Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Dems used a procedural move late this afternoon to put off a final vote on a $392 million GOP package that would reduce income taxes, expand a property tax break for businesses and pay down debt. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly today unanimously backed a bill to create new regulations for middlemen between drug makers and pharmacies that negotiate prices with both. Pharmacy benefit managers are currently regulated by federal law, but the Office of Commissioner of Insurance has no authority

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Outside groups have now eclipsed $2.7 million spent on independent expenditures in the 7th CD GOP primary, according to filings as of early this afternoon. The latest spending includes $39,375 on mailers and display ads backing Tom Tiffany, a state senator from

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly State Affairs Committee today amended a bill that would expand bar hours for the Democratic National Convention, removing provisions that would’ve established a permit process for wedding barns. The amendment also pulled from the bill a section changing the hours

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — After the Joint Finance Committee today rejected a $73.2 million request to fund two state-run youth lockups, Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr said the decision makes it “very unlikely” that Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake can be closed by the mid-2021 deadline. JFC

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly panel today threw bipartisan support behind two tax cuts targeted largely to farmers while pumping more money into one of the Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals to help the struggling ag industry. The most expensive piece of the Assembly GOP package

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans today rolled out a package of bills designed to boost the struggling ag industry. In a Capitol news conference, they also said they intended to tweak some of Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State proposals aimed at helping farmers.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top Republicans today immediately dismissed the guv’s call to pump $251.9 million of an expected surplus into education, saying they’re still focused on using the money to cut taxes. The competing calls set up a standoff on what to do

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. David Steffen, who authored a new version of legislation creating a statutory framework for sexual assault test kits, said provisions that critics are now decrying as poison pills were added to get his Assembly Republican colleagues on board. Steffen co-authored the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Speaker Robin Vos said Assembly Republicans are considering two tax breaks for farmers as they look for a more “robust” boost for the ag industry than what Gov. Tony Evers has proposed. Vos, R-Rochester, said Assembly Republicans were looking at a combination

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Jill Karofsky launched her first TV ad today, saying she’s running for the state Supreme Court “to stop corruption.” Karofsky’s campaign says the ad is running on broadcast TV in Milwaukee and on cable statewide. The campaign declined to say how much

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Two legislators who led a bipartisan water quality task force said today their proposed legislation will pass the Assembly but stopped short of promising the 13 bills will become law this session. Reps. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville, and Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, while

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today hyped private school choice programs at a Capitol rally, saying the Trump administration wants to give parents the power to decide what education is best for their children. Saying Wisconsin is “where it

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today took the first step towards creating a nonpartisan redistricting commission to draw the state’s legislative boundaries after the 2020 census, following through on a pledge he made during his State of the State address. Evers created the “People’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (Jan. 18-24, 2020) Rising: State revenues, Tony Evers, Retirements Mixed: 3rd CD Republicans, Evers cabinet, Brian Hagedorn Falling: Vaping, Bryan Kennedy and Jim Sullivan Read the full Political Stock Report here (no password required): https://www.wispolitics.com/2020/poli…

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The latest revenue estimates give the guv and lawmakers an additional $451.9 million — and maybe more — to play with ahead of the fall election with competing proposals to spend the money or create new tax cuts. The estimates come as

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — While Tony Evers will tell the Legislature there’s a lot of work to be done before going on “vacation,” several GOP leaders today said they haven’t been waiting around for the guv to assign them “homework.” Ahead of Evers’ second State of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Ahead of tomorrow’s State of the State, Assembly leaders laid out competing agendas they hope Gov. Tony Evers will address during his annual speech to lawmakers. Speaker Robin Vos told reporters today he hopes the guv will focus on issues that “bring

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Some of the state’s more frequent GOP and Dem donors are lining up behind Justice Daniel Kelly and Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky in the state Supreme Court race, according to a check of their finance reports. Kelly, who significantly outraised his