Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is knocking Gov. Tony Evers for appointing former Dem U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry to the Wisconsin Technical College System Board.
Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has appointed Sen. Dan Knodl to lead a new committee as he reworks membership on others to reflect the GOP’s new supermajority in the chamber. Knodl, who was sworn in last week, will chair the newly created Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee.
A Dane County judge says he will order the Wisconsin Elections Commission to rehear a complaint against Republicans who presented a false slate of electors in 2020.
Dem state Sen. LaTonya Johnson said Gov. Tony Evers should veto the shared revenue bill if dramatic changes aren’t made, a move he promised last week. Meanwhile, GOP state Rep. Tony Kurtz, one of the authors of the shared revenue legislation, says “the bill as written will be changing.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans’ shared revenue bill and Gov. Tony Evers’ veto threat, the Joint Finance Committee nixing 545 items from Evers’ budget, the lawsuit challenging the state 1849 abortion ban and more.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson argued the Common Council should vote on the proposed 2 percent sales tax bump in the GOP shared revenue bill rather than sending the question to voters in a referendum.
Republicans’ shared revenue bill would allow municipalities to cite the number of citations for moving violations or arrests for breaking local ordinances in the previous year to meet requirements for additional state aid. That’s even though state law bars state agencies or municipalities from requiring a law enforcement officer to meet a quota for traffic violation citations.
The two main architects of legislation to significantly boost shared revenue while allowing Milwaukee County and the city to add new sales taxes told WisPolitics talks on final details are ongoing.
A recent draft of an Assembly GOP plan to pump more money into shared revenue didn’t yet include details on how to divvy up $227 million in new aid for counties and municipalities or language for a full repeal of the personal property tax.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says full details of a shared revenue agreement, still being negotiated with the Senate throughout the weekend, will be released as early as today.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest on the state budget, including Assembly Republicans’ shared revenue plan, tax cut proposals and items the Joint Finance Committee intends to pull from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. The two also discuss GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments on abortion at a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon this week.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu told WisPolitics one of the final details to work out in a shared revenue package is how much to set aside to reward communities that consolidate services.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he has doubts about the FDA’s ability to avoid playing politics on approving an abortion drug because the pandemic has shown him it can’t.
AG Josh Kaul says Department of Justice attorneys will be reviewing materials and holding moot court practice in preparation for the May 4 hearing challenging the state’s 1849 abortion law.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the GOP-led Joint Finance Committee rejecting funds for the largest conservation deal in state history, this week’s action in the Legislature, medical marijuana legislation and more.
Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr during a hearing Thursday said he is working to implement 21 of the Legislative Audit Bureau’s 27 recommendations on improving the Division of Community Corrections. He added there are six findings his agency wants to discuss further, but he did not list exactly the recommendations he wants to talk about.
AG Josh Kaul announced a defrocked former cardinal had been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for an incident that allegedly occurred in April 1977. Theodore McCarrick, 92, is the second person charged after the Attorney General’s Clergy and Faith Leader Abuse Initiative received a complaint.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice reports a “scary and alarming trend” in fentanyl seizures has continued into the first part of 2023 as the DOJ is requesting 19 new agents in the next state budget to address a wide array of issues.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Dem convention going to Chicago, Tammy Baldwin’s campaign announcement and unemployment bills circulating in the Capitol.
GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it’s unlikely his caucus will back dedicating state money to the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium beyond income and sales taxes already generated from the team being in Wisconsin.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is knocking Gov. Tony Evers for appointing former Dem U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry to the Wisconsin Technical College System Board.
Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has appointed Sen. Dan Knodl to lead a new committee as he reworks membership on others to reflect the GOP’s new supermajority in the chamber. Knodl, who was sworn in last week, will chair the newly created Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee.
A Dane County judge says he will order the Wisconsin Elections Commission to rehear a complaint against Republicans who presented a false slate of electors in 2020.
Dem state Sen. LaTonya Johnson said Gov. Tony Evers should veto the shared revenue bill if dramatic changes aren’t made, a move he promised last week. Meanwhile, GOP state Rep. Tony Kurtz, one of the authors of the shared revenue legislation, says “the bill as written will be changing.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans’ shared revenue bill and Gov. Tony Evers’ veto threat, the Joint Finance Committee nixing 545 items from Evers’ budget, the lawsuit challenging the state 1849 abortion ban and more.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson argued the Common Council should vote on the proposed 2 percent sales tax bump in the GOP shared revenue bill rather than sending the question to voters in a referendum.
Republicans’ shared revenue bill would allow municipalities to cite the number of citations for moving violations or arrests for breaking local ordinances in the previous year to meet requirements for additional state aid. That’s even though state law bars state agencies or municipalities from requiring a law enforcement officer to meet a quota for traffic violation citations.
The two main architects of legislation to significantly boost shared revenue while allowing Milwaukee County and the city to add new sales taxes told WisPolitics talks on final details are ongoing.
A recent draft of an Assembly GOP plan to pump more money into shared revenue didn’t yet include details on how to divvy up $227 million in new aid for counties and municipalities or language for a full repeal of the personal property tax.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says full details of a shared revenue agreement, still being negotiated with the Senate throughout the weekend, will be released as early as today.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest on the state budget, including Assembly Republicans’ shared revenue plan, tax cut proposals and items the Joint Finance Committee intends to pull from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. The two also discuss GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments on abortion at a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon this week.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu told WisPolitics one of the final details to work out in a shared revenue package is how much to set aside to reward communities that consolidate services.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he has doubts about the FDA’s ability to avoid playing politics on approving an abortion drug because the pandemic has shown him it can’t.
AG Josh Kaul says Department of Justice attorneys will be reviewing materials and holding moot court practice in preparation for the May 4 hearing challenging the state’s 1849 abortion law.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the GOP-led Joint Finance Committee rejecting funds for the largest conservation deal in state history, this week’s action in the Legislature, medical marijuana legislation and more.
Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr during a hearing Thursday said he is working to implement 21 of the Legislative Audit Bureau’s 27 recommendations on improving the Division of Community Corrections. He added there are six findings his agency wants to discuss further, but he did not list exactly the recommendations he wants to talk about.
AG Josh Kaul announced a defrocked former cardinal had been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for an incident that allegedly occurred in April 1977. Theodore McCarrick, 92, is the second person charged after the Attorney General’s Clergy and Faith Leader Abuse Initiative received a complaint.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice reports a “scary and alarming trend” in fentanyl seizures has continued into the first part of 2023 as the DOJ is requesting 19 new agents in the next state budget to address a wide array of issues.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Dem convention going to Chicago, Tammy Baldwin’s campaign announcement and unemployment bills circulating in the Capitol.
GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it’s unlikely his caucus will back dedicating state money to the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium beyond income and sales taxes already generated from the team being in Wisconsin.