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The Assembly today approved 69-27 with bipartisan support a deal to keep the Brewers in Wisconsin through 2050. The two bills will provide $546 million in public money in exchange for extending the team’s lease through 2050. They now head to the Senate.
A third-party investigator hired by the Legislature found sufficient evidence that former Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland engaged in nonconsensual sexual contact with an intoxicated woman during a May conference in California, according to a report obtained by WisPolitcs. The
Private attorneys representing GOP legislative leaders acknowledge the Senate’s vote last month to oust Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official was “symbolic” and they have no power to appoint an interim while she continues serving in the job.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s taking seriously the advice received from former state Supreme Court Justices David Prosser and Jon Wilcox urging him against impeaching Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol reporter Emilee Fannon and CBS 58 reporter A.J. Bayatpour discuss GOP threats to impeach liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz as the high court takes up redistricting, the revised Brewers stadium deal, a Senate hearing on Gov. Tony Evers’ workforce and child care proposals, the latest Assembly action and the UW System’s rebranding as The Universities of Wisconsin.
The Rochester Republican in a Capitol press event expressed his disappointment Protasiewicz refused to recuse herself from hearing redistricting arguments. Still, Vos said he’ll be watching the new justice, who tipped the court balance 4-3 toward the left, to see if the nearly $10 million the Democratic Party of Wisconsin gave to her campaign impacts her rulings.
Republicans in a Senate Economic Development and Technical Colleges Committee public hearing Wednesday on Evers’ special session bill questioned if the guv’s move sets up various workforce sectors to be reliant on taxpayer dollars.
Department of Public Instruction data released yesterday show public school scores have improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, though overall scores have yet to reach pre-pandemic levels.
Conservative former Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is advising Assembly Speaker Robin Vos against impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz over her refusal to recuse herself from hearing redistricting cases.
State Senate President Chris Kapenga says there aren’t enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation that would draw new legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election, a move deployed by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in an attempt to bypass the state Supreme Court’s new liberal majority.
The state Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track key parts of a challenge to the state’s legislative maps, following quickly on a decision by liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to rebuff recusal demands from GOP lawmakers.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Milwaukee-area public hearing on legislation to fund Brewers stadium maintenance, Senate President Chris Kapenga’s call for the Assembly to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, election-related bills from both sides of the aisle, a new lawsuit to eliminate absentee ballot witness signatures, the ouster of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker and more.
Rep. Rob Brooks says the deal to fund Milwaukee Brewers ballpark maintenance will likely be amended to include a ticket tax and an audit of the current stadium board.
Evers, who wasn’t at the Capitol at the time of Wednesday’s incidents, told reporters after touring a child care facility yesterday that he never talks about his security detail. But he added, “Anytime something like this happens, obviously, they reevaluate.”
Dem Rep. Lisa Subeck ripped Republicans for trying to restrict medical freedoms with a bill to ban gender-affirming care for kids, which she says would also increase suicide rates. But co-authors Rep. Scott Allen, of Waukesha, and Sen. Duey Stroebel, of Saukville, argued AB 465 gives Wisconsinites too young to know exactly what they want more time to figure it out before going through what they call permanent changes
Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics.
GOP members of a Senate committee voted against confirming former Milwaukee County Clerk Joe Czarnezki to the state Elections Commission after the Dem appointee abstained from a June vote to renominate Meagan Wolfe as the agency’s administrator.
Four Wisconsin absentee voters have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state requirement that a witness sign their ballot envelopes, arguing it violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s leader says the organization is working to soon resume abortions in Sheboygan County, despite DA Joel Urmanski indicating he would consider prosecuting providers under the state’s 1849 law currently before the courts.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest regarding possible impeachment of liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, anti-abortion groups calling on prosecutors in Madison and Milwaukee to file charges against abortion providers, a GOP bill to ban gender-transition treatment for people under 18 years old and more.
The Assembly today approved 69-27 with bipartisan support a deal to keep the Brewers in Wisconsin through 2050. The two bills will provide $546 million in public money in exchange for extending the team’s lease through 2050. They now head to the Senate.
A third-party investigator hired by the Legislature found sufficient evidence that former Senate Chief Clerk Mike Queensland engaged in nonconsensual sexual contact with an intoxicated woman during a May conference in California, according to a report obtained by WisPolitcs. The report for the first time details the allegations against Queensland
Private attorneys representing GOP legislative leaders acknowledge the Senate’s vote last month to oust Meagan Wolfe as the state’s top elections official was “symbolic” and they have no power to appoint an interim while she continues serving in the job.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s taking seriously the advice received from former state Supreme Court Justices David Prosser and Jon Wilcox urging him against impeaching Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol reporter Emilee Fannon and CBS 58 reporter A.J. Bayatpour discuss GOP threats to impeach liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz as the high court takes up redistricting, the revised Brewers stadium deal, a Senate hearing on Gov. Tony Evers’ workforce and child care proposals, the latest Assembly action and the UW System’s rebranding as The Universities of Wisconsin.
The Rochester Republican in a Capitol press event expressed his disappointment Protasiewicz refused to recuse herself from hearing redistricting arguments. Still, Vos said he’ll be watching the new justice, who tipped the court balance 4-3 toward the left, to see if the nearly $10 million the Democratic Party of Wisconsin gave to her campaign impacts her rulings.
Republicans in a Senate Economic Development and Technical Colleges Committee public hearing Wednesday on Evers’ special session bill questioned if the guv’s move sets up various workforce sectors to be reliant on taxpayer dollars.
Department of Public Instruction data released yesterday show public school scores have improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, though overall scores have yet to reach pre-pandemic levels.
Conservative former Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is advising Assembly Speaker Robin Vos against impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz over her refusal to recuse herself from hearing redistricting cases.
State Senate President Chris Kapenga says there aren’t enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation that would draw new legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election, a move deployed by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in an attempt to bypass the state Supreme Court’s new liberal majority.
The state Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track key parts of a challenge to the state’s legislative maps, following quickly on a decision by liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to rebuff recusal demands from GOP lawmakers.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Milwaukee-area public hearing on legislation to fund Brewers stadium maintenance, Senate President Chris Kapenga’s call for the Assembly to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, election-related bills from both sides of the aisle, a new lawsuit to eliminate absentee ballot witness signatures, the ouster of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker and more.
Rep. Rob Brooks says the deal to fund Milwaukee Brewers ballpark maintenance will likely be amended to include a ticket tax and an audit of the current stadium board.
Evers, who wasn’t at the Capitol at the time of Wednesday’s incidents, told reporters after touring a child care facility yesterday that he never talks about his security detail. But he added, “Anytime something like this happens, obviously, they reevaluate.”
Dem Rep. Lisa Subeck ripped Republicans for trying to restrict medical freedoms with a bill to ban gender-affirming care for kids, which she says would also increase suicide rates. But co-authors Rep. Scott Allen, of Waukesha, and Sen. Duey Stroebel, of Saukville, argued AB 465 gives Wisconsinites too young to know exactly what they want more time to figure it out before going through what they call permanent changes
Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics.
GOP members of a Senate committee voted against confirming former Milwaukee County Clerk Joe Czarnezki to the state Elections Commission after the Dem appointee abstained from a June vote to renominate Meagan Wolfe as the agency’s administrator.
Four Wisconsin absentee voters have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state requirement that a witness sign their ballot envelopes, arguing it violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s leader says the organization is working to soon resume abortions in Sheboygan County, despite DA Joel Urmanski indicating he would consider prosecuting providers under the state’s 1849 law currently before the courts.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest regarding possible impeachment of liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, anti-abortion groups calling on prosecutors in Madison and Milwaukee to file charges against abortion providers, a GOP bill to ban gender-transition treatment for people under 18 years old and more.