Assembly Republicans approved an amended version of Tony Evers’ redistricting plan, arguing the Dem guv should sign off on the changes because the proposal would still include the vast majority of what he proposed to the state Supreme Court. But the guv quickly dismissed the plans, saying he will veto them.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers in his sixth State of the State address announced plans to make contraception easier to obtain for those on BadgerCare, demanded GOP lawmakers come up with a plan to preserve the state’s child care industry and vowed to veto any attempts to restrict abortion access.
The motion asks the court to reconsider its rejection earlier this month of the lawmakers’ first request to delay the case to provide more time to raise issues. The new GOP motion comes as Dem parties in the redistricting suit knocked Republicans’ proposed maps for failing to meet the court’s call to consider partisan balance with the new lines.
The proposal cleared the chamber 17-14 with GOP Sens. Joan Ballweg, of Markesan; Julian Bradley, of Franklin; Chris Kapenga, of Delafield; and Eric Wimberger, of Green Bay; joining Dems in opposition.
Vice President Kamala Harris in Waukesha today blasted Donald Trump for saying he was “proud” of his role in the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to abortion, arguing “he intended for them to take away your freedoms.”
Scott Walker, the former Wisconsin governor and 2016 presidential candidate, says the GOP primary race for president is over if Nikki Haley doesn’t win New Hampshire Tuesday.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss proposed maps submitted in the redistricting lawsuit before the state Supreme Court, a petition to the court to redraw the state’s congressional districts, the latest action in the Senate and Assembly, Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address next Tuesday and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss efforts to keep former President Trump off state primary election ballots, including a lawsuit in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The United Center, adorned with championship flags from the Bulls and the Blackhawks, has a distinct Chicago flavor as the chief venue for the 2024 Dem national convention this August. The convention chair, Minyon Moore, is a Chicago native who
The White House had previously announced that Harris would be in Wisconsin on Monday, but hadn’t said where. It will be her fifth visit to the state since she was sworn in.
Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August blasted Rep. Janel Brandtjen as a grifter for repeatedly trying to introduce a resolution to impeach Wisconsin Election Administrator Meagan Wolfe during Tuesday’s floor session.
The petition, filed yesterday, argued a foundation of the lines now in place was the court’s 2021 decision to take a “least change approach” to the maps that Republican lawmakers drew a decade earlier. Now that the new liberal majority has thrown out that standard, the brief argues, there’s no justification to keep in place congressional lines based upon the same principle.
Gov. Tony Evers, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2026, raised money at a slower clip last year than he did over the same period four years earlier.
One would explicitly lay out in state law what information must be included on an absentee ballot envelope from the voter and the witness for it to be counted. Another would require local officials to allow observers to be closer to the activities at a polling site than now allowed.
Ahead of Monday night’s Iowa Caucuses, Donald Trump Jr. called former House Speaker Paul Ryan “a RINO that the America First movement despises” as he worked to fire up former President Donald Trump’s base and push them to caucus tonight.
The remedial maps submitted to the state Supreme Court Friday generally would result in more Dem seats in the Assembly and Senate than the GOP drawn lines used in the 2022 elections.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ medical marijuana bill, a new tax cut proposal Senate Republicans are working on, elections bills, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the Supreme Court’s legislative redistricting deadline and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk about Wisconsin’s Republican false electors and how their acknowledgement that Biden won against Trump in 2020 differs from other states. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request by GOP lawmakers to reconsider its ruling that threw out Republican-drawn legislative districts and to pause the redistricting suit.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced today she raised more than $3 million during the fourth quarter of 2023 as the Madison Dem continued to pull in money at a faster clip than she did six years ago. Baldwin, who’s still
Assembly Republicans approved an amended version of Tony Evers’ redistricting plan, arguing the Dem guv should sign off on the changes because the proposal would still include the vast majority of what he proposed to the state Supreme Court. But the guv quickly dismissed the plans, saying he will veto them.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers in his sixth State of the State address announced plans to make contraception easier to obtain for those on BadgerCare, demanded GOP lawmakers come up with a plan to preserve the state’s child care industry and vowed to veto any attempts to restrict abortion access.
The motion asks the court to reconsider its rejection earlier this month of the lawmakers’ first request to delay the case to provide more time to raise issues. The new GOP motion comes as Dem parties in the redistricting suit knocked Republicans’ proposed maps for failing to meet the court’s call to consider partisan balance with the new lines.
The proposal cleared the chamber 17-14 with GOP Sens. Joan Ballweg, of Markesan; Julian Bradley, of Franklin; Chris Kapenga, of Delafield; and Eric Wimberger, of Green Bay; joining Dems in opposition.
Vice President Kamala Harris in Waukesha today blasted Donald Trump for saying he was “proud” of his role in the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to abortion, arguing “he intended for them to take away your freedoms.”
Scott Walker, the former Wisconsin governor and 2016 presidential candidate, says the GOP primary race for president is over if Nikki Haley doesn’t win New Hampshire Tuesday.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss proposed maps submitted in the redistricting lawsuit before the state Supreme Court, a petition to the court to redraw the state’s congressional districts, the latest action in the Senate and Assembly, Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address next Tuesday and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss efforts to keep former President Trump off state primary election ballots, including a lawsuit in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The United Center, adorned with championship flags from the Bulls and the Blackhawks, has a distinct Chicago flavor as the chief venue for the 2024 Dem national convention this August. The convention chair, Minyon Moore, is a Chicago native who
The White House had previously announced that Harris would be in Wisconsin on Monday, but hadn’t said where. It will be her fifth visit to the state since she was sworn in.
Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August blasted Rep. Janel Brandtjen as a grifter for repeatedly trying to introduce a resolution to impeach Wisconsin Election Administrator Meagan Wolfe during Tuesday’s floor session.
The petition, filed yesterday, argued a foundation of the lines now in place was the court’s 2021 decision to take a “least change approach” to the maps that Republican lawmakers drew a decade earlier. Now that the new liberal majority has thrown out that standard, the brief argues, there’s no justification to keep in place congressional lines based upon the same principle.
Gov. Tony Evers, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2026, raised money at a slower clip last year than he did over the same period four years earlier.
One would explicitly lay out in state law what information must be included on an absentee ballot envelope from the voter and the witness for it to be counted. Another would require local officials to allow observers to be closer to the activities at a polling site than now allowed.
Ahead of Monday night’s Iowa Caucuses, Donald Trump Jr. called former House Speaker Paul Ryan “a RINO that the America First movement despises” as he worked to fire up former President Donald Trump’s base and push them to caucus tonight.
The remedial maps submitted to the state Supreme Court Friday generally would result in more Dem seats in the Assembly and Senate than the GOP drawn lines used in the 2022 elections.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ medical marijuana bill, a new tax cut proposal Senate Republicans are working on, elections bills, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the Supreme Court’s legislative redistricting deadline and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk about Wisconsin’s Republican false electors and how their acknowledgement that Biden won against Trump in 2020 differs from other states. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request by GOP lawmakers to reconsider its ruling that threw out Republican-drawn legislative districts and to pause the redistricting suit.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced today she raised more than $3 million during the fourth quarter of 2023 as the Madison Dem continued to pull in money at a faster clip than she did six years ago. Baldwin, who’s still