Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers raised $656,763 over the first six months of the year, his campaign says. That’s $161,000 more than the guv raised over the first half of 2018 as he sought the Dem guv nomination. But it’s also well short of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The UW Board of Regents today unanimously approved a proposal to increase student fees as part of its annual operating budget. Ahead of the vote, Board President Drew Petersen said the board shouldn’t lose sight of the “value and quality” associated with

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law three more bills, including one that creates a regulatory framework for installing 5G cellular technology. In addition to SB 239, the other bills Evers signed are: *SB 54, which allows the Department of Revenue to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers wrote departing WEDC Chair and CEO Mark Hogan he hopes they’ll “work in unison” to meet the needs of taxpayers and Foxconn as possible changes to the company’s incentive package are considered. Evers sent the letter to Hogan yesterday

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump will be in Milwaukee on Friday for a fundraiser to benefit the joint operation he has with the RNC, according to sources with knowledge of the event. The event will include donations ranging from $2,800 per person up to $100,000

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is knocking the Wisconsin Association of School Boards for suggesting the guv use his partial veto authority to increase per-pupil aid by $17.5 million for public school students. WASB lobbyist Dan Rossmiller yesterday released a letter to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that he has signed legislation delaying the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons by six months. And right on the heels of Evers signing the bill Friday, a new report finds conditions have improved significantly at Lincoln

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An hour after Tony Evers called for lawmakers to send him the budget, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the “worst thing, I think, in the world” would be if the guv vetoed the entire thing. GOP lawmakers today touted their version

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Republicans today put the finishing touches on the GOP’s $81.7 billion version of the state budget after turning back a series of Dem amendments hoping to make the bill look more like the $83.8 billion plan Gov. Tony Evers originally proposed.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — WEDC CEO Mark Hogan today said he will step down from his role in the coming months. Hogan confirmed his plans at the Milwaukee Rotary Club this afternoon but failed to provide a specific date for departing the state’s jobs agency. WEDC

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Sen. Andre Jacque said he’s received assurances from legislative leaders a coming budget amendment will add more assistant DA positions and an additional pay raise for prosecutors as part of his ask to secure his vote for the document. Jacque,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today said Republicans aren’t looking to make “dramatic changes” to the JFC’s budget ahead of next week’s planned votes in the Assembly and Senate. As an example, Vos said lawmakers are looking to bring property taxes lower than

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Newly elected UW Board of Regents President Drew Petersen gave credit to the system’s chancellors, provosts and faculty for helping to convince the Joint Finance Committee to make a “very strong investment” in Wisconsin’s public universities. In an interview with WisPolitics.com, Petersen

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Property taxes on a median-valued home would go up the same amount under the GOP’s budget plan as they would under Gov. Tony Evers’ original proposal, according to a Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis. That’s despite JFC Republicans last week pumping $58.6 million

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today said he will not make a decision on how to use his partial or full veto authority on the state budget until lawmakers present him with a finalized version. The Joint Finance Committee last week wrapped up its

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With the Joint Finance Committee finishing its work on the budget today, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he will begin meeting with his members Tuesday to see where they stand on the document. Already, Sen. Dave Craig, R-Big Bend, has said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A bipartisan group of lawmakers today urged a joint panel on criminal justice to quickly approve legislation that would push back the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons and give counties more time to apply for grants to build regional facilities. Under

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee gaveled in shortly after 4 p.m. today, but won’t take up taxes today. The posted agenda includes the capital budget, DATCP, Juvenile Corrections, the Stewardship Fund and Veterans, which Co-chair John Nygren, R-Marinette, said the committee will take