TUE AM Update: State Dem Party hires Nellie Sires as executive director

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement AARP Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — The state Dem Party has hired Nellie Sires, who most recently worked for a group teaching effective management techniques to social change organizations, as its new executive director. Sires, a vice president for The Management Center, will begin with

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MON PM Update: GOP leaders reject Evers’ call to act on ‘red-flag,’ background check bills in special session

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two Republicans immediately rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call to act on a “red-flag” law and universal background checks in a special session next month, vowing they will stand to protect Second Amendment rights. Evers, anticipating their stance, told reporters

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MON News Summary: Evers sets new 7th CD special election date; Barrett asks Trump to host G-7 in Milwaukee

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Wednesday: WisPolitics.com DC Breakfast with U.S. Rep. Moore, 2020 DNC CEO Solmonese U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, will talk at the WisPolitics.com DC breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 23, to discuss her work on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Congressional Black Caucus. Joe

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Murphy, Neubauer debate campus free speech bill on ‘UpFront’

State Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, said a campus free speech bill is “imperative,” while Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, said the bill would actually “undermine” free speech in Wisconsin. The two appeared Sunday on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. The bill would establish penalties for UW students who repeatedly disrupt

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