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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters in Milwaukee today to “stay tuned” for news about Foxconn’s decision on whether to locate a factory in southeastern Wisconsin. Asked whether he had any insights into the technology company’s decision, Ryan said, “I do and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans sought to kickstart budget talks today by agreeing to Gov. Scott Walker’s offer to put more cash into road projects over the next two years rather than doing his proposed income tax cuts. On the heels of sending a letter

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Looking to break the budget impasse, Gov. Scott Walker has floated the possibility of nixing his income tax cuts and instead directing that money to transportation projects, according to multiple GOP sources. The sources said the motivation behind the suggestion is twofold.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today challenged Assembly Republicans to come up with something “palatable” that his caucus could support after unveiling a plan that would repeal the personal property tax, wipe out the guv’s income tax cuts and raise income limits

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Republicans will publicly release their positions on transportation, education and taxes tomorrow as they put down a new marker in the ongoing budget impasse. A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, declined to discuss details of the proposal, saying

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislators are looking to add more oversight to the Department of Transportation and fully repeal the state’s prevailing wage law in a new bill out today. More than 20 legislators have already signed onto the legislation, which comes as top Republican

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos continued to dig in on his insistence that Senate Republicans need to agree to no new bonding for transportation in the state budget if his caucus has to accept there won’t be a revenue upper for road work.