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FRI News Summary: State budget; health care reform; Ryan on Syria strike

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-news-summary-state-budget-health-care-reform-ryan-on-syria-strike/ STORY TOPICS – White house – State government – Federal government – Local government – Courts – Demographics – Economic development – Education – Elections – Health

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THU News Summary: Transpo funding; Ryan on tax reform, health care

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** TODAY: WisPolitics.com 2018 Election Cycle Preview This happy hour event in Madison previews the political landscape in advance of the 2018 elections for governor and U.S. Senate with the Cook Political Report’s Jennifer Duffy, Marquette

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Milwaukee attorney Peter Peckarsky running for open DNC seat

Peter Peckarsky, a Milwaukee attorney who ran unsuccessfully to chair the national Dem Party, is now running for Wisconsin’s open seat on the DNC. Meanwhile, Dane County Chair Michael Basford has decided against running for the spot. Peckarsky dropped out of the balloting after the first round and endorsed Keith

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Senate amendment to rural broadband bill faces difficulty in Assembly

An amendment the Senate added to a rural broadband bill that would ban providers from collecting their customers’ information without permission appears to be in trouble in the Assembly. Chair Mike Kuglitsch, R-New Berlin, said his Energy and Utilities Committee will exec the Assembly version of the broadband bill next

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MON News Summary: 2018 elections; potential White House shake-up

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said amending the state constitution to strengthen the rights of crime victims would even the playing field between victims and defendants. Schimel, who appeared Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” is backing Marsy’s

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MON AM Update: Schimel promotes Marsy’s Law on ‘UpFront’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said amending the state constitution to strengthen the rights of crime victims would even the playing field between victims and defendants. Schimel, who appeared Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” is backing

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Analysts: Dems face challenges for 2018, House could be in reach

Dems hoping for major electoral victories in 2018 will likely only get them if President Trump’s base begins to pull away from him, according to pollster Charles Franklin. So far, there’s little sign that’s happening, the Marquette Law School Poll director says, with Trump’s national approval rating hovering around 42

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FRI News Summary: State budget; health care reform; Ryan on Syria strike

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/fri-news-summary-state-budget-health-care-reform-ryan-on-syria-strike/ STORY TOPICS – White house – State government – Federal government – Local government – Courts – Demographics – Economic development – Education – Elections – Health care – Law and order – Minnesota – Reg… Please

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FRI AM Update: JFC public hearing in Berlin today; weekly radio addresses

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is continuing its public hearings today with another at Berlin High School. The hearing kicks off at 10 a.m. See more: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1377204 — The committee also is pulling 83 policy items Walker proposed, including

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THU PM Update: JFC to work off guv’s budget except for transportation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Joint Finance will work off the guv’s budget as it begins making changes except for the Department of Transportation, where the committee will use current law as its starting point, according to a memo distributed today. The decision ends weeks of speculation

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JFC to work off guv’s budget except for transportation

Joint Finance will work off the guv’s budget as it begins making changes except for the Department of Transportation, where the committee will use current law as its starting point, according to a memo distributed today. The decision ends weeks of speculation over whether the committee would ignore Gov. Scott

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‘Blue Lives Matter’ bill receives mixed testimony

An Assembly committee today heard mixed testimony on what some have dubbed a “Blue Lives Matter” bill, with a series of opponents speaking against the measure that would expand the definition of hate crime victims to include police officers. But bill author Rep. David Steffen, R-Green Bay, said the legislation

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Baldwin, Johnson under fire for votes on Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch

U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson are taking fire from their opposing parties over their votes on President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination. The two split today on invoking the “nuclear option” in the Senate, removing the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees. Baldwin opposed the rule change, while Johnson voted

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THU News Summary: Transpo funding; Ryan on tax reform, health care

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** TODAY: WisPolitics.com 2018 Election Cycle Preview This happy hour event in Madison previews the political landscape in advance of the 2018 elections for governor and U.S. Senate with the Cook Political Report’s Jennifer Duffy, Marquette Law pollster Charles Franklin and “Rewind” analysts JR Ross &

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WED PM Update: Ryan says House in ‘concepts stage’ of new health care bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, acknowledged today that Republicans’ efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act are stalled for now. “We’re all at the concepts stage right now — but productive conversations,” are occurring, Ryan told a WisPolitics.com audience in DC. “It’s

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Evers’ margin of victory high after strong win in DPI race

State Superintendent Tony Evers was on pace to easily top his margins of victory for his first two terms, following his election win last night. With almost all precincts in, Evers had 494,845 votes, or 70 percent, while challenger Lowell Holtz had 212,529, or 30 percent. In 2013, Evers beat

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