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Vice President Kamala Harris’ “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour will kick off in Wisconsin on Jan. 22, the 51st anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, the White House announced.
Andrew Hitt, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and one of the so-called “fake electors,” says he was “tricked” by Trump campaign officials as part of a larger scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He’s now cooperating with federal prosecutors and could end up testifying against the former president.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss UW Regents approving a deal that curtails DEI efforts in exchange for a host of financial priorities, Dem calls to remove Republican Commissioner Bob Spindell from the Wisconsin Elections Commission over his involvement in the GOP false electors scheme, a hearing on a bill that would institute final-five voting for congressional elections and more.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Audrey Skwierawski will serve as director of state courts despite her interim appointment in August causing a rift among the justices.
President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Wednesday to promote his economic policies, the White House said.
The 11-6 vote came after the board rejected the same proposal 9-8 four days earlier. But President Karen Walsh, Vice President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost and Jennifer Staton, a student regent, flipped their stances and supported the deal.
Board Vice President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost, who voted against the package as it failed 9-8 on Saturday, is listed as a co-sponsor of the new resolution. It includes identical language to the original resolution, and her support would be sufficient if all the other votes held.
“The possibility that the Sacklers may still be billionaires at the end of this case is in itself deeply concerning, and I think really calls for a reevaluation of the way that our bankruptcy system is structured and works,” AG Josh Kaul said in an interview with WisPolitics.
The governor also defended his use of an alias email account and said he will continue to do so under a new name after it was reported he was using the name of former Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn to conduct state business.
The 9-8 vote came after a series of regents made impassioned pleas against limiting diversity, equity and inclusion positions, warning it would only encourage GOP lawmakers to seek further tradeoffs.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the proposed deal between the Universities of Wisconsin and GOP lawmakers, a Dane County judge ruling an 1849 law doesn’t ban consenual abortions, a GOP bill to eliminate the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and Gov. Tony Evers signing the Brewers stadium bills and acting on more than four dozen others.
UW officials and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have discussed a deal that would target a third of the university’s DEI positions and cap the overall number of jobs in exchange for several top financial priorities, according to sources with knowledge of the talks.
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer is getting used to recruiting candidates for an upcoming election without being able to tell them what their districts might look like. But the big difference this cycle is the Racine Dem has more time to recruit.
U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan were the only Wisconsin House members who cast “present” votes on a resolution condemning the drastic rise of antisemitism. The only two Wisconsin Dem in the House weren’t the only who refused to vote on the measure. They joined 90 of their Dem colleagues in the “present” column and 17 others who did not vote at all. Still, the resolution passed 311-14.
A UW spokesperson told WisPolitics the discussions with Vos, R-Rochester, were broader than those three topics and are ongoing.
Despite her ruling on the 1849 law, Judge Diane Schlipper declined to issue a permanent injunction late yesterday barring its enforcement because the three district attorneys who were named as defendants in the case had all pledged to abide by her ruling. Thus, she found there was no need to issue an injunction.
Gov. Tony Evers has signed legislation that will put more than $500 million in taxpayer money toward upkeep at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium through 2050, saying it will allow a generation of Wisconsinites to grow up rooting for the state’s baseball team like he did.
The Joint Finance Committee is holding off taking any action on releasing $2 million to two Wisconsin tribes until after they respond to letters from GOP lawmakers.
Taxpayers will pick up the tab for Jon Wilcox’s private attorneys in a lawsuit over the advice he and other former conservative justices gave GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on possibly impeaching liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Reince Priebus, chair of Milwaukee’s Host Committee ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, says fundraising efforts are “ahead of where we need to be” in raising $68 million before next summer.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour will kick off in Wisconsin on Jan. 22, the 51st anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, the White House announced.
Andrew Hitt, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and one of the so-called “fake electors,” says he was “tricked” by Trump campaign officials as part of a larger scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He’s now cooperating with federal prosecutors and could end up testifying against the former president.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss UW Regents approving a deal that curtails DEI efforts in exchange for a host of financial priorities, Dem calls to remove Republican Commissioner Bob Spindell from the Wisconsin Elections Commission over his involvement in the GOP false electors scheme, a hearing on a bill that would institute final-five voting for congressional elections and more.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Audrey Skwierawski will serve as director of state courts despite her interim appointment in August causing a rift among the justices.
President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Wednesday to promote his economic policies, the White House said.
The 11-6 vote came after the board rejected the same proposal 9-8 four days earlier. But President Karen Walsh, Vice President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost and Jennifer Staton, a student regent, flipped their stances and supported the deal.
Board Vice President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost, who voted against the package as it failed 9-8 on Saturday, is listed as a co-sponsor of the new resolution. It includes identical language to the original resolution, and her support would be sufficient if all the other votes held.
“The possibility that the Sacklers may still be billionaires at the end of this case is in itself deeply concerning, and I think really calls for a reevaluation of the way that our bankruptcy system is structured and works,” AG Josh Kaul said in an interview with WisPolitics.
The governor also defended his use of an alias email account and said he will continue to do so under a new name after it was reported he was using the name of former Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn to conduct state business.
The 9-8 vote came after a series of regents made impassioned pleas against limiting diversity, equity and inclusion positions, warning it would only encourage GOP lawmakers to seek further tradeoffs.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the proposed deal between the Universities of Wisconsin and GOP lawmakers, a Dane County judge ruling an 1849 law doesn’t ban consenual abortions, a GOP bill to eliminate the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and Gov. Tony Evers signing the Brewers stadium bills and acting on more than four dozen others.
UW officials and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have discussed a deal that would target a third of the university’s DEI positions and cap the overall number of jobs in exchange for several top financial priorities, according to sources with knowledge of the talks.
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer is getting used to recruiting candidates for an upcoming election without being able to tell them what their districts might look like. But the big difference this cycle is the Racine Dem has more time to recruit.
U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan were the only Wisconsin House members who cast “present” votes on a resolution condemning the drastic rise of antisemitism. The only two Wisconsin Dem in the House weren’t the only who refused to vote on the measure. They joined 90 of their Dem colleagues in the “present” column and 17 others who did not vote at all. Still, the resolution passed 311-14.
A UW spokesperson told WisPolitics the discussions with Vos, R-Rochester, were broader than those three topics and are ongoing.
Despite her ruling on the 1849 law, Judge Diane Schlipper declined to issue a permanent injunction late yesterday barring its enforcement because the three district attorneys who were named as defendants in the case had all pledged to abide by her ruling. Thus, she found there was no need to issue an injunction.
Gov. Tony Evers has signed legislation that will put more than $500 million in taxpayer money toward upkeep at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium through 2050, saying it will allow a generation of Wisconsinites to grow up rooting for the state’s baseball team like he did.
The Joint Finance Committee is holding off taking any action on releasing $2 million to two Wisconsin tribes until after they respond to letters from GOP lawmakers.
Taxpayers will pick up the tab for Jon Wilcox’s private attorneys in a lawsuit over the advice he and other former conservative justices gave GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on possibly impeaching liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Reince Priebus, chair of Milwaukee’s Host Committee ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, says fundraising efforts are “ahead of where we need to be” in raising $68 million before next summer.