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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he is taking another run at creating an alcohol czar, claiming enforcement of current rules by the Department of Revenue has fallen apart. Earlier talks this
The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to change the guv’s rural economic development fund program to target some of the money to local development organizations. Gov. Scott Walker called for directing $50 million annually to the 56 rural counties
The committee voted 16-0 Tuesday to approve requiring DWD to approve an incentive grant program for school districts that create programs to train individuals for occupations as firefighters and emergency medical responders. Currently, the Department of Workforce Development must award
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously voted Tuesday to approve an additional $8 million in 2018-19 to increase child care subsidies under the Wisconsin Shares program. The program helps low-income working families cover the costs of quality child care when the
The Joint Finance Committee voted 13-3 Tuesday to change the guv’s plan to create a reinsurance program in the federal marketplace under the Affordable Care Act. That includes stripping out the state funding of $50 million for the $200 million
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 … — Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock raised $231,861 over the first five weeks of the year, with almost half of that coming from the Republican Party of Wisconsin
GOP Rep. Travis Tranel, the lead author of legislation to create a $50 million rural economic development fund that Gov. Scott Walker wants, pitched the Joint Finance Committee on Monday to re-work the bill. Walker’s proposal seeks $50 million distributed
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
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he is taking another run at creating an alcohol czar, claiming enforcement of current rules by the Department of Revenue has fallen apart. Earlier talks this session about an Office of Alcohol Beverages Enforcement faded amid
The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to change the guv’s rural economic development fund program to target some of the money to local development organizations. Gov. Scott Walker called for directing $50 million annually to the 56 rural counties that would qualify under the program administered by the Wisconsin
The committee voted 16-0 Tuesday to approve requiring DWD to approve an incentive grant program for school districts that create programs to train individuals for occupations as firefighters and emergency medical responders. Currently, the Department of Workforce Development must award incentive grants to school districts in the amount of $1,000
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously voted Tuesday to approve an additional $8 million in 2018-19 to increase child care subsidies under the Wisconsin Shares program. The program helps low-income working families cover the costs of quality child care when the parents are working or participating in another approved activity. The
The Joint Finance Committee voted 13-3 Tuesday to change the guv’s plan to create a reinsurance program in the federal marketplace under the Affordable Care Act. That includes stripping out the state funding of $50 million for the $200 million plan in 2018-19. Backers said that’s because a payment would
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 … — Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock raised $231,861 over the first five weeks of the year, with almost half of that coming from the Republican Party of Wisconsin through in-kind donations, according to his report filed with the
GOP Rep. Travis Tranel, the lead author of legislation to create a $50 million rural economic development fund that Gov. Scott Walker wants, pitched the Joint Finance Committee on Monday to re-work the bill. Walker’s proposal seeks $50 million distributed annually through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The money would
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,