Category Archives: Politics
Dems ask Van Hollen to oppose bail bondsmen provision
A group of Assembly Democrats have sent a letter to Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, asking him to oppose budget language which would allow the return of commercial bail bonds to the state for the first time since 1979.
The show me how you pick up paper state
Salus populi suprema lex esto, indeed. You’d normally associate tossing piles of paper to the floor with a fit of peevishness, but in the Missouri House of Representatives, it’s how they mark the end of session. The Wisconsin Assembly has come … Continue reading
‘Cheers’ from GZ to wrap up the week
Late Friday afternoons are the equivalent of the witching hour around here. One never knows quite what to expect in the ol’ e-mail inbox.
Catch-and-release budgeting (AUDIO)
Every once in awhile at the state Capitol, some halfhearted discussion takes place about ending the practice of inserting policy items into the state budget bill. Nothing ever comes of it because there are so many swell ideas out there … Continue reading
The table on page 56
It’s a media crush on the 4th floor of the Capitol today, as the Joint Legislative Audit Committee holds an informational audit on the recent audit of the Wisconsin Development Corporation.
Majority rules – not always nicely (AUDIO)
Today’s executive session on Senate Bill 95 in the Senate Election and Urban Affairs Committee was illustrative of how a majority party can operate, if it chooses to.
For the record: Alex Holland of BIG (AUDIO)
Alex Holland is one of the co-founders of BIG – the Bipartisan Issues Group – which pulled off the coup of getting Senator Ron Johnson and Representative Mark Pocan in the same room Thursday night.
Booze halls, Siths and school choice expansion (AUDIO)
The Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues – chaired by Republican state Senator Dale Schultz – held an informational hearing today on the “fiscal and economic impact of AB 40 on rural schools and rural tax payers.”
Questions from Bob Edgar (AUDIO)
Bob Edgar, national president and CEO of Common Cause, says it’s pretty easy to illustrate the fallout, from 2010′s Citizens United ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. “During a presidential campaign here in Wisconsin, do you like the fact that … Continue reading
Can I set my stuff here?
I think there was a time, not too long ago, when one could have set a couple of innocuous items on the first floor balustrade in the Capitol rotunda without attracting undue attention.
