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GOP legislative leaders in recent months have signed new contracts retaining lawyers in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s congressional map, plus one seeking to strike down laws a group of young plaintiffs believe worsen climate change.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee, a voting member on the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, oversees the district that includes parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.
GOP state Rep. Adam Neylon urged lawmakers to back legislation that would require lawmakers to reauthorize chapters in the administrative code every seven years, saying it would “make JCRAR great again.”
Those challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map as an “anti-competitive gerrymander” argue the state Supreme Court should appoint a three-judge panel to hear the case. But GOP members of the state’s congressional delegation countered the lawsuit doesn’t fit with the Legislature’s intention
Vos says he will decide sometime in January and that voters and lawmakers shouldn’t read much into his comments.
The Dem guv also said during a stop in Brown Deer that he was “absolutely” comfortable with Dems holding out for an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits in exchange for agreeing to an extension of funding for the federal government.
Speaker Robin Vos granted a request from Assembly Dems to add one of their members to each of the three committees that Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez serves on after the Milwaukee lawmaker left the caucus.
Former WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes today formally launched her campaign for governor, billing herself as a “Democrat who understands the economy.” Hughes, who left her position in the Evers administration earlier this month, said in a rollout video
The state Supreme Court has ordered briefing in two lawsuits seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s congressional map, asking parties to weigh in on whether the justices should appoint circuit court judges to hear the challenges.
Big racial and economic disparities in students’ English Language Arts and math scores continued in the 2024-25 school year, according to new statewide test results from DPI.
Rep. Rob Brooks has announced a package of bills to build on last session’s bipartisan housing legislation and efforts to boost affordable housing in Wisconsin.
State Superintendent Jill Underly during her fifth State of Education address said the federal government is “the biggest schoolyard bully.”
The Dem voters involved in one lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s congressional map are urging a Dane County judge to get the case moving. Meanwhile, the attorney representing the state’s GOP House members wants Judge Julie Genovese to take
Among other things, the guv’s order directs the Wisconsin DHS to “ensure vaccine access for Wisconsinites to the fullest extent of the law and available funding.”
Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, now president of Young America’s Foundation, says security will be tightened at future YAF events following the murder of Charlie Kirk. “We constantly look at this,” Walker said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced
WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, who has been weighing a run for guv, is leaving the Evers administration next week.
So far, the president’s disaster declaration applies to Milwaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties, but not Door, Grant or Ozaukee, according to Gov. Tony Evers’ office.
An education package from Assembly Republicans would set new state standards for student discipline in local districts, seek to boost math scores and encourage districts to consolidate to save costs amid declining enrollment.
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius says the district could have a $100 million “structural imbalance” as soon as next year and is already raising the issue with state lawmakers.
A spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says an alleged threat that Dem state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez made was found to “not be credible” and her Capitol access was inappropriately revoked.
GOP legislative leaders in recent months have signed new contracts retaining lawyers in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s congressional map, plus one seeking to strike down laws a group of young plaintiffs believe worsen climate change.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee, a voting member on the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, oversees the district that includes parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.
GOP state Rep. Adam Neylon urged lawmakers to back legislation that would require lawmakers to reauthorize chapters in the administrative code every seven years, saying it would “make JCRAR great again.”
Those challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map as an “anti-competitive gerrymander” argue the state Supreme Court should appoint a three-judge panel to hear the case. But GOP members of the state’s congressional delegation countered the lawsuit doesn’t fit with the Legislature’s intention for the process it laid out in 2011 to hear
Vos says he will decide sometime in January and that voters and lawmakers shouldn’t read much into his comments.
The Dem guv also said during a stop in Brown Deer that he was “absolutely” comfortable with Dems holding out for an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits in exchange for agreeing to an extension of funding for the federal government.
Speaker Robin Vos granted a request from Assembly Dems to add one of their members to each of the three committees that Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez serves on after the Milwaukee lawmaker left the caucus.
Former WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes today formally launched her campaign for governor, billing herself as a “Democrat who understands the economy.” Hughes, who left her position in the Evers administration earlier this month, said in a rollout video that she’s not a politician and is “different from the
The state Supreme Court has ordered briefing in two lawsuits seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s congressional map, asking parties to weigh in on whether the justices should appoint circuit court judges to hear the challenges.
Big racial and economic disparities in students’ English Language Arts and math scores continued in the 2024-25 school year, according to new statewide test results from DPI.
Rep. Rob Brooks has announced a package of bills to build on last session’s bipartisan housing legislation and efforts to boost affordable housing in Wisconsin.
State Superintendent Jill Underly during her fifth State of Education address said the federal government is “the biggest schoolyard bully.”
The Dem voters involved in one lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s congressional map are urging a Dane County judge to get the case moving. Meanwhile, the attorney representing the state’s GOP House members wants Judge Julie Genovese to take no action while the state Supreme Court considers their request
Among other things, the guv’s order directs the Wisconsin DHS to “ensure vaccine access for Wisconsinites to the fullest extent of the law and available funding.”
Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, now president of Young America’s Foundation, says security will be tightened at future YAF events following the murder of Charlie Kirk. “We constantly look at this,” Walker said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “We will reexamine all that we
WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, who has been weighing a run for guv, is leaving the Evers administration next week.
So far, the president’s disaster declaration applies to Milwaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties, but not Door, Grant or Ozaukee, according to Gov. Tony Evers’ office.
An education package from Assembly Republicans would set new state standards for student discipline in local districts, seek to boost math scores and encourage districts to consolidate to save costs amid declining enrollment.
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius says the district could have a $100 million “structural imbalance” as soon as next year and is already raising the issue with state lawmakers.
A spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says an alleged threat that Dem state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez made was found to “not be credible” and her Capitol access was inappropriately revoked.