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Groups representing Wisconsin’s hospitals, doctors and insurers today backed the guv’s plan to create a reinsurance plan for the individual market under the Affordable Care Act. Still, Dems questioned why the guv was willing to rely on additional federal money
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Middleton attorney Tim Burns raised $79,041 in the most recent reporting period, nearly $13,000 less than Supreme Court rival Rebecca Dallet pulled in over the five weeks. Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 22: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senator Tammy Baldwin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday Feb. 22 with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, up for re-election this year.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP has made a $31,152 in-kind contribution to Judge Michael Screnock’s Supreme Court campaign, according to a reported filed with the Ethics Commission. The late contribution
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Nicholson outspent Vukmir 20-to-1 on direct mail in final quarter of 2017 Dallet raised $92,000 for state Supreme Court campaign in first month of the year
Kevin Nicholson outspent GOP U.S. Senate rival Leah Vukmir more than 20-to-1 on direct mail and postage over the last three months of 2017 as he worked to develop a network of donors, a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports
Madison businessman Mark Bakken was again state Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet’s biggest donor over the first month of the year, pumping $6,000 into the Milwaukee judge’s campaign. Bakken, who flirted with a guv bid last year, also gave $14,000
The conservative Wisconsin Alliance for Reform in a new TV ad is praising Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock, saying he has a record of judicial restraint and being tough on crime. “When judges make decisions based on their personal views,
State firefighters union head Mahlon Mitchell says he’s more than the union candidate or the black candidate in the Dem race for governor. Mitchell became a statewide figure as part of the opposition to the 2011 law that effectively ended
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** Feb. 22: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senator Tammy Baldwin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday Feb. 22 with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin congressional delegation split along party lines over a government spending bill that cleared the House early this morning. The 240-186 vote ended a brief government shutdown,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today praised a deal he reached with Scott Walker to overhaul the guv’s child tax credit and add a sales tax holiday, saying it was a creative way
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved a plan to boost state aid for small, rural school by $6.5 million and allow low-spending districts to collect more in property taxes. While members voted 16-0 for the bill, the debate became a
The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 to approve two of the guv’s welfare bills, including one that would create a pilot program to send monthly payments to recipients of the Earned Income Tax Credit instead of a lump sum after
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 22: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senator Tammy Baldwin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday Feb. 22 with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, up for re-election this year.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will reconvene today to exec several bills, including one that would boost state aid for small, rural districts. The bill, which also would allow
A bill that would spend $6.8 million on an effort to attract workers to Wisconsin cleared the Joint Finance Committee on a 11-3 party-line vote. Dem committee members, though, argued the bill was a misuse of resources and that it
Joint Finance Committee members voted 14-1 to boost the historic rehabilitation credit to $3.5 million per project starting July 1, instead of $500,000. Only Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, voted against it, while Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, was out sick and did
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
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two Republicans today said open road tolling is the most viable option to address Wisconsin’s long-term transportation needs and attract federal funding that could be included in an infrastructure
Groups representing Wisconsin’s hospitals, doctors and insurers today backed the guv’s plan to create a reinsurance plan for the individual market under the Affordable Care Act. Still, Dems questioned why the guv was willing to rely on additional federal money to pay for the program when he cited the uncertainty
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Middleton attorney Tim Burns raised $79,041 in the most recent reporting period, nearly $13,000 less than Supreme Court rival Rebecca Dallet pulled in over the five weeks. Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock, the third candidate in the Feb. 20 primary, had not
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 22: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senator Tammy Baldwin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday Feb. 22 with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, up for re-election this year. Check-in and lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., with the program
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP has made a $31,152 in-kind contribution to Judge Michael Screnock’s Supreme Court campaign, according to a reported filed with the Ethics Commission. The late contribution report last week included no details of the donation. A
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Nicholson outspent Vukmir 20-to-1 on direct mail in final quarter of 2017 Dallet raised $92,000 for state Supreme Court campaign in first month of the year Wisconsin Alliance for Reform praises Screnock in new TV ad
Kevin Nicholson outspent GOP U.S. Senate rival Leah Vukmir more than 20-to-1 on direct mail and postage over the last three months of 2017 as he worked to develop a network of donors, a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports showed. In addition to the $320,720 the ex-Marine spent on
Madison businessman Mark Bakken was again state Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet’s biggest donor over the first month of the year, pumping $6,000 into the Milwaukee judge’s campaign. Bakken, who flirted with a guv bid last year, also gave $14,000 to Dallet during the final six months of 2017. Other
The conservative Wisconsin Alliance for Reform in a new TV ad is praising Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock, saying he has a record of judicial restraint and being tough on crime. “When judges make decisions based on their personal views, we don’t get justice,” a narrator says in the ad.
State firefighters union head Mahlon Mitchell says he’s more than the union candidate or the black candidate in the Dem race for governor. Mitchell became a statewide figure as part of the opposition to the 2011 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for public employees and ended up as the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** Feb. 22: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senator Tammy Baldwin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday Feb. 22 with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, up for re-elect… Please log in
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin congressional delegation split along party lines over a government spending bill that cleared the House early this morning. The 240-186 vote ended a brief government shutdown, as the bill was held up in the Senate by
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today praised a deal he reached with Scott Walker to overhaul the guv’s child tax credit and add a sales tax holiday, saying it was a creative way to boost the economy. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald,
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved a plan to boost state aid for small, rural school by $6.5 million and allow low-spending districts to collect more in property taxes. While members voted 16-0 for the bill, the debate became a series of exchanges over education funding since the end of
The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 to approve two of the guv’s welfare bills, including one that would create a pilot program to send monthly payments to recipients of the Earned Income Tax Credit instead of a lump sum after their file their taxes. The bill would direct the Department
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 22: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senator Tammy Baldwin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday Feb. 22 with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, up for re-election this year. Check-in and lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., with the program
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will reconvene today to exec several bills, including one that would boost state aid for small, rural districts. The bill, which also would allow low-spending districts to collect more in property taxes, was before
A bill that would spend $6.8 million on an effort to attract workers to Wisconsin cleared the Joint Finance Committee on a 11-3 party-line vote. Dem committee members, though, argued the bill was a misuse of resources and that it was Republican policies in the first place that have made
Joint Finance Committee members voted 14-1 to boost the historic rehabilitation credit to $3.5 million per project starting July 1, instead of $500,000. Only Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, voted against it, while Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, was out sick and did not vote. The state program, which is a supplement to
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
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two Republicans today said open road tolling is the most viable option to address Wisconsin’s long-term transportation needs and attract federal funding that could be included in an infrastructure package. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker