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On one day in February, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes drove to Kenosha, attended a Black History Month event at a school and had lunch in Racine before heading back to Milwaukee, where he started the day. There, he had a
Fiserv Forum, the new home of the Milwaukee Bucks, will return a tremendous amount of money to state taxpayers who helped fund it, said Scott Neitzel, the former administration secretary for Republican Gov. Scott Walker who helped craft the arena
The Assembly is planning to take up three abortion-related bills when it convenes next week, according to a proposed calendar from Majority Leader Jim Steineke. Members are also scheduled to vote on two crime-related bills as well as Marsy’s Law,
During a fractious meeting that spanned the better part of three-and-a-half hours, several counties that had previously submitted proposals to operate youth lockups expressed concerns about the viability of the projects to the Department of Correction’s Juvenile Grant Committee.
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, said his bill to repeal the personal conviction waiver on vaccines is about public health and safety. But state Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R-Fond du Lac, said parental rights need to be protected. The two
Gov. Tony Evers says he’s not giving up on his proposal to expand Medicaid despite JFC Republicans’ plan to pull it from the budget, but he stopped short of saying he would veto a budget that didn’t include it. Meanwhile,
A split state Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate restoration of 82 appointments that Gov. Tony Evers sought to rescind after a Dane County judge overturned their confirmations from the December lame-duck session. The court ruled 4-3 the Dane
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos added two new staffers last month, filling the last of the 14 positions he put under his authority for the session. The additions of Julie Lund and Ashley Luke have pushed Vos’ payroll to more than
Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says she is “more optimistic” Wisconsin will end up taking federal dollars to expand health care coverage to low-income residents. The Evers administration says the governor’s plan to take federal money available through
GREEN BAY — Donald Trump delivered a free-wheeling riff to backers here Saturday night, laying out how they were being ripped off by other countries on trade and military spending, but finally had a president who was loyal to them,
GOP legislative leaders have approved hiring private attorneys to represent them with Dem Josh Kaul in the AG’s office — this time in two environmental suits that are now before the state Supreme Court. In one, the state Supreme Court
The feds are planning to conduct a review of the Wisconsin National Guard’s sexual misconduct procedures, Gov. Tony Evers announced today. Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, last month called for an examination of the Wisconsin Guard’s policies to
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are denying a Foxconn exec indicated in a meeting last month that the Taiwanese manufacturer wanted to renegotiate terms of the up-to-$3 billion state incentive package. Gov. Tony Evers released
Gov. Tony Evers sent Foxconn exec Louis Woo a letter today asking him to clarify the Taiwanese company was the first to suggest changes to its contract with the state. The letter comes after Evers suggested it was “unrealistic” that
Assembly Republicans are looking to add electric vehicle charging stations along freeways and help cover the cost of homeowners’ bills if they buy renewable energy. The proposals are two of five pieces of an environmental package GOP Rep. Adam Neylon
Just back from a trip to the southern U.S. border, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said the influx of migrants is “out of control” and the United States should turn back those without valid asylum claims. Johnson visited the El
One Wisconsin driver sought to brand his vehicle with a personalized “H8WI” license plate last April. And countless others wanted to flash “4TWENY” — or some variation of the reference to marijuana — across theirs. Those are just a few
Gov. Tony Evers says it’s “unrealistic” to think Foxconn will create the 13,000 jobs it had pledged given the company’s plans to scale back the original project. He also said he’s looking to potentially revise the company’s contract with the
Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are seeking to pass legislation that would take “a significant step” to prevent a future backlog of untested sexual assault kits. Flanked by legislators, law enforcement and advocates at the
The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a Dane County judge’s ruling that invalidated all of the Legislature’s actions in a December extraordinary session. GOP lawmakers first appealed the case to the 3rd District Court of
On one day in February, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes drove to Kenosha, attended a Black History Month event at a school and had lunch in Racine before heading back to Milwaukee, where he started the day. There, he had a call with the president of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council
Fiserv Forum, the new home of the Milwaukee Bucks, will return a tremendous amount of money to state taxpayers who helped fund it, said Scott Neitzel, the former administration secretary for Republican Gov. Scott Walker who helped craft the arena deal. Neitzel, who as former chairman of the Wisconsin Center
The Assembly is planning to take up three abortion-related bills when it convenes next week, according to a proposed calendar from Majority Leader Jim Steineke. Members are also scheduled to vote on two crime-related bills as well as Marsy’s Law, a proposed constitutional amendment aiming to bolster crime victims’ rights.
During a fractious meeting that spanned the better part of three-and-a-half hours, several counties that had previously submitted proposals to operate youth lockups expressed concerns about the viability of the projects to the Department of Correction’s Juvenile Grant Committee.
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, said his bill to repeal the personal conviction waiver on vaccines is about public health and safety. But state Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R-Fond du Lac, said parental rights need to be protected. The two appeared jointly Sunday on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com.
Gov. Tony Evers says he’s not giving up on his proposal to expand Medicaid despite JFC Republicans’ plan to pull it from the budget, but he stopped short of saying he would veto a budget that didn’t include it. Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, dug in over his opposition
A split state Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate restoration of 82 appointments that Gov. Tony Evers sought to rescind after a Dane County judge overturned their confirmations from the December lame-duck session. The court ruled 4-3 the Dane County judge had improperly failed to stay his decision after
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos added two new staffers last month, filling the last of the 14 positions he put under his authority for the session. The additions of Julie Lund and Ashley Luke have pushed Vos’ payroll to more than $975,000 for staffers either working directly for him in the
Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says she is “more optimistic” Wisconsin will end up taking federal dollars to expand health care coverage to low-income residents. The Evers administration says the governor’s plan to take federal money available through the Affordable Care Act would provide coverage to an additional
GREEN BAY — Donald Trump delivered a free-wheeling riff to backers here Saturday night, laying out how they were being ripped off by other countries on trade and military spending, but finally had a president who was loyal to them, not a corrupt system. Trump’s nearly 90-minute speech at the
GOP legislative leaders have approved hiring private attorneys to represent them with Dem Josh Kaul in the AG’s office — this time in two environmental suits that are now before the state Supreme Court. In one, the state Supreme Court agreed to take up a years-long battle over the DNR’s
The feds are planning to conduct a review of the Wisconsin National Guard’s sexual misconduct procedures, Gov. Tony Evers announced today. Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, last month called for an examination of the Wisconsin Guard’s policies to be conducted by the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are denying a Foxconn exec indicated in a meeting last month that the Taiwanese manufacturer wanted to renegotiate terms of the up-to-$3 billion state incentive package. Gov. Tony Evers released a letter yesterday to Louis Woo indicating it was the
Gov. Tony Evers sent Foxconn exec Louis Woo a letter today asking him to clarify the Taiwanese company was the first to suggest changes to its contract with the state. The letter comes after Evers suggested it was “unrealistic” that the company would create 13,000 jobs at its Racine County
Assembly Republicans are looking to add electric vehicle charging stations along freeways and help cover the cost of homeowners’ bills if they buy renewable energy. The proposals are two of five pieces of an environmental package GOP Rep. Adam Neylon unveiled at a Capitol news conference Monday, which fell on
Just back from a trip to the southern U.S. border, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said the influx of migrants is “out of control” and the United States should turn back those without valid asylum claims. Johnson visited the El Paso, Texas, sector last week. He discussed his findings and
One Wisconsin driver sought to brand his vehicle with a personalized “H8WI” license plate last April. And countless others wanted to flash “4TWENY” — or some variation of the reference to marijuana — across theirs. Those are just a few of the more than 250 personalized license plate requests Department
Gov. Tony Evers says it’s “unrealistic” to think Foxconn will create the 13,000 jobs it had pledged given the company’s plans to scale back the original project. He also said he’s looking to potentially revise the company’s contract with the state, saying the current document “deals with a situation that
Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are seeking to pass legislation that would take “a significant step” to prevent a future backlog of untested sexual assault kits. Flanked by legislators, law enforcement and advocates at the Capitol, Kaul yesterday unveiled a process for collecting and processing
The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a Dane County judge’s ruling that invalidated all of the Legislature’s actions in a December extraordinary session. GOP lawmakers first appealed the case to the 3rd District Court of Appeals, which issued a stay of the circuit court ruling,