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The state Senate today rejected the nomination of Todd Ambs to the Natural Resources Board, the fifth of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ picks for the body that has been shot down by GOP lawmakers in the last four months.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed Republicans would still win majorities in the Legislature under Gov. Tony Evers’ maps.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers signed his legislative maps, which were approved by GOP lawmakers, despite concerns from Dems they could be challenged in federal court.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says Gov. Tony Evers’ “word and promise are on the line” ahead of tomorrow’s deadline to sign or veto his legislative maps.
First Lady Jill Biden in a Green Bay stop touted efforts to prepare students for careers, adding she wants the rest of the country to look to northeast Wisconsin as an example.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel state politics reporter Jessie Opoien discuss the GOP-controlled Legislature passing Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ legislative redistricting maps, results of Assembly and Senate floor sessions this week, Republican businessman Eric Hovde’s campaign announcing he will join the U.S. Senate race, the developing field to replace GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, Tuesday’s spring primary and more.
State and local governments would be barred from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to anyone on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin under a constitutional amendment the Assembly Republicans passed today.
Utilities already doing business in Wisconsin would have the right of first refusal to construct, own and maintain a new transmission line that connects to one of their existing ones under a bill the Assembly approved by voice vote today.
A spokesperson for Eric Hovde confirmed to WisPolitics that the Madison businessman next week will officially launch his campaign challenging U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison.
The House in a second attempt successfully voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher again joining Dems against the push.
The agency called the language its “standard practice” on redistricting bills. Still, the provision raised concerns among Dems during Tuesday’s debate in the Senate, particularly the question of what it would mean for an attempt to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and a special election in the 4th SD.
The Assembly approved a $2.1 billion GOP package that would expand the state’s second-lowest tax bracket while providing additional breaks for retirement income, married couples and child care.
The GOP-run Legislature approved Tony Evers’ proposed new maps, sending them to the Dem guv after he said he’d sign them so long as Republicans didn’t make any changes.
The Senate approved the maps 18-14 with nine Dems and five Republicans voting no.
LeMahieu’s move would amend SB 488, which would impose an Iowa-style redistricting system in Wisconsin. The substitute amendment would instead turn the bill into Evers’ proposals for the Assembly and the Senate districts now before the state Supreme Court in a redistricting suit.
GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher has several options for the more than $4 million he had in the bank to end 2023 after his surprise announcement that he won’t seek reelection this fall.
Gov. Tony Evers says if the Republican-controlled Legislature passes the maps he submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, he’ll sign them into law.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Allouez, announced he won’t seek reelection this fall, saying the “Framers intended citizens to serve in Congress for a season and then return to their private lives.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the redistricting case before the state Supreme Court, a potential investigation into state prisons following inmate deaths, Republicans’ $2.1 billion tax-cut plan, results of the latest Marquette University Law School poll and more.
Attorneys for GOP lawmakers and conservative voters demanded the state Supreme Court reject two consultants’ report that recommended ignoring their proposed maps for legislative districts and only considering plans submitted by Dems.
The state Senate today rejected the nomination of Todd Ambs to the Natural Resources Board, the fifth of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ picks for the body that has been shot down by GOP lawmakers in the last four months.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed Republicans would still win majorities in the Legislature under Gov. Tony Evers’ maps.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers signed his legislative maps, which were approved by GOP lawmakers, despite concerns from Dems they could be challenged in federal court.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says Gov. Tony Evers’ “word and promise are on the line” ahead of tomorrow’s deadline to sign or veto his legislative maps.
First Lady Jill Biden in a Green Bay stop touted efforts to prepare students for careers, adding she wants the rest of the country to look to northeast Wisconsin as an example.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel state politics reporter Jessie Opoien discuss the GOP-controlled Legislature passing Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ legislative redistricting maps, results of Assembly and Senate floor sessions this week, Republican businessman Eric Hovde’s campaign announcing he will join the U.S. Senate race, the developing field to replace GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, Tuesday’s spring primary and more.
State and local governments would be barred from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to anyone on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin under a constitutional amendment the Assembly Republicans passed today.
Utilities already doing business in Wisconsin would have the right of first refusal to construct, own and maintain a new transmission line that connects to one of their existing ones under a bill the Assembly approved by voice vote today.
A spokesperson for Eric Hovde confirmed to WisPolitics that the Madison businessman next week will officially launch his campaign challenging U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison.
The House in a second attempt successfully voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher again joining Dems against the push.
The agency called the language its “standard practice” on redistricting bills. Still, the provision raised concerns among Dems during Tuesday’s debate in the Senate, particularly the question of what it would mean for an attempt to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and a special election in the 4th SD.
The Assembly approved a $2.1 billion GOP package that would expand the state’s second-lowest tax bracket while providing additional breaks for retirement income, married couples and child care.
The GOP-run Legislature approved Tony Evers’ proposed new maps, sending them to the Dem guv after he said he’d sign them so long as Republicans didn’t make any changes.
The Senate approved the maps 18-14 with nine Dems and five Republicans voting no.
LeMahieu’s move would amend SB 488, which would impose an Iowa-style redistricting system in Wisconsin. The substitute amendment would instead turn the bill into Evers’ proposals for the Assembly and the Senate districts now before the state Supreme Court in a redistricting suit.
GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher has several options for the more than $4 million he had in the bank to end 2023 after his surprise announcement that he won’t seek reelection this fall.
Gov. Tony Evers says if the Republican-controlled Legislature passes the maps he submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, he’ll sign them into law.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Allouez, announced he won’t seek reelection this fall, saying the “Framers intended citizens to serve in Congress for a season and then return to their private lives.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the redistricting case before the state Supreme Court, a potential investigation into state prisons following inmate deaths, Republicans’ $2.1 billion tax-cut plan, results of the latest Marquette University Law School poll and more.
Attorneys for GOP lawmakers and conservative voters demanded the state Supreme Court reject two consultants’ report that recommended ignoring their proposed maps for legislative districts and only considering plans submitted by Dems.