MADISON, WI — Wisconsin State Senator Eric Wimberger (R-Green Bay) issued the following statement regarding Governor Evers and Attorney General Kaul’s lawsuit: “Attorney General Kaul and the Evers administration speak out of both sides of their mouth by demanding others be held to a standard they themselves don’t follow. Governor Evers and the DNR permitted PFAS-laden biosolid spreading on farmland in my district with concentrations as high as 150,000 parts per trillion as recent as November of 2021. The administration had the same science and the same health knowledge as manufacturers, yet they permitted spreading PFAS-contaminated biosolids across hundreds of acres of

Madison – Today State Representative Adam Neylon (R-Pewaukee) issued the following statement in response to voting to suspend the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s (WEC) Emergency Rule 2209: “A rule cannot conflict with statute and this rule from WEC does. I voted to suspend WEC’s illegal ballot curing rule because it mandates local election clerks to change absentee ballots. The statutes do not give WEC the power to direct clerks to alter absentee ballots. Furthermore, WEC didn’t even show up to testify in today’s hearing, despite being invited, to explain why they wrote a rule that is in violation of state law.”

Campaign to fire Josh Kaul continues to build momentum, resonate with voters [Balsam Lake, Wis.] – Today, Adam Jarchow’s campaign for Attorney General announced two staff additions as it continues to grow support and build momentum across the state. This is the latest in a series of moves demonstrating the campaign’s strength and a message that is resonating with voters. The campaign recently announced fundraising numbers that far outpace Adam’s primary election opponent, along with a growing list of endorsements from law enforcement and conservative leaders. Collin Driscoll will serve as Campaign Manager. Most recently, he worked as Chief of Staff for State

APPLETON, Wis. – Outagamie County Executive and pro-labor populist U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson is honored to receive the endorsement today of former Brown County Supervisor Mark Becker. Becker served Brown County for many years and is a small business owner. Despite being a former member of the Republican Party and the former chair of the Brown County Republicans, Mark recognizes the dangerous conspiracy rhetoric coming from the Wisconsin GOP, especially Ron Johnson, and its threat to our democracy. Becker got national attention for his article for The Bulwark in which he discloses Ron Johnson admitted to him personally that

National Journal: “[The Group] Would Also Need an Antiabortion Governor to Get Such Changes” An extreme anti-abortion group that has backed both Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Michels in the past said they would lobby a Republican governor to remove the life of the mother exception from Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban — which already has no exceptions for rape or incest. The National Journal reported that the legislative director for Pro-Life Wisconsin “said that he would like to ‘tighten up’ the language in the 1849 law to remove an exemption that allows for abortion to save the life of the mother … They would also need

Today, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Adam Heffron as the new Director of Dane County’s Alliant Energy Center. Heffron has extensive experience in the hospitality and entertainment industry, including organizing major music and agricultural events. His past roles include serving as Director of Facilities and Operations to produce Summerfest and Director of Event Services for the Wisconsin State Fair. “I am excited to work with Adam Heffron as the new Director of Dane County’s Alliant Energy Center,” said County Executive Parisi. “Adam’s nearly 30 years of experience as a venue and operations builder, event leader, and destination sales executive

Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), Co-chairman of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR), released the following statement announcing the JCRAR voted 6-4 to suspend Emergency Rule 2209 issued by the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), relating to the correcting of absentee ballot certifications.   JCRAR’s action to suspend Emergency Rule 2209, pursuant to state law [state statute 227.26 (2) (d), Stats.], takes effect immediately and means all provisions of this emergency rule are no longer in effect.     “Once again, the Wisconsin Elections Commission has exceeded the provisions of state law and acted in violation of the limited

MADISON, Wis. — In response to Ron Johnson voting against against advancing the CHIPS legislation, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Senate Communications Advisor Philip Shulman issued the following statement: “Instead of doing what is best for Wisconsin, Ron Johnson stood by his special interest allies and voted against investing in manufacturing, helping ease costs, improving our supply chain, and ensuring we can create needed technology in the United States. In November, Wisconsinites are going to hold Johnson accountable for failing to put their interests first.”

Proposed WEC rule on ballot curing conflicts with existing state law The News: The Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rule (JCRAR) suspended a Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) rule that addressed whether clerks can “cure”, or fill in missing information, on absentee ballots. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted comment and testified at JCRAR encouraging the committee to suspend the rule because it clearly conflicts with state law that reads, “If a certificate is missing the address of a witness, the ballot may not be counted.” WILL Deputy Counsel, Lucas Vebber, and Policy Director, Kyle Koenen, testified,

[Waukesha, Wis.] — Candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch released the following statement on Wednesday after the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules stopped an emergency rule issued by the Wisconsin Elections Commission to allow clerks to cure ballots:   “Unelected Madison bureaucrats have no business rewriting our election laws to meet Democrats’ demands for ballot curing. As governor, I’ll abolish the Wisconsin Elections Commission because of their repeated pattern of ignoring the law and give its power to an elected office accountable to voters.   “Thank you to Chairman Nass, Chairman Neylon, and committee members for taking this