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Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August expressed confidence that legislation to allow online bets to be placed in Wisconsin will get at least 50 GOP votes on the floor next week despite pushback in some conservative circles.
Evers said last night full November payments were expected to be available today to the 700,000 Wisconsinites on the program, barring Trump defying the court order, the administration seeking an emergency stay or a vendor processing issue.
Nick Polce, of Delavan, is the fifth Republican to get into the race.
Poll Director Charles Franklin said history has shown candidates in fall races see little gain in name recognition until the summer ahead of their election. He said voters start tuning in between June and the August primary, and he expects name ID to climb in that window.
Gov. Tony Evers pleaded with lawmakers to “get something goddamned done” on an overhaul of the state’s prison system as he pledged to include lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in each step of the redesign. Evers’ vow came after GOP members of the commission complained lawmakers weren’t involved in the redesign that the guv proposed in February.
Chief Justice Jill Karofsky says she’s optimistic the Supreme Court will be able to secure funding needed to extend the protection now provided by four Capitol Police officers amid a spike in threats against the judiciary.
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.
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
Many viewed Attorney General Josh Kaul as a likely Dem frontrunner if he got into the race to succeed Gov. Tony Evers, thanks in part to winning statewide elections as AG in 2018 and 2022.
A Waukesha County judge has temporarily put on hold his requirement that election officials check the citizenship status of those seeking to register to vote.
GOP governor hopeful Tom Tiffany announced he’s raised $1 million over the first two weeks of his campaign.
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.
It’s a potentially significant investment with a crowded Dem field that may struggle to raise money with nine people seeking the nomination and others considering getting in the race to succeed Dem Gov. Tony Evers.
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.
Republican Bill Berrien dropped out of the governor’s race this afternoon, citing media reports detailing how he had followed sexually explicit social media accounts.
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.
GOP state Rep. Scott Krug and Dem members of the Assembly touted competing election packages at a joint press conference Wednesday, hoping it would spark a conversation about overhauling the state’s policies ahead of the 2026 contests.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany declined to say if he still backs a six-week ban on abortion like the one he co-sponsored in Congress, telling WisPolitics he supports the state law he voted for while in the Legislature barring the procedure after 20 weeks.
Dubbed the “Wisconsin Governor Readiness Project,” it will be a vehicle to raise money, invest in messaging and build out field operations before voters select the party’s nominee in the Aug. 11 primary, 12 weeks ahead of the general election.
Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August expressed confidence that legislation to allow online bets to be placed in Wisconsin will get at least 50 GOP votes on the floor next week despite pushback in some conservative circles.
Evers said last night full November payments were expected to be available today to the 700,000 Wisconsinites on the program, barring Trump defying the court order, the administration seeking an emergency stay or a vendor processing issue.
Nick Polce, of Delavan, is the fifth Republican to get into the race.
Poll Director Charles Franklin said history has shown candidates in fall races see little gain in name recognition until the summer ahead of their election. He said voters start tuning in between June and the August primary, and he expects name ID to climb in that window.
Gov. Tony Evers pleaded with lawmakers to “get something goddamned done” on an overhaul of the state’s prison system as he pledged to include lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in each step of the redesign. Evers’ vow came after GOP members of the commission complained lawmakers weren’t involved in the redesign that the guv proposed in February.
Chief Justice Jill Karofsky says she’s optimistic the Supreme Court will be able to secure funding needed to extend the protection now provided by four Capitol Police officers amid a spike in threats against the judiciary.
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.
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
Many viewed Attorney General Josh Kaul as a likely Dem frontrunner if he got into the race to succeed Gov. Tony Evers, thanks in part to winning statewide elections as AG in 2018 and 2022.
A Waukesha County judge has temporarily put on hold his requirement that election officials check the citizenship status of those seeking to register to vote.
GOP governor hopeful Tom Tiffany announced he’s raised $1 million over the first two weeks of his campaign.
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.
It’s a potentially significant investment with a crowded Dem field that may struggle to raise money with nine people seeking the nomination and others considering getting in the race to succeed Dem Gov. Tony Evers.
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.
Republican Bill Berrien dropped out of the governor’s race this afternoon, citing media reports detailing how he had followed sexually explicit social media accounts.
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.
GOP state Rep. Scott Krug and Dem members of the Assembly touted competing election packages at a joint press conference Wednesday, hoping it would spark a conversation about overhauling the state’s policies ahead of the 2026 contests.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany declined to say if he still backs a six-week ban on abortion like the one he co-sponsored in Congress, telling WisPolitics he supports the state law he voted for while in the Legislature barring the procedure after 20 weeks.
Dubbed the “Wisconsin Governor Readiness Project,” it will be a vehicle to raise money, invest in messaging and build out field operations before voters select the party’s nominee in the Aug. 11 primary, 12 weeks ahead of the general election.