[Madison] Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Assembly Republicans announced the “Returning Your Surplus” proposal, which would deliver major tax relief for Wisconsin’s middle-class earners and retirees. The proposal is expected to cut the state’s tax burden by nearly $3 billion, with an average filer seeing a savings of $772 a year. “With today’s crippling inflationary…
Gwyn Guenther and Dan Deibert discuss deer hunting and the state prison population. Plus, Gwyn talks with State Senator Lena Taylor as part of her series, “Women in the Capitol.” https://audioboom.com/posts/6502584-the-wheelercast-11-20-17
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced Wisconsin as the first state buildout for “Bank Your Vote,” and launched the State Leadership Team. Bank Your Vote encourages voters to pledge to “bank” their vote before Election Day. Ahead of 2024, the Bank Your Vote operation is leveraging the full infrastructure…
By now you’ve no doubt heard the news that Speaker Paul Ryan has announced he will not be seeking re-election this fall, saying he would like to spend more time being a husband and father. WTMJ 620’s Steve Scafiddi called me today to get my take on the whole thing. You can listen to the…
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll is out, and we’re talking numbers, trends and outliers in this quick video podcast. Talk of a Blue Wave hitting Wisconsin is a bit premature, and while results of this poll are mixed, overall both Scott Walker and Tammy Baldwin have more reasons to like them than fear…
The Wisconsin State Journal’s Mark Sommerhauser interviewed me over the weekend about whether we are going to see a dem wave in 2018 because of recent democrat wins… Fraley, a prominent Trump critic within the Wisconsin GOP, said Republicans “don’t need to embrace” Trump but need not “take potshots” at him either. Fraley added that…
The largest economic development deal in Wisconsin state government history has been negotiated, and Gwyn has details regarding the substance of and timeline for legislative action on the Foxconn deal. Things are moving quickly. How quickly, and how could this impact the State Budget impasse? This news and more on the latest episode of The…
Steve Scafiddi had me on his morning show today on 620 WTMJ to discuss the upcoming release of a new MU Law School Poll later today. Listen to the whole segment when you click below.
A little something I felt compelled to post about politics, social media and Russia–and where we go from here.
