http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/internet-apps-s5.jpgThis week Senator Smith writes about the challenges and opportunities for broadband expansion throughout Wisconsin.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/2022-gov-race-s460.jpgSpending by candidates and smear groups has topped $114.6 million. Tally does not include millions of dollars spent by issue ad groups, like The Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC).

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/voters-2022-getty-s430.pngDeep Canvass conversations having a high impact on voters compared to traditional campaign communications.

Walker’s plan for a one-time child tax credit and sales tax holiday is an election-year gimmick says legislator.

MADISON – On Wednesday, Assembly Bill (AB) 944, Governor Walker’s plan for a one-time child tax credit and sales tax holiday, was recommended for adoption on a party-line vote by the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. State Representative Melissa Sargent (D-Madison), ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement about the vote:

“The chickens are coming home to roost for Wisconsin Republicans. Seven years’ worth of their failed policies have finally caught up with them, so their last-ditch effort is to buy votes at $100 apiece. Well, I have news for Governor Walker and Republicans in the Legislature: you can’t buy our votes.

Governor Walker might not be handing these checks out at polling locations in November, but Wisconsinites are smart enough to read between the lines. This is a one-time sales tax holiday and a one-time $100-check to be delivered right before an election—if that doesn’t scream ‘election-year gimmick,’ I don’t know what does.”