The Wheelercast: 08/14/17

As lawmakers work behind the scenes on both the state budget and the Foxconn deal public skirmishes continue to pop up over the timing. Which package will get done first? What changes are being made, and by whom. Gwyn Guenther of the Wheeler Report takes a look at the latest from Madison in this week’s…

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The Wheelercast 7/17/2017

Tuesday could see a huge development in the State Budget drama. Wisconsin lawmakers are also working on an incentive package to try to lure Foxconn’s proposed new plant. State Representative Samantha Kerkman took to social media to help her constituents during and in the aftermath of the flood. All this and more in this jam-packed…

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Rep. Rozar: Praises “Returning Your Surplus” proposal

Madison — Today, Representative Donna Rozar (R-Marshfield) joined fellow Assembly Republicans from around Wisconsin to introduce the “Returning Your Surplus” legislative package. Governor Tony Evers, through the line item veto process, removed a middle class tax cut from the biennial state budget. Assembly Republicans have now introduced a proposal to cut the state’s tax burden by…

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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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