In today’s WisPolitics Midday: Assembly Republicans meet to hold leadership elections Speaker Robin Vos says he won’t let Gov.-elect Tony Evers “screw up” the Foxconn deal … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription,
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he is trying to protect Republican-passed laws from being undone by Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers, and suggested some media outlets sensationalized his comments about the balance of power between the governor and lawmakers. In
In today’s WisPolitics Midday: WI Republican leaders looking to roll back authorities given to the Gov by the legislature. JFC hearing for Kimberly-Clark financial package hearing date set. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says GOP lawmakers want to increase legislative authority on things such voter ID rules, but pushed back at the suggestion he and Republicans are trying to undermine Dem Gov.-elect Tony Evers. With Republicans set to
In today’s Midday Update: In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov-elect Tony Evers calling on Republicans to “stop playing politics” … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’d be open to looking at taking away some authority from the executive branch. “Maybe we made some mistakes giving too much power to Governor Walker,” Vos told reporters in the state Capitol Wednesday.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker said Democrat Tony Evers will “return us to a recession,” while Evers said Walker is lying about protecting people with pre-existing conditions. Both candidates offered their closing arguments to voters in interviews that aired Sunday on
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Sen Elizabeth Warren campaigns for Tammy Baldwin in WI. AG Brad Schimel’s campaign launches new radio ad. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest Marquette University Law School poll, the feds’ approval of Medicaid work requirements for Wisconsin and the school voucher program’s cost.
Gov. Scott Walker is pledging the state will pass a bill to guarantee pre-existing condition coverage using “the exact same language that’s in the Affordable Care Act.” Walker’s comments Thursday, during a campaign stop in Waukesha, go further than he
On today’s Wispolitics MidDay: Tony Evers is launching a new tv ad just five days before the election Meanwhile Governor Walker is ratcheting up his plan to protect pre-existing conditions … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you
The federal government has signed off on the state’s plan to institute work requirements for some Medicaid recipients. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shot down a provision in Wisconsin’s waiver request asking for permission to drug test
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Recap of the final MU Law School poll … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and and her GOP opponent, Leah Vukmir, are on opposite sides of a plan from President Trump to end birthright citizenship for some born in the U.S. While Baldwin, D-Madison, instead called for “comprehensive immigration reform,”
Gary Storck, a publisher and cannabis activist in Wisconsin, chalks up this year’s unprecedented number of marijuana referendums to “the amazing work of grassroots people all over the state.”
