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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, this week called for a two-state solution amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in a letter with 18 fellow Dem senators to President Joe Biden, saying the crisis has reached an “inflection point.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Donald Trump’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the campaign is “100% confident” the former president will have a clean sweep on Super Tuesday as the campaign turns its focus to key battleground states like Wisconsin.
The court didn’t offer an explanation for its decision to deny the petition from a group of Dem voters that had hoped the justices would redraw the lines after tossing out the legislative maps that were used in the 2022 elections.
Carr, who spent 30 years working in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department, was one of Evers’ first cabinet picks following his 2018 election.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Joint Finance Committee releasing nearly $32 million to the Universities of Wisconsin for workforce development, the status of legislation to address PFAS contamination, pending legislation as the Legislature prepares to wrap up the session, the U.S. Senate race and more.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, this week called for a two-state solution amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in a letter with 18 fellow Dem senators to President Joe Biden, saying the crisis has reached an “inflection point.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Donald Trump’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the campaign is “100% confident” the former president will have a clean sweep on Super Tuesday as the campaign turns its focus to key battleground states like Wisconsin.
The court didn’t offer an explanation for its decision to deny the petition from a group of Dem voters that had hoped the justices would redraw the lines after tossing out the legislative maps that were used in the 2022 elections.
Carr, who spent 30 years working in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department, was one of Evers’ first cabinet picks following his 2018 election.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Joint Finance Committee releasing nearly $32 million to the Universities of Wisconsin for workforce development, the status of legislation to address PFAS contamination, pending legislation as the Legislature prepares to wrap up the session, the U.S. Senate race and more.