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JFC approves Tourism earmarks

The committee approved GOP earmarks through the Department of Tourism that include that include $7,500 for the city of Pittsville to put up a sign marking the geographic center of Wisconsin. The earmark would come from the Department of Tourism’s

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JFC approves pay hikes for judges

The committee signed off on the guv’s plan to give Supreme Court justices and state judges a pay boost. But it rejected Scott Walker’s call to create a new method for determining judicial pay going forward. The guv called for

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TUE News Summary: State adds less than 12K jobs in 2016; Priebus could be named ambassador to Greece

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/tue-news-summary-state-adds-less-than-12k-jobs-in-2016-priebus-could-be-named-ambassador-to-greece/ **************************************** June 7 breakfast gathering in D.C. with U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan A June 7 breakfast gathering at the Monocle in D.C. features U.S. Rep. MARK …

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TUE AM Update: Gronik hires adviser for potential guv bid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik tells WisPolitics.com he’s hired Maura Tracy to serve as a senior adviser while he decides whether to run for guv. Tracy was campaign manager

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JFC approves earmarking stewardship funds for five projects

The committee approved 12-4 earmarking $3.4 million from existing, unobligated stewardship bonding to aid five projects. The biggest two were $1 million each for Iron County to rebuild Saxon Harbor marina and campground and for the acquisition of a 13-mile long abandoned rail corridor between Dover and Sturtevant in Racine

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JFC keeps DNR magazine, but pares back to four issues a year

The Joint Finance Committee rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to eliminate the DNR’s Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine. But the committee approved 12-4 publishing the magazine four times a year rather than the current six. The motion also designated the DNR communications director to serve as editor of the magazine and

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JFC approves Tourism earmarks

The committee approved GOP earmarks through the Department of Tourism that include that include $7,500 for the city of Pittsville to put up a sign marking the geographic center of Wisconsin. The earmark would come from the Department of Tourism’s $1.8 million annual appropriation for marketing. The committee also approved

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JFC approves pay hikes for judges

The committee signed off on the guv’s plan to give Supreme Court justices and state judges a pay boost. But it rejected Scott Walker’s call to create a new method for determining judicial pay going forward. The guv called for $334,000 in general purpose revenue to provide pay increases of

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JFC cuts Parole Commission in half, but rejects wiping it out

The Joint Finance Committee voted to cut the Parole Commission in half, but rejected the guv’s call to wipe it out. Walker wanted to eliminate the eight-member Parole Commission and instead rely on a new appointee in the Department of Corrections to decide the fate of offenders eligible for release.

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WED AM Update: JFC to take up nixing state forestry tax

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up Gov. Scott Walker’s call to end the state forestry tax, allow the DNR secretary to raise fees at state parks and eliminate the eight-person Parole Commission. Other items on

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TUE News Summary: State adds less than 12K jobs in 2016; Priebus could be named ambassador to Greece

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/tue-news-summary-state-adds-less-than-12k-jobs-in-2016-priebus-could-be-named-ambassador-to-greece/ **************************************** June 7 breakfast gathering in D.C. with U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan A June 7 breakfast gathering at the Monocle in D.C. features U.S. Rep. MARK … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t

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TUE AM Update: Gronik hires adviser for potential guv bid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik tells WisPolitics.com he’s hired Maura Tracy to serve as a senior adviser while he decides whether to run for guv. Tracy was campaign manager for Terri Bonoff’s unsuccessful bid for a Minnesota congressional seat

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Neitzel: Self-insurance would save more than $100 million

Though lawmakers have already indicated they plan to spike the proposal, Department of Administration Secretary Scott Neitzel today touted up to $103 million he said the state would save by moving to self-insurance. He also warned the state is likely to see a 10.4 percent increase in how much it

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Chiropractic groups at odds over measure to allow advice on OTC drugs

A behind-the-scenes battle has erupted at the Capitol over whether lawmakers should add a provision to the state budget that would expand what chiropractors can tell patients about over-the-counter drugs. Doctors, pharmacists and other health care groups want to kill a proposal from the Wisconsin Chiropractic Association, which says state

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FRI AM Update: JFC backs drug testing some Medicaid recipients

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee last night green-lighted Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to drug test Medicaid recipients, adopting a GOP motion that also left intact many of the other changes to both Medicaid and food stamps the guv was

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