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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.
Asking taxpayers to help cover the cost of a professional sports stadium for the second time in eight years, GOP lawmakers again argued it would be cheaper to put public money into the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark than to lose the team. But Dem lawmakers said the $202.5 million Milwaukee County and the city would have to cover of the more than $700 million deal was too high a price on local taxpayers.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos tells WisPolitics he will seek to block pay raises for UW System employees unless the university first cuts DEI positions, ramping up pressure on university leaders. The Rochester Republican has already made clear that he would
Meagan Wolfe, the state’s top elections official whose fate now is before the courts, says she’ll be at work today as she vows to stay on the job despite Senate Republicans voting to fire her.
GOP lawmakers today will unveil a more than $700 million package that would rely heavily on state and local money to fund maintenance at the Brewers ballpark in exchange for keeping the team in Milwaukee through at least 2050, according to a source with knowledge of the plan.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Senate Republicans voting to fire Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, Assembly passage of Speaker Robin Vos’ Iowa-style redistricting proposal, the latest on GOP talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and more.
Planned Parenthood announced today it will resume abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday at its clinics in Madison and Milwaukee.
MKE 2024 Host Committee Chair Reince Priebus and DNC National Committeeman Alex Lasry say bipartisan convention cooperation is a win for heavily Dem host city Milwaukee, though which party will see a bigger boost in the polls is up for debate.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is pitching moving Wisconsin to an Iowa-style redistricting process to avoid a costly court fight before the state Supreme Court and to spare his members from millions in ads targeting them over the push to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
A Senate committee voted 3-1 against keeping Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official with all three Republicans opposed, though it was unclear if the issue will move to the full chamber this week.
“There’s a lot of people talking about it, to be honest with you,” August said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “The speaker will come out with what we believe is a good plan for us, and the negotiations will continue once we have a bill to negotiate on, but there’s been members of both parties and a lot of meetings from both houses talking about this.”
The following is an excerpt from “On the Capitol Beat: The scoop on Wisconsin’s capitol press corps,” by Jillian Slaight included in the 2023-24 Wisconsin Blue Book.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss GOP lawmakers’ talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn’t recuse herself from redistricting cases, a Dem Party-backed campaign to get Republicans to back down from those threats, Gov. Tony Evers’ vow to veto Republicans’ proposed $3 billion tax cut plan and more.
The Elections Commission voted 5-1 to move forward with a proposal that would formalize guidelines for challenging a declaration of candidacy.
The Department of Administration cut off Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland’s access to state buildings two weeks ago at the request of the chamber’s sergeant at arms for undisclosed reasons.
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.
Asking taxpayers to help cover the cost of a professional sports stadium for the second time in eight years, GOP lawmakers again argued it would be cheaper to put public money into the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark than to lose the team. But Dem lawmakers said the $202.5 million Milwaukee County and the city would have to cover of the more than $700 million deal was too high a price on local taxpayers.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos tells WisPolitics he will seek to block pay raises for UW System employees unless the university first cuts DEI positions, ramping up pressure on university leaders. The Rochester Republican has already made clear that he would oppose releasing $32 million to the system. The money was
Meagan Wolfe, the state’s top elections official whose fate now is before the courts, says she’ll be at work today as she vows to stay on the job despite Senate Republicans voting to fire her.
GOP lawmakers today will unveil a more than $700 million package that would rely heavily on state and local money to fund maintenance at the Brewers ballpark in exchange for keeping the team in Milwaukee through at least 2050, according to a source with knowledge of the plan.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Senate Republicans voting to fire Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, Assembly passage of Speaker Robin Vos’ Iowa-style redistricting proposal, the latest on GOP talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and more.
Planned Parenthood announced today it will resume abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday at its clinics in Madison and Milwaukee.
MKE 2024 Host Committee Chair Reince Priebus and DNC National Committeeman Alex Lasry say bipartisan convention cooperation is a win for heavily Dem host city Milwaukee, though which party will see a bigger boost in the polls is up for debate.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is pitching moving Wisconsin to an Iowa-style redistricting process to avoid a costly court fight before the state Supreme Court and to spare his members from millions in ads targeting them over the push to impeach liberal Janet Protasiewicz.
A Senate committee voted 3-1 against keeping Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official with all three Republicans opposed, though it was unclear if the issue will move to the full chamber this week.
“There’s a lot of people talking about it, to be honest with you,” August said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “The speaker will come out with what we believe is a good plan for us, and the negotiations will continue once we have a bill to negotiate on, but there’s been members of both parties and a lot of meetings from both houses talking about this.”
The following is an excerpt from “On the Capitol Beat: The scoop on Wisconsin’s capitol press corps,” by Jillian Slaight included in the 2023-24 Wisconsin Blue Book.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss GOP lawmakers’ talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn’t recuse herself from redistricting cases, a Dem Party-backed campaign to get Republicans to back down from those threats, Gov. Tony Evers’ vow to veto Republicans’ proposed $3 billion tax cut plan and more.
The Elections Commission voted 5-1 to move forward with a proposal that would formalize guidelines for challenging a declaration of candidacy.
The Department of Administration cut off Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland’s access to state buildings two weeks ago at the request of the chamber’s sergeant at arms for undisclosed reasons.