Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Private attorneys representing GOP legislative leaders acknowledge the Senate’s vote last month to oust Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official was “symbolic” and they have no power to appoint an interim while she continues serving in the job. But Friday’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s not backing off the impeachment option for liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and now argues Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe should be removed from office. The Rochester Republican in a Capitol press event this morning expressed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly State Affairs Committee tomorrow will exec a package of two bills to fund Milwaukee Brewers ballpark maintenance. The $700 million package aims to fulfill that state’s existing contract as stadium landlord to the Brewers and keep the team in Wisconsin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative former Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is advising Assembly Speaker Robin Vos against impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz over her refusal to recuse herself from hearing redistricting cases. Vos had raised the possibility of impeaching Protasiewicz if she didn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republican legislative leaders today blasted liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz for not recusing from redistricting lawsuits, but didn’t say whether they would seek to impeach her. The new liberal judge issued her decision to not recuse herself from the suits late

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Rep. Lisa Subeck today ripped Republicans for trying to restrict medical freedoms with a bill to ban gender-affirming care for kids, which she says would also increase suicide rates. But co-authors Rep. Scott Allen, of Waukesha, and Sen. Duey Stroebel, of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP members of a Senate committee today voted against confirming former Milwaukee County Clerk Joe Czarnezki to the state Elections Commission after the Dem appointee abstained from a June vote to renominate Meagan Wolfe as the agency’s administrator. Ahead of the vote,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Katrina Shankland is expected to enter the race for the Dem nomination in the 3rd CD, according to multiple Dem sources. Shankland has been calling donors and others indicating she is launching a bid, the sources said. She has a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee today voted to reject four of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to the state Natural Resources Board. The only appointment the committee voted to advance via paper ballot was former dairy farmer Paul Buhr, who was approved unanimously. Evers’ appointments

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Natural Resources Board today unanimously approved a rule to impose stricter limits on surface water pollution, despite business group concerns that costs will exceed what is permitted under state law. Groups including WMC, the Wisconsin Paper Council, Midwest Food Products Association,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, was noncommittal today about a future vote on Board of Regents appointees after today’s confirmation hearing on 11 of Gov. Tony Evers’ nominees. The Senate Universities and Revenue Committee chair after the hearing said he doesn’t know yet

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland, who was placed on leave last month amid an investigation, has resigned, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said. The Oostburg Republican didn’t provide any details of the allegations against Queensland or of his resignation in a short

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Five GOP members of the Assembly today introduced a resolution seeking to impeach Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe with a lawsuit pending in Dane County Circuit Court seeking to keep her in the post. The action comes a week after the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers today took no action on Gov. Tony Evers’ workforce development package, but kept open the special session he called with a vow to produce solutions of their own. Like they have with most of the 12 previous special sessions Evers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Department of Public Instruction is moving forward with a website to disclose details of school spending after the Joint Finance Committee dropped an objection to including information on private schools. Someone on the committee anonymously objected to the proposal late last

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Asking taxpayers to help cover the cost of a professional sports stadium for the second time in eight years, GOP lawmakers again argued today it would be cheaper to put public money into the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark than to lose the team.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The fight over Meagan Wolfe’s status as Wisconsin’s top elections official moved to the courts today as Dem AG Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit seeking a declaration that Senate Republicans’ move to fire her has no legal effect. Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he has asked former members of the state Supreme Court to lay out for him what conduct by a justice rises to the level of impeachment as he continues to weigh such a move against liberal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today pitched moving Wisconsin to an Iowa-style redistricting process to avoid a costly court fight before the state Supreme Court and to spare his members from millions in ads targeting them over the push to impeach liberal Janet

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee voted 3-1 today against keeping Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official with all three Republicans opposed, though it was unclear if the issue will move to the full chamber this week. The office of Majority Leader Devin