Senate GOP leaders have fired Chief Clerk Linsay Hale after 10 months on the job, with Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu only saying she didn’t have enough support in his caucus to continue in the role. Hale, the first woman to serve as Senate chief clerk, was appointed to the position

Wisconsin public officials offered their condolences after three people died in a shooting at a Madison private school yesterday. Gov. Tony Evers ordered flags to fly at half-staff through Sunday in their honor.

The GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee have rejected the Department of Public Instruction’s argument that it isn’t required to seek the committee’s approval of recommended reading curriculum under the state’s new literacy law. 

A split study committee voted 8-4 to recommend legislation that would allow a hunt of sandhill cranes while providing state funding to address damage the birds do to crops.

The move comes after the state Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision overturned the process the GOP-controlled Legislature has used to block stewardship purchases through the Joint Finance Committee, ruling it violates the separation of powers.

Dem AG Josh Kaul has petitioned the state Supreme Court to reverse a Court of Appeals decision upholding lawmakers’ authority to review Department of Justice settlements under a 2018 lame-duck law.