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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Brian Hagedorn will take the oath of office today in a private ceremony to become the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. Hagedorn’s swearing in will push the conservative
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty today announced it is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn four of Gov. Tony Evers’ partial vetoes in the budget, accusing him of
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers will be in Watertown this morning to make an announcement on runoff pollution performance standards. He’ll be joined at the event by DNR Secretary Preston
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul today signed on to a letter pushing for Congress to combat the “public health threat” posed by chemical contamination of drinking water. As part of a bipartisan coalition of
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today signed an executive order creating a “lead czar” to coordinate efforts by state agencies to address the risks of lead contamination in drinking water. Along with creating the
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and DNR Secretary Preston Cole will be in Kenosha today to talk about lead exposure. Evers has declared 2019 the year of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP paid off $37,732 of debt last month as it continued digging out from a 2018 cycle that prompted a critical postmortem. The party’s federal account still listed $117,053 in
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Joan Ballweg accused Ag Secretary Brad Pfaff of playing “a political game of keep away” as Republican lawmakers continue to pile criticism
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today knocked President Trump for “broken promises” on the economy, health care and taxes. Trump participated in a celebration marking the one-year anniversary of the “Pledge to America’s
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers connected the state’s workforce shortage to the national conversation on immigration reform while speaking to tech leaders at a conference in Madison. “We have to have
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today blasted DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff for “offensive and unproductive” criticism of the Legislature for failing to fund programs to reduce farmer suicides. In the aftermath of
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Employers in the state will see an 8.84 percent decrease in worker’s comp premiums starting in October, according to the state Department of Workforce Development. Earlier this month,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Rep. Mike Rohrkaste, a member of the Joint Finance Committee, told WisPolitics.com today he won’t seek reelection in 2020 to focus on his new post overseeing a non-profit that helps those
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved moving $2 million in the Department of Health Services’ budget to cover a shortfall at the state’s two mental health institutes. In the process, Dems slammed Republicans for refusing to accept federal money to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Brian Hagedorn will take the oath of office today in a private ceremony to become the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. Hagedorn’s swearing in will push the conservative majority to 5-2 as he replaces longtime liberal Justice Shirley
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty today announced it is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn four of Gov. Tony Evers’ partial vetoes in the budget, accusing him of using his veto pen to “turn lawmaking into a competing
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers will be in Watertown this morning to make an announcement on runoff pollution performance standards. He’ll be joined at the event by DNR Secretary Preston Cole, DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff and state Rep. Katrina Shankland,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul today signed on to a letter pushing for Congress to combat the “public health threat” posed by chemical contamination of drinking water. As part of a bipartisan coalition of 22 state attorneys general, Kaul is urging lawmakers in Washington
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The attorneys who represented Dems challenging Wisconsin’s Assembly lines urged a court to reject a request from GOP lawmakers’ lawyers for attorney fees, arguing their motion reads “more like an op-ed than a serious
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today signed an executive order creating a “lead czar” to coordinate efforts by state agencies to address the risks of lead contamination in drinking water. Along with creating the position at the Department of Health Services, the order charges
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and DNR Secretary Preston Cole will be in Kenosha today to talk about lead exposure. Evers has declared 2019 the year of clean drinking water. — The Republican lawmaker leading a task
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP paid off $37,732 of debt last month as it continued digging out from a 2018 cycle that prompted a critical postmortem. The party’s federal account still listed $117,053 in debts at the end of June, according to its latest
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Joan Ballweg accused Ag Secretary Brad Pfaff of playing “a political game of keep away” as Republican lawmakers continue to pile criticism on the DATCP head. Ballweg, who chairs the Speaker’s Task
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today knocked President Trump for “broken promises” on the economy, health care and taxes. Trump participated in a celebration marking the one-year anniversary of the “Pledge to America’s Workers” pact that was part of an executive order he
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers connected the state’s workforce shortage to the national conversation on immigration reform while speaking to tech leaders at a conference in Madison. “We have to have immigration reform. We have to,” Evers said yesterday. “If we
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today blasted DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff for “offensive and unproductive” criticism of the Legislature for failing to fund programs to reduce farmer suicides. In the aftermath of yesterday’s Joint Finance Committee hearing, DATCP issued a press release
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Employers in the state will see an 8.84 percent decrease in worker’s comp premiums starting in October, according to the state Department of Workforce Development. Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance approved the rate decrease, marking
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Rep. Mike Rohrkaste, a member of the Joint Finance Committee, told WisPolitics.com today he won’t seek reelection in 2020 to focus on his new post overseeing a non-profit that helps those with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Rohrkaste, R-Neenah, has made dementia and
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved moving $2 million in the Department of Health Services’ budget to cover a shortfall at the state’s two mental health institutes. In the process, Dems slammed Republicans for refusing to accept federal money to expand the Medicaid program and GOP members knocked the guv