The former Madison clerk showed an “astonishing” lack of urgency after discovering 193 absentee ballots that hadn’t been included in the city’s November tally and failed to follow the law in how they were handled, according to a draft Elections Commission report.
Along with his statement, Berrien released a rollout video in which he touted his service as a Navy SEAL. He also called himself an “outsider and a businessman just like Donald Trump,” vowing to “shake up Madison like he’s shaking up DC.”
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman is seeking to increase tuition for resident undergraduates by at least 5% for the 2025-26 school year following the enactment of the state budget.
A split state Supreme Court today overturned the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, ending decades of lawmakers having the power to at least temporarily block agency regulations.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born appearead on the Juky 6, 2025, episode of WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics/State Affairs-Wisconsin.
Wisconsin House members split along party lines to send a GOP tax cut bill to President Donald Trump, overcoming Dem opposition to cuts in Medicaid and other programs.
Writing for the majority in a 4-3 ruling, liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet found changes the state has made to abortion laws over the past 50 years implicitly repealed the 1849 law.
The Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on an $111.1 billion budget today by approving a package that includes $1.4 billion in new state money to cover Medicaid costs, a series of transportation-related fee increases and the eventual closure of Green Bay’s prison. A significant portion of the package reflects the deal that Dem Gov. Tony Evers struck with GOP legislative leaders on education, child care and pieces of the Department of Transportation budget.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson today voted to pass Republicans’ reconciliation bill to advance President Donald Trump’s tax cut and policy agenda, despite condemning the measure for adding trillions to the national debt.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee plans to approve a $2.5 billion capital budget that would close the prison in Green Bay by 2029 and include many of the changes to the state prison system that Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, the co-chairs said today.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers and legislative leaders announced they have reached an agreement to pump an additional $1.2 billion into K-12 education, child care and the UW System. The deal also includes a $1.5 billion tax cut package, adding two of the guv’s priorities to what the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee had already approved.
State Sen. LaTonya Johnson says Senate Dems are “not willing to be picked off one by one” to back the budget, but she still sees a bipartisan path to a two-year spending plan. “We are determined to stick together as
Meanwhile, GOP legislative leaders are moving to set up an extraordinary session to vote on the budget.
The Joint Finance Committee nixed Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ call to raise hunting, fishing and other permits by $51 million and rejected additional positions for the state crime lab as it got back to work on the state budget.
The Joint Finance Committee convened shortly after 10:15 p.m. to begin voting again on areas of the state budget, more than 12 hours after its originally scheduled start time.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the last-minute budget push, the state Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the governor’s veto powers and congressional redistricting, results of the latest Marquette University Law School Poll and more.
The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to begin its final push on the state budget with GOP legislative leaders hoping to finish work on the document by the end of next week.
The Joint Finance Committee will meet tomorrow to restart its work on the state budget with an agenda that includes more than 50 topics, ranging from the UW system to Transportation.
The court offered no comment on its decision, though it rejected a similar request in early 2024 after throwing out the legislative lines that had been used for the 2022 elections.
A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court today ruled Dem Gov. Tony Evers exceeded his authority by partially vetoing a bill in a literacy package even though it didn’t include an appropriation.
The former Madison clerk showed an “astonishing” lack of urgency after discovering 193 absentee ballots that hadn’t been included in the city’s November tally and failed to follow the law in how they were handled, according to a draft Elections Commission report.
Along with his statement, Berrien released a rollout video in which he touted his service as a Navy SEAL. He also called himself an “outsider and a businessman just like Donald Trump,” vowing to “shake up Madison like he’s shaking up DC.”
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman is seeking to increase tuition for resident undergraduates by at least 5% for the 2025-26 school year following the enactment of the state budget.
A split state Supreme Court today overturned the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, ending decades of lawmakers having the power to at least temporarily block agency regulations.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born appearead on the Juky 6, 2025, episode of WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics/State Affairs-Wisconsin.
Wisconsin House members split along party lines to send a GOP tax cut bill to President Donald Trump, overcoming Dem opposition to cuts in Medicaid and other programs.
Writing for the majority in a 4-3 ruling, liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet found changes the state has made to abortion laws over the past 50 years implicitly repealed the 1849 law.
The Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on an $111.1 billion budget today by approving a package that includes $1.4 billion in new state money to cover Medicaid costs, a series of transportation-related fee increases and the eventual closure of Green Bay’s prison. A significant portion of the package reflects the deal that Dem Gov. Tony Evers struck with GOP legislative leaders on education, child care and pieces of the Department of Transportation budget.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson today voted to pass Republicans’ reconciliation bill to advance President Donald Trump’s tax cut and policy agenda, despite condemning the measure for adding trillions to the national debt.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee plans to approve a $2.5 billion capital budget that would close the prison in Green Bay by 2029 and include many of the changes to the state prison system that Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, the co-chairs said today.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers and legislative leaders announced they have reached an agreement to pump an additional $1.2 billion into K-12 education, child care and the UW System. The deal also includes a $1.5 billion tax cut package, adding two of the guv’s priorities to what the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee had already approved.
State Sen. LaTonya Johnson says Senate Dems are “not willing to be picked off one by one” to back the budget, but she still sees a bipartisan path to a two-year spending plan. “We are determined to stick together as a body to make sure that this is a bipartisan
Meanwhile, GOP legislative leaders are moving to set up an extraordinary session to vote on the budget.
The Joint Finance Committee nixed Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ call to raise hunting, fishing and other permits by $51 million and rejected additional positions for the state crime lab as it got back to work on the state budget.
The Joint Finance Committee convened shortly after 10:15 p.m. to begin voting again on areas of the state budget, more than 12 hours after its originally scheduled start time.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the last-minute budget push, the state Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the governor’s veto powers and congressional redistricting, results of the latest Marquette University Law School Poll and more.
The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to begin its final push on the state budget with GOP legislative leaders hoping to finish work on the document by the end of next week.
The Joint Finance Committee will meet tomorrow to restart its work on the state budget with an agenda that includes more than 50 topics, ranging from the UW system to Transportation.
The court offered no comment on its decision, though it rejected a similar request in early 2024 after throwing out the legislative lines that had been used for the 2022 elections.
A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court today ruled Dem Gov. Tony Evers exceeded his authority by partially vetoing a bill in a literacy package even though it didn’t include an appropriation.