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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Both GOP caucuses are meeting today as leaders gauge member support for issues they may take up in a lame-duck session. Among other things, legislative leaders have talked about
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A new informal opinion from outgoing AG Brad Schimel could threaten so-called “wedding barns,” according to a conservative think tank. But Walker administration officials aren’t saying whether they are planning to change

Millennials are tired of political fighting and division and may play a role in moving beyond gridlock, two millennial-aged lawmakers said. State Reps. Amanda Stuck, D-Appleton, and Adam Neylon, R-Pewaukee, joined Steven Olikara, the founder of the Millennial Action Project,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Maria Lazar is passing on a bid for the state Supreme Court this spring and instead endorsing fellow conservative Brian Hagedorn. Lazar, who

It seems clear from his early post-election remarks that Evers will proceed carefully as governor and continue to try to collaborate with a hostile Republican Legislature, one whose margins are guaranteed more by absurd gerrymandering than the public’s will. Those GOP leaders, predictably, want to change some rules in the Capitol to diminish Evers’ powers even before he takes office.

Somewhere out there in academia there’s a master’s or Ph.D thesis in the works to explain how Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker could go from featured speaker at his party’s 2016 national convention to defeated incumbent just two years later. Here’s a workable framework: He did it by his own clumsy hand.

Any effort to reform or rearrange state government must respect the will of the voters as framed by the 2018 campaign and its results. There was no serious debate about disempowering the governor. But there was a robust debate about empowering the treasurer.

The Capital Time’s Jessie Opoien joins WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg to discuss the organization’s growth and future.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Both GOP caucuses are meeting today as leaders gauge member support for issues they may take up in a lame-duck session. Among other things, legislative leaders have talked about addressing the administrative rules process, changing the appointments to some
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A new informal opinion from outgoing AG Brad Schimel could threaten so-called “wedding barns,” according to a conservative think tank. But Walker administration officials aren’t saying whether they are planning to change their enforcement standards for the venues, which are rented out

Millennials are tired of political fighting and division and may play a role in moving beyond gridlock, two millennial-aged lawmakers said. State Reps. Amanda Stuck, D-Appleton, and Adam Neylon, R-Pewaukee, joined Steven Olikara, the founder of the Millennial Action Project, for an interview that aired Sunday on “UpFront with Mike

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Maria Lazar is passing on a bid for the state Supreme Court this spring and instead endorsing fellow conservative Brian Hagedorn. Lazar, who served as an assistant attorney general before winning a seat

It seems clear from his early post-election remarks that Evers will proceed carefully as governor and continue to try to collaborate with a hostile Republican Legislature, one whose margins are guaranteed more by absurd gerrymandering than the public’s will. Those GOP leaders, predictably, want to change some rules in the Capitol to diminish Evers’ powers even before he takes office.

Somewhere out there in academia there’s a master’s or Ph.D thesis in the works to explain how Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker could go from featured speaker at his party’s 2016 national convention to defeated incumbent just two years later. Here’s a workable framework: He did it by his own clumsy hand.

Any effort to reform or rearrange state government must respect the will of the voters as framed by the 2018 campaign and its results. There was no serious debate about disempowering the governor. But there was a robust debate about empowering the treasurer.

The Capital Time’s Jessie Opoien joins WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg to discuss the organization’s growth and future.