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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker, in Milwaukee for a post-State of the State promotion of his child tax credit proposal, expressed confidence the GOP-run Legislature will back the plan even though some conservatives question
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s Department of Administration won’t recognize the Elections Commission’s decision to re-appoint Mike Haas as agency administrator through April 30. The commission this afternoon voted 4-2 to keep Haas on
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Ethics Commission agreed to pay investigator Patrick Fiedler $350 an hour to conduct the probe into allegations administrator Brian Bell had acted in a partisan manner, according to a copy of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin joined a majority of their colleagues today in voting for a short term funding bill that will keep the government going for three weeks. Senators
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Ethics Commission Administrator Brian Bell said today he raised his concerns about partisanship at the old Government Accountability Board with former Director Kevin Kennedy. But in a phone interview with WisPolitics.com today,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, hailed the new revenue numbers released today, but isn’t committing just yet to a bill that would boost state aid to rural school districts. “I think
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker pulled in $3.7 million during the second half of 2017, outraising the collective Dem field over the six-month period and finishing the year with more cash on hand. Walker’s
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Ethics Commission today unanimously signaled its confidence in agency Administrator Brian Bell as Republican lawmakers continue to push for his ouster. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has refused calls
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Madison Mayor Paul Soglin responded to Gov. Scott Walker’s jabs at the city by saying the guv should be thanking Madison and the region for “making him look good.” “I hear this
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The offices of Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Sen. Steve Nass told WisPolitics.com they have been contacted by an attorney hired by the Ethics Commission to probe charges of “partisan influence”
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today threw his support behind a plan from JFC Co-chair John Nygren to help low-revenue school districts after vetoing a similar provision from the state budget. The legislation also would boost sparsity aid
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to move youthful offenders from prisons in northern Wisconsin to new regional facilities wouldn’t kick in until at least 2019. But with some Dems complaining the transition of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate candidates Kevin Nicholson and Leah Vukmir today agreed to sign a unity pledge from the Wisconsin GOP so they’ll be eligible to win the party’s endorsement at the state convention in
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Middleton attorney Tim Burns filed his nomination papers today, setting up a three-way primary with Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock. The Elections Commission found Screnock had 3,539
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers POLITICAL STOCK REPORT –A collection of insider opinion– (Dec. 16-22, 2017) Rising Paul Ryan: The House speaker pushes aside speculation about his future as he basks in what his fans say is a career-defining achievement with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A GOP-run Senate committee today voted to give AG Brad Schimel the go-ahead to conduct an expanded investigation into the actions of the defunct Government Accountability Board. The vote came after the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he doesn’t see a crisis in the state’s workers comp program and sees no demand in his caucus to impose a fee schedule for the medical care
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Sen. Leah Vukmir said today those responsible for broad email sweeps unveiled in the John Doe leak report should be fired and possibly face jail time. Vukmir, a U.S. Senate candidate whose
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Milwaukee today announced the Eastern District of Wisconsin will get two new prosecutors to help combat violent crime. The two are part of 40 new prosecutor
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he’s not leaving Congress anytime soon amid multiple media reports this week the Janesville Republican will step aside next year. That includes a Politico Magazine report today
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker, in Milwaukee for a post-State of the State promotion of his child tax credit proposal, expressed confidence the GOP-run Legislature will back the plan even though some conservatives question his new spending proposals. Walker said the plan was a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s Department of Administration won’t recognize the Elections Commission’s decision to re-appoint Mike Haas as agency administrator through April 30. The commission this afternoon voted 4-2 to keep Haas on through April 30 to cover the upcoming spring election and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Ethics Commission agreed to pay investigator Patrick Fiedler $350 an hour to conduct the probe into allegations administrator Brian Bell had acted in a partisan manner, according to a copy of the agreement provided to WisPolitics.com under the open records law.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin joined a majority of their colleagues today in voting for a short term funding bill that will keep the government going for three weeks. Senators allowed the government to shut down midnight Friday after failing
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Ethics Commission Administrator Brian Bell said today he raised his concerns about partisanship at the old Government Accountability Board with former Director Kevin Kennedy. But in a phone interview with WisPolitics.com today, Kennedy rejected Bell’s description of the GAB, saying “It just
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, hailed the new revenue numbers released today, but isn’t committing just yet to a bill that would boost state aid to rural school districts. “I think we have to look at all of our priorities,” she
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker pulled in $3.7 million during the second half of 2017, outraising the collective Dem field over the six-month period and finishing the year with more cash on hand. Walker’s numbers also trailed what he reported at the same point
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Ethics Commission today unanimously signaled its confidence in agency Administrator Brian Bell as Republican lawmakers continue to push for his ouster. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has refused calls for a public hearing on Bell and Elections Commission Administrator
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Madison Mayor Paul Soglin responded to Gov. Scott Walker’s jabs at the city by saying the guv should be thanking Madison and the region for “making him look good.” “I hear this morning that Scott Walker was mocking Madison’s economic development. Well
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The offices of Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Sen. Steve Nass told WisPolitics.com they have been contacted by an attorney hired by the Ethics Commission to probe charges of “partisan influence” directed at agency Administrator Brian Bell. The Ethics Commission declined
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today threw his support behind a plan from JFC Co-chair John Nygren to help low-revenue school districts after vetoing a similar provision from the state budget. The legislation also would boost sparsity aid $6.4 million. Still, fellow JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to move youthful offenders from prisons in northern Wisconsin to new regional facilities wouldn’t kick in until at least 2019. But with some Dems complaining the transition of offenders wouldn’t be fast enough, Walker’s office signaled late this
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate candidates Kevin Nicholson and Leah Vukmir today agreed to sign a unity pledge from the Wisconsin GOP so they’ll be eligible to win the party’s endorsement at the state convention in May. Meanwhile, former UN Ambassador John Bolton’s super PAC is
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Middleton attorney Tim Burns filed his nomination papers today, setting up a three-way primary with Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock. The Elections Commission found Screnock had 3,539 valid signatures, while Dallet had 3,073. Candidates for the court
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers POLITICAL STOCK REPORT –A collection of insider opinion– (Dec. 16-22, 2017) Rising Paul Ryan: The House speaker pushes aside speculation about his future as he basks in what his fans say is a career-defining achievement with the overhaul of the federal tax code. To underscore how
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A GOP-run Senate committee today voted to give AG Brad Schimel the go-ahead to conduct an expanded investigation into the actions of the defunct Government Accountability Board. The vote came after the Elections Commission head’s protests that Schimel is unable to lead
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he doesn’t see a crisis in the state’s workers comp program and sees no demand in his caucus to impose a fee schedule for the medical care injured employees receive. Vos, R-Rochester, said he has heard good
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Sen. Leah Vukmir said today those responsible for broad email sweeps unveiled in the John Doe leak report should be fired and possibly face jail time. Vukmir, a U.S. Senate candidate whose personal emails between her and her daughter were seized by
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Milwaukee today announced the Eastern District of Wisconsin will get two new prosecutors to help combat violent crime. The two are part of 40 new prosecutor positions the Department of Justice has created nationwide. Sessions said
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he’s not leaving Congress anytime soon amid multiple media reports this week the Janesville Republican will step aside next year. That includes a Politico Magazine report today that says Ryan’s planning to retire after the 2018 elections.