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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Kelda Roys topped the Dem guv field in fundraising over the pre-primary period, pulling in $147,359. But that was well behind the $670,061 Gov. Scott Walker raised.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling said today Senate Republicans “probably don’t” have the votes right now to pass an incentive package to encourage Kimberly-Clark to keep jobs in Wisconsin. But she said what
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Aug. 16: WisPolitics luncheon: WisOpinion Insiders analyze the primary results Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, Aug. 16 with the WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Scott
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Paul Soglin over the weekend released his first TV ad in the race, taking jabs at both Gov. Scott Walker and President Trump. The 30-second
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … SUBSCRIBERS: You are getting this PM Update instead of the usual Friday REPORT, which will return next week. Thanks for subscribing. — The state paid out more than $11.6 million in merit compensation
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Aug. 16: WisPolitics luncheon: WisOpinion Insiders analyze the primary results Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, Aug. 16 with the WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Scott
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks gave Wisconsin Next $1 million last month as the group ran ads knocking GOP U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson. The group, which is backing
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Ethics Commission has a new administrator: Dan Carlton, a staff attorney for the Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections. Carlton will serve out the remaining four-year term that ends
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin takes a shot at her GOP rivals in a TV spot for the first time with a new ad that includes a knock on
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A group calling itself Forever Wisconsin has started a broadcast TV ad in at least three markets praising Dem guv candidate Tony Evers — the first significant play by an independent group
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — State schools Superintendent Tony Evers is calling for indexing the revenue limit to inflation and making changes to the way 4-year-old kindergarten is covered as part of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Mahlon Mitchell plays up his job as a firefighter and depicts himself as a unifying figure in the first TV spot of his campaign. The 30-second ad opens with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker launched four new TV ads today, each with a message on Foxconn tailored to the region in which it will run. Since the state’s incentive
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — In his first TV ad, Dem guv candidate Tony Evers takes a shot at Foxconn and pledges to invest more money in education. The 30-second TV ad, airing about two weeks out
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidates are knocking Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to lower costs for Wisconsinites who get their health insurance through the federal exchange under the Affordable
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Guv campaigns take differing approaches to providing staffers health insurance McCabe says Dem field following his lead on key issues Nauta says it’s time for a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Kelda Roys topped the Dem guv field in fundraising over the pre-primary period, pulling in $147,359. But that was well behind the $670,061 Gov. Scott Walker raised. Roys, a former state rep, also spent $523,570 from July
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling said today Senate Republicans “probably don’t” have the votes right now to pass an incentive package to encourage Kimberly-Clark to keep jobs in Wisconsin. But she said what that final package should look like was in the “process
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Aug. 16: WisPolitics luncheon: WisOpinion Insiders analyze the primary results Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, Aug. 16 with the WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Scott Jensen, analyzing the primary results. Chvala, a Democrat, is a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Paul Soglin over the weekend released his first TV ad in the race, taking jabs at both Gov. Scott Walker and President Trump. The 30-second spot features an animated skit with a narrator criticizing the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … SUBSCRIBERS: You are getting this PM Update instead of the usual Friday REPORT, which will return next week. Thanks for subscribing. — The state paid out more than $11.6 million in merit compensation over the last fiscal year, a 5.4 percent increase over
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Aug. 16: WisPolitics luncheon: WisOpinion Insiders analyze the primary results Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, Aug. 16 with the WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Scott Jensen, analyzing the primary results. Chvala, a Democrat, is a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks gave Wisconsin Next $1 million last month as the group ran ads knocking GOP U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson. The group, which is backing state Sen. Leah Vukmir in the race, also received $25,000
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Ethics Commission has a new administrator: Dan Carlton, a staff attorney for the Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections. Carlton will serve out the remaining four-year term that ends July 1, 2019, and earn a salary of $101,000, per
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes and the Google Play Music App. Just search WisPolitics Midday.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin takes a shot at her GOP rivals in a TV spot for the first time with a new ad that includes a knock on Kevin Nicholson over a media report that he worked as
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A group calling itself Forever Wisconsin has started a broadcast TV ad in at least three markets praising Dem guv candidate Tony Evers — the first significant play by an independent group on the airwaves ahead of the Aug. 14 primary. Meanwhile,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes and the Google Play Music App. Just search WisPolitics Midday.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — State schools Superintendent Tony Evers is calling for indexing the revenue limit to inflation and making changes to the way 4-year-old kindergarten is covered as part of his agency’s budget recommendations. The proposals in the Department of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Mahlon Mitchell plays up his job as a firefighter and depicts himself as a unifying figure in the first TV spot of his campaign. The 30-second ad opens with shots of Mitchell wearing Madison Fire Department gear, as a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes and the Google Play Music App. Just search WisPolitics Midday.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker launched four new TV ads today, each with a message on Foxconn tailored to the region in which it will run. Since the state’s incentive package was announced a year ago to lure the Taiwanese
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — In his first TV ad, Dem guv candidate Tony Evers takes a shot at Foxconn and pledges to invest more money in education. The 30-second TV ad, airing about two weeks out from the primary, features the state schools superintendent talking to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes and the Google Play Music App. Just search WisPolitics Midday.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidates are knocking Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to lower costs for Wisconsinites who get their health insurance through the federal exchange under the Affordable Care Act, dismissing it as an election-year gimmick. Walker yesterday
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Guv campaigns take differing approaches to providing staffers health insurance McCabe says Dem field following his lead on key issues Nauta says it’s time for a ‘fresh face’ to represent 1st SD Raasch, Sortwell vie for