Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republican lawmakers today pressed Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary Dan Hereth about past agency problems as he countered with steps he’s taken since taking over last summer to improve performance. Hereth argued DSPS has improved efficiency by expanding its online

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson today split on a vote repealing Iraq “forever war” authorizations. The Senate 66-30 stripped back a pair of Authorizations for Use of Military Force past presidents used to invade Iraq, but the measure does not

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The campaign of liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz said this afternoon the Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge raised $12.3 million over six weeks. That haul between Feb. 7 and March 20 alone exceeds the state’s previous record for overall spending in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Both houses of the Legislature today voted along party lines to call on Dem Gov. Tony Evers to order a special election for secretary of state after he appointed former State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski to the office. Under state law, guvs have

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — During their only debate ahead of next month’s election, liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz slammed conservative rival Daniel Kelly as a “threat to our democracy.” Kelly countered that his opponent was “bought and paid for” by the state Dem Party, which

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund put another $727,000 into the state Supreme Court race over the last three days through mail and digital ads, helping push post-primary spending past the $20 million mark. And that has the race knocking on the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says a GOP bill to add exceptions to Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban will not be considered on the Senate floor, adding “discussion on this specific proposal is unnecessary.” In his statement, the Oostburg Republican knocked Dem Gov. Tony

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP businessman Scott Mayer, who has spent nearly four decades in the staffing industry, told WisPolitics.com today he’s considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year against two-term incumbent Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison. He joins fellow businessman Eric Hovde among those actively

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Fair Courts America, which has been backing conservative former Justice Daniel Kelly in the Supreme Court race, is running a new radio ad that knocks liberal Janet Protasiewicz for caring “more about woke politics than law and order.” The group filed a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A state appeals court today ruled the Assembly violated the state’s open records law when it initially denied outright a media request for documents related to allegations then-state Rep. Staush Gruszynski had sexually harassed a legislative staffer. The court also ruled the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said today Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to provide $290 million in taxpayer money upfront to the board that oversees the Milwaukee Brewers stadium is likely “dead” and Republicans will find a different plan. Vos has been

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is demanding Republicans “tell me what the damn plan is” instead of just saying they will reject the majority of his budget proposals. The Dem guv at today’s WisPolitics.com Madison Club luncheon said there is a tenor of compromise

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidates Daniel Kelly and Janet Protasiewicz have committed to a March 21 debate hosted by the State Bar of Wisconsin, WISC-TV and WisPolitics.com. Protasiewicz also said today she committed to a second forum. But that wasn’t among the dozen other

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — UW System President Jay Rothman today announced plans to seek a tuition increase of 5 percent over the 2023-2024 school year – the first since 2013. Rothman, who spoke at an Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee hearing today, said the “modest” increase

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today at a Wisconsin Counties Association event sought to lower local government expectations for more money this budget cycle. During a roundtable with other leggie leaders, the Rochester Republican blasted Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ budget for using “phony

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today proposed a $3.8 billion capital budget that would finance half of the projects with cash instead of borrowing. Evers’ office estimated the move — using a portion of the state’s projected $7.1 billion surplus at the end of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race has already become the most expensive in U.S. history, with a group backing conservative Daniel Kelly going up with its first post-primary buy tomorrow and liberal Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign dramatically upping its spending. The campaign of Protasiewicz,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz, fresh off her first-place finish in Tuesday’s primary, is laying down a more than $2 million media buy to run through the April 4 spring election, her campaign said. Meanwhile, the Dem group A Better Wisconsin