Department of Public Instruction data released yesterday show public school scores have improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, though overall scores have yet to reach pre-pandemic levels.
Conservative former Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is advising Assembly Speaker Robin Vos against impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz over her refusal to recuse herself from hearing redistricting cases.
State Senate President Chris Kapenga says there aren’t enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation that would draw new legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election, a move deployed by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in an attempt to bypass the state Supreme Court’s new liberal majority.
The state Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track key parts of a challenge to the state’s legislative maps, following quickly on a decision by liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to rebuff recusal demands from GOP lawmakers.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Milwaukee-area public hearing on legislation to fund Brewers stadium maintenance, Senate President Chris Kapenga’s call for the Assembly to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, election-related bills from both sides of the aisle, a new lawsuit to eliminate absentee ballot witness signatures, the ouster of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker and more.
Rep. Rob Brooks says the deal to fund Milwaukee Brewers ballpark maintenance will likely be amended to include a ticket tax and an audit of the current stadium board.
Evers, who wasn’t at the Capitol at the time of Wednesday’s incidents, told reporters after touring a child care facility yesterday that he never talks about his security detail. But he added, “Anytime something like this happens, obviously, they reevaluate.”
Dem Rep. Lisa Subeck ripped Republicans for trying to restrict medical freedoms with a bill to ban gender-affirming care for kids, which she says would also increase suicide rates. But co-authors Rep. Scott Allen, of Waukesha, and Sen. Duey Stroebel, of Saukville, argued AB 465 gives Wisconsinites too young to know exactly what they want more time to figure it out before going through what they call permanent changes
Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics.
GOP members of a Senate committee voted against confirming former Milwaukee County Clerk Joe Czarnezki to the state Elections Commission after the Dem appointee abstained from a June vote to renominate Meagan Wolfe as the agency’s administrator.
Four Wisconsin absentee voters have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state requirement that a witness sign their ballot envelopes, arguing it violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s leader says the organization is working to soon resume abortions in Sheboygan County, despite DA Joel Urmanski indicating he would consider prosecuting providers under the state’s 1849 law currently before the courts.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest regarding possible impeachment of liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, anti-abortion groups calling on prosecutors in Madison and Milwaukee to file charges against abortion providers, a GOP bill to ban gender-transition treatment for people under 18 years old and more.
Gov. Tony Evers’ office is knocking a Senate committee’s vote against confirming four of his nominations to the Natural Resources Board.
Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, was noncommittal about a future vote on Board of Regents appointees following a confirmation hearing on 11 of Gov. Tony Evers’ nominees.
Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland, who was placed on leave last month amid an investigation, has resigned, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said.
Rep. Rob Brooks, co-author of the GOP’s $700 million Brewers ballpark maintenance bill, expects changes will be made to the current plan including a lower contribution from Milwaukee city and county governments.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans’ $700 million proposed Brewers deal, the Legislature’s plans for Gov. Tony Evers’ special session on child care and workforce development, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ vow to withhold UW System pay raises over diversity, equity and inclusion programs and more.
Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe is slamming a resolution five Assembly Republicans are circulating to impeach her. The resolution comes a week after the state Senate voted along party lines to fire Wolfe and Dem AG Josh Kaul filing a lawsuit arguing the action had no legal effect.
The Department of Public Instruction is moving forward with a website to disclose details of school spending after the Joint Finance Committee dropped an objection to including information on private schools.
Department of Public Instruction data released yesterday show public school scores have improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, though overall scores have yet to reach pre-pandemic levels.
Conservative former Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is advising Assembly Speaker Robin Vos against impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz over her refusal to recuse herself from hearing redistricting cases.
State Senate President Chris Kapenga says there aren’t enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation that would draw new legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election, a move deployed by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in an attempt to bypass the state Supreme Court’s new liberal majority.
The state Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track key parts of a challenge to the state’s legislative maps, following quickly on a decision by liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to rebuff recusal demands from GOP lawmakers.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Milwaukee-area public hearing on legislation to fund Brewers stadium maintenance, Senate President Chris Kapenga’s call for the Assembly to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, election-related bills from both sides of the aisle, a new lawsuit to eliminate absentee ballot witness signatures, the ouster of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker and more.
Rep. Rob Brooks says the deal to fund Milwaukee Brewers ballpark maintenance will likely be amended to include a ticket tax and an audit of the current stadium board.
Evers, who wasn’t at the Capitol at the time of Wednesday’s incidents, told reporters after touring a child care facility yesterday that he never talks about his security detail. But he added, “Anytime something like this happens, obviously, they reevaluate.”
Dem Rep. Lisa Subeck ripped Republicans for trying to restrict medical freedoms with a bill to ban gender-affirming care for kids, which she says would also increase suicide rates. But co-authors Rep. Scott Allen, of Waukesha, and Sen. Duey Stroebel, of Saukville, argued AB 465 gives Wisconsinites too young to know exactly what they want more time to figure it out before going through what they call permanent changes
Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics.
GOP members of a Senate committee voted against confirming former Milwaukee County Clerk Joe Czarnezki to the state Elections Commission after the Dem appointee abstained from a June vote to renominate Meagan Wolfe as the agency’s administrator.
Four Wisconsin absentee voters have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state requirement that a witness sign their ballot envelopes, arguing it violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s leader says the organization is working to soon resume abortions in Sheboygan County, despite DA Joel Urmanski indicating he would consider prosecuting providers under the state’s 1849 law currently before the courts.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest regarding possible impeachment of liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, anti-abortion groups calling on prosecutors in Madison and Milwaukee to file charges against abortion providers, a GOP bill to ban gender-transition treatment for people under 18 years old and more.
Gov. Tony Evers’ office is knocking a Senate committee’s vote against confirming four of his nominations to the Natural Resources Board.
Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, was noncommittal about a future vote on Board of Regents appointees following a confirmation hearing on 11 of Gov. Tony Evers’ nominees.
Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland, who was placed on leave last month amid an investigation, has resigned, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said.
Rep. Rob Brooks, co-author of the GOP’s $700 million Brewers ballpark maintenance bill, expects changes will be made to the current plan including a lower contribution from Milwaukee city and county governments.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans’ $700 million proposed Brewers deal, the Legislature’s plans for Gov. Tony Evers’ special session on child care and workforce development, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ vow to withhold UW System pay raises over diversity, equity and inclusion programs and more.
Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe is slamming a resolution five Assembly Republicans are circulating to impeach her. The resolution comes a week after the state Senate voted along party lines to fire Wolfe and Dem AG Josh Kaul filing a lawsuit arguing the action had no legal effect.
The Department of Public Instruction is moving forward with a website to disclose details of school spending after the Joint Finance Committee dropped an objection to including information on private schools.