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WED News Summary: Evers considering earlier K-12 start date; Wisconsin would get $5.5B under House COVID-19 bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** THURSDAY: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Democratic legislative leaders Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. They will discuss Dem priorities in

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TUE News Summary: Evers signs merit-based pay increase bill for state public defenders; state to receive 47K J&J vaccine doses next week

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Democratic legislative leaders Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. They will discuss Dem priorities in

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MON AM Update: Agard, Stroebel debate GOP election bills on ‘UpFront’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A Republican senator sponsoring legislation to change state election laws says he’s trying to preserve integrity in elections, while a Dem lawmaker calls it an attempt at voter suppression. Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Cedarburg, and Sen. Melissa Agard, D-Madison,

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FRI AM Update: DPI candidates call for quickly reopening schools, 90% funding for special education

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Both state superintendent candidates said they want to reopen schools to in-person instruction as soon as possible now that teachers are getting vaccinated. Pecatonica School District Superintendent Jill Underly and former Brown Deer School District Superintendent Deborah Kerr

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Bewley, Hintz back Evers’ minimum wage, sales tax proposals

The Legislature’s top Dem leaders in a WisPolitics.com luncheon today voiced support for Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposals to raise the minimum wage and allow for expanded local sales taxes.  Evers’ budget proposes raising the state $7.25 minimum wage in three steps to $10.15 an hour on January 2, 2024,

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THU AM Update: JCRAR motion would require Elections Commission to issue emergency rule before providing guidance on special voting deputies

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules is voting on a motion that would require the Elections Commission to issue an emergency rule before providing clerks new guidance on special voting deputies. Co-chair Steve Nass, R-Whitewater,

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WED News Summary: Evers considering earlier K-12 start date; Wisconsin would get $5.5B under House COVID-19 bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** THURSDAY: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Democratic legislative leaders Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. They will discuss Dem priorities in the new session. The program is set to run… Please

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WED AM Update: Assembly committee to hear testimony on COVID-19 bills; Assembly Dem JFC members to hold first of five budget hearings

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee will take public testimony today on bills that would ban mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and strip the powers of state and local officials to restrict meetings at houses of worship during the pandemic. The provisions were

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TUE News Summary: Evers signs merit-based pay increase bill for state public defenders; state to receive 47K J&J vaccine doses next week

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Democratic legislative leaders Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. They will discuss Dem priorities in the new session. The program is set to run… Please

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