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Carr, who spent 30 years working in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department, was one of Evers’ first cabinet picks following his 2018 election.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Joint Finance Committee releasing nearly $32 million to the Universities of Wisconsin for workforce development, the status of legislation to address PFAS contamination, pending legislation as the Legislature prepares to wrap up the session, the U.S. Senate race and more.
Dems have started circulating legislation to address PFAS contamination as Republicans and Gov. Tony Evers continue to clash on the right way to fund it.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin knocked GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde for his abortion stance, with Sen. Kelda Roys arguing he’s “another out-of-state multimillionaire trying to climb the political ladder on the backs of Wisconsin women.”
Republican Dan Knodl, who decided against seeking reelection to his Senate district under the new maps, tells WisPolitics he’s considering a run for the Assembly seat of Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who’s facing a criminal investigation for alleged involvement in a campaign finance scheme.
That’s significantly less than the $100,000 each that Bernard Grofman and Jonathan Cervas were eligible to receive under the contracts they signed with the court.
GOP State Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, says there’s no scenario in which he will bring the “Monday processing” bill to a vote before the Senate elections committee ahead of the end of the legislative session. “It is done from my end of things as the chair of the committee,” Knodl said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.
The commission this week recommended local district attorneys investigate and charge both, as well as the campaign of Adam Steen, who lost to Vos by 260 votes, eight individuals and the three county Republican parties alleged to be involved.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Ethics Commission allegations of an illegal campaign finance scheme involving a state lawmaker, county parties and the Trump campaign to benefit a pro-Trump candidate challenging Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester; Gov. Tony Evers’ approval of new legislative maps; Planned Parenthood’s petition to the state Supreme Court on abortion, the latest action in the state Legislature, Republican Eric Hovde’s entrance into the U.S. Senate race and more.
Germantown Republican Dan Knodl tells WisPolitics he won’t run for reelection to the 8th SD that he won in a special election just last year after being paired in the seat with fellow GOP state Sen. Duey Stroebel. He said he’ll instead look to run for another seat.
GOP Madison businessman Eric Hovde as he formally launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate bemoaned what he said was a country in decline and an American dream increasingly out of reach for many during Joe Biden’s presidency.
The state Senate has sent a $2.1 billion GOP tax package to Dem Gov. Tony Evers with only the Republican proposal to boost a credit for child care drawing significant bipartisan support.
The Assembly signed off on a constitutional amendment that would block the governor from using their partial veto power on appropriation bills to authorize new taxes or increase existing ones.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed Republicans would still win majorities in the Legislature under Gov. Tony Evers’ maps.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers signed his legislative maps, which were approved by GOP lawmakers, despite concerns from Dems they could be challenged in federal court.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says Gov. Tony Evers’ “word and promise are on the line” ahead of tomorrow’s deadline to sign or veto his legislative maps.
First Lady Jill Biden in a Green Bay stop touted efforts to prepare students for careers, adding she wants the rest of the country to look to northeast Wisconsin as an example.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel state politics reporter Jessie Opoien discuss the GOP-controlled Legislature passing Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ legislative redistricting maps, results of Assembly and Senate floor sessions this week, Republican businessman Eric Hovde’s campaign announcing he will join the U.S. Senate race, the developing field to replace GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, Tuesday’s spring primary and more.
State and local governments would be barred from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to anyone on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin under a constitutional amendment the Assembly Republicans passed today.
A spokesperson for Eric Hovde confirmed to WisPolitics that the Madison businessman next week will officially launch his campaign challenging U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison.
Carr, who spent 30 years working in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department, was one of Evers’ first cabinet picks following his 2018 election.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Joint Finance Committee releasing nearly $32 million to the Universities of Wisconsin for workforce development, the status of legislation to address PFAS contamination, pending legislation as the Legislature prepares to wrap up the session, the U.S. Senate race and more.
Dems have started circulating legislation to address PFAS contamination as Republicans and Gov. Tony Evers continue to clash on the right way to fund it.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin knocked GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde for his abortion stance, with Sen. Kelda Roys arguing he’s “another out-of-state multimillionaire trying to climb the political ladder on the backs of Wisconsin women.”
Republican Dan Knodl, who decided against seeking reelection to his Senate district under the new maps, tells WisPolitics he’s considering a run for the Assembly seat of Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who’s facing a criminal investigation for alleged involvement in a campaign finance scheme.
That’s significantly less than the $100,000 each that Bernard Grofman and Jonathan Cervas were eligible to receive under the contracts they signed with the court.
GOP State Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, says there’s no scenario in which he will bring the “Monday processing” bill to a vote before the Senate elections committee ahead of the end of the legislative session. “It is done from my end of things as the chair of the committee,” Knodl said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.
The commission this week recommended local district attorneys investigate and charge both, as well as the campaign of Adam Steen, who lost to Vos by 260 votes, eight individuals and the three county Republican parties alleged to be involved.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Ethics Commission allegations of an illegal campaign finance scheme involving a state lawmaker, county parties and the Trump campaign to benefit a pro-Trump candidate challenging Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester; Gov. Tony Evers’ approval of new legislative maps; Planned Parenthood’s petition to the state Supreme Court on abortion, the latest action in the state Legislature, Republican Eric Hovde’s entrance into the U.S. Senate race and more.
Germantown Republican Dan Knodl tells WisPolitics he won’t run for reelection to the 8th SD that he won in a special election just last year after being paired in the seat with fellow GOP state Sen. Duey Stroebel. He said he’ll instead look to run for another seat.
GOP Madison businessman Eric Hovde as he formally launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate bemoaned what he said was a country in decline and an American dream increasingly out of reach for many during Joe Biden’s presidency.
The state Senate has sent a $2.1 billion GOP tax package to Dem Gov. Tony Evers with only the Republican proposal to boost a credit for child care drawing significant bipartisan support.
The Assembly signed off on a constitutional amendment that would block the governor from using their partial veto power on appropriation bills to authorize new taxes or increase existing ones.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed Republicans would still win majorities in the Legislature under Gov. Tony Evers’ maps.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers signed his legislative maps, which were approved by GOP lawmakers, despite concerns from Dems they could be challenged in federal court.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says Gov. Tony Evers’ “word and promise are on the line” ahead of tomorrow’s deadline to sign or veto his legislative maps.
First Lady Jill Biden in a Green Bay stop touted efforts to prepare students for careers, adding she wants the rest of the country to look to northeast Wisconsin as an example.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel state politics reporter Jessie Opoien discuss the GOP-controlled Legislature passing Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ legislative redistricting maps, results of Assembly and Senate floor sessions this week, Republican businessman Eric Hovde’s campaign announcing he will join the U.S. Senate race, the developing field to replace GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, Tuesday’s spring primary and more.
State and local governments would be barred from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to anyone on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin under a constitutional amendment the Assembly Republicans passed today.
A spokesperson for Eric Hovde confirmed to WisPolitics that the Madison businessman next week will officially launch his campaign challenging U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison.