Speaker Vos: Statement on tax-cut proposal

[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…

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The Wheelercast: Episode #25

Gwyn Guenther calls in from the road to give us an update on a brewing controversy over teacher licensure. We have the latest on the new Assembly Ways and Means subcommittees, plus this week’s Women in the Capitol series features Rep. Amy Loudenbeck. https://audioboom.com/posts/6533990-the-wheelercast-12-04-17

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The Wheelercast: Episode #30

The sleepy Spring Session is sleepy no more. The Wheeler Report’s Gwyn Guenther talks with Governor Walker about his new health insurance reform package. We also talk about the federal government shutdown, the forthcoming State of the State address and more. https://audioboom.com/posts/6612177-the-wheelercast-01-22-18

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Calculated Hit on Paul Ryan or Misstep by Kevin Nicholson?

Interesting article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this morning accompanied by a tape recording of Republican US Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson seemingly agreeing with two unidentified men at a campaign event that Paul Ryan has a “light footprint in the state” and that Ryan’s lukewarm endorsement of President Trump “is a problem.” I can’t help…

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