Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP leaders of the Joint Finance Committee hired a private attorney to review any proposed settlements reached by the AG with the clock ticking for state action on one deal. Co-chairs Alberta

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan questioned Dems’ chances of winning the 7th CD in an upcoming special election, saying the northern Wisconsin district has been gerrymandered to the GOP’s benefit. Pocan told the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee accused Dem AG Josh Kaul of seeking to undermine a lame-duck session law that requires legislative approval to settle a lawsuit by demanding lawmakers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Potential candidates for 7th CD quickly began to consider their options after U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Weston, announced he will resign next month. Meanwhile, Gov. Tony Evers was weighing when to call

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A federal three-judge panel today rejected a request from GOP lawmakers to reimburse some of the tab they charged to taxpayers for outside counsel to defend the Assembly map Republicans drew in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm won bipartisan backing from a Senate committee today despite concerns from Sen. Andre Jacque about “conflicts of interest” within the agency. Jacque, R-DePere, again said he was

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — All three PSC commissioners today gave preliminary OK for a high-voltage transmission line from near Dubuque to Middleton for wind-generated electricity. A coalition of clean energy advocates — including the Clean Grid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State Sen. Pat Testin was the “named Republican candidate” who was neck-and-neck with Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind in an NRCC poll released last month, but the lawmaker says he is focused

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers joined Dem lawmakers and AG Josh Kaul to introduce a bill to expand background checks covering a vast majority of firearms purchases in the state. But Assembly Majority Leader

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A trio of Republican lawmakers today pushed a GOP backed-bill that would expand access to contraception by allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills. Reps. Joel Kitchens of Sturgeon Bay and Mary

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A divided Wisconsin Elections Commission today settled on a scaled-back proposal to provide temporary replacement computers to clerks to tighten security of the state’s voter database ahead of the 2020 elections. Ahead

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today sent a letter to Donald Trump urging him to “stop this unnecessary trade war” with China, writing the president’s “never-ending tariffs” have hit Wisconsin hard, particularly the agriculture

From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate panel today unanimously backed the confirmation of Craig Thompson to lead DOT despite Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, urging Republicans on the panel to either oppose Thompson’s nomination or delay the vote. Before the vote,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases would be eliminated and clergy would be required to report allegations of sexual or physical assault against a child, under legislation Dem

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican leaders of the Legislature are working to find a time to meet next week to discuss gun violence following two mass shootings over the weekend. But