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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, distanced himself from the argument by the Legislature’s private attorneys, adding he’s asked to be removed from a lawsuit.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Radio Network From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu tells WisPolitics that it is Republicans’ best legal strategy to acknowledge his chamber’s vote last month to oust Meagan Wolfe as the state’s

Health care providers in Wisconsin would be prohibited from providing any services that assist a minor in transitioning genders under legislation the Senate approved along party lines today. The bill, approved 22-10, next heads to Gov. Tony Evers, who has vowed to veto it

The Assembly today approved 69-27 with bipartisan support a deal to keep the Brewers in Wisconsin through 2050. The two bills will provide $546 million in public money in exchange for extending the team’s lease through 2050. They now head to the Senate.

The GOP-controlled state Senate voted today to fire more than half of the guv’s appointees to the Natural Resources Board, leaving the body at least temporarily unable to meet or take action.

A third-party investigator hired by the Legislature found sufficient evidence that former Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland engaged in nonconsensual sexual contact with an intoxicated woman during a May conference in California, according to a report obtained by WisPolitcs. The

While poverty rates in Wisconsin have fallen from their latest peak during the Great Recession, they haven’t rebounded to the lows seen about a decade before that. That’s according to a recent report from UW-Madison’s Division of Extension, written by
MADISON, Wis. – Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced today his decision to end in-person instruction at two additional branch campuses and to close one branch campus. Rothman also directed chancellors overseeing the remaining two-year campuses to work with

Should lawmakers back the bill to spend more than $545 million in public dollars for maintenance and upgrades at American Family Field?

Absent significant changes to the deal, it should be rejected. While politicians of both parties love to spend money and pose for pictures with the Brewers, someone needs to look out for the taxpayers.

A bold challenge to the forces that threaten to bankrupt Wisconsin public schools.

Wisconsin’s GOP Senate is proposing to increase the parental tax deduction for private school students from $4,000 for an elementary school student to $5,070 and for a secondary student from $10,000 to $12,660 with future increases for inflation.

The Wisconsin Assembly speaker continues to try to disqualify Justice Protasiewicz from redistricting case.

Team of rookies will have to make the sale for automatic registration.

Hopefully, Wisconsin lawmakers will not allow big utility companies to control the EV charging market unfairly. They must create an environment where the private sector can succeed for a national EV charging network to be realized.

I’ve spent much of my career trying to share the peer reviewed research of climate scientists, which I believe unequivocally confirms the catastrophic impacts from climate change we are all seeing with our own eyes, and the need to limit those impacts.

The assertion of tribal sovereignty, combined with building alliances with the non-Native communities in the watersheds at risk from ecologically destructive mining projects, has proven to be an effective strategy.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, distanced himself from the argument by the Legislature’s private attorneys, adding he’s asked to be removed from a lawsuit.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Radio Network From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu tells WisPolitics that it is Republicans’ best legal strategy to acknowledge his chamber’s vote last month to oust Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official was “symbolic” GOP leaders made the admission

Health care providers in Wisconsin would be prohibited from providing any services that assist a minor in transitioning genders under legislation the Senate approved along party lines today. The bill, approved 22-10, next heads to Gov. Tony Evers, who has vowed to veto it

The Assembly today approved 69-27 with bipartisan support a deal to keep the Brewers in Wisconsin through 2050. The two bills will provide $546 million in public money in exchange for extending the team’s lease through 2050. They now head to the Senate.

The GOP-controlled state Senate voted today to fire more than half of the guv’s appointees to the Natural Resources Board, leaving the body at least temporarily unable to meet or take action.

A third-party investigator hired by the Legislature found sufficient evidence that former Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland engaged in nonconsensual sexual contact with an intoxicated woman during a May conference in California, according to a report obtained by WisPolitcs. The report for the first time details the allegations against Queensland

While poverty rates in Wisconsin have fallen from their latest peak during the Great Recession, they haven’t rebounded to the lows seen about a decade before that. That’s according to a recent report from UW-Madison’s Division of Extension, written by Prof. Steven Deller, an economist and professor in the Department
MADISON, Wis. – Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced today his decision to end in-person instruction at two additional branch campuses and to close one branch campus. Rothman also directed chancellors overseeing the remaining two-year campuses to work with local officials to determine the best uses for facilities to

Should lawmakers back the bill to spend more than $545 million in public dollars for maintenance and upgrades at American Family Field?

Absent significant changes to the deal, it should be rejected. While politicians of both parties love to spend money and pose for pictures with the Brewers, someone needs to look out for the taxpayers.

A bold challenge to the forces that threaten to bankrupt Wisconsin public schools.

Wisconsin’s GOP Senate is proposing to increase the parental tax deduction for private school students from $4,000 for an elementary school student to $5,070 and for a secondary student from $10,000 to $12,660 with future increases for inflation.

The Wisconsin Assembly speaker continues to try to disqualify Justice Protasiewicz from redistricting case.

Team of rookies will have to make the sale for automatic registration.

Hopefully, Wisconsin lawmakers will not allow big utility companies to control the EV charging market unfairly. They must create an environment where the private sector can succeed for a national EV charging network to be realized.

I’ve spent much of my career trying to share the peer reviewed research of climate scientists, which I believe unequivocally confirms the catastrophic impacts from climate change we are all seeing with our own eyes, and the need to limit those impacts.

The assertion of tribal sovereignty, combined with building alliances with the non-Native communities in the watersheds at risk from ecologically destructive mining projects, has proven to be an effective strategy.