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Ziegler in her third State of the Judiciary address said she’s focused on improving security for the Supreme Court and lower courts, which she says involves giving more executive powers to the judicial branch. She has proposed an independent judicial branch of law enforcement.
A group billing itself as the Wisconsin Elections Committee is up with a new TV ad that threatens to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos unless he allows the impeachment process against the state’s top elections official to proceed.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers says he was compelled to sue the state Legislature after GOP lawmakers decided to “stick it” to UW employees by holding up their pay raises over a policy dispute. The suit, which asks the state Supreme Court to take the case directly, seeks to overturn three committee actions, including the move to block the raises at the behest of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today he has sued the GOP-controlled state Legislature, accusing it of unconstitutionally infringing on executive powers through several actions, including blocking pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees.
Evers told WisconsinEye he’s “encouraging people that I can influence on the Senate side” to support the bill. Evers said he backs the current version and would likely support proposed changes in the Senate such as adding a ticket tax to non-Brewers events and requiring an audit of the stadium district’s finances.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’d back a continuing resolution to keep the government open and funded through April as lawmakers race to avert another government shutdown by Nov. 17.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss possible changes to the Brewers stadium maintenance deal, election bills lawmakers are considering, the retirement of DNR Secretary Adam Payne, a GOP push to eliminate race-based criteria for college programs and more.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug and ranking Dem member Lee Snodgrass agree the push to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe “is a distraction.”
A GOP architect of legislation to pump public money into maintenance of the Milwaukee Brewers stadium floated a series of expected changes the Senate could make to the legislation, including adding a ticket tax on non-baseball activities. But state Rep. Rob Brooks, R-Saukville, said including Brewers games in a possible ticket tax would be a “nonstarter” for the team.
UW-Platteville is eliminating 111 positions — about 12 percent of the campus workforce — to help make up for a structural deficit, Chancellor Tammy Evetovich told university staff in an email.
Gov. Tony Evers spokesperson Britt Cudaback tells WisPolitics the guv will work “expeditiously” to find a replacement for DNR Secretary Adam Payne, who will step down Nov. 1.
Backers of two constitutional amendments say they plan to place on the April ballot one that would bar the use of private resources to administer elections in Wisconsin. Another that would prohibit non-citizens from voting in local, state or national elections is slated for the November 2024 ballot.
Adam Payne is stepping down as DNR secretary effective Nov. 1 after less than a year on the job, writing in his resignation letter he wants to spend more time with his family.
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub effort, led by Madison-based BioForward Wisconsin, is one of 31 such initiatives selected for Regional Technology Hub designation by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil isn’t revealing yet who he’ll back for speaker as House Republicans convene tonight for another candidate forum amid “a lot of frustration.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the lawsuit seeking to block Republicans from ousting Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, Assembly passage of the Brewers stadium funding deal, GOP lawmakers withholding pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees and more.
GOP lawmakers in a hearing knocked Dems for not supporting a redistricting plan they say closely mirrors past Dem bills to create a new commission to draw Wisconsin’s political boundaries. But Dems countered the GOP bill omits important provisions to ensure the maps are fair.
Republicans are stalled on electing a new speaker to replace U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy after far-right Republicans ousted him for cutting a deal with Dems to avert a government shutdown. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in two House votes failed to gain enough support to become speaker. Minority Dems have all voted for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., in both speaker votes.
A Dane County judge has quashed subpoenas for former Supreme Court Justices Pat Roggensack and Jon Wilcox in a lawsuit over Assembly Speaker Robin Vos seeking advice on whether to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, distanced himself from the argument by the Legislature’s private attorneys, adding he’s asked to be removed from a lawsuit.
Ziegler in her third State of the Judiciary address said she’s focused on improving security for the Supreme Court and lower courts, which she says involves giving more executive powers to the judicial branch. She has proposed an independent judicial branch of law enforcement.
A group billing itself as the Wisconsin Elections Committee is up with a new TV ad that threatens to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos unless he allows the impeachment process against the state’s top elections official to proceed.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers says he was compelled to sue the state Legislature after GOP lawmakers decided to “stick it” to UW employees by holding up their pay raises over a policy dispute. The suit, which asks the state Supreme Court to take the case directly, seeks to overturn three committee actions, including the move to block the raises at the behest of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today he has sued the GOP-controlled state Legislature, accusing it of unconstitutionally infringing on executive powers through several actions, including blocking pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees.
Evers told WisconsinEye he’s “encouraging people that I can influence on the Senate side” to support the bill. Evers said he backs the current version and would likely support proposed changes in the Senate such as adding a ticket tax to non-Brewers events and requiring an audit of the stadium district’s finances.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’d back a continuing resolution to keep the government open and funded through April as lawmakers race to avert another government shutdown by Nov. 17.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss possible changes to the Brewers stadium maintenance deal, election bills lawmakers are considering, the retirement of DNR Secretary Adam Payne, a GOP push to eliminate race-based criteria for college programs and more.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug and ranking Dem member Lee Snodgrass agree the push to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe “is a distraction.”
A GOP architect of legislation to pump public money into maintenance of the Milwaukee Brewers stadium floated a series of expected changes the Senate could make to the legislation, including adding a ticket tax on non-baseball activities. But state Rep. Rob Brooks, R-Saukville, said including Brewers games in a possible ticket tax would be a “nonstarter” for the team.
UW-Platteville is eliminating 111 positions — about 12 percent of the campus workforce — to help make up for a structural deficit, Chancellor Tammy Evetovich told university staff in an email.
Gov. Tony Evers spokesperson Britt Cudaback tells WisPolitics the guv will work “expeditiously” to find a replacement for DNR Secretary Adam Payne, who will step down Nov. 1.
Backers of two constitutional amendments say they plan to place on the April ballot one that would bar the use of private resources to administer elections in Wisconsin. Another that would prohibit non-citizens from voting in local, state or national elections is slated for the November 2024 ballot.
Adam Payne is stepping down as DNR secretary effective Nov. 1 after less than a year on the job, writing in his resignation letter he wants to spend more time with his family.
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub effort, led by Madison-based BioForward Wisconsin, is one of 31 such initiatives selected for Regional Technology Hub designation by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil isn’t revealing yet who he’ll back for speaker as House Republicans convene tonight for another candidate forum amid “a lot of frustration.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the lawsuit seeking to block Republicans from ousting Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, Assembly passage of the Brewers stadium funding deal, GOP lawmakers withholding pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees and more.
GOP lawmakers in a hearing knocked Dems for not supporting a redistricting plan they say closely mirrors past Dem bills to create a new commission to draw Wisconsin’s political boundaries. But Dems countered the GOP bill omits important provisions to ensure the maps are fair.
Republicans are stalled on electing a new speaker to replace U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy after far-right Republicans ousted him for cutting a deal with Dems to avert a government shutdown. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in two House votes failed to gain enough support to become speaker. Minority Dems have all voted for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., in both speaker votes.
A Dane County judge has quashed subpoenas for former Supreme Court Justices Pat Roggensack and Jon Wilcox in a lawsuit over Assembly Speaker Robin Vos seeking advice on whether to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, distanced himself from the argument by the Legislature’s private attorneys, adding he’s asked to be removed from a lawsuit.