WED PM Update: Vos suggests dropping Milwaukee provisions from shared revenue bill as standoff could halt budget work

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today suggested dropping Milwaukee-related provisions from the shared revenue bill if an agreement isn’t reached this week as the standoff over pumping more state aid into local governments threatened to grind budget deliberations to a halt. As Vos

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MON News Summary: LeMahieu says not enough GOP votes to kill Milwaukee sales tax referendum; RNC sets first presidential debate in Milwaukee

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MON AM Update: DNR: U.S. Supreme Court ruling doesn’t change Wisconsin wetland regulations, will remove many from federal jurisdiction

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — DNR says a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting which wetlands are subject to the Clean Water Act doesn’t change the state’s wetland regulations. At the same time, DNR Waterway and Wetland Policy Section Manager Tom

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THU AM Update: Elections Commission staff recommend rejection of challenge to Melotik’s nomination papers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — Elections Commission staff recommended commissioners reject a challenge seeking to push Republican Paul Melotik off the ballot in the special election for suburban Milwaukee’s 24th AD. The staff found the nomination papers for the most part

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