Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard says her caucus is “disgusted and frustrated” after Republicans moved late last night to pave the way for a vote on whether Meagan Wolfe will continue to serve as Wisconsin’s top election official.
The Senate today approved a bill to turn Wisconsin’s approach to literacy into a phonics-based program in an attempt to improve reading.
The state Elections Commission failed Tuesday evening to reach consensus on renominating Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin’s top election official, which Dem appointees argued left her in the administrator’s job indefinitely.
The federal money announced Monday will be provided under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden two years ago. The funding is part of more than $42 billion in grants across the country, according to a White House release.
Gov. Tony Evers says he is “hopeful sanity will prevail” as lawmakers are set to vote on the state budget this week, while declining to say whether he will veto the state budget if it comes to him as is.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and CBS 58’s A.J. Bayatpour discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s passage of the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers’ signing of the shared revenue bill and the Assembly’s passage of bills to overhaul alcohol regulations and change literacy instruction in K-12 schools.
Wisconsin’s balance was just more than $1.7 billion, which equated about 8.9 percent of general fund expenditures in the 2021-22 fiscal year. To reach the median percent of 11.6 percent, Wisconsin would’ve needed an additional $525 million in the fund.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug on Tuesday praised Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, telling WisPolitics he wants to have a joint hearing with the Senate on her work over the years.
Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law legislation that would increase state aid to counties and municipalities by more than $1 billion and boost funding for the state’s voucher program. The bills are part of a deal the Dem guv
UW System President Jay Rothman told lawmakers “all options” are on the table when it comes to the state’s two-year campuses, including closures, if the system’s funding is cut.
“I don’t think it’s something we like to do; we have to do,” Schimming said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I say to Republicans across the state, ‘Look, we can’t keep going into Election Day 200,000 votes down and make it up in 13 hours. It’s just the arithmetic does not work.'”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss legislative action on the shared revenue and education funding bill, and the Joint Finance Committee latest progress on the state budget. The show also features an interview with state GOP Chair Brian Schimming ahead of the party’s state convention this weekend.
The Senate Education Committee took testimony on a bipartisan education agreement, while the Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee voted along party lines to back a shared revenue bill that doesn’t yet include the changes GOP legislative leaders agreed to in a deal with Gov. Tony Evers.
“We are ground zero, center of the universe in 2024 for the White House, for the Senate, the U.S. House, the state Legislature,” Wikler said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “Our theme is working hard for Wisconsin, and that is what every Democrat has to do.”
The deal GOP legislative leaders struck with Dem Gov. Tony Evers on shared revenue and education is set to move quickly through the Legislature.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a deal reached on shared revenue, the latest Joint Finance Committee action, a bipartisan slate of election bills and a bill to change how reading is taught. The show also features a conversation with state Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler on the party’s state convention this weekend.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu was threatening to walk away from a proposal to allow Milwaukee County and the city to impose new sales taxes unless the guv accepted Republicans’ “last, best offer” on shared revenue.
The Assembly today passed a package of seven bills Republicans said will streamline professional licensing processes, while Dems argued DSPS needs more staff to do its job.
Wisconsin’s Parole Commission would have to publicly post the names of those granted release from prison, as well as those who had their parole revoked, under legislation that cleared the Senate today.
Dem AG Josh Kaul alongside former GOP opponent Eric Toney warned less investment in state crime labs could mean longer delays.
Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard says her caucus is “disgusted and frustrated” after Republicans moved late last night to pave the way for a vote on whether Meagan Wolfe will continue to serve as Wisconsin’s top election official.
The Senate today approved a bill to turn Wisconsin’s approach to literacy into a phonics-based program in an attempt to improve reading.
The state Elections Commission failed Tuesday evening to reach consensus on renominating Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin’s top election official, which Dem appointees argued left her in the administrator’s job indefinitely.
The federal money announced Monday will be provided under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden two years ago. The funding is part of more than $42 billion in grants across the country, according to a White House release.
Gov. Tony Evers says he is “hopeful sanity will prevail” as lawmakers are set to vote on the state budget this week, while declining to say whether he will veto the state budget if it comes to him as is.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and CBS 58’s A.J. Bayatpour discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s passage of the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers’ signing of the shared revenue bill and the Assembly’s passage of bills to overhaul alcohol regulations and change literacy instruction in K-12 schools.
Wisconsin’s balance was just more than $1.7 billion, which equated about 8.9 percent of general fund expenditures in the 2021-22 fiscal year. To reach the median percent of 11.6 percent, Wisconsin would’ve needed an additional $525 million in the fund.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug on Tuesday praised Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, telling WisPolitics he wants to have a joint hearing with the Senate on her work over the years.
Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law legislation that would increase state aid to counties and municipalities by more than $1 billion and boost funding for the state’s voucher program. The bills are part of a deal the Dem guv reached with GOP leaders that would also pump an additional
UW System President Jay Rothman told lawmakers “all options” are on the table when it comes to the state’s two-year campuses, including closures, if the system’s funding is cut.
“I don’t think it’s something we like to do; we have to do,” Schimming said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I say to Republicans across the state, ‘Look, we can’t keep going into Election Day 200,000 votes down and make it up in 13 hours. It’s just the arithmetic does not work.'”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss legislative action on the shared revenue and education funding bill, and the Joint Finance Committee latest progress on the state budget. The show also features an interview with state GOP Chair Brian Schimming ahead of the party’s state convention this weekend.
The Senate Education Committee took testimony on a bipartisan education agreement, while the Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee voted along party lines to back a shared revenue bill that doesn’t yet include the changes GOP legislative leaders agreed to in a deal with Gov. Tony Evers.
“We are ground zero, center of the universe in 2024 for the White House, for the Senate, the U.S. House, the state Legislature,” Wikler said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “Our theme is working hard for Wisconsin, and that is what every Democrat has to do.”
The deal GOP legislative leaders struck with Dem Gov. Tony Evers on shared revenue and education is set to move quickly through the Legislature.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a deal reached on shared revenue, the latest Joint Finance Committee action, a bipartisan slate of election bills and a bill to change how reading is taught. The show also features a conversation with state Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler on the party’s state convention this weekend.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu was threatening to walk away from a proposal to allow Milwaukee County and the city to impose new sales taxes unless the guv accepted Republicans’ “last, best offer” on shared revenue.
The Assembly today passed a package of seven bills Republicans said will streamline professional licensing processes, while Dems argued DSPS needs more staff to do its job.
Wisconsin’s Parole Commission would have to publicly post the names of those granted release from prison, as well as those who had their parole revoked, under legislation that cleared the Senate today.
Dem AG Josh Kaul alongside former GOP opponent Eric Toney warned less investment in state crime labs could mean longer delays.