WED AM Update: Evers proposes $4.1M for EKG screening for young athletes

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers announced he’ll include $4.1 million in the budget he formally rolls out tonight to help health departments implement an EKG screening program for young athletes. The pilot program will aid health departments in Waukesha and

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TUE PM Update: Evers to call for $2.6 billion boost to K-12 schools

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced he’ll propose a more than $2.6 billion boost to K-12 public schools in the budget he releases tomorrow, a plan consistent with what he laid out in September. Along with the infusion of state aid, Evers wants

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TUE News Summary: Evers proposes $290M for Brewers stadium maintenance, repairs; Protasiewicz outraises all Supreme Court opponents combined

STORY TOPICS – White house – State supreme court race – State government – Federal government – Local government – Agribusiness – Courts – Education – Elections – Environment – Health care – Law and order – Manufacturing – Military – Public health and safety – Tourism – Transportation –

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MON AM Update: Protasiewicz reports $195K in late contributions; Evers to include election law changes in budget proposal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz has raised $195,501 from large donations over the past week alone, according to a filing with the state Ethics Commission. That’s more than four times what her three rivals have raised combined

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FRI AM Update: Protasiewicz targets Dorow, Kelly in new ad; Murphy, Agard deliver parties’ weekly radio addresses

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz’s latest TV ad takes aim at conservative rivals Jennifer Dorow and Daniel Kelly, knocking them for representing child sex offenders. It is the fifth spot from Protasiewicz and the first from any

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THU PM Update: Sortwell says DSPS has made ‘significant progress’ under Hereth

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Regulatory Licensing Reform Committee Chair Rep. Shae Sortwell said it seems like the Department of Safety and Professional Services has made “significant progress,” noting a decrease in complaints about licensing delays. Sortwell, of Two Rivers, and other Republicans have criticized DSPS

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THU News Summary: Biden WI visit sign of likely reelection bid; Evers’ budget would eliminate JFC ability to anonymously kill stewardship purchases

STORY TOPICS – White house – State government – Local government – Agribusiness – Courts – Demographics – Education – Environment – Health care – Manufacturing – Media – Real estate – Regulation – Retail – Technology – Tourism – Transportation – Tribes – Columns TOP STORIES WI visit sets

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THU AM Update: Evers’ budget to expand property tax credit for disabled veterans and surviving spouses, boost other veterans programs

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers announced today his budget will propose increasing the eligibility for a property tax credit for veterans and surviving spouses, which would provide an additional $53.2 million in tax breaks over the biennium. Under his plan,

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