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More than half of the appointees on the state Elections and Ethics commissions continued to make political donations to state candidates and groups even after joining the bodies, according to a WisPolitics.com check of campaign finance reports. The head of
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, is now calling for the Legislature to appoint an Elections Commission administrator if commissioners don’t. His announcement came just a day after
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker, in Milwaukee for a post-State of the State promotion of his child tax credit proposal, expressed confidence the GOP-run Legislature will back the plan even though some conservatives question
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says the Elections Commission’s vote to re-appoint its administrator one day after the Senate moved to oust him “doesn’t make any sense.” Commissioners
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s Department of Administration won’t recognize the Elections Commission’s decision to re-appoint Mike Haas as agency administrator through April 30. The commission this afternoon voted 4-2 to keep Haas on
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Jan. 30: WisPolitics Luncheon with Kevin Nicholson Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 with GOP U.S. candidate Kevin Nicholson to talk about the 2018
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald charged the old GAB was engaged in an active conspiracy to tilt the recall elections of 2011 and 2012 against Republicans and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Ethics Commission agreed to pay investigator Patrick Fiedler $350 an hour to conduct the probe into allegations administrator Brian Bell had acted in a partisan manner, according to a copy of
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The three candidates for state Supreme Court traded barbs Monday about their judicial philosophies and records during their first debate ahead of next month’s primary. Sauk County
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin joined a majority of their colleagues today in voting for a short term funding bill that will keep the government going for three weeks. Senators
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
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
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,
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,
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
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Jan. 30: WisPolitics Luncheon with Kevin Nicholson Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 with GOP U.S. candidate Kevin Nicholson to talk about the 2018
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Ethics Commission Administrator Brian Bell continued to criticize staff of the old GAB and the current Elections Commission over the handling of records from a John Doe probe
More than half of the appointees on the state Elections and Ethics commissions continued to make political donations to state candidates and groups even after joining the bodies, according to a WisPolitics.com check of campaign finance reports. The head of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which opposed the commission replacing the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Jan. 30: WisPolitics Luncheon with Kevin Nicholson Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 with GOP U.S. candidate Kevin Nicholson to talk about the 2018 race for the seat now held by Tammy Baldwin. See
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, is now calling for the Legislature to appoint an Elections Commission administrator if commissioners don’t. His announcement came just a day after the Elections Commission voted 4-2 to re-appoint Michael Haas as
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker, in Milwaukee for a post-State of the State promotion of his child tax credit proposal, expressed confidence the GOP-run Legislature will back the plan even though some conservatives question his new spending proposals. Walker said the plan was a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2018/thu-news-summary-state-of-the-state-coverage-panel-re-appoints-state-election-chief-after-senate-rejects-confirmation/ **************************************** Jan. 30: WisPolitics Luncheon with Kevin Nicholson Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson S… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says the Elections Commission’s vote to re-appoint its administrator one day after the Senate moved to oust him “doesn’t make any sense.” Commissioners yesterday voted 4-2 to keep Michael Haas on through April
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s Department of Administration won’t recognize the Elections Commission’s decision to re-appoint Mike Haas as agency administrator through April 30. The commission this afternoon voted 4-2 to keep Haas on through April 30 to cover the upcoming spring election and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Jan. 30: WisPolitics Luncheon with Kevin Nicholson Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 with GOP U.S. candidate Kevin Nicholson to talk about the 2018 race for the seat now held by Tammy Baldwin. See
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald charged the old GAB was engaged in an active conspiracy to tilt the recall elections of 2011 and 2012 against Republicans and push them out of power as retribution for Act 10.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Ethics Commission agreed to pay investigator Patrick Fiedler $350 an hour to conduct the probe into allegations administrator Brian Bell had acted in a partisan manner, according to a copy of the agreement provided to WisPolitics.com under the open records law.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The three candidates for state Supreme Court traded barbs Monday about their judicial philosophies and records during their first debate ahead of next month’s primary. Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock took the first shot during
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin joined a majority of their colleagues today in voting for a short term funding bill that will keep the government going for three weeks. Senators allowed the government to shut down midnight Friday after failing
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 **************************************** Jan. 30: WisPolitics Luncheon with Kevin Nicholson Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 with GOP U.S. candidate Kevin Nicholson to talk about the 2018 race for the seat now held by Tammy Baldwin. See
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Ethics Commission Administrator Brian Bell continued to criticize staff of the old GAB and the current Elections Commission over the handling of records from a John Doe probe as he answered questions from a GOP senator ahead of