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TUE News Summary: Kelly announces bid for full term on Supreme Court

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers

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FRI REPORT: Ethics forms show leggies traveled to Poland, Taiwan as Vos topped colleagues for costs

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the REPORT: https://www.wispolitics.com/2019/fri-report-ethics-forms-show-leggies-traveled-to-poland-taiwan-as-vos-topped-colleagues-for-costs/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Ethics forms show leggies traveled to Poland, Taiwan as Vos topped colleagues for costs Vos backs away from

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JFC approves GOP education plan, Dems slam as inadequate

Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved putting an additional $500 million into K-12 education over the next two years as Dems slammed the plan as embarrassingly inadequate, particularly on special education. The GOP plan, approved along party lines, included

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THU News Summary: GOP ed budget boost spending $500 million, falls $900 million short of Evers’ goal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget

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THU News Summary: Sexual assault kit tests delayed hundreds of active cases

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers proposed an 8-cent-a gallon increase in the gas tax plus

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JFC nixes Evers’ call to create new bureau for DNR scientists

Joint Finance Committee Republicans rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call to create a new bureau to house the DNR’s scientists while approving two of the five new positions he wanted to create. The GOP motion also proposed increasing by $4 million borrowing for contaminated sediment removal in Lake Michigan, Lake Superior

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JFC cuts in half Evers funding increase for UW System

Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted Tuesday to add another two years to the freeze on tuition for in-state undergraduates at the UW System. But they nixed Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to backfill that lost tuition revenue with an additional $50.4 million in state aid. Overall, the GOP motion

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JFC approves $38.4 million boost for prosecutors, public defenders

The Joint Finance Committee approved $38.4 million in general purpose revenue to boost pay for prosecutors and public defenders while adding 26.5 positions in district attorney offices across the state. The bulk of that money — $25.7 million — would increase the rate paid to private attorneys who act as

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TUE News Summary: Kelly announces bid for full term on Supreme Court

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers proposed an 8-cent-a gallon increase in the gas tax plus

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FRI REPORT: Ethics forms show leggies traveled to Poland, Taiwan as Vos topped colleagues for costs

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the REPORT: https://www.wispolitics.com/2019/fri-report-ethics-forms-show-leggies-traveled-to-poland-taiwan-as-vos-topped-colleagues-for-costs/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Ethics forms show leggies traveled to Poland, Taiwan as Vos topped colleagues for costs Vos backs away from falsely accusin… Please log in to access subscriber content. If

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FRI News Summary: JFC passes GOP K-12 ed plan; Kaul says he would defend Act 10 in court

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through… Please log in to access subscriber

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FRI AM Update: Evers, Nygren talk education in radio addresses

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers used this week’s Dem radio address to rally support for his plan to boost public school spending by $1.4 billion and special education funding by $600 million. The former Wisconsin Superintendent of

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JFC approves GOP education plan, Dems slam as inadequate

Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved putting an additional $500 million into K-12 education over the next two years as Dems slammed the plan as embarrassingly inadequate, particularly on special education. The GOP plan, approved along party lines, included an additional $97 million for special education. But it was

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THU PM Update: JFC Republicans approve $500 million boost to K-12, Evers says plan ‘doesn’t get us where we need to be’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved putting an additional $500 million into K-12 education over the next two years as Dems slammed the plan as embarrassingly inadequate, particularly on special education. The GOP plan, approved along party lines, included an additional

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THU News Summary: GOP ed budget boost spending $500 million, falls $900 million short of Evers’ goal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through… Please log in to access subscriber

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Republicans reach deal on $500 million boost to K-12

GOP lawmakers have reached a deal to pump an additional $500 million into K-12 education, including a $97 million increase for special education. Both figures are well short of the $1.4 billion increase that Gov. Tony Evers proposed. That plan included a $606 million bump for special ed. Still, Sen.

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