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FRI AM Update: DPI candidates disagree over tying increases in school funding to in-person instruction

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The state superintendent candidates disagreed during a forum last night on tying pandemic-related school funding to opening schools for in-person classes. In a Public Education Network and League of Women Voters virtual event, former Brown Deer School

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THU News Summary: Federal COVID-19 bill includes Medicaid expansion sweetener; group sues over Madison F-35 basing decision

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 15: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon with Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, joins a WisPolitics.com Madison virtual luncheon on Thursday, April 15 from noon to 1 p.m. LeMahieu will take questions on the state budget and Senate Republican priorities. The

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THU AM Update: State would see additional $1B in GPR savings with Medicaid expansion under federal COVID-19 bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act would generate an additional $1 billion in general purpose revenue savings thanks to provisions in the COVID relief bill that cleared Congress this week, according to a new Legislative Fiscal Bureau

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Joint Finance plans three public hearings on budget, one virtual

The Joint Finance Committee will hit three Wisconsin cities for in-person public hearings on the guv’s budget with a fourth that will be virtual as lawmakers begin the process of reviewing the two-year plan. The first public hearing will be April 9 at UW-Whitewater followed by April 21 in Rhinelander

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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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