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State Rep. Adam Neylon plans to move ahead with his “REINS Act” proposal through standalone legislation, even though the guv included a version in his budget. The Pewaukee Republican said he prefers his version. “I fully intend to continue working
State Dem Chair Martha Laning earned $10,000 in bonuses last year for hitting goals for membership and fundraising, a WisPolitics.com review found. The first $5,000 bonus showed up in the party’s federal campaign finance reports for activity in May as
The state Department of Justice today filed a long-anticipated appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on a ruling that struck down the state’s 2011 redistricting maps. A federal panel last year ruled the Assembly maps were an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Gov. Scott Walker ramped up the time he spent away from state business in the months leading up to the general election, a WisPolitics.com review of his calendars show. From September to November, more than 600 hours in Walker’s calendars
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: We are publishing this PM Update instead of the usual Friday REPORT, which will return next week. Thanks for subscribing. POLITICAL STOCK REPORT –A collection of insider opinion– (Feb. 18-24, 2017) Rising
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and executive branch. Buy the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac — a glossy, 20-page booklet that will be an
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The Transportation Development Association is out with a new document outlining points it says weren’t fully addressed at the DOT audit hearing this week. TDA says it
Attorney General Brad Schimel today announced a partnership with a pharmaceutical company that will give first responders discounted prices for a drug that combats opioid overdoses. Schimel told a Madison news conference there’s been a “concerning” uptick in prices for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker urged attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference today near Washington, D.C., to keep pressing forward with reforms in the face of protests. The Republican guv and chair of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/thu-news-summary-lawmakers-consider-right-to-try-bill-ryan-visits-u-s-mexico-border/ **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and executive branch. Buy the 2017… Please log in to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Several Wisconsin health care advocacy groups and liberal-leaning think tanks are warning Congress against block granting Medicaid, saying the move would effectively be a funding cut. Gov.
Voters rejected $16.41 million in referendum requests in the spring primary, while approving about $6.6 million statewide. Only five referenda were on the primary ballot, with the biggest ticket item, $12.21 million in Waterford Union High School District for a
Just more than 8 percent of voters cast ballots in the spring primary, a better turnout than the previous three with a race for state superintendent on the ballot. According to unofficial returns collected by The Associated Press posted earlier
Gov. Scott Walker and AG Brad Schimel today pushed for U.S. Senate Dems to give President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, an up-or-down vote. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said Gorsuch would need to clear the 60-vote
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz wrote in an email last January that a “reform group” asked him to run for the post and guaranteed it’d do “all of the fundraising, organizing,
State schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz wrote in an email last January that a “reform group” asked him to run for the post and guaranteed it’d do “all of the fundraising, organizing, etc.” associated with the election bid, according to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/wed-news-summary-senate-leaders-bill-would-relax-high-capacity-well-regs/ **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and executive branch. Buy the 2017 WisPolitics.co… Please log in
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers says his primary victory can be chalked up to a focus on the state’s public school kids — and not on the “kind
Wisconsin DOT Secretary Dave Ross pledged to lawmakers today that he’d ensure the agency is more transparent following a highly critical audit released last month. Ross, who’s been on the job for about seven weeks, fielded questions from legislators on
Andy Gronik, a businessman who created a 501(c)(4) to advance ideas to address problems facing Wisconsin, tells WisPolitics.com he’s looking “very closely” at running for guv next year. In a December WisPolitics.com interview, Gronik said he couldn’t rule out a
State Rep. Adam Neylon plans to move ahead with his “REINS Act” proposal through standalone legislation, even though the guv included a version in his budget. The Pewaukee Republican said he prefers his version. “I fully intend to continue working on my version,” Neylon said. “However, I would be happy
State Dem Chair Martha Laning earned $10,000 in bonuses last year for hitting goals for membership and fundraising, a WisPolitics.com review found. The first $5,000 bonus showed up in the party’s federal campaign finance reports for activity in May as a debt owed to Laning. The second $5,000 was reported
The state Department of Justice today filed a long-anticipated appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on a ruling that struck down the state’s 2011 redistricting maps. A federal panel last year ruled the Assembly maps were an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. And at the end of January, lawmakers and Gov. Scott
Gov. Scott Walker ramped up the time he spent away from state business in the months leading up to the general election, a WisPolitics.com review of his calendars show. From September to November, more than 600 hours in Walker’s calendars were designated as “hold time,” similar to the amount of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: We are publishing this PM Update instead of the usual Friday REPORT, which will return next week. Thanks for subscribing. POLITICAL STOCK REPORT –A collection of insider opinion– (Feb. 18-24, 2017) Rising Tony Evers: The state superintendent blows away the primary field
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The Transportation Development Association is out with a new document outlining points it says weren’t fully addressed at the DOT audit hearing this week. TDA says it supports the Legislative Audit Bureau’s recommendations, which include requiring that
Attorney General Brad Schimel today announced a partnership with a pharmaceutical company that will give first responders discounted prices for a drug that combats opioid overdoses. Schimel told a Madison news conference there’s been a “concerning” uptick in prices for naloxone, a drug that can ease or reverse the effects
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker urged attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference today near Washington, D.C., to keep pressing forward with reforms in the face of protests. The Republican guv and chair of the RGA recounted the protests surrounding Act 10 in Wisconsin
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/thu-news-summary-lawmakers-consider-right-to-try-bill-ryan-visits-u-s-mexico-border/ **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and executive branch. Buy the 2017… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Several Wisconsin health care advocacy groups and liberal-leaning think tanks are warning Congress against block granting Medicaid, saying the move would effectively be a funding cut. Gov. Scott Walker has said he’d like the feds to turn
Voters rejected $16.41 million in referendum requests in the spring primary, while approving about $6.6 million statewide. Only five referenda were on the primary ballot, with the biggest ticket item, $12.21 million in Waterford Union High School District for a high school fitness center, failing to pass. Another failing referendum
Just more than 8 percent of voters cast ballots in the spring primary, a better turnout than the previous three with a race for state superintendent on the ballot. According to unofficial returns collected by The Associated Press posted earlier this afternoon, 360,559 votes were cast for state superintendent, the
Gov. Scott Walker and AG Brad Schimel today pushed for U.S. Senate Dems to give President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, an up-or-down vote. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said Gorsuch would need to clear the 60-vote filibuster hurdle to get a vote on the floor. But
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz wrote in an email last January that a “reform group” asked him to run for the post and guaranteed it’d do “all of the fundraising, organizing, etc.” associated with the election bid, according to an email
State schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz wrote in an email last January that a “reform group” asked him to run for the post and guaranteed it’d do “all of the fundraising, organizing, etc.” associated with the election bid, according to an email released by One Wisconsin Now. Records obtained by
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/wed-news-summary-senate-leaders-bill-would-relax-high-capacity-well-regs/ **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and executive branch. Buy the 2017 WisPolitics.co… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers says his primary victory can be chalked up to a focus on the state’s public school kids — and not on the “kind of weird politics and policies” that plagued his challengers. Evers
Wisconsin DOT Secretary Dave Ross pledged to lawmakers today that he’d ensure the agency is more transparent following a highly critical audit released last month. Ross, who’s been on the job for about seven weeks, fielded questions from legislators on a January audit of the agency’s highway program, which found
Andy Gronik, a businessman who created a 501(c)(4) to advance ideas to address problems facing Wisconsin, tells WisPolitics.com he’s looking “very closely” at running for guv next year. In a December WisPolitics.com interview, Gronik said he couldn’t rule out a run for public office, including guv. Since then, he said