************************** May 10: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a bipartisan proposal for a legislative package of policing reforms