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Schools are asking voters this spring to sign off on $1.4 billion to help pay for priorities including new buildings, renovations, maintenance and operational costs.
“There’s a lot of things I need to do this summer,” the Green Bay-area Republican said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I’ve got this legislation I’m passing. There’s 149 other recommendations. We’ll see what happens.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the petition to recall GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the GOP-controlled Senate rejecting more of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees, adjournment of the Senate session, the state Supreme Court taking up an absentee ballot drop box lawsuit, President Biden’s visit to Milwaukee and more.
A split state Supreme Court ruled the Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. isn’t exempt from having to pay unemployment tax to cover their employees because the work they do providing services to those with disabilities isn’t primarily for religious reasons.
Wisconsin House Dems joined the minority in a failed attempt to block GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher’s bill that could ban TikTok if the popular social media platform doesn’t cut ties with CCP-linked parent company ByteDance. U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, and Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, were two of the members opposed in the 352-65 vote that sent the bill to the Senate.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted a $3 billion federal grant program to help communities divided by decades-old transportation infrastructure projects — including one in Wisconsin’s largest city — while continuing to knock Donald Trump on Social Security and Medicaid.
The court late Tuesday agreed to hear directly the appeal the Dem group Priorities USA and others filed in a lawsuit seeking to legalize drop boxes. The court set a briefing schedule that includes several filings over the next 50 days with oral arguments scheduled for May 13.
Transgender athletes would be banned from playing girls sports under legislation the Senate approved today and sent to Dem Gov. Tony Evers, who’s expected to veto it.
The state Senate gave final approval to sending voters a constitutional amendment in August that would bar guvs from spending federal money without legislative approval.
The GOP-controlled state Senate today rejected eight of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ appointments, including all but one of his picks for the Wisconsin Judicial Commission. Dems denounced the rejections — which include UW Board of Regents John Miller and Dana Wachs — as political retribution and petty.
The Elections Commission today moved to ask the state Supreme Court to clarify which lines should be used for a possible recall of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos as commissioners noted the effort could be short of the needed signatures regardless of which map is used.
Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming says he’s confident in the leadership of new RNC Chairman Michael Whatley after casting his vote Friday and accepting the resignation of Ronna McDaniel, just four months from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Matt Snorek also said in a phone interview that the group took into account the possibility the Elections Commission or a court would rule the new map should be used as it collected 10,000 signatures.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a settlement in the GOP false electors scheme, Gov. Tony Evers signing bills to boost child care tax credits and approve Universities of Wisconsin building projects, Biden campaign visits to Wisconsin, a judge dismissing a suit to keep former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot, the upcoming state Senate session and more.
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said the $50 million federal security grants provided for cities that host the Republican National Convention or Democratic National Convention have stayed at that level for the last 20 years, even as costs have increased.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, was the only member of Congress from Wisconsin to vote against a $459 billion package to fund the government ahead of a Saturday deadline.
Harris joined Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Wednesday at the city’s new electric bus rapid transit facility near Truax Field. Harris said what’s happening in Madison is a great example of the Biden administration’s priorities to build collaboration between unions, the federal and local governments, as well as the private sector.
Lawmakers spent more time in the Capitol than they did two years ago as per diems were up in 2023 compared to the last time they hammered out a budget, according to records from the chief clerks offices.
Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro have agreed not to transmit fake electoral votes in future elections in settling a lawsuit over their involvement in submitting a false slate favoring Donald Trump in 2020.
A Dane County judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to boot Donald Trump from the Wisconsin ballot, citing Monday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that states lacked the power to remove the former president over his role in the violent protest at the U.S. Capitol.
Schools are asking voters this spring to sign off on $1.4 billion to help pay for priorities including new buildings, renovations, maintenance and operational costs.
“There’s a lot of things I need to do this summer,” the Green Bay-area Republican said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I’ve got this legislation I’m passing. There’s 149 other recommendations. We’ll see what happens.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the petition to recall GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the GOP-controlled Senate rejecting more of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees, adjournment of the Senate session, the state Supreme Court taking up an absentee ballot drop box lawsuit, President Biden’s visit to Milwaukee and more.
A split state Supreme Court ruled the Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. isn’t exempt from having to pay unemployment tax to cover their employees because the work they do providing services to those with disabilities isn’t primarily for religious reasons.
Wisconsin House Dems joined the minority in a failed attempt to block GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher’s bill that could ban TikTok if the popular social media platform doesn’t cut ties with CCP-linked parent company ByteDance. U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, and Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, were two of the members opposed in the 352-65 vote that sent the bill to the Senate.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted a $3 billion federal grant program to help communities divided by decades-old transportation infrastructure projects — including one in Wisconsin’s largest city — while continuing to knock Donald Trump on Social Security and Medicaid.
The court late Tuesday agreed to hear directly the appeal the Dem group Priorities USA and others filed in a lawsuit seeking to legalize drop boxes. The court set a briefing schedule that includes several filings over the next 50 days with oral arguments scheduled for May 13.
Transgender athletes would be banned from playing girls sports under legislation the Senate approved today and sent to Dem Gov. Tony Evers, who’s expected to veto it.
The state Senate gave final approval to sending voters a constitutional amendment in August that would bar guvs from spending federal money without legislative approval.
The GOP-controlled state Senate today rejected eight of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ appointments, including all but one of his picks for the Wisconsin Judicial Commission. Dems denounced the rejections — which include UW Board of Regents John Miller and Dana Wachs — as political retribution and petty.
The Elections Commission today moved to ask the state Supreme Court to clarify which lines should be used for a possible recall of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos as commissioners noted the effort could be short of the needed signatures regardless of which map is used.
Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming says he’s confident in the leadership of new RNC Chairman Michael Whatley after casting his vote Friday and accepting the resignation of Ronna McDaniel, just four months from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Matt Snorek also said in a phone interview that the group took into account the possibility the Elections Commission or a court would rule the new map should be used as it collected 10,000 signatures.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a settlement in the GOP false electors scheme, Gov. Tony Evers signing bills to boost child care tax credits and approve Universities of Wisconsin building projects, Biden campaign visits to Wisconsin, a judge dismissing a suit to keep former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot, the upcoming state Senate session and more.
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said the $50 million federal security grants provided for cities that host the Republican National Convention or Democratic National Convention have stayed at that level for the last 20 years, even as costs have increased.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, was the only member of Congress from Wisconsin to vote against a $459 billion package to fund the government ahead of a Saturday deadline.
Harris joined Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Wednesday at the city’s new electric bus rapid transit facility near Truax Field. Harris said what’s happening in Madison is a great example of the Biden administration’s priorities to build collaboration between unions, the federal and local governments, as well as the private sector.
Lawmakers spent more time in the Capitol than they did two years ago as per diems were up in 2023 compared to the last time they hammered out a budget, according to records from the chief clerks offices.
Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro have agreed not to transmit fake electoral votes in future elections in settling a lawsuit over their involvement in submitting a false slate favoring Donald Trump in 2020.
A Dane County judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to boot Donald Trump from the Wisconsin ballot, citing Monday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that states lacked the power to remove the former president over his role in the violent protest at the U.S. Capitol.