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Robin Vos, the longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history, announced today he won’t seek reelection.
On its final regular floor period of the session, the Assembly will take up legislation Speaker Robin Vos had previously held up that would extend postpartum coverage under the Medicaid program and to require supplemental screenings for breast cancer.
WisconsinEye would get $585,631 in state money over the next 12 months to remain on the air as the state seeks bids for a permanent public affairs network under amended legislation the Senate approved via voice vote.
GOP Sen. Pat Testin, who co-authored the package, told WisPolitics his efforts to get at least 17 Republican votes for the proposal had fallen short. Now, the only path forward to extend the program is to get his Senate Republican colleagues to get behind the bills that cleared the Assembly last month, Testin said.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers tonight demanded GOP lawmakers provide additional funding for K-12 education and property tax relief while pushing the Legislature to continue working with him on an unfinished agenda rather than heading out for the campaign trail.
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels praised Wisconsin’s purple streak but bemoaned the state’s practice of electing judges, saying it “was never a good idea” and erodes faith in the judiciary. Daniels noted 37 states have single-party control of government, including
Dem Gov. Tony Evers plans to use his final State of the State to tout bipartisan successes during his two terms, including $2 billion annually in tax cuts, helping more than 127,000 Wisconsinites get job training and paying off $3 billion in state debt.
GOP legislative leaders are calling for a more than $2.3 billion package that would pair a tax rebate Senate Republicans proposed with additional state funding that Dem Gov. Tony Evers wants for special education and money to boost a property tax credit.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, left out of talks between Gov. Tony Evers and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, says his pitch to give Wisconsinites rebate checks has support from some GOP Assembly reps.
LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon in Madison said Vos and Evers’ effort to reach a compromise “seems like purely a political stunt.”
The Assembly passed a string of higher education bills along party lines today, including a bill that would strip higher education programs of race-based programs and requirements.
SB 498, which passed 53 to 45 along party lines, would create a host of new rules surrounding free expression on Universities of Wisconsin campuses.
The Assembly voted along party lines to send a bill defining a broad avenue for patients to sue practitioners who provided them gender-affirming care as minors. The bill now goes to the governor.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin lawmakers split along party lines on a GOP bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
The state Senate today approved transgender bills dictating what teams those athletes can play on, limiting what pronouns students can use at school and allowing lawsuits for injuries from transition procedures performed on minors.
Senate Republicans are lining up behind a proposal that would solicit bids to operate a statewide public affairs network after the Assembly passed a bipartisan bill that would create an endowment for WisconsinEye.
The Assembly unanimously approved legislation to create a $10 million trust fund to ensure WisconsinEye remains on the air following a blackout period due to a lack of funding.
Gov. Tony Evers offered GOP leaders a $1.3 billion package that would pump additional money into public schools while boosting a property tax credit and covering a GOP call to exempt cash tips from state taxes, according to an email shared with WisPolitics.
The chairwoman of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians during the State of the Tribes address said the federal government is “testing the fundamentals of a healthy democracy.”
A Dane County judge declared voting absentee is a constitutional right, not a privilege, as he rejected the city of Madison’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the former clerk’s failure to count 193 absentee ballots in the November election.
Robin Vos, the longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history, announced today he won’t seek reelection.
On its final regular floor period of the session, the Assembly will take up legislation Speaker Robin Vos had previously held up that would extend postpartum coverage under the Medicaid program and to require supplemental screenings for breast cancer.
WisconsinEye would get $585,631 in state money over the next 12 months to remain on the air as the state seeks bids for a permanent public affairs network under amended legislation the Senate approved via voice vote.
GOP Sen. Pat Testin, who co-authored the package, told WisPolitics his efforts to get at least 17 Republican votes for the proposal had fallen short. Now, the only path forward to extend the program is to get his Senate Republican colleagues to get behind the bills that cleared the Assembly last month, Testin said.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers tonight demanded GOP lawmakers provide additional funding for K-12 education and property tax relief while pushing the Legislature to continue working with him on an unfinished agenda rather than heading out for the campaign trail.
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels praised Wisconsin’s purple streak but bemoaned the state’s practice of electing judges, saying it “was never a good idea” and erodes faith in the judiciary. Daniels noted 37 states have single-party control of government, including Indiana, most of which have legislative supermajorities. He also pointed
Dem Gov. Tony Evers plans to use his final State of the State to tout bipartisan successes during his two terms, including $2 billion annually in tax cuts, helping more than 127,000 Wisconsinites get job training and paying off $3 billion in state debt.
GOP legislative leaders are calling for a more than $2.3 billion package that would pair a tax rebate Senate Republicans proposed with additional state funding that Dem Gov. Tony Evers wants for special education and money to boost a property tax credit.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, left out of talks between Gov. Tony Evers and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, says his pitch to give Wisconsinites rebate checks has support from some GOP Assembly reps.
LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon in Madison said Vos and Evers’ effort to reach a compromise “seems like purely a political stunt.”
The Assembly passed a string of higher education bills along party lines today, including a bill that would strip higher education programs of race-based programs and requirements.
SB 498, which passed 53 to 45 along party lines, would create a host of new rules surrounding free expression on Universities of Wisconsin campuses.
The Assembly voted along party lines to send a bill defining a broad avenue for patients to sue practitioners who provided them gender-affirming care as minors. The bill now goes to the governor.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin lawmakers split along party lines on a GOP bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
The state Senate today approved transgender bills dictating what teams those athletes can play on, limiting what pronouns students can use at school and allowing lawsuits for injuries from transition procedures performed on minors.
Senate Republicans are lining up behind a proposal that would solicit bids to operate a statewide public affairs network after the Assembly passed a bipartisan bill that would create an endowment for WisconsinEye.
The Assembly unanimously approved legislation to create a $10 million trust fund to ensure WisconsinEye remains on the air following a blackout period due to a lack of funding.
Gov. Tony Evers offered GOP leaders a $1.3 billion package that would pump additional money into public schools while boosting a property tax credit and covering a GOP call to exempt cash tips from state taxes, according to an email shared with WisPolitics.
The chairwoman of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians during the State of the Tribes address said the federal government is “testing the fundamentals of a healthy democracy.”
A Dane County judge declared voting absentee is a constitutional right, not a privilege, as he rejected the city of Madison’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the former clerk’s failure to count 193 absentee ballots in the November election.