The court heard arguments in the Evers’ administration challenge of oversight powers the Legislature has granted the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules.

Evers announced he will be directing $10 million in federal funding to the new Office of Violence Prevention, so the office can begin its work, and support grants to reduce crime, prevent gun violence and efforts to increase community safety. Evers will also include more funding for gun violence prevention in his biennial budget proposal.

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says Senate Republicans will “pull out all the policy issues right away” when Gov. Tony Evers introduces his budget plan.

Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, was reelected Assembly speaker as two of his GOP colleagues abstained from voting. In the Senate, meanwhile, 12 Dems voted against the resolution naming officers for the 2025-26 session.

Dem Gov. Tony Evers said it’s “a joke” that GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos thinks schools can get by on the spending boost due them over the next two years, vowing to propose an even bigger boost in his budget.

Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow is documenting and sharing his cancer journey to help others while vowing to be at the state Capitol when the budget battle intensifies next year. “I’ll say I didn’t plan on going as public,” Farrow told WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.

Former state Sens. Tim Cullen, who crossed party lines to serve in a Republican administration, and George Petak, whose change of heart paved the way for a new baseball stadium in Milwaukee, have died. 

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says the guns brought to school by a 15-year-old school shooter in Madison last week were bought legally, but the chief wouldn’t reveal who bought them. Also on the program, Attorney General Josh Kaul says he’ll continue his push for lawmakers to fully fund the Department of Justice’s Office of School Safety in the next state budget.

Gov. Tony Evers announced today he appointed Karen Hyun, the chief of staff of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as DNR secretary, filling a position that has been vacant for more than a year. Evers praised Hyun’s “extensive science background and expertise working in fish and wildlife, shoreline restoration,

Senate GOP leaders have fired Chief Clerk Linsay Hale after 10 months on the job, with Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu only saying she didn’t have enough support in his caucus to continue in the role. Hale, the first woman to serve as Senate chief clerk, was appointed to the position

Wisconsin public officials offered their condolences after three people died in a shooting at a Madison private school yesterday. Gov. Tony Evers ordered flags to fly at half-staff through Sunday in their honor.

The GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee have rejected the Department of Public Instruction’s argument that it isn’t required to seek the committee’s approval of recommended reading curriculum under the state’s new literacy law. 

A split study committee voted 8-4 to recommend legislation that would allow a hunt of sandhill cranes while providing state funding to address damage the birds do to crops.

The move comes after the state Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision overturned the process the GOP-controlled Legislature has used to block stewardship purchases through the Joint Finance Committee, ruling it violates the separation of powers.

Dem AG Josh Kaul has petitioned the state Supreme Court to reverse a Court of Appeals decision upholding lawmakers’ authority to review Department of Justice settlements under a 2018 lame-duck law.