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The GOP supermajority in the state Senate voted today to overturn Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ budget veto that set up annual increases in per-pupil spending over the next 400 years and another that struck down a reduction in the state’s third-highest tax bracket.
Planned Parenthood announced today it will resume abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday at its clinics in Madison and Milwaukee.
Some Wisconsin House Republicans say they support an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, while Dems argue it’s another stunt to appease the MAGA base. Both U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany have said they back the inquiry, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced this week.
MKE 2024 Host Committee Chair Reince Priebus and DNC National Committeeman Alex Lasry say bipartisan convention cooperation is a win for heavily Dem host city Milwaukee, though which party will see a bigger boost in the polls is up for debate.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is pitching moving Wisconsin to an Iowa-style redistricting process to avoid a costly court fight before the state Supreme Court and to spare his members from millions in ads targeting them over the push to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Assembly Republicans 63-35 today approved a constitutional amendment that would require the Legislature to sign off on allocating federal money.
The Assembly today approved 64-35 along party lines a nearly $3 billion tax cut, despite a vow by Gov. Tony Evers to veto the proposal.
A Senate committee voted 3-1 against keeping Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official with all three Republicans opposed, though it was unclear if the issue will move to the full chamber this week.
“There’s a lot of people talking about it, to be honest with you,” August said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “The speaker will come out with what we believe is a good plan for us, and the negotiations will continue once we have a bill to negotiate on, but there’s been members of both parties and a lot of meetings from both houses talking about this.”
The following is an excerpt from “On the Capitol Beat: The scoop on Wisconsin’s capitol press corps,” by Jillian Slaight included in the 2023-24 Wisconsin Blue Book.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss GOP lawmakers’ talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn’t recuse herself from redistricting cases, a Dem Party-backed campaign to get Republicans to back down from those threats, Gov. Tony Evers’ vow to veto Republicans’ proposed $3 billion tax cut plan and more.
The Elections Commission voted 5-1 to move forward with a proposal that would formalize guidelines for challenging a declaration of candidacy.
The Department of Administration cut off Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland’s access to state buildings two weeks ago at the request of the chamber’s sergeant at arms for undisclosed reasons.
“I’ll veto it. Plain and simple,” the Dem guv wrote on Twitter. “I’m not going to sign an irresponsible Republican tax cut that jeopardizes our state’s financial stability well into the future and the investments we need to be making today to address the real, pressing challenges facing our state.”
The state Dem Party announced a $4 million campaign to target GOP lawmakers over threats to impeach liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, with state Chair Ben Wikler vowing the effort will ask Republicans if they’re “willing to sign a death warrant for democracy in our state.”
Kelli Thompson is leaving her post as State Public Defender after leading the agency for the past 12 years.
“I’ve said I want someone else to be the Republican nominee right now, someone younger who can actually carry on some of the Trump policies on China in a way,” Gallagher said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “But I have a no-boomer policy right now. No boomers for nominees.”
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ $2.9 billion tax cut proposal, the Senate hearing on Meagan Wolfe as Elections Commission administrator, GOP talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and more.
Addressing a National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers event, first lady Jill Biden argued teachers do their jobs in spite of challenges because they love what they do and who they teach.
The GOP authors of a bill to cut nearly $3 billion in taxes argued the measure would provide significant tax relief for Wisconsinites, pushing back on concerns it could put federal pandemic aid dollars at risk.
The GOP supermajority in the state Senate voted today to overturn Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ budget veto that set up annual increases in per-pupil spending over the next 400 years and another that struck down a reduction in the state’s third-highest tax bracket.
Planned Parenthood announced today it will resume abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday at its clinics in Madison and Milwaukee.
Some Wisconsin House Republicans say they support an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, while Dems argue it’s another stunt to appease the MAGA base. Both U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany have said they back the inquiry, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced this week.
MKE 2024 Host Committee Chair Reince Priebus and DNC National Committeeman Alex Lasry say bipartisan convention cooperation is a win for heavily Dem host city Milwaukee, though which party will see a bigger boost in the polls is up for debate.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is pitching moving Wisconsin to an Iowa-style redistricting process to avoid a costly court fight before the state Supreme Court and to spare his members from millions in ads targeting them over the push to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
Assembly Republicans 63-35 today approved a constitutional amendment that would require the Legislature to sign off on allocating federal money.
The Assembly today approved 64-35 along party lines a nearly $3 billion tax cut, despite a vow by Gov. Tony Evers to veto the proposal.
A Senate committee voted 3-1 against keeping Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official with all three Republicans opposed, though it was unclear if the issue will move to the full chamber this week.
“There’s a lot of people talking about it, to be honest with you,” August said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “The speaker will come out with what we believe is a good plan for us, and the negotiations will continue once we have a bill to negotiate on, but there’s been members of both parties and a lot of meetings from both houses talking about this.”
The following is an excerpt from “On the Capitol Beat: The scoop on Wisconsin’s capitol press corps,” by Jillian Slaight included in the 2023-24 Wisconsin Blue Book.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss GOP lawmakers’ talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn’t recuse herself from redistricting cases, a Dem Party-backed campaign to get Republicans to back down from those threats, Gov. Tony Evers’ vow to veto Republicans’ proposed $3 billion tax cut plan and more.
The Elections Commission voted 5-1 to move forward with a proposal that would formalize guidelines for challenging a declaration of candidacy.
The Department of Administration cut off Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland’s access to state buildings two weeks ago at the request of the chamber’s sergeant at arms for undisclosed reasons.
“I’ll veto it. Plain and simple,” the Dem guv wrote on Twitter. “I’m not going to sign an irresponsible Republican tax cut that jeopardizes our state’s financial stability well into the future and the investments we need to be making today to address the real, pressing challenges facing our state.”
The state Dem Party announced a $4 million campaign to target GOP lawmakers over threats to impeach liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, with state Chair Ben Wikler vowing the effort will ask Republicans if they’re “willing to sign a death warrant for democracy in our state.”
Kelli Thompson is leaving her post as State Public Defender after leading the agency for the past 12 years.
“I’ve said I want someone else to be the Republican nominee right now, someone younger who can actually carry on some of the Trump policies on China in a way,” Gallagher said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “But I have a no-boomer policy right now. No boomers for nominees.”
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ $2.9 billion tax cut proposal, the Senate hearing on Meagan Wolfe as Elections Commission administrator, GOP talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and more.
Addressing a National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers event, first lady Jill Biden argued teachers do their jobs in spite of challenges because they love what they do and who they teach.
The GOP authors of a bill to cut nearly $3 billion in taxes argued the measure would provide significant tax relief for Wisconsinites, pushing back on concerns it could put federal pandemic aid dollars at risk.