‘It ain’t fun anymore’: Auctioneers are busy selling off dying Wisconsin dairy farms
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers
Sixty-two percent of the voters in the April election signaled that they wanted to keep the treasurer’s position. And no serious observer imagined that the people wanted simply to keep the treasurer’s job on the list of the state’s constitutional offices. They wanted an actual state treasurer, with the powers that were traditionally associated with the office.
While details remain to be worked out, one thing is clear about whatever transportation package Gov. Tony Evers eventually signs: it won’t be enough.
Attacks on Madison have become commonplace in Scott Walker’s speeches.
Average top exec earned $34.4 million in 2018 — 660 times the average worker’s pay.
The state Senate still plans to move forward with a bill that would ban abortions on the basis of race, sex or disability despite the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday declining to review a federal appeals court decision striking down a
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Statement of Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack regarding action by the Joint Committee on Finance: “I am pleased with today’s action by the Joint Committee on Finance. It contains elements, that if adopted by the Legislature and
Contact: Rep. Timothy Ramthun (608) 266-9175 MADISON- State Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) issued the following statement in response to being selected as a member of the Speaker’s Task Force on Adoption: “I couldn’t be more honored to be selected by
Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) today led 73 House Democrats in calling on Delta Air Lines to immediately end its anti-union campaign that has been extensively reported on in recent weeks. As ramp
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CONTACT: Lisa Subeck, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – Today, Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) was appointed to serve as the Vice Chair of the new Speaker’s Task Force on Adoption. “It is an honor to be appointed Vice Chair of this important task
Why We Need Medicaid Expansion and Why Opponents Are Wrong By Andrea Kaminski The co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee have announced plans to reject Governor Evers’ proposal for Medicaid expansion in the biennial state budget. Their politically motivated
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — UW President Ray Cross slammed the GOP proposal to fund the university over the next two years, calling it a missed opportunity for the Legislature.
Joint Finance Committee Republicans rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call to create a new bureau to house the DNR’s scientists while approving two of the five new positions he wanted to create. The GOP motion also proposed increasing by $4 million
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers proposed an 8-cent-a gallon increase in the gas tax plus
Sixty-two percent of the voters in the April election signaled that they wanted to keep the treasurer’s position. And no serious observer imagined that the people wanted simply to keep the treasurer’s job on the list of the state’s constitutional offices. They wanted an actual state treasurer, with the powers that were traditionally associated with the office.
While details remain to be worked out, one thing is clear about whatever transportation package Gov. Tony Evers eventually signs: it won’t be enough.
Attacks on Madison have become commonplace in Scott Walker’s speeches.
Average top exec earned $34.4 million in 2018 — 660 times the average worker’s pay.
The state Senate still plans to move forward with a bill that would ban abortions on the basis of race, sex or disability despite the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday declining to review a federal appeals court decision striking down a similar law in Indiana. The Indiana law would prohibit doctors
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Statement of Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack regarding action by the Joint Committee on Finance: “I am pleased with today’s action by the Joint Committee on Finance. It contains elements, that if adopted by the Legislature and the governor, will strengthen and support Wisconsin’s justice system. Increasing
Contact: Rep. Timothy Ramthun (608) 266-9175 MADISON- State Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) issued the following statement in response to being selected as a member of the Speaker’s Task Force on Adoption: “I couldn’t be more honored to be selected by Speaker Vos to be a member of his Task Force
Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) today led 73 House Democrats in calling on Delta Air Lines to immediately end its anti-union campaign that has been extensively reported on in recent weeks. As ramp workers and flight attendants decide whether to form a union
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CONTACT: Lisa Subeck, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – Today, Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) was appointed to serve as the Vice Chair of the new Speaker’s Task Force on Adoption. “It is an honor to be appointed Vice Chair of this important task force. Previous Assembly task forces have been effective in proposing
Why We Need Medicaid Expansion and Why Opponents Are Wrong By Andrea Kaminski The co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee have announced plans to reject Governor Evers’ proposal for Medicaid expansion in the biennial state budget. Their politically motivated decision would result in a loss to the state of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — UW President Ray Cross slammed the GOP proposal to fund the university over the next two years, calling it a missed opportunity for the Legislature. The GOP proposal, approved 12-4 along party lines Tuesday evening,
Joint Finance Committee Republicans rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call to create a new bureau to house the DNR’s scientists while approving two of the five new positions he wanted to create. The GOP motion also proposed increasing by $4 million borrowing for contaminated sediment removal in Lake Michigan, Lake Superior