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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin governors have issued on average 137 partial vetoes to the budget bills that have reached their desk over the last 30 years, according to statistics from the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is knocking the Wisconsin Association of School Boards for suggesting the guv use his partial veto authority to increase per-pupil aid by $17.5 million for public school
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The projected surplus in the state’s Medicaid program to wrap up the 2017-19 biennium dipped slightly compared to three months ago. Still, the $52
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that he has signed legislation delaying the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons by six months. And right on the heels of Evers signing the bill Friday,
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Prominent backers of UW-Madison have formed a group to educate the public about the economic value of the university. Amber Schroeder, executive director of Badgers United, said business leaders
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today said he wants the Assembly to look at legislation that would legalize medical marijuana when the body returns from its summer break in the fall. The Rochester Republican told reporters that he has long been
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Vos: Medical marijuana could return as Assembly bill GOP move dries up lottery credit option to drive down property taxes in future A comparison of Evers’
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — A drug-pricing transparency bill championed by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and now heads
An hour after Tony Evers called for lawmakers to send him the budget, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the “worst thing, I think, in the world” would be if the guv vetoed the entire thing. GOP lawmakers today touted
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An hour after Tony Evers called for lawmakers to send him the budget, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the “worst thing, I think, in the world” would be if the guv
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — One of the items included in the Republican version of the state budget would remove a three-year limit on certain wholesale electricity contracts that is “no longer relevant” to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Republicans today put the finishing touches on the GOP’s $81.7 billion version of the state budget after turning back a series of Dem amendments hoping to make the bill look more
Senate Republicans today put the finishing touches on the GOP’s $81.7 billion version of the state budget after turning back a series of Dem amendments hoping to make the bill look more like the $83.8 billion plan Gov. Tony Evers
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GOP state Sen. Chris Kapenga said today he will vote for the budget when it comes to the Senate floor. He also pushed back on criticism over a provision included in the document that was designed to help secure his
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — It’s onto the state Senate for the state budget after the Assembly signed off on the GOP’s version 60-39. The Senate is scheduled to convene at 10 a.m.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin governors have issued on average 137 partial vetoes to the budget bills that have reached their desk over the last 30 years, according to statistics from the Legislative Reference Bureau. That jumps to 242 partial vetoes during
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is knocking the Wisconsin Association of School Boards for suggesting the guv use his partial veto authority to increase per-pupil aid by $17.5 million for public school students. WASB lobbyist Dan Rossmiller yesterday released a letter to
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The projected surplus in the state’s Medicaid program to wrap up the 2017-19 biennium dipped slightly compared to three months ago. Still, the $52 million difference in general purpose revenue amounts to less than
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that he has signed legislation delaying the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons by six months. And right on the heels of Evers signing the bill Friday, a new report finds conditions have improved significantly at Lincoln
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Prominent backers of UW-Madison have formed a group to educate the public about the economic value of the university. Amber Schroeder, executive director of Badgers United, said business leaders saw a need to explain what the university means to
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today said he wants the Assembly to look at legislation that would legalize medical marijuana when the body returns from its summer break in the fall. The Rochester Republican told reporters that he has long been open to the concept of legalizing pot for medical purposes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Vos: Medical marijuana could return as Assembly bill GOP move dries up lottery credit option to drive down property taxes in future A comparison of Evers’ and the GOP-controlled Legislature’s budgets Evers to donate nearly $500K
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — A drug-pricing transparency bill championed by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and now heads for a vote in the full Senate. According to a
An hour after Tony Evers called for lawmakers to send him the budget, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the “worst thing, I think, in the world” would be if the guv vetoed the entire thing. GOP lawmakers today touted their version of the budget in a pair of news
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An hour after Tony Evers called for lawmakers to send him the budget, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the “worst thing, I think, in the world” would be if the guv vetoed the entire thing. GOP lawmakers today touted their version
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — One of the items included in the Republican version of the state budget would remove a three-year limit on certain wholesale electricity contracts that is “no longer relevant” to the state’s current energy environment, according to Wisconsin Utilities Association
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Republicans today put the finishing touches on the GOP’s $81.7 billion version of the state budget after turning back a series of Dem amendments hoping to make the bill look more like the $83.8 billion plan Gov. Tony Evers originally proposed.
Senate Republicans today put the finishing touches on the GOP’s $81.7 billion version of the state budget after turning back a series of Dem amendments hoping to make the bill look more like the $83.8 billion plan Gov. Tony Evers originally proposed. Those Dem amendments would have: put in more
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GOP state Sen. Chris Kapenga said today he will vote for the budget when it comes to the Senate floor. He also pushed back on criticism over a provision included in the document that was designed to help secure his support by allowing electric car manufacturer Tesla to sell directly
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — It’s onto the state Senate for the state budget after the Assembly signed off on the GOP’s version 60-39. The Senate is scheduled to convene at 10 a.m. today with a calendar that also includes: four transportation bills;