Mia Keeys, director of health equity policy and advocacy with the American Medical Association, is promising a fun and interactive keynote for next week’s La Follette School’s Health Policy Forum. Keeys’ experiences and knowledge of health policy will set the
In a letter asking lawmakers to send him the GOP tax cut package, Dem Gov. Tony Evers urged legislative leaders to “do the right thing” by boosting school funding. Evers’ Friday letter to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and
The demise of legislation to overhaul siting rules for large livestock operations came down to a matter of using an “or” rather than an “and.” Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, pulled the bill from Wednesday’s calendar, later telling reporters
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Brig. Gen. Paul Knapp to lead the Wisconsin National Guard. Knapp is a Wisconsin native and current Whitefish Bay resident who has not served in the Wisconsin National Guard but boasts more than 25 years
Young people see socialism as a way to help the working class and aren’t afraid of it, a group of students said in a discussion aired Sunday on“UpFront.” The program brought together a small group of college students who call
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye senior producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross discuss Tuesday’s primary results, the state Supreme Court race, the GOP’s tax cut and “Tougher on Crime” bills headed to the governor, along with other actions
A union leader says a higher minimum wage would help millions of working people, while a think tank scholar countered that the free market should determine wages. “Millions and millions of working people would benefit from a raise in the
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the Assembly GOP’s tax cut plan, JFC action on youth prison funding, the Assembly’s package to help farmers, a look at Tuesday’s primary election and more.
The Assembly State Affairs Committee has amended a bill that would expand bar hours for the Democratic National Convention, removing provisions that would’ve established a permit process for wedding barns. The amendment also pulled from the bill a section changing
Assembly Republicans have rolled out a package of bills designed to boost the struggling ag industry. In a Capitol news conference yesterday, they also said they intended to tweak some of Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State proposals aimed
State Sen. Chris Kapenga said a new bill to stiffen penalties for reckless driving would give law enforcement a “bigger stick” to use in cracking down on the problem. In an interview aired Sunday on “UpFront,” the Delafield Republican said
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the guv’s call for $252 million from the surplus to go to schools, the controversy over legislation to create a statutory framework to address sexual assault test kits and
Republican legislative leaders say they are “in general” on the same page for passing a potential tax cut before the session wraps up. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Wednesday at a Wisconsin Counties Association lawmaker roundtable that Republican Assembly
Speaker Robin Vos says Assembly Republicans are considering two tax breaks for farmers as they look for a more “robust” boost for the ag industry than what Gov. Tony Evers has proposed. Vos, R-Rochester, said Assembly Republicans were looking at
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he doesn’t think drawing new electoral maps in 2021 has to be “a big argument” but acknowledged that — under divided state government — it probably will end up in court. In an interview
