THU News Summary: Senate GOP does turnaround on borrowing for roads; Walker signs bill tweaking state’s voucher program

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Senate Republicans to announce budget proposal

With the impasse over the state budget passing the two-week mark, Senate Republicans announced they will release their own proposal Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said the document was still being drafted by the Legislative Fiscal

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FRI REPORT: Records show few drug felons seeking public benefits failed drug tests

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the REPORT: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-report-records-show-few-drug-felons-seeking-public-benefits-failed-drug-tests/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Records show few drug felons seeking public benefits failed drug tests Critics complain of insufficient outreach in DNR’s

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THU News Summary: Senate GOP does turnaround on borrowing for roads; Walker signs bill tweaking state’s voucher program

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Sources say guv floats new idea to break transpo impasse

Looking to break the budget impasse, Gov. Scott Walker has floated the possibility of nixing his income tax cuts and instead directing that money to transportation projects, according to multiple GOP sources. The sources said the motivation behind the suggestion is twofold. One, by paying cash for some projects with

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Vos says Assembly GOP digesting Senate Republican budget proposal

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters Wednesday his caucus is taking its time to digest the Senate’s budget proposal but the Rochester Republican raised doubts about borrowing $712 million for roads. The Senate plan to borrow that amount goes above the $500 million that Gov. Scott Walker initially proposed —

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WED PM Update: Sources say guv floats new idea to break transpo impasse; Vos says Assembly GOP still looking at Senate proposal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Looking to break the budget impasse, Gov. Scott Walker has floated the possibility of nixing his income tax cuts and instead directing that money to transportation projects, according to multiple GOP sources. The sources said the motivation behind the suggestion is twofold.

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WED News Summary: Senate GOP budget proposal; marijuana trade group donation; Ryan on health care

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WED AM Update: GOP leggie campaign committees outraise Dem counterparts; Bryce to fundraise in NYC

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement FRWD From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative campaign committees outraised Dem counterparts, thanks in part to an advantage in corporate contributions, according to a WisPolitics.com review. The Republicans Assembly Campaign Committee raised $470,856 between two accounts, the most of the four caucuses. RACC pulled in

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GOP leaders still at odds after Senate Republicans release budget proposal

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald Tuesday challenged Assembly Republicans to come up with something “palatable” that his caucus could support after unveiling a plan that would repeal the personal property tax, wipe out the guv’s income tax cuts and raise income limits for the statewide voucher program. But Assembly Majority

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TUE PM Update: Fitzgerald calls on Assembly GOP to offer ‘palatable’ budget plan; Steineke rejects Senate transpo proposal as non-starter

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today challenged Assembly Republicans to come up with something “palatable” that his caucus could support after unveiling a plan that would repeal the personal property tax, wipe out the guv’s income tax cuts and raise income limits

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Senate GOP proposes borrowing $712 million for roads

Senate Republicans today proposed using the general fund and transportation revenues to cover borrowing $712 million to help pay for road construction over the next two years, laying down a marker in the ongoing budget impasse. Of that, $350 million would be supported by the general fund, while $362 million

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TUE News Summary: Walker on budget impasse; latest round of anti-opioid bills signed; national health care debate

TUE News Summary — 18 July 2017 Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers – DO NOT FORWARD Access the mobile version of the News Summary:https://www.wispolitics.com/category/subscribers-only/news-summary/ **************************************** Sign up for the daily Health Care Report today With the health care industry facing big changes, track developments here and in DC … Please log

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Senate Republicans to announce budget proposal

With the impasse over the state budget passing the two-week mark, Senate Republicans announced they will release their own proposal Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said the document was still being drafted by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau and declined to release details. Fitzgerald will be joined

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MON News Summary: Walker’s response to flooding; DOT bill would repeal prevailing wage; Johnson, Gronik on UpFront

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FRI REPORT: Records show few drug felons seeking public benefits failed drug tests

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the REPORT: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-report-records-show-few-drug-felons-seeking-public-benefits-failed-drug-tests/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Records show few drug felons seeking public benefits failed drug tests Critics complain of insufficient outreach in DNR’s Kewaunee Co. bott… Please log in to access subscriber content.

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