Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says taxes won't go up overall

MADISON -- Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says overall tax increases in the Republican state budget plan will not exceed tax cuts.Republicans are working on a roughly $400 million income tax cut proposal.

Robin Vos to appeal ruling allowing deposition over redistricting

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos plans to appeal a ruling that would allow a group of Democratic voters to question him about election boundaries.A three-judge panel voted 2-1 Friday to approve the deposition of Vos over Republican-drawn legislative districts.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' task force to begin gathering water information

MADISON — A task force that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos formed to study water pollution is set start gathering information.The panel is slated to hold a listening session Wednesday with the state Department of Natural Resources as well as the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, the Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.The panel has scheduled another listening session April 3.

Wisconsin Legislature's top Republicans push for tolling to fund roads

MADISON — The Wisconsin Legislature's top Republicans promised Wednesday they wouldn't quarrel among themselves again over transportation funding during state budget deliberations and advocated for toll roads as a means of generating enough money to fix deteriorating roads.Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald appeared at a Wisconsin Counties Association roundtable discussion in Madison along with Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz and Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling.Vos pledged that Assembly and Senate Republicans wouldn't fight about transportation funding as lawmakers craft the 2019-21 state budget.

Wisconsin Assembly passes pre-existing coverage bill

MADISON — The Wisconsin Assembly overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that would force health insurers to cover pre-existing conditions if Republicans succeed in dismantling the Affordable Care Act, heading off potential criticism of GOP legislators on the 2020 campaign trail.Democrats blasted the bill as a publicity stunt, saying it doesn't go nearly far enough.