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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos at a Wisconsin Counties Association event sought to lower local government expectations for more money this budget cycle.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born at a WisPolitics.com luncheon said Republicans likely won’t include in their budget Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to allow local governments to implement their own sales tax increases.
A Dane County judge has ordered GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to pay legal fees to American Oversight for the Washington, D.C.-based group’s successful suit to obtain records from former Justice Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election.
Gov. Tony Evers today proposed a $3.8 billion capital budget and financing half of the projects with cash instead of borrowing.
Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race has already become the most expensive in U.S. history, with a group backing conservative Daniel Kelly going up with its first post-primary buy and liberal Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign dramatically upping its spending.
Both Dem and GOP state party chairs say they’re planning major and likely historic investments ahead of the April Supreme Court race.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon analyze Tuesday’s primary results and look at the dynamics at play going into the April 4 general election.
Politicos are remembering former Dem Gov. Tony Earl as a champion of the environment and equal rights, as well as a genuinely decent person. Earl, who served as guv from 1983-87, passed away Thursday following a stroke. He was 86.
An RNC committee voted to host the first GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee in August, about 11 months before the national party brings its convention to town.
Expanded Amtrak service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities could start sometime later this year, even as prospects for new routes to Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire remain uncertain, Wisconsin’s top rail official says.
Liberal Janet Protasiewicz will face conservative Daniel Kelly in April for a seat on the state Supreme Court that could determine the fate of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban and maps GOP lawmakers drew giving them a distinct advantage in maintaining control of the Legislature.
State Rep. Dan Knodl easily won a three-way GOP primary for a suburban Milwaukee state Senate seat, setting up a contest with Dem environmental attorney Jodi Habush Sinykin to determine whether Republicans have a two-thirds majority in the chamber.
A Dane County judge has declined to block GOP-authored referendums on bail policies and qualifying for public assistance from the April ballot, finding lawmakers substantially complied with state law as they sought to place them before voters this spring.
The polls are open for the spring primary with the top two vote getters for state Supreme Court advancing to the April election.
Rick Schlesinger, Milwaukee Brewers president of business operations, acknowledges the uphill battle to convince lawmakers to approve $290 million from the state surplus to pay for improvements and maintenance at American Family Field.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, the Feb. 21 primaries for the state Supreme Court and 8th SD, and more.
Gov. Tony Evers at Fiskars headquarters in Middleton said many of his budget priorities are focused on addressing the state’s workforce shortage.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says the failure to earlier spot unidentified aerial phenomena shot down over the weekend could be “one of the most staggering intelligence failures since 9/11.” The Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party chair in a statement demanded more information on the UAPs from President Joe Biden and the Pentagon.
Gov. Tony Evers tonight in his first budget after reelection called for using $243 million in state money to seed a new family leave program for private sector employees, $500 million to help local governments expand the workforce and new revenue sources for transportation.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers tonight will issue a call for cooperation as he hands off his budget to the GOP-controlled state Legislature, telling lawmakers their work can’t be “hindered by partisanship.”
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos at a Wisconsin Counties Association event sought to lower local government expectations for more money this budget cycle.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born at a WisPolitics.com luncheon said Republicans likely won’t include in their budget Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to allow local governments to implement their own sales tax increases.
A Dane County judge has ordered GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to pay legal fees to American Oversight for the Washington, D.C.-based group’s successful suit to obtain records from former Justice Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election.
Gov. Tony Evers today proposed a $3.8 billion capital budget and financing half of the projects with cash instead of borrowing.
Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race has already become the most expensive in U.S. history, with a group backing conservative Daniel Kelly going up with its first post-primary buy and liberal Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign dramatically upping its spending.
Both Dem and GOP state party chairs say they’re planning major and likely historic investments ahead of the April Supreme Court race.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon analyze Tuesday’s primary results and look at the dynamics at play going into the April 4 general election.
Politicos are remembering former Dem Gov. Tony Earl as a champion of the environment and equal rights, as well as a genuinely decent person. Earl, who served as guv from 1983-87, passed away Thursday following a stroke. He was 86.
An RNC committee voted to host the first GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee in August, about 11 months before the national party brings its convention to town.
Expanded Amtrak service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities could start sometime later this year, even as prospects for new routes to Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire remain uncertain, Wisconsin’s top rail official says.
Liberal Janet Protasiewicz will face conservative Daniel Kelly in April for a seat on the state Supreme Court that could determine the fate of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban and maps GOP lawmakers drew giving them a distinct advantage in maintaining control of the Legislature.
State Rep. Dan Knodl easily won a three-way GOP primary for a suburban Milwaukee state Senate seat, setting up a contest with Dem environmental attorney Jodi Habush Sinykin to determine whether Republicans have a two-thirds majority in the chamber.
A Dane County judge has declined to block GOP-authored referendums on bail policies and qualifying for public assistance from the April ballot, finding lawmakers substantially complied with state law as they sought to place them before voters this spring.
The polls are open for the spring primary with the top two vote getters for state Supreme Court advancing to the April election.
Rick Schlesinger, Milwaukee Brewers president of business operations, acknowledges the uphill battle to convince lawmakers to approve $290 million from the state surplus to pay for improvements and maintenance at American Family Field.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, the Feb. 21 primaries for the state Supreme Court and 8th SD, and more.
Gov. Tony Evers at Fiskars headquarters in Middleton said many of his budget priorities are focused on addressing the state’s workforce shortage.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says the failure to earlier spot unidentified aerial phenomena shot down over the weekend could be “one of the most staggering intelligence failures since 9/11.” The Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party chair in a statement demanded more information on the UAPs from President Joe Biden and the Pentagon.
Gov. Tony Evers tonight in his first budget after reelection called for using $243 million in state money to seed a new family leave program for private sector employees, $500 million to help local governments expand the workforce and new revenue sources for transportation.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers tonight will issue a call for cooperation as he hands off his budget to the GOP-controlled state Legislature, telling lawmakers their work can’t be “hindered by partisanship.”