WALKER SAYS STATE PREPARED IN EVENT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Gov. Scott Walker said today the state’s prepared should senators fail to hammer out a deal to avert a federal government shutdown. The House passed a measure Thursday to fund the government for just under another month. But the Senate, which

LARGE UTILITIES SEEKING CHANGES TO GOP WETLAND BILL Some of the state’s largest utilities are pushing for changes to the GOP wetlands bill, saying the legislation in its current form could cost two of them upwards of $1 million a year if it goes unresolved. Lobbyists for the utilities —

18 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS RAISED LESS THAN $200 Eighteen members of the Assembly raised $200 or less over the final six months of 2017, including two members who are likely to be targets this fall. That includes Rep. Lee Nerison, R-Westby, who didn’t raise anything during the six-month period, but reported

POSSIBLE ’18 TARGET MOULTON RAISED $6,251 IN LAST HALF OF ’17 Among the GOP state senators more likely to be targeted this fall, Terry Moulton, of Chippewa Falls, turned in the lightest fundraising effort during the second half of 2017, according to a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports. Meanwhile,

EMAILS SHOW CROSS WAS FRUSTRATED WITH CRITICS OF UW RESTRUCTURING PLAN UW System President Ray Cross wrote to a UW Regent in October that he was “getting hammered” by shared governance leaders for his plan to merge two-year colleges with four year campuses, according to emails obtained by WisPolitics.com. In

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Emails show Cross was frustrated with critics of UW restructuring plan Possible ’18 target Moulton raised $6,251 in last half of ’17 18 Assembly members raised less than $200 Large utilities seeking changes to GOP wetland