A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the state’s “right-to-work” law, ruling that a previous decision throwing out a lawsuit from unions was appropriate. The unions have argued the GOP-authored law is is an “unconstitutional taking” of their property by making them
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said yesterday Assembly Speaker Robin Vos needs to move past his push to find new revenues for the transportation fund. Vos, R-Rochester, said he has, and urged his Senate GOP counterparts to accept what that would
Gov. Scott Walker, who pledged his fundraising report for the first half of 2017 would send a message about his re-election intentions, raised $3.5 million over the past six months and finished June with $2.4 million in the bank, according
Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik has formally launched his campaign for guv, declaring on a new website that it’s “time for a different kind of leadership in Madison.” Gronik also used the website to take a shot at Gov. Scott Walker,
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, said Congress should skip all or part of its August recess to stay in Washington and work on key issues, including health care reform and the nation’s next budget. “You just look at the
A key piece of Gov. Scott Walker’s outline to break the budget impasse could include the state getting 10 times what it typically receives when the federal government redistributes unused federal transportation aid. In a letter to the Legislature’s top
The Badger Advocates alumni lobbying group is slamming a plan that would make UW-Madison lose out on some of the state funding going toward the UW System in the next budget. The regents today will vote on the UW System’s
The professor who envisioned the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership threatened at the last minute to drop out of the project over concerns the board overseeing it would have too much power, according to emails obtained by WisPolitics.com.
Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke on Sunday’s “UpFront with Mike Gousha” slammed Senate Republicans for shooting down Assembly GOP proposals to raise revenues for transportation while simultaneously backing an additional $850 million in borrowing for roads. A group of five
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck says she’s looking at a slew of options for the heavy trucking fee she’s proposed to pump new money into transportation, including the possibility it could come with a sunset. Speaker Robin Vos, meanwhile, continued to talk
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout Wednesday downplayed as “just paperwork” her recent registering of a campaign committee as she weighs a potential run for governor. The Alma Dem earlier this month registered what she called an “exploratory committee” to challenge Gov. Scott
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, says he’s pleased GOP leaders have decided to delay a vote on the chamber’s Obamacare repeal bill until after the July 4th recess. Johnson and a handful of other Republicans had said they weren’t ready to vote
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said in a telephone town hall meeting Monday he’s still not sure whether he’ll support the Senate GOP health care bill. Meanwhile, Dems in the state’s Congressional delegation blasted the bill following the release of the
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, says it will be an “uphill battle” for Senate Democrats to stop the Republican health care bill. Senate Democrats are uniformly against the bill Republicans have designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act,
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said he and his constituents “need time to go through” the Senate GOP health care bill released Thursday before he decides how to vote on it. Johnson got national attention for releasing a statement with three other
Anthem and Health Tradition Health Plan Wednesday said they will pull out of the Healthcare.gov individual marketplace in Wisconsin next year, but at least seven other companies said they filed applications with the feds Wednesday to remain on the exchanges in
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, pledged to manufacturers Tuesday that Congress and President Trump will “fix this nation’s tax code once and for all.” Ryan, speaking at a National Association of Manufacturers event, laid out outlines of a “very ambitious
Wisconsin won’t have to redraw its Assembly district maps for now as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the arguments against them in what could be a landmark case on partisan redistricting. The court Monday agreed to hear a challenge to
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin says he is “getting prepared” to make a run for governor in 2018, and he plans to make a final decision in July or August. Soglin said Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has “rescinded his acceptance” of an offer to join the Trump administration, a spokesman says. Clarke announced in a radio interview last month that he had accepted an offer to become an assistant secretary in
