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Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday announced a special committee that will do a comprehensive review of the state DOJ’s “operations, priorities and external influences” affecting the agency. DOJ spokesperson Riley Vetterkind called the move an “obviously partisan stunt” and
In a Dec. 15 interview with WisPolitics, Kaul ticked off a series of improvements at the labs, from a new one opening in Milwaukee next year to using better tests and upgrading information mechanisms.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes says he’s shooting to raise “closer to $50 million” for his campaign cycle, which would be a significant uptick from his 2022 bid for U.S. Senate.
After the results of this fall’s elections in places like Virginia and New Jersey, national consultants have argued 2026 campaigns should be focused on just one thing — affordability. Minority Leader Greta Neubauer told WisPolitics in a new interview that will be Assembly Dems’ main focus during the spring floor period. And then they’ll take the same message to voters next fall.
The Wisconsin State Crime Laborator received fewer cases in 2024 than it did the year before, while taking longer on average to process assignments involving DNA and toxicology, the latest DOJ report says. Meanwhile, the lab took less time on average to process new assignments involving controlled substances, as well as prints and footwear.
In a motion filed with the panel, the Dem attorneys argued the parties in the case have had their motion for summary judgment since Sept. 5 and “time is of the essence” to have a new map in place for next fall if the judges rule the current lines are unconstitutional.
The Public Service Commission has approved a $31.3 million rate increase for Madison Gas & Electric over the next two years, $27.5 million less than what the utility had requested, according to preliminary figures the agency shared with WisPolitics.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court today appointed separate three-judge panels to hear two lawsuits seeking new congressional lines, opening the door to new maps being in place ahead of the 2026 elections.
Elections clerks notified the Elections Commission of 127 instances of possible voter fraud or irregularities in recent elections, including bribery, a noncitizen registering and casting a ballot, and disrupting a drop box.
Majority Leader Tyler August, R-Walworth, told WisPolitics on Thursday that he expected to have at least 50 GOP votes for the bill when it came to the floor. He said ahead of today’s floor period there was no rush to pass the bill with the Senate not taking it up until at least January and continued to express confidence it would pass the Assembly if put to a vote.
New acting U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel told WisPolitics-State Affairs that Attorney General Pam Bondi had no alternative but to appoint someone to the position after the commission established by Wisconsin’s U.S. senators failed to agree on any candidates for the vacant post.
The Senate today signed off on legislation that would bar the use of public funds to cover the health care costs of those in the country illegally, a move some Dems denounced as immoral and cruel.
The state Senate today signed off along party lines on legislation that would exempt medical procedures such as removing a dead embryo or fetus or treating an ectopic pregnancy from the definition of abortion in Wisconsin.
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.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday announced a special committee that will do a comprehensive review of the state DOJ’s “operations, priorities and external influences” affecting the agency. DOJ spokesperson Riley Vetterkind called the move an “obviously partisan stunt” and argued the Legislature should be “helping to address affordability, keep
In a Dec. 15 interview with WisPolitics, Kaul ticked off a series of improvements at the labs, from a new one opening in Milwaukee next year to using better tests and upgrading information mechanisms.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes says he’s shooting to raise “closer to $50 million” for his campaign cycle, which would be a significant uptick from his 2022 bid for U.S. Senate.
After the results of this fall’s elections in places like Virginia and New Jersey, national consultants have argued 2026 campaigns should be focused on just one thing — affordability. Minority Leader Greta Neubauer told WisPolitics in a new interview that will be Assembly Dems’ main focus during the spring floor period. And then they’ll take the same message to voters next fall.
The Wisconsin State Crime Laborator received fewer cases in 2024 than it did the year before, while taking longer on average to process assignments involving DNA and toxicology, the latest DOJ report says. Meanwhile, the lab took less time on average to process new assignments involving controlled substances, as well as prints and footwear.
In a motion filed with the panel, the Dem attorneys argued the parties in the case have had their motion for summary judgment since Sept. 5 and “time is of the essence” to have a new map in place for next fall if the judges rule the current lines are unconstitutional.
The Public Service Commission has approved a $31.3 million rate increase for Madison Gas & Electric over the next two years, $27.5 million less than what the utility had requested, according to preliminary figures the agency shared with WisPolitics.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court today appointed separate three-judge panels to hear two lawsuits seeking new congressional lines, opening the door to new maps being in place ahead of the 2026 elections.
Elections clerks notified the Elections Commission of 127 instances of possible voter fraud or irregularities in recent elections, including bribery, a noncitizen registering and casting a ballot, and disrupting a drop box.
Majority Leader Tyler August, R-Walworth, told WisPolitics on Thursday that he expected to have at least 50 GOP votes for the bill when it came to the floor. He said ahead of today’s floor period there was no rush to pass the bill with the Senate not taking it up until at least January and continued to express confidence it would pass the Assembly if put to a vote.
New acting U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel told WisPolitics-State Affairs that Attorney General Pam Bondi had no alternative but to appoint someone to the position after the commission established by Wisconsin’s U.S. senators failed to agree on any candidates for the vacant post.
The Senate today signed off on legislation that would bar the use of public funds to cover the health care costs of those in the country illegally, a move some Dems denounced as immoral and cruel.
The state Senate today signed off along party lines on legislation that would exempt medical procedures such as removing a dead embryo or fetus or treating an ectopic pregnancy from the definition of abortion in Wisconsin.
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.