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“I’ll veto it. Plain and simple,” the Dem guv wrote on Twitter. “I’m not going to sign an irresponsible Republican tax cut that jeopardizes our state’s financial stability well into the future and the investments we need to be making today to address the real, pressing challenges facing our state.”
The state Dem Party announced a $4 million campaign to target GOP lawmakers over threats to impeach liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, with state Chair Ben Wikler vowing the effort will ask Republicans if they’re “willing to sign a death warrant for democracy in our state.”
Kelli Thompson is leaving her post as State Public Defender after leading the agency for the past 12 years.
“I’ve said I want someone else to be the Republican nominee right now, someone younger who can actually carry on some of the Trump policies on China in a way,” Gallagher said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “But I have a no-boomer policy right now. No boomers for nominees.”
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ $2.9 billion tax cut proposal, the Senate hearing on Meagan Wolfe as Elections Commission administrator, GOP talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and more.
Addressing a National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers event, first lady Jill Biden argued teachers do their jobs in spite of challenges because they love what they do and who they teach.
The GOP authors of a bill to cut nearly $3 billion in taxes argued the measure would provide significant tax relief for Wisconsinites, pushing back on concerns it could put federal pandemic aid dollars at risk.
Dems and Republicans in a confirmation hearing sparred over Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe’s role, with Dems arguing the Senate has no standing to act on her appointment.
Conservative Chief Justice Annette Ziegler is accusing her liberal colleagues of “rogue lawlessness” in naming an “unlawfully appointed” interim director of state courts she charges has appointed reserve judges without her permission.
Kellyanne Conway, a former adviser to President Trump, and Reince Priebus, his former chief of staff, say they’re both skeptical the eight Republican primary candidates will see a big enough boost after the Milwaukee debate to take on Trump at this early point in the primary. Meanwhile, former Gov. Scott Walker, who attended the Milwaukee debate, concluded, “Nobody said anything on that podium that made Trump supporters feel like they need to shift.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss takeaways from the GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Republicans’ moves to force liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s recusal from redistricting cases, the latest on the controversy over whether Meagan Wolfe should continue as Elections Commission administrator and more.
Dem AG Josh Kaul opined the GOP-controlled state Senate has no authority to confirm or reject Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections officer, and it’s “not a close question under state law.”
GOP lawmakers have filed a motion seeking to force liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz off a pair of redistricting lawsuits, based on donations she received from the state Dem Party and past comments the current lines are “rigged” for Republicans.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss continued rancor on the state Supreme Court, a planned Senate hearing on the state’s top election official, the upcoming GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee and more.
State crime labs took less time in 2022 to process DNA evidence even as more samples have been submitted, but did worse in other areas compared to the year before, according to a new report.
The state Elections Commission decided against voting whether to expressly authorize agency Administrator Meagan Wolfe to testify before the state Senate amid a dispute over whether she’s been renominated to the post.
President Joe Biden in a Milwaukee visit credited his economic policies for bringing manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and setting the table for another decade of federal infrastructure investments.
President Biden will use today’s visit to Milwaukee to tout what the White House calls a “manufacturing boom” nearly one year after he signed the Inflation Reduction Act.
A Dane County judge has rejected a request from GOP lawmakers to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn Elections Commission guidance on what constitutes a complete address from a witness who signs an absentee ballot envelope.
President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee tomorrow–a week ahead of the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee– to tout what his administration has coined ‘Bidenomics.’
“I’ll veto it. Plain and simple,” the Dem guv wrote on Twitter. “I’m not going to sign an irresponsible Republican tax cut that jeopardizes our state’s financial stability well into the future and the investments we need to be making today to address the real, pressing challenges facing our state.”
The state Dem Party announced a $4 million campaign to target GOP lawmakers over threats to impeach liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, with state Chair Ben Wikler vowing the effort will ask Republicans if they’re “willing to sign a death warrant for democracy in our state.”
Kelli Thompson is leaving her post as State Public Defender after leading the agency for the past 12 years.
“I’ve said I want someone else to be the Republican nominee right now, someone younger who can actually carry on some of the Trump policies on China in a way,” Gallagher said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “But I have a no-boomer policy right now. No boomers for nominees.”
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ $2.9 billion tax cut proposal, the Senate hearing on Meagan Wolfe as Elections Commission administrator, GOP talk of impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and more.
Addressing a National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers event, first lady Jill Biden argued teachers do their jobs in spite of challenges because they love what they do and who they teach.
The GOP authors of a bill to cut nearly $3 billion in taxes argued the measure would provide significant tax relief for Wisconsinites, pushing back on concerns it could put federal pandemic aid dollars at risk.
Dems and Republicans in a confirmation hearing sparred over Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe’s role, with Dems arguing the Senate has no standing to act on her appointment.
Conservative Chief Justice Annette Ziegler is accusing her liberal colleagues of “rogue lawlessness” in naming an “unlawfully appointed” interim director of state courts she charges has appointed reserve judges without her permission.
Kellyanne Conway, a former adviser to President Trump, and Reince Priebus, his former chief of staff, say they’re both skeptical the eight Republican primary candidates will see a big enough boost after the Milwaukee debate to take on Trump at this early point in the primary. Meanwhile, former Gov. Scott Walker, who attended the Milwaukee debate, concluded, “Nobody said anything on that podium that made Trump supporters feel like they need to shift.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss takeaways from the GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Republicans’ moves to force liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s recusal from redistricting cases, the latest on the controversy over whether Meagan Wolfe should continue as Elections Commission administrator and more.
Dem AG Josh Kaul opined the GOP-controlled state Senate has no authority to confirm or reject Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections officer, and it’s “not a close question under state law.”
GOP lawmakers have filed a motion seeking to force liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz off a pair of redistricting lawsuits, based on donations she received from the state Dem Party and past comments the current lines are “rigged” for Republicans.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss continued rancor on the state Supreme Court, a planned Senate hearing on the state’s top election official, the upcoming GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee and more.
State crime labs took less time in 2022 to process DNA evidence even as more samples have been submitted, but did worse in other areas compared to the year before, according to a new report.
The state Elections Commission decided against voting whether to expressly authorize agency Administrator Meagan Wolfe to testify before the state Senate amid a dispute over whether she’s been renominated to the post.
President Joe Biden in a Milwaukee visit credited his economic policies for bringing manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and setting the table for another decade of federal infrastructure investments.
President Biden will use today’s visit to Milwaukee to tout what the White House calls a “manufacturing boom” nearly one year after he signed the Inflation Reduction Act.
A Dane County judge has rejected a request from GOP lawmakers to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn Elections Commission guidance on what constitutes a complete address from a witness who signs an absentee ballot envelope.
President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee tomorrow–a week ahead of the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee– to tout what his administration has coined ‘Bidenomics.’