Karofsky to run for state Supreme Court

Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky tells WisPolitics.com she’s planning to run for the state Supreme Court in 2020. “I am organizing a team, and I will have an announcement in the coming weeks,” she wrote in an email Monday. Karofsky

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JFC targeting May 9 for first budget votes

The Joint Finance Committee plans to begin voting next week on the 2019-21 state budget, according to the office of Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills. That’s a little later start than in 2017, when the committee’s first votes were May

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Vos rounds out office staff with 14 now under his direction

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos added two new staffers last month, filling the last of the 14 positions he put under his authority for the session. The additions of Julie Lund and Ashley Luke have pushed Vos’ payroll to more than $975,000 for staffers either working directly for him in the

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Conservative activist Owens to speak at state GOP convention

Conservative activist Candace Owens will speak to a private reception May 17 during the GOP state convention in Oshkosh, a party spokesman said. Owens, the communications director for the pro-Trump group Turing Point USA, has gained fame as a leader of “Blexit,” an effort to persuade African Americans to leave

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Karofsky to run for state Supreme Court

Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky tells WisPolitics.com she’s planning to run for the state Supreme Court in 2020. “I am organizing a team, and I will have an announcement in the coming weeks,” she wrote in an email Monday. Karofsky won an open seat on the Dane County bench in

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JFC targeting May 9 for first budget votes

The Joint Finance Committee plans to begin voting next week on the 2019-21 state budget, according to the office of Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills. That’s a little later start than in 2017, when the committee’s first votes were May 1. A Darling spokesman said the committee is targeting May

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Gov. Evers: Announces appointments to Board of Regents

Gov. Evers Announces Appointments to Board of Regents   MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced three appointments to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents: Karen Walsh, of Madison, is being appointed for a 7-year term from May 2, 2019 – May 1, 2026. A former journalist, Ms. Walsh

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