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The filing concerns Wisconsin Act 100, which the GOP-run Legislature argues is unenforceable. Evers partially vetoed the legislation after signing Act 20, which created the new programs and requires a phonics-based approach to reading instruction.
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split this week as the Dem-led Senate voted to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The chamber voted 51-48 along party lines to dismiss the first articles of impeachment, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voting “present,” and 51-49 along party lines to dismiss the second articles.
Evers made the comments as he knocked Republicans for not attending the special meeting of the Joint Finance Committee he requested to approve the $125 million set aside in the budget to fight PFAS contamination and $15 million to address hospital closures in western Wisconsin.
Candidates’ unitemized donations — those from donors who have given $200 or less — are often seen as a sign of the success of their small-dollar operations. Hovde reported $159,468 in such contributions between his launch Feb. 21 and March 31, or just less than 1.7% of what he raised from individuals. By comparison, unitemized donations make up 35.7% of the more than $4.4 million that Baldwin raised from individuals.
“If you go too far into the MAGA space, you could open the door for a competent Democrat to once again really challenge in that district,” Ribble said. “I do not think Roger should get out of the race. I don’t think Andre should get out of the race. It’s far too soon, and they should go ahead and make their case.”
Casey replaces Peter Barca, who left the post last week as he considers a run for the 1st CD. Casey served as deputy secretary from 2019-22 and now works as the principal industry expert in tax compliance and fraud for SAS Institute in Cary, N.C.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s decision not to seek reelection, the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejecting the initial recall attempt against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, who’s in and who’s out in legislative races, Gov. Tony Evers’ recent actions on a series of bills and President Joe Biden’s visit to Madison.
It came weeks after the state Supreme Court ruled the lines in place for the 2022 elections were unconstitutional and barred their further use. Before the first petitions were filed, Gov. Tony Evers signed new maps that moved Vos from the 63rd AD that he was elected to in 2022 to the 33rd.
State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley announced she won’t seek reelection next year, a decision that could make it more challenging for liberals to maintain the majority they won just a year ago.
The recommendation comes on the heels of the state Supreme Court declining to say which maps should be applied to the recall effort — the ones used in the 2022 election that the liberal majority found to be unconstitutional or the lines approved by Gov. Tony Evers in February. The bill Evers signed included a provision saying the new maps don’t take effect until this fall.
The House Republican Israel Caucus member in an email newsletter said he visited various places in Israel that saw fierce combat, such as the Nova Music Festival in Re’im, where Hamas in its October 7 attack killed hundreds of civilians and took many hostage. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan and 55 of his Dem colleagues signed onto a letter urging President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to withhold weapons transfers to Israel after humanitarian aid workers were killed in an airstrike.
It is the second time Evers, who has repeatedly vowed to veto the PFAS bill, has called a special meeting of the budget committee. GOP members ignored the call in December 2019 and refused to attend as he pushed them to address homelessness. JFC Co-Chairs Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, and Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, called the guv’s latest move “phony.”
President Joe Biden in Madison touted his plan to provide student debt relief to more than 30 million Americans, saying it would help ensure Americans don’t have to put their lives on hold to pay off their school loans.
“As we get closer to November, I think Democrats all across the country and in Wisconsin will understand that President Joe Biden is the person to do the job. And when we’re thinking about the issues facing Gaza and within Israel, at the end of the day we know that Joe Biden’s going to be the guy who’s going to lead us to where we need to go,” Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Tuesday’s election results, former President Donald Trump’s visit to Green Bay, the U.S. Senate race and more.
Evers has vowed to veto SB 312 over provisions limiting DNR authority to regulate the forever chemicals, which he has argued would benefit polluters. The Dem guv has instead called for the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee to release the $125 million set aside in the state budget and use it to fund an alternate proposal that eliminates those provisions.
It includes $6 million for tribal nations in Wisconsin; $5 million for community, education and after-school prevention; $5 million for family support and resource centers; another $5 million for peer support in opioid treatment programs; $3.5 million for overdose reversal drug naloxone; $1 million for fentanyl test strips, and more.
Voters in the April presidential primary gave President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each less than 90% of the vote share, and Milwaukee voters narrowly approved a $252 million school referendum.
Those pushing the uninstructed option in the Dem primary to protest President Joe Biden’s policies toward Israel and Gaza easily exceeded their goal of 20,000 votes. Still, they were short of the 15% needed to secure a delegate to the national convention. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was on pace to get more than three-fourths of the vote in the GOP presidential primary even though all of his opponents have dropped out of the race.
Voters narrowly approved $252 million for Milwaukee Public Schools by a margin of 1,720 votes in the largest school referendum of the spring election.
The filing concerns Wisconsin Act 100, which the GOP-run Legislature argues is unenforceable. Evers partially vetoed the legislation after signing Act 20, which created the new programs and requires a phonics-based approach to reading instruction.
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split this week as the Dem-led Senate voted to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The chamber voted 51-48 along party lines to dismiss the first articles of impeachment, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voting “present,” and 51-49 along party lines to dismiss the second articles.
Evers made the comments as he knocked Republicans for not attending the special meeting of the Joint Finance Committee he requested to approve the $125 million set aside in the budget to fight PFAS contamination and $15 million to address hospital closures in western Wisconsin.
Candidates’ unitemized donations — those from donors who have given $200 or less — are often seen as a sign of the success of their small-dollar operations. Hovde reported $159,468 in such contributions between his launch Feb. 21 and March 31, or just less than 1.7% of what he raised from individuals. By comparison, unitemized donations make up 35.7% of the more than $4.4 million that Baldwin raised from individuals.
“If you go too far into the MAGA space, you could open the door for a competent Democrat to once again really challenge in that district,” Ribble said. “I do not think Roger should get out of the race. I don’t think Andre should get out of the race. It’s far too soon, and they should go ahead and make their case.”
Casey replaces Peter Barca, who left the post last week as he considers a run for the 1st CD. Casey served as deputy secretary from 2019-22 and now works as the principal industry expert in tax compliance and fraud for SAS Institute in Cary, N.C.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s decision not to seek reelection, the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejecting the initial recall attempt against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, who’s in and who’s out in legislative races, Gov. Tony Evers’ recent actions on a series of bills and President Joe Biden’s visit to Madison.
It came weeks after the state Supreme Court ruled the lines in place for the 2022 elections were unconstitutional and barred their further use. Before the first petitions were filed, Gov. Tony Evers signed new maps that moved Vos from the 63rd AD that he was elected to in 2022 to the 33rd.
State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley announced she won’t seek reelection next year, a decision that could make it more challenging for liberals to maintain the majority they won just a year ago.
The recommendation comes on the heels of the state Supreme Court declining to say which maps should be applied to the recall effort — the ones used in the 2022 election that the liberal majority found to be unconstitutional or the lines approved by Gov. Tony Evers in February. The bill Evers signed included a provision saying the new maps don’t take effect until this fall.
The House Republican Israel Caucus member in an email newsletter said he visited various places in Israel that saw fierce combat, such as the Nova Music Festival in Re’im, where Hamas in its October 7 attack killed hundreds of civilians and took many hostage. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan and 55 of his Dem colleagues signed onto a letter urging President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to withhold weapons transfers to Israel after humanitarian aid workers were killed in an airstrike.
It is the second time Evers, who has repeatedly vowed to veto the PFAS bill, has called a special meeting of the budget committee. GOP members ignored the call in December 2019 and refused to attend as he pushed them to address homelessness. JFC Co-Chairs Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, and Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, called the guv’s latest move “phony.”
President Joe Biden in Madison touted his plan to provide student debt relief to more than 30 million Americans, saying it would help ensure Americans don’t have to put their lives on hold to pay off their school loans.
“As we get closer to November, I think Democrats all across the country and in Wisconsin will understand that President Joe Biden is the person to do the job. And when we’re thinking about the issues facing Gaza and within Israel, at the end of the day we know that Joe Biden’s going to be the guy who’s going to lead us to where we need to go,” Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Tuesday’s election results, former President Donald Trump’s visit to Green Bay, the U.S. Senate race and more.
Evers has vowed to veto SB 312 over provisions limiting DNR authority to regulate the forever chemicals, which he has argued would benefit polluters. The Dem guv has instead called for the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee to release the $125 million set aside in the state budget and use it to fund an alternate proposal that eliminates those provisions.
It includes $6 million for tribal nations in Wisconsin; $5 million for community, education and after-school prevention; $5 million for family support and resource centers; another $5 million for peer support in opioid treatment programs; $3.5 million for overdose reversal drug naloxone; $1 million for fentanyl test strips, and more.
Voters in the April presidential primary gave President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each less than 90% of the vote share, and Milwaukee voters narrowly approved a $252 million school referendum.
Those pushing the uninstructed option in the Dem primary to protest President Joe Biden’s policies toward Israel and Gaza easily exceeded their goal of 20,000 votes. Still, they were short of the 15% needed to secure a delegate to the national convention. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was on pace to get more than three-fourths of the vote in the GOP presidential primary even though all of his opponents have dropped out of the race.
Voters narrowly approved $252 million for Milwaukee Public Schools by a margin of 1,720 votes in the largest school referendum of the spring election.