On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit against legislative Republicans over blocking Universities of Wisconsin pay raises, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ move to send articles of impeachment against the state’s top elections official to a committee, upcoming action in the state Legislature and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the controversy over GOP efforts to remove Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has sent to committee a resolution to impeach the state’s top election official, six weeks after five lawmakers introduced the proposal and on the heels of a new TV campaign pressuring him to move on it.
A group billing itself as the Wisconsin Elections Committee is up with a new TV ad that threatens to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos unless he allows the impeachment process against the state’s top elections official to proceed.
The Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee approved three constitutional amendments that would change voting requirements and ban the use of private funds to cover election costs.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’d back a continuing resolution to keep the government open and funded through April as lawmakers race to avert another government shutdown by Nov. 17.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss possible changes to the Brewers stadium maintenance deal, election bills lawmakers are considering, the retirement of DNR Secretary Adam Payne, a GOP push to eliminate race-based criteria for college programs and more.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug and ranking Dem member Lee Snodgrass agree the push to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe “is a distraction.”
GOP lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss the redistricting suit the liberal majority agreed to hear.
Backers of two constitutional amendments say they plan to place on the April ballot one that would bar the use of private resources to administer elections in Wisconsin. Another that would prohibit non-citizens from voting in local, state or national elections is slated for the November 2024 ballot.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan closed out his congressional campaign account by transferring the remaining balance to a nonprofit that he founded to improve public policy and communities.
Republican Rejani Raveendran has formally registered her candidacy for the U.S. Senate with the FEC, telling WisPolitics in a text message she is now “well beyond” the threshold of $5,000 raised before having to file.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil isn’t revealing yet who he’ll back for speaker as House Republicans convene tonight for another candidate forum amid “a lot of frustration.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the lawsuit seeking to block Republicans from ousting Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, Assembly passage of the Brewers stadium funding deal, GOP lawmakers withholding pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees and more.
GOP lawmakers in a hearing knocked Dems for not supporting a redistricting plan they say closely mirrors past Dem bills to create a new commission to draw Wisconsin’s political boundaries. But Dems countered the GOP bill omits important provisions to ensure the maps are fair.
The Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee moved ahead with a bill to limit the cost to obtain copies of the statewide voter registration list despite concerns people could still use the list for commercial purposes. Chair Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, said
GOP attorneys filed a motion to dismiss Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate President Chris Kapenga from a lawsuit seeking an order to prevent Republicans from removing Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top election official.
A Dane County judge has quashed subpoenas for former Supreme Court Justices Pat Roggensack and Jon Wilcox in a lawsuit over Assembly Speaker Robin Vos seeking advice on whether to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, distanced himself from the argument by the Legislature’s private attorneys, adding he’s asked to be removed from a lawsuit.
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.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit against legislative Republicans over blocking Universities of Wisconsin pay raises, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ move to send articles of impeachment against the state’s top elections official to a committee, upcoming action in the state Legislature and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the controversy over GOP efforts to remove Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has sent to committee a resolution to impeach the state’s top election official, six weeks after five lawmakers introduced the proposal and on the heels of a new TV campaign pressuring him to move on it.
A group billing itself as the Wisconsin Elections Committee is up with a new TV ad that threatens to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos unless he allows the impeachment process against the state’s top elections official to proceed.
The Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee approved three constitutional amendments that would change voting requirements and ban the use of private funds to cover election costs.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’d back a continuing resolution to keep the government open and funded through April as lawmakers race to avert another government shutdown by Nov. 17.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss possible changes to the Brewers stadium maintenance deal, election bills lawmakers are considering, the retirement of DNR Secretary Adam Payne, a GOP push to eliminate race-based criteria for college programs and more.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug and ranking Dem member Lee Snodgrass agree the push to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe “is a distraction.”
GOP lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss the redistricting suit the liberal majority agreed to hear.
Backers of two constitutional amendments say they plan to place on the April ballot one that would bar the use of private resources to administer elections in Wisconsin. Another that would prohibit non-citizens from voting in local, state or national elections is slated for the November 2024 ballot.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan closed out his congressional campaign account by transferring the remaining balance to a nonprofit that he founded to improve public policy and communities.
Republican Rejani Raveendran has formally registered her candidacy for the U.S. Senate with the FEC, telling WisPolitics in a text message she is now “well beyond” the threshold of $5,000 raised before having to file.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil isn’t revealing yet who he’ll back for speaker as House Republicans convene tonight for another candidate forum amid “a lot of frustration.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the lawsuit seeking to block Republicans from ousting Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, Assembly passage of the Brewers stadium funding deal, GOP lawmakers withholding pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees and more.
GOP lawmakers in a hearing knocked Dems for not supporting a redistricting plan they say closely mirrors past Dem bills to create a new commission to draw Wisconsin’s political boundaries. But Dems countered the GOP bill omits important provisions to ensure the maps are fair.
The Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee moved ahead with a bill to limit the cost to obtain copies of the statewide voter registration list despite concerns people could still use the list for commercial purposes. Chair Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, said
GOP attorneys filed a motion to dismiss Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate President Chris Kapenga from a lawsuit seeking an order to prevent Republicans from removing Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top election official.
A Dane County judge has quashed subpoenas for former Supreme Court Justices Pat Roggensack and Jon Wilcox in a lawsuit over Assembly Speaker Robin Vos seeking advice on whether to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, distanced himself from the argument by the Legislature’s private attorneys, adding he’s asked to be removed from a lawsuit.
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.