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Assembly Republicans today pitched eliminating credits for married couples and renters and stopping local governments from enacting new wheel taxes as part of a far-reaching plan that would raise revenue for transportation while putting Wisconsin on the path to a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 18: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Focus on UpLift MKE: Jobs and inner-city Milwaukee.” The luncheon at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee features a panel discussion with Milwaukee County Exec Chris
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans today will lay out Rep. Dale Kooyenga’s transportation plan. Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, is also scheduled to discuss the package with the Assembly GOP caucus. WisPolitics.com on Friday
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The backers of two competing bills aimed at preventing the “heckler’s veto” on college campuses disagreed today on which version is stronger. But liberal critics are slamming both versions as proposals that
The Joint Finance Committee will take up Veterans Affairs, the PSC and the Medicaid Services Administration when it meets May 11. The committee also plans to take up Financial Institutions and Safety and Professional Services. It’s scheduled to meet at
Dem leggie leaders are calling for a Joint Transportation Committee evenly split between the two parties to find a long-term funding solution. But a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said leaders worked carefully to appoint committee membership
Lawmakers today raised concerns over a state education plan that looks to cut the achievement gap in half within the next six years without making a push for funding equity across districts in the state. Still, they largely praised the
Some Senate GOP conservatives are raising concerns about lowering the excise tax on gas, but applying the state sales tax to fuel sales, a key plank of Rep. Dale Kooyenga’s transportation plan. Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, has not formally released details of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: –
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The REINS Act is up for a vote before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs this morning, following passage in the Senate. The bill cleared the chamber 19-14.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today declined comment on the transportation package coming soon from GOP Rep. Dale Kooyenga. He also acknowledged Senate Republicans are focusing more on ways to free up
The Joint Finance Committee will vote on WEDC’s budget along with the guv’s proposals for the Department of Justice and the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board when it meets May 9. The other areas on the agenda are: secretary
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: –
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate plans to take up the REINS Act today, while the Assembly has the high-capacity well bill on its agenda. Both also are voting on HOPE agenda
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today made its first changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget, nixing his plans to transfer the Judicial Commission to the state Supreme Court and eliminate the Judicial Council.
The JFC voted unanimously to approve the guv’s call to add $5.8 million in general obligation bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program, which provide low-interest loans to municipalities for public drinking water systems. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee,
The Joint Finance Committee today nixed Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to transfer the Judicial Commission to the state Supreme Court and eliminate the Judicial Council. But it put off action on his call to give judges a 2 percent race
Gov. Scott Walker paid off two creditors in 2016 that he owed at least $50,000 each, according to his economic interest statement. But he added a new debt of between $5,000 and $50,000 and continued to owe more than $50,000
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone took issue with mandatory sanctions included in a GOP campus speech bill introduced last week. The bill would, among other provisions, require UW schools suspend or expel students on their second
A federal judge has struck down the so-called “cocaine mom” law in the state that let officials detain pregnant women who abuse alcohol or drugs. U.S. District Judge James Peterson found on Friday that the 1998 law is “void for
Assembly Republicans today pitched eliminating credits for married couples and renters and stopping local governments from enacting new wheel taxes as part of a far-reaching plan that would raise revenue for transportation while putting Wisconsin on the path to a flat income tax. The plan included a hodgepodge of proposals
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 18: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Focus on UpLift MKE: Jobs and inner-city Milwaukee.” The luncheon at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee features a panel discussion with Milwaukee County Exec Chris Abele; DR. Eve Hall, leader of the Milwaukee Urban League;
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans today will lay out Rep. Dale Kooyenga’s transportation plan. Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, is also scheduled to discuss the package with the Assembly GOP caucus. WisPolitics.com on Friday reported on some of the elements of the package, which
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The backers of two competing bills aimed at preventing the “heckler’s veto” on college campuses disagreed today on which version is stronger. But liberal critics are slamming both versions as proposals that would create “safe spaces for racists.” The bills aim to
The Joint Finance Committee will take up Veterans Affairs, the PSC and the Medicaid Services Administration when it meets May 11. The committee also plans to take up Financial Institutions and Safety and Professional Services. It’s scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. See the hearing notice. … Please log in
Dem leggie leaders are calling for a Joint Transportation Committee evenly split between the two parties to find a long-term funding solution. But a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said leaders worked carefully to appoint committee membership ahead of the session and to rework the structure now
Lawmakers today raised concerns over a state education plan that looks to cut the achievement gap in half within the next six years without making a push for funding equity across districts in the state. Still, they largely praised the DPI plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds
Some Senate GOP conservatives are raising concerns about lowering the excise tax on gas, but applying the state sales tax to fuel sales, a key plank of Rep. Dale Kooyenga’s transportation plan. Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, has not formally released details of his plan, which he’s scheduled to discuss with his caucus
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: – Michael Heifetz, state of Wisconsin Medicaid director – John R…
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The REINS Act is up for a vote before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs this morning, following passage in the Senate. The bill cleared the chamber 19-14. Sen. Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay, was the only Republican who
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today declined comment on the transportation package coming soon from GOP Rep. Dale Kooyenga. He also acknowledged Senate Republicans are focusing more on ways to free up GPR that could be used to cover transportation costs. WisPolitics.com
The Joint Finance Committee will vote on WEDC’s budget along with the guv’s proposals for the Department of Justice and the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board when it meets May 9. The other areas on the agenda are: secretary of state, Military Affairs and the Legislature. The committee is
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: – Michael Heifetz, state of Wisconsin Medicaid director – John R…
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate plans to take up the REINS Act today, while the Assembly has the high-capacity well bill on its agenda. Both also are voting on HOPE agenda bills in special session. The REINS Act would have to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today made its first changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget, nixing his plans to transfer the Judicial Commission to the state Supreme Court and eliminate the Judicial Council. But the committee put off action on his call to
The JFC voted unanimously to approve the guv’s call to add $5.8 million in general obligation bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program, which provide low-interest loans to municipalities for public drinking water systems. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, sought to amend the program to allow more money to
The Joint Finance Committee today nixed Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to transfer the Judicial Commission to the state Supreme Court and eliminate the Judicial Council. But it put off action on his call to give judges a 2 percent race in each of the next two years. The commission oversees
Gov. Scott Walker paid off two creditors in 2016 that he owed at least $50,000 each, according to his economic interest statement. But he added a new debt of between $5,000 and $50,000 and continued to owe more than $50,000 for student loans. Walker, whose personal debt became an issue
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone took issue with mandatory sanctions included in a GOP campus speech bill introduced last week. The bill would, among other provisions, require UW schools suspend or expel students on their second violation of interfering with others’ right to free expression. Both
A federal judge has struck down the so-called “cocaine mom” law in the state that let officials detain pregnant women who abuse alcohol or drugs. U.S. District Judge James Peterson found on Friday that the 1998 law is “void for vagueness,” ruling the state is blocked from enforcing it statewide.