Bill to boost sparsity aid gets strong support from school officials

School officials lined up in support of a bill to boost sparsity aid and raise low-revenue caps, saying the changes would help them recruit and retain teachers while providing a higher-quality education to students. Still, Joint Finance Committee Dems sought to rehash the budget negotiations of 2017 as they raised

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WED News Summary: Welfare reform package advancing; Dem group targeting WI, other GOP states over redistricting

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TUE News Summary: Walker calls for incentives to save Kimberly-Clark plants; Foxconn to locate North American HQ in Milwaukee

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MON News Summary: TGT joins Walker to promote welfare reform; Dem guv field on Act 10; Pocan on DACA

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 6: WisPolitics Luncheon with Mahlon Mitchell Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday Feb. 6 with Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, about his bid for the Democratic nomination to run against

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