Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers, formally launching his bid for governor, tells WisPolitics.com he’d be open to raising the gas tax to address Wisconsin’s long-term transportation needs while pulling back on some credits for businesses to ensure the state can invest in priorities

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans today continued to detail a possible budget deal, including about $160 million in bonding for roads on top of what’s in the Foxconn bill and a new fee on hybrid and electric cars. But even as the guv said there was

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Ahead of tonight’s CNN town hall in Racine, House Speaker Paul Ryan again weighed in on the violent confrontation in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month, saying there is “no confusion about right and wrong here.” Ryan, R-Janesville, and other Republicans have been

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Debate on the Foxconn bill in the Assembly was still going on this afternoon as Dems lined up in opposition to the $3 billion incentive package. With seven-and-a-half hours of debate previously agreed upon, a vote may not come on the bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today said while he sometimes wishes President Trump would say “things slightly different than he does,” he’s still “very pleased” overall with the administration. “Would I occasionally like the president to do or say things slightly differently than he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Sen. Leah Vukmir, a member of the Finance Committee and the Senate assistant majority leader, today implored the chamber to vote on the Foxconn bill “without delay.” Vukmir’s call comes after Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has said for several weeks

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy was still meeting this afternoon after members shot down all proposed Dem changes to the Foxconn bill and adopted a substitute amendment Assembly GOP leaders released Friday. Almost two dozen Dem amendments were rejected

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s “very confident” that the $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn will pass his chamber next week. Vos, R-Rochester, laid out a substitute amendment today he said addressed some of the concerns and suggestions that people raised

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said today his caucus is looking to “whittle down” a proposed elimination of the personal property tax so the state can have more cash to guard against a possible economic downturn. Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, told reporters after a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today said he doesn’t know if he has the votes for the Foxconn bill and the Assembly’s decision to work on amendments without input from his caucus threatens to delay passage of the legislation. Meanwhile, the Assembly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Kelda Roys, who left the Assembly after losing a bid for Congress in 2012, is actively exploring a bid for guv, according to multiple Dem sources. Roys, an attorney and the CEO and founder of Open Homes Realty, has not returned calls

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn would get more than 40 percent of the nearly $3 billion in state tax breaks over a four-year period if it builds a planned $10 billion facility in Wisconsin and hits 13,000 employees, according to the Department of Revenue. The Taiwanese

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation CEO Mark Hogan said a decision on a site for Foxconn is “imminent,” with an announcement likely coming within the next few weeks. Hogan, testifying before the Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy during a public hearing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With legislative leaders at odds over whether to do the Foxconn bill or the budget first, Gov. Scott Walker said today he is confident he can persuade them to take up both at the same time. Still, Walker deflected a question of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today defended environmental protections in the Foxconn bill while saying a few weeks for the Legislature to debate the legislation is “a pretty good amount of time.” But the Legislature’s top Republicans differed sharply on: how quickly to move

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — It could be mid-August before the Legislature votes on legislation providing incentives for Foxconn to build a plant in Wisconsin as lawmakers dive into details that include up to $252 million in contingency bonding for I-94 north-south and rollbacks of environmental regulations.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today called for a special session of the Legislature to commence on Tuesday to consider the state’s $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn. The announcement included a single sweeping bill that laid out the creation of a new Wisconsin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Even with Taiwanese tech company Foxconnn planning to locate in southeastern Wisconsin, top lawmakers today said there was no guarantee the I-94 north-south project would get done in this biennium. Joint Finance Committee Co-chair John Nygren tells WisPolitics.com he had been hearing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Donald Trump said today Foxconn will add more manufacturing jobs than “we’ve seen in many, many decades” starting with a $10 billion campus in Wisconsin, a state that’s “very close to my heart.” Trump at a White House announcement this afternoon

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said today he voted to begin debate on repealing the Affordable Care Act because otherwise the “mess of Obamacare would’ve remained in place.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pressured Johnson and other GOP holdouts to start debate on