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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Department of Administration cut off Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland’s access to state buildings two weeks ago at the request of the chamber’s sergeant at arms for undisclosed reasons. Senate GOP leaders aren’t saying why, and they don’t want caucus members

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today said he plans to veto a GOP-proposed $3 billion tax cut, arguing it would send the state on a “path to bankruptcy.” “​​I’ll veto it. Plain and simple,” the Dem guv wrote today on Twitter. “I’m not going

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Judicial Commission has dismissed a complaint filed against liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz over comments she made during the spring campaign, finding there is “no evidence of misconduct.” The state GOP and state Sen. Cory Tomczyk, R-Mosinee, filed complaints ahead of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Political insiders argue last night’s Republican debate will likely lead to three contenders dropping out before the next matchup. Politicos at a Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership event in Milwaukee, hosted in part by WisPolitics, said last night’s debate was

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem AG Josh Kaul opined the GOP-controlled state Senate has no authority to confirm or reject Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections officer, and it’s “not a close question under state law.” In a letter to the Leg Council director, Kaul

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Republicans today grilled three nominees to the Wisconsin Judicial Commission on when Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves amid GOP complaints about liberal Janet Protasiewicz past statements on redistricting. GOP members of the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee today didn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Leaders at UW-Platteville and UW-Parkside today say they’re considering taking new steps to address structural deficits, including layoffs and furloughs, in the face of enrollment declines and financial challenges. The potential moves come on the heels of UW-Oshkosh announcing it will lay

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State crime labs took less time in 2022 to process DNA evidence even as more samples have been submitted, but did worse in other areas compared to the year before, according to a new report released today. The Department of Justice today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley is ripping the new liberal-controlled state Supreme Court for considering two suits that seek to reverse legislative maps put in place by the conservative court last year, writing it “showcases that justice is now for sale in Wisconsin.”

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Joe Biden in Milwaukee today credited his economic policies for bringing manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and improving infrastructure. Biden at the electric vehicle charger manufacturer Ingeteam argued “Bidenomics” are to credit for reducing inflation, increasing wages and bringing manufacturing jobs

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Racine County Emergency Management Coordinator Lorenzo Santos is now the second Dem challenger to U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil in southeastern Wisconsin next year. Santos, a Navy Reserve intelligence officer who also chairs the Young Democrats of Wisconsin, in a statement today said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The office of state Sen. Rob Stafsholt says the New Richmond Republican is aiming for an Aug. 23 committee hearing on Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to the state Natural Resources Board. Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage Committee Clerk Sharlene Konkel told WisPolitics

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DNR Secretary Adam Payne today praised the state’s revised wolf management plan, while Wisconsinites from both sides of the issue cited concerns about it. Payne at today’s Natural Resources Board meeting in Viroqua said science was the basis for the revised plan

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today were quick to dismiss Gov. Tony Evers’ special session call to take up a $1 billion workforce development package. Among other things, Evers wants the Legislature on Sept. 20 to take up his call to pump $365 million