Rep. Plumer: Announces plan to return surplus to taxpayers 

MADISON, WI – Rep. Plumer and his Republican colleagues in the Legislature announced  plans to return Wisconsin’s surplus back to taxpayers and amend the state constitution to protect  taxpayers in the future:  “The middle-class tax relief plan we announced this morning provides the average filer over  $770 in savings, eliminates taxes on retirement income sources for…

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U.S. Rep. Fitzgerald: Introduces bill to reform the National Education Association Federal charter

Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the STUDENT (Stopping Teachers Unions from Damaging Education Needs Today) Act to reform the National Education Association (NEA) Federal charter and rededicate the organization to the pursuit of increased student learning and quality education in schools across America. The bill adds accountability and transparency provisions commonly found in other federal charters to…

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The Wheelercast: Episode #24

The Wheeler Report’s Gwyn Guenther takes a look at the upcoming bill signings, previews three pending special elections and continues her series on women in the Capitol with a conversation with Sen. Minority Leader Jen Shilling. https://audioboom.com/posts/6517813-the-wheelercast-11-27-17

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My take on Feingold-Johnson as campaign hits the final day

When asked to opine on the state of Wisconsin’s US Senate race, I offered my take: Conservative strategist Brian Fraley, who owns the communications firm Edge Messaging, said Johnson has done “almost everything right” since Labor Day. “When national Republicans took their money elsewhere, Johnson’s campaign turned it up a notch, didn’t surrender, and just…

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