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Starting today, the WisPolitics.com Budget Blog will be available only to subscribers. If you are a WisPolitics.com Silver subscriber or somebody who only goes to our free web site, you will need to pay for an annual Budget Blog subscription
From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: We’ve launched a new website and hope to get your feedback on how it looks and works. Please submit your feedback here: https://docs.google.com/a/wispolitics.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgfPqLeDhpchuMUJBBqK6jQuVbdPRmzaX8j40jxOWf1mZCUA/viewform — Though signups had spiked earlier in the enrollment period, Wisconsinites ended up
TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Insiders expect Walker to spend heavily on his priorities, boxing out lawmakers on theirs Evers calls for prioritizing children’s emotional and social well-being over test scores Profiles of Zimmerman, Stafsholt,
From WisPolitics.com … — Veterans groups are praising Gov. Scott Walker’s appointment to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. They also say they look forward to working with Walker’s nominee, Daniel Zimmerman, as he undertakes a review of the agency’s
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem lawmakers today slammed a move by GOP leadership to hire outside lawyers to represent them in an ongoing redistricting lawsuit, warning Republicans are setting up taxpayers to be fleeced. The Assembly
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be in Stanley today to highlight his proposal to boost investments in rural schools. Walker, who made three stops across the state yesterday for his announcement, will speak this afternoon at the
Gov. Scott Walker today proposed a boost in funding for rural schools through sparsity aid, higher reimbursements for their transportation costs and an investment in broadband. Walker is speaking at three school districts today to outline his plan and said
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker announced plans to pump more money into rural schools and the earned income tax credit as he begins to roll out key parts of the two-year state budget plan
From WisPolitics.com … — After a month of having it as a benefit, state employees today will lose coverage for any services associated with gender reassignment. They briefly gained coverage for those services on Jan. 1, as the state Group
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump has canceled plans to visit Milwaukee on Thursday, according to a spokesman for the Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Refueling Wing. Master Sgt. Kellen Kroening said the unit had previously
From WisPolitics.com … — A former inmate at a youth prison is suing Department of Corrections staff for failing to meet the proper standards for dealing with suicide prevention. The federal lawsuit was filed by the mother of Sydni Briggs,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State political reaction to President Trump’s new immigration restrictions is generally falling along party lines. Republicans generally supported Trump’s executive order and said calling it a blanket ban on Muslim immigrants is
From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan, who in July said he opposed any religious test for entering the U.S., praised President Trump’s executive order that halts immigration by refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. But the order
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers QUOTES OF THE WEEK The people of Wisconsin already have endured several elections under an unconstitutional reapportionment scheme. If they are to be spared another such event, a new map must be drawn in time for
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker touts his package of welfare changes in his radio address this week, saying it’s aimed at getting all Wisconsinites to “fulfill their true potential through the dignity that comes from work.” Walker likens
The state underestimated by $3.8 billion the costs for major highway work completed over the past decade or still in progress, often because it failed to account for inflation in its estimates, according to a Legislative Audit Bureau review. The
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker is putting off announcing a plan to “dramatically help rural schools in the state of Wisconsin” after coming down with a cold. But he had planned to touch on broadband expansion and initiatives
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will talk college affordability this morning in Madison. In an appearance at the Wisconsin Credit Unions Lobby Day, the guv will discuss the importance of banks, credit unions and other financial institutions in
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is recounting his welfare reform battles from two decades ago in voicing support for Gov. Scott Walker’s “Wisconsin Works for Everyone” welfare plan. The name is a take off of the Wisconsin Works program that Thompson
From WisPolitics.com … — Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is recounting his welfare reform battles from two decades ago in voicing support for Gov. Scott Walker’s “Wisconsin Works for Everyone” welfare plan. The name is a take off of the Wisconsin
Starting today, the WisPolitics.com Budget Blog will be available only to subscribers. If you are a WisPolitics.com Silver subscriber or somebody who only goes to our free web site, you will need to pay for an annual Budget Blog subscription in order to get detailed coverage of Gov. Scott Walker’s
From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: We’ve launched a new website and hope to get your feedback on how it looks and works. Please submit your feedback here: https://docs.google.com/a/wispolitics.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgfPqLeDhpchuMUJBBqK6jQuVbdPRmzaX8j40jxOWf1mZCUA/viewform — Though signups had spiked earlier in the enrollment period, Wisconsinites ended up signing up for Healthcare.gov plans … Please log in to
TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Insiders expect Walker to spend heavily on his priorities, boxing out lawmakers on theirs Evers calls for prioritizing children’s emotional and social well-being over test scores Profiles of Zimmerman, Stafsholt, two new additions to the Assembly Thompson says major Medicare
From WisPolitics.com … — Veterans groups are praising Gov. Scott Walker’s appointment to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. They also say they look forward to working with Walker’s nominee, Daniel Zimmerman, as he undertakes a review of the agency’s veterans homes. The agency has faced allegations of substandard care
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem lawmakers today slammed a move by GOP leadership to hire outside lawyers to represent them in an ongoing redistricting lawsuit, warning Republicans are setting up taxpayers to be fleeced. The Assembly and Senate Org committees voted along party lines to authorize
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be in Stanley today to highlight his proposal to boost investments in rural schools. Walker, who made three stops across the state yesterday for his announcement, will speak this afternoon at the Stanley-Boyd School District library. See details of the proposals in
Gov. Scott Walker today proposed a boost in funding for rural schools through sparsity aid, higher reimbursements for their transportation costs and an investment in broadband. Walker is speaking at three school districts today to outline his plan and said the funding comes on top of the “significant investment” in
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker announced plans to pump more money into rural schools and the earned income tax credit as he begins to roll out key parts of the two-year state budget plan he’ll unveil a week from today. The rural schools initiative
From WisPolitics.com … — After a month of having it as a benefit, state employees today will lose coverage for any services associated with gender reassignment. They briefly gained coverage for those services on Jan. 1, as the state Group Insurance Board sought to comply with new federal rules. But
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump has canceled plans to visit Milwaukee on Thursday, according to a spokesman for the Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Refueling Wing. Master Sgt. Kellen Kroening said the unit had previously been given a heads up to prepare for a presidential
From WisPolitics.com … — A former inmate at a youth prison is suing Department of Corrections staff for failing to meet the proper standards for dealing with suicide prevention. The federal lawsuit was filed by the mother of Sydni Briggs, who’s been suffering from severe brain damage since her suicide
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State political reaction to President Trump’s new immigration restrictions is generally falling along party lines. Republicans generally supported Trump’s executive order and said calling it a blanket ban on Muslim immigrants is inaccurate. New U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, however, noted he had
From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan, who in July said he opposed any religious test for entering the U.S., praised President Trump’s executive order that halts immigration by refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. But the order drew intense blowback from many others over the weekend with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers QUOTES OF THE WEEK The people of Wisconsin already have endured several elections under an unconstitutional reapportionment scheme. If they are to be spared another such event, a new map must be drawn in time for the preparatory steps leading up to the election, such as
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker touts his package of welfare changes in his radio address this week, saying it’s aimed at getting all Wisconsinites to “fulfill their true potential through the dignity that comes from work.” Walker likens his proposals to the efforts in the 1990s from former
The state underestimated by $3.8 billion the costs for major highway work completed over the past decade or still in progress, often because it failed to account for inflation in its estimates, according to a Legislative Audit Bureau review. The audit also found the condition of state roads has deteriorated,
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker is putting off announcing a plan to “dramatically help rural schools in the state of Wisconsin” after coming down with a cold. But he had planned to touch on broadband expansion and initiatives to improve the teacher pipeline, according to an overview document
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will talk college affordability this morning in Madison. In an appearance at the Wisconsin Credit Unions Lobby Day, the guv will discuss the importance of banks, credit unions and other financial institutions in making college more affordable. — Due to weather conditions, first
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is recounting his welfare reform battles from two decades ago in voicing support for Gov. Scott Walker’s “Wisconsin Works for Everyone” welfare plan. The name is a take off of the Wisconsin Works program that Thompson unveiled in the ’90s. Thompson joined Walker for the guv’s
From WisPolitics.com … — Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is recounting his welfare reform battles from two decades ago in voicing support for Gov. Scott Walker’s “Wisconsin Works for Everyone” welfare plan. The name is a take off of the Wisconsin Works program that Thompson unveiled in the ’90s. Thompson joined