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WED PM Update: GOP leaders release redistricting plan; Evers’ commission releases second round of draft maps

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today released new legislative maps that would pair six Assembly Republican incumbents and none in the Senate. Some highlights from the maps, released late this afternoon: *GOP Reps. Joe

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Joe Handrick: Evers’ Peoples Maps Commission strikes out

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

The Peoples Commission regurgitated three failed and flawed Democratic features from past redistricting cycles: 1) Decimation of municipal boundaries; 2) Disregard for communities of interest; and 3) Failure on Voting Rights Act.

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Dave Zweifel: Gableman’s tactics are straight out of Joe McCarthy’s playbook

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Michael Gableman likening the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to Russia’s communist-run newspaper, Pravda, was a delicious connection to the days of another unhinged Wisconsin Republican.

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LaKeshia Myers: Giving us the best that they’ve got: The embarrassment, Michael Gableman

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

I really want to ask Republican legislative leadership, is Gableman really the best you had to offer for this process?

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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Bernie Sanders is right, Joe Manchin is wrong

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Bernie Sanders is not going to let Democrats downsize their vision for the future without a fight.

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Dan O’Donnell: ‘Try to lower expectations’

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

The sad reality is that the supply-chain crisis is but one facet of Biden’s utterly ruinous fiscal policy.

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John Torinus: What happened to the Blue Cross money?

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

When Blue Cross went public 20 years ago, the Blue Cross board gave away its full value — then over more than $600 million. Those dollars were donated for public health purposes and education.

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Vos says 2020 election may have been ‘tainted,’ but Biden won

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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MEA sues to obtain NRB Chair Prehn texts over refusal to step down

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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Wisconsin conservation groups say they were left out of talks on crane season, other bills

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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Jury finds O’Reilly not guilty of both charges relating to Sen. Carpenter assault

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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Wisconsin is 2nd for school board recall attempts, driven by CRT, mask disputes

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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Wisconsin parents suing school boards over lack of COVID protocols face an ‘uphill battle’

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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Leaked recording of Epic president reinforces doubts about commitment to diversity

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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Foxconn chairman says ‘our biggest challenge is we don’t know how to make cars’

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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WED AM Update: Pocan cites progress on reconciliation package negotiations; Senate meets today

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says negotiations on a reconciliation package are coming to a close as many of the priorities for progressive Dems are included in the legislation.

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Mequon-Thiensville School Board candidate, Kleefisch campaign team member deletes tweets on white supremacy, transgender issues

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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TUE PM Update: Ballweg joins Dem colleagues in voting against transgender athlete bills

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Sen. Joan Ballweg joined two of her Dem colleagues in voting against bills that would ban transgender students who were born male from competing in girls’ and women’s sports in

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Wisconsin closed out FY21 with record $2.58B surplus

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021
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Sen. Carpenter, battered during 2020 protest, came Downtown to a ‘hornet’s nest’

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021
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WED PM Update: GOP leaders release redistricting plan; Evers’ commission releases second round of draft maps

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today released new legislative maps that would pair six Assembly Republican incumbents and none in the Senate. Some highlights from the maps, released late this afternoon: *GOP Reps. Joe Sanfelippo and Mike Kuglitsch, both of New Berlin, are paired

Read More »

Joe Handrick: Evers’ Peoples Maps Commission strikes out

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

The Peoples Commission regurgitated three failed and flawed Democratic features from past redistricting cycles: 1) Decimation of municipal boundaries; 2) Disregard for communities of interest; and 3) Failure on Voting Rights Act.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Gableman’s tactics are straight out of Joe McCarthy’s playbook

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Michael Gableman likening the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to Russia’s communist-run newspaper, Pravda, was a delicious connection to the days of another unhinged Wisconsin Republican.

Read More »

LaKeshia Myers: Giving us the best that they’ve got: The embarrassment, Michael Gableman

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

I really want to ask Republican legislative leadership, is Gableman really the best you had to offer for this process?

Read More »
Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Bernie Sanders is right, Joe Manchin is wrong

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Bernie Sanders is not going to let Democrats downsize their vision for the future without a fight.

Read More »

Dan O’Donnell: ‘Try to lower expectations’

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

The sad reality is that the supply-chain crisis is but one facet of Biden’s utterly ruinous fiscal policy.

Read More »

John Torinus: What happened to the Blue Cross money?

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

When Blue Cross went public 20 years ago, the Blue Cross board gave away its full value — then over more than $600 million. Those dollars were donated for public health purposes and education.

Read More »

Vos says 2020 election may have been ‘tainted,’ but Biden won

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

MEA sues to obtain NRB Chair Prehn texts over refusal to step down

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

Wisconsin conservation groups say they were left out of talks on crane season, other bills

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

Jury finds O’Reilly not guilty of both charges relating to Sen. Carpenter assault

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

Wisconsin is 2nd for school board recall attempts, driven by CRT, mask disputes

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

Wisconsin parents suing school boards over lack of COVID protocols face an ‘uphill battle’

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

Leaked recording of Epic president reinforces doubts about commitment to diversity

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

Foxconn chairman says ‘our biggest challenge is we don’t know how to make cars’

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Read More »

WED AM Update: Pocan cites progress on reconciliation package negotiations; Senate meets today

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says negotiations on a reconciliation package are coming to a close as many of the priorities for progressive Dems are included in the legislation. After a White House meeting alongside fellow progressives, the town

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Mequon-Thiensville School Board candidate, Kleefisch campaign team member deletes tweets on white supremacy, transgender issues

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
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TUE PM Update: Ballweg joins Dem colleagues in voting against transgender athlete bills

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Sen. Joan Ballweg joined two of her Dem colleagues in voting against bills that would ban transgender students who were born male from competing in girls’ and women’s sports in high school and college. The Markesan Republican told WisPolitics.com in

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Wisconsin closed out FY21 with record $2.58B surplus

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021
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Sen. Carpenter, battered during 2020 protest, came Downtown to a ‘hornet’s nest’

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021
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