Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans late this afternoon released changes to the shared revenue bill that would set a new floor for the boost in state aid to local governments — though the city of Milwaukee wouldn’t benefit — and declared the Senate can take

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Tony Kurtz told WisPolitics GOP leaders continued to negotiate with Dem Gov. Tony Evers, including whether to keep a provision that would require Milwaukee County and the city to approve new sales taxes via referendum. Kurtz, R-Wonewoc, and an architect

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state’s fiscal picture through mid-2025 took a slight hit today as the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected Wisconsin will take in $755.1 million less than what the agency had projected four months ago. Still, the LFB also noted the drop in revenues

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee today OK’d along party lines a GOP-authored shared revenue bill, even as Republicans noted the legislation will be revised before it hits the floor next week. That prompted Dem members of the Local Government Committee to question why members

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has announced three new appointments to the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, including former Dem U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry. Evers also reappointed Quincey Daniels, owner of Dr. Daniels and Education Consulting. He’s also a former senior lecturer at

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has appointed Sen. Dan Knodl to lead a new committee as he reworks membership on others to reflect the GOP’s new supermajority in the chamber. Knodl, who was sworn in last week, will chair the newly created Shared

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge today said he will order the Wisconsin Elections Commission to rehear a complaint against Republicans who presented a false slate of electors in 2020. But it will do so this time without the participation of GOP Commissioner Bob

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers today knocked Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ threat to veto their shared revenue plan, saying he should instead work with them on a deal. Evers said in a video message this morning that the bill doesn’t send enough aid to local

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans’ shared revenue bill would allow municipalities to cite the number of citations for moving violations or arrests for breaking local ordinances in the previous year to meet requirements for additional state aid. That’s even though state law bars state agencies or

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A recent draft of an Assembly GOP plan to pump more money into shared revenue didn’t yet include details on how to divvy up $227 million in new aid for counties and municipalities or language for a full repeal of the personal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — All six Wisconsin GOP House members signaled their support for a bill that pairs lifting the debt ceiling with spending cuts after U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden joined a push for changes to a provision seeking to repeal biofuel tax credits. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu told WisPolitics one of the final details to work out in a shared revenue package is how much to set aside to reward communities that consolidate services. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, downplayed that as a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he has doubts about the FDA’s ability to avoid playing politics on approving an abortion drug because the pandemic has shown him it can’t. The Oshkosh Republican at a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics luncheon today also said his

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr today told Joint Legislative Audit Committee members he largely agrees with findings from an audit of Wisconsin’s probation and parole program. Carr said he is working to implement 21 of the Legislative Audit Bureau’s 27 recommendations on improving

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Senate today passed legislation to crack down on reckless driving and to make it easier to grant attorneys’ fees in open records lawsuits while OK’ing the re-appointment of two of Gov. Tony Evers’ cabinet secretaries. During today’s floor period, senators

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today voted along party lines to reject a DNR request for $4 million in state stewardship funds to pay for part of the largest land conservation deal in state history. In rejecting the money, Republicans decried what they

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul announced today a defrocked former cardinal had been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for an incident that allegedly occurred in April 1977. Theodore McCarrick, 92, is the second person charged after Kaul’s Attorney General’s Clergy and Faith Leader Abuse

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said today it was unlikely his caucus will back dedicating state money to the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium beyond income and sales taxes already generated from the team being in Wisconsin. The Rochester Republican again declared that Dem

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DNR Secretary Adam Payne today announced the agency in October will submit its wolf management plan for the Natural Resources Board to consider. Payne at today’s NRB meeting said the DNR had received more than 3,500 comments on the draft plan, which

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Democratic National Committee announced today that Chicago will host its convention Aug. 19-22, meaning both parties will formally nominate their 2024 presidential candidates in the Midwest. Dems will gather in Chicago nearly a month after Republicans have their convention in Milwaukee