Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump is still underwater, voters remain split on Gov. Scott Walker’s job approval and the challengers in both the guv and U.S. Senate fields are largely unknown at this point, according to the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. The survey,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn considered at least 13 sites across the state before settling on the Village of Mount Pleasant, WEDC records show. While the Taiwan-based company officially announced in October it was choosing the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County, records today from

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker and Dem legislative leaders today traded barbs on whether road funding tied to a planned Foxconn plant in southeastern Wisconsin will pull money from other projects around the state. The Walker administration has argued savings it found within DOT

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Mike Haas said he decided to drop his claim the Elections Commission administrator’s job to spare the agency a distraction during an election year. Meanwhile, the Ethics Commission voted 4-2 today to appoint an interim administrator while it looks for a permanent

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A group affiliated with former Obama administration AG Eric Holder today filed a lawsuit in Dane County Court seeking to force GOP Gov. Scott Walker to call special elections for two vacant legislative seats. The voters in the 1st Senate District and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin at a WisPolitics.com luncheon in Madison today lauded President Trump for pushing gun safety measures, including a ban on bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to rapidly fire dozens of rounds. But she urged the president to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP-run Assembly today unanimously passed a new version of a juvenile corrections plan that would close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth facilities by January 21, 2021. The $80 million updated plan would include $40 million in general fund supported borrowing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly and Senate Republicans today continued their standoff over Gov. Scott Walker’s child tax credit, with the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee saying they won’t meet without a deal. Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, said there is not enough support in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Corrections would no longer face a hard deadline of July 1, 2020, to close Lincoln Hills to provide flexibility for the opening of new juvenile facilities under a substitute amendment lawmakers plan to introduce tomorrow, Rep. Michael Schraa told WisPolitics.com. The amendment

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly was still debating the final of 10 special session welfare bills this afternoon. The other nine bills, which would set new requirements for various government assistance programs including food stamps, cleared the chamber in under three hours. Dems have voted

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker said today it was “imperative” the Legislature approve a juvenile prisons package before adjourning next month. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald continued to call the legislation a “heavy lift,” saying his caucus may only be able to put

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he is taking another run at creating an alcohol czar, claiming enforcement of current rules by the Department of Revenue has fallen apart. Earlier talks this session about an Office of Alcohol Beverages Enforcement faded amid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Middleton attorney Tim Burns raised $79,041 in the most recent reporting period, nearly $13,000 less than Supreme Court rival Rebecca Dallet pulled in over the five weeks. Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock, the third candidate in the Feb. 20 primary, had not

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today praised a deal he reached with Scott Walker to overhaul the guv’s child tax credit and add a sales tax holiday, saying it was a creative way to boost the economy. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two Republicans today said open road tolling is the most viable option to address Wisconsin’s long-term transportation needs and attract federal funding that could be included in an infrastructure package. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate and state firefighters union president Mahlon Mitchell said he’d back a proposal from Gov. Scott Walker to match Foxconn’s job creation tax credits for Kimberly-Clark. Walker yesterday said he would work with lawmakers to increase the tax credits available

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today opened the door to a gas tax hike to grab a piece of a proposed federal infrastructure plan months after ruling out that option for the 2017-19 state budget. Critics immediately seized on the comments to accuse Walker

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission today voted to put off until March a decision on whether to appoint a new interim administrator and begin a national search for a permanent one. The move comes after the commission last week decided to keep Mike Haas

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson today brushed off reports he was paid by the Democratic Party for campaign work as late as 2002, despite previously claiming he was “absolutely sure” he was not a Dem after speaking at the party’s 2000

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Maggie Gau is taking over as campaign manager for Dem Tony Evers’ guv bid after the state superintendent parted ways last week with Nathan Henry. The move comes not long after the leading Dem guv candidates filed campaign finance reports that showed