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In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin’s Dem congressional members remain supportive of President Joe Biden’s reelection bid despite calls from some in their party for him to step aside.
Those seeking to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are vowing to appeal a Dane County judge’s ruling rejecting their request to order a recall election.
A representative for one of the state’s top anti-abortion groups warned Republicans could lose votes after a committee approved a new party platform that includes no call for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Meanwhile, other groups that oppose abortion had a more measured response to the policy released by the Republican National Committee, which notes states can pass their own laws restricting abortion.
President Joe Biden during a high-stakes campaign stop in Madison insisted he won’t drop out, spurring the state party chair to declare he’s with Biden “every step of the way.”
President Joe Biden at a Madison rally today tried to shut down speculation he would leave the presidential race and dismissed concerns about his age after a heavily criticized debate last week.
The state Supreme Court today again allowed local clerks to use unstaffed absentee ballot drop boxes, restoring the option for voters months ahead of Wisconsin’s presidential race.
The state Supreme Court today in a 6-1 decision today overturned the process the GOP-controlled Legislature has used to block stewardship purchases, ruling it violates the separation of powers.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss President Biden’s planned visit to Madison, Rep Dora Drake’s 4th SD special election win, the state Supreme Court accepting two abortion cases, an $81 million reduction in state aid for Milwaukee Public Schools, $49 million in federal funding for the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub and more.
The liberal-controlled state Supreme Court backed hearing a case that argues the Wisconsin Constitution guarantees the right to an abortion, along with a separate case challenging an 1849 law that had been interpreted as banning abortion in Wisconsin except to save the life of the mother.
According to unofficial returns, Drake had 4,439 votes, or 65.8%, while Myers received 2,298, or 34%.
The district is set to receive an estimated $555.3 million in the 2024-25 school year, down from the $636.4 million it received for the 2023-24 school year — a 12.7 percent decrease. That includes a $42.6 million adjustment due to a reporting error in the 2022-23 school year, according to an MPS release.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore campaigned for President Joe Biden in Madison and Milwaukee this weekend, urging Democratic voters to stay the course after Biden’s debate performance sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejecting the petition to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, the death of a Lincoln Hills counselor following an attack by a youth inmate, the leak of a draft Supreme Court order relating to an abortion case and more.
Those seeking to recall Robin Vos failed for a second time in their effort to target the GOP Assembly speaker after the state Elections Commission ruled 4-2 they were short of the signatures needed to trigger an election.
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll again found a close race for president in Wisconsin as voters are increasingly unenthusiastic about turning out this fall.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission staff review of the petitions seeking to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos found his opponents turned in enough valid signatures to trigger an election. Still, the agency staff declined to weigh in on whether Vos, R-Rochester, can be recalled from the 63rd AD that he was elected to in 2022 after the state Supreme Court barred the use of that map going forward.
Wisconsin Democrats on the two-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade urged support for their party’s candidates, arguing Republicans will only seek to further restrict abortion access. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Right to Life said it remains “unwavering” in its efforts to oppose abortion.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a potential vice presidential pick, says he’ll be at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee no matter who Donald Trump picks as his running mate. Meanwhile, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of the Joe Biden campaign’s national co-chairs, says Biden “needs to” win both Wisconsin and Michigan.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and guest host Jack Kelly, statehouse reporter for Wisconsin Watch, discuss former President Trump’s rally in Racine, the Republican National Convention security perimeter, the latest on fiscal mismanagement at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and more.
Sanctioned protests will be limited to two areas at next month’s RNC in downtown Milwaukee, excluding a park near Fiserv Forum that Republicans objected to as a potential protest site.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin’s Dem congressional members remain supportive of President Joe Biden’s reelection bid despite calls from some in their party for him to step aside.
Those seeking to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are vowing to appeal a Dane County judge’s ruling rejecting their request to order a recall election.
A representative for one of the state’s top anti-abortion groups warned Republicans could lose votes after a committee approved a new party platform that includes no call for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Meanwhile, other groups that oppose abortion had a more measured response to the policy released by the Republican National Committee, which notes states can pass their own laws restricting abortion.
President Joe Biden during a high-stakes campaign stop in Madison insisted he won’t drop out, spurring the state party chair to declare he’s with Biden “every step of the way.”
President Joe Biden at a Madison rally today tried to shut down speculation he would leave the presidential race and dismissed concerns about his age after a heavily criticized debate last week.
The state Supreme Court today again allowed local clerks to use unstaffed absentee ballot drop boxes, restoring the option for voters months ahead of Wisconsin’s presidential race.
The state Supreme Court today in a 6-1 decision today overturned the process the GOP-controlled Legislature has used to block stewardship purchases, ruling it violates the separation of powers.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss President Biden’s planned visit to Madison, Rep Dora Drake’s 4th SD special election win, the state Supreme Court accepting two abortion cases, an $81 million reduction in state aid for Milwaukee Public Schools, $49 million in federal funding for the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub and more.
The liberal-controlled state Supreme Court backed hearing a case that argues the Wisconsin Constitution guarantees the right to an abortion, along with a separate case challenging an 1849 law that had been interpreted as banning abortion in Wisconsin except to save the life of the mother.
According to unofficial returns, Drake had 4,439 votes, or 65.8%, while Myers received 2,298, or 34%.
The district is set to receive an estimated $555.3 million in the 2024-25 school year, down from the $636.4 million it received for the 2023-24 school year — a 12.7 percent decrease. That includes a $42.6 million adjustment due to a reporting error in the 2022-23 school year, according to an MPS release.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore campaigned for President Joe Biden in Madison and Milwaukee this weekend, urging Democratic voters to stay the course after Biden’s debate performance sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejecting the petition to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, the death of a Lincoln Hills counselor following an attack by a youth inmate, the leak of a draft Supreme Court order relating to an abortion case and more.
Those seeking to recall Robin Vos failed for a second time in their effort to target the GOP Assembly speaker after the state Elections Commission ruled 4-2 they were short of the signatures needed to trigger an election.
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll again found a close race for president in Wisconsin as voters are increasingly unenthusiastic about turning out this fall.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission staff review of the petitions seeking to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos found his opponents turned in enough valid signatures to trigger an election. Still, the agency staff declined to weigh in on whether Vos, R-Rochester, can be recalled from the 63rd AD that he was elected to in 2022 after the state Supreme Court barred the use of that map going forward.
Wisconsin Democrats on the two-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade urged support for their party’s candidates, arguing Republicans will only seek to further restrict abortion access. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Right to Life said it remains “unwavering” in its efforts to oppose abortion.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a potential vice presidential pick, says he’ll be at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee no matter who Donald Trump picks as his running mate. Meanwhile, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of the Joe Biden campaign’s national co-chairs, says Biden “needs to” win both Wisconsin and Michigan.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and guest host Jack Kelly, statehouse reporter for Wisconsin Watch, discuss former President Trump’s rally in Racine, the Republican National Convention security perimeter, the latest on fiscal mismanagement at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and more.
Sanctioned protests will be limited to two areas at next month’s RNC in downtown Milwaukee, excluding a park near Fiserv Forum that Republicans objected to as a potential protest site.