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The move comes after the GOP-controlled Legislature previously blocked the Evers administration’s attempts to ban conversion therapy. That effort expired last year, and the administration moved last month to put the policy back in place.
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed dairy farmer Paul Buhr to the Natural Resources Board, giving him five picks on the seven-member body.
Republicans at a joint hearing touted a proposed constitutional amendment on bail as a way to promote public safety, while Dems argued the measure would prioritize the wealthy and wouldn’t fix issues in the pretrial system.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz drew criticism from conservative rival Daniel Kelly at a WisPolitics.com forum in Madison after she said the state’s legislative maps are “absolutely, positively rigged.”
Gov. Tony Evers says “the plan is not to” veto the state budget after working with the Republican-controlled legislature during the next several months, but he isn’t ruling it out.
Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz raised $756,217 over the last half of 2022, pushing her fundraising last year to $924,449, according to numbers her campaign shared with WisPolitics.com.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ inauguration speech and GOP reaction, the state’s projected budget surplus rising to $6.9 billion, U.S. Sen Ron Johnson suggesting the Legislature choose Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential electors and more.
Wisconsin’s U.S. senators are signaling they will start over the vetting process for a vacancy on the federal bench in Green Bay after Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, opposed the president’s original pick.
The combined state and local tax burden in Wisconsin fell in 2022 to its lowest share of income on record thanks to a new round of tax cuts and growing salaries, the Wisconsin Policy Forum reports.
Wisconsin’s Medicaid fund is now projected to finish the fiscal year with a $774.8 million surplus — $269.9 million more than what was expected three months ago — in another shot of good news for the state’s bottom line.
Gov. Tony Evers called his reelection the rejection of a “return to the bitter politics of resentment” as he called for the Capitol to work together on goals such as funding schools and overturning the state’s 174-year-old abortion ban.
Gov. Tony Evers today will call for “generational, transformative improvements” in how the state provides aid to local communities as he is sworn in for a second four-year term.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon review the top stories of 2022 in state politics.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today that Veterans Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar will retire, effective Monday.
The Assembly will overhaul its salary structure early next year after a national group found starting wages for most staff positions lag market rates, according to a report obtained by WisPolitics.com.
Internal prison records show a Wisconsin prisoner charged with murdering a Black inmate housed near him drew officials’ attention for earlier saying he fantasized about “slaughtering” Black people while he was housed at a different facility.
Former GOP state Sen. Randy Hopper today dropped out of the race for the 8th SD, saying he didn’t want to play a spoiler role in the crowded Republican field. In dropping out, he endorsed Rep. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, for the seat.
The new state GOP chair said the first weeks of his term have been focused on several things. But perhaps nothing is more important than improving the party’s fundraising.
Melissa Agard says there’s a simple key for Senate Dems to begin to climb out of the minority: show up.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says every election cycle is a chance to hit the reset button or argue about old scores. He’s done both over the years, and this time he’s choosing to hit the reset button.
The move comes after the GOP-controlled Legislature previously blocked the Evers administration’s attempts to ban conversion therapy. That effort expired last year, and the administration moved last month to put the policy back in place.
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed dairy farmer Paul Buhr to the Natural Resources Board, giving him five picks on the seven-member body.
Republicans at a joint hearing touted a proposed constitutional amendment on bail as a way to promote public safety, while Dems argued the measure would prioritize the wealthy and wouldn’t fix issues in the pretrial system.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz drew criticism from conservative rival Daniel Kelly at a WisPolitics.com forum in Madison after she said the state’s legislative maps are “absolutely, positively rigged.”
Gov. Tony Evers says “the plan is not to” veto the state budget after working with the Republican-controlled legislature during the next several months, but he isn’t ruling it out.
Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz raised $756,217 over the last half of 2022, pushing her fundraising last year to $924,449, according to numbers her campaign shared with WisPolitics.com.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ inauguration speech and GOP reaction, the state’s projected budget surplus rising to $6.9 billion, U.S. Sen Ron Johnson suggesting the Legislature choose Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential electors and more.
Wisconsin’s U.S. senators are signaling they will start over the vetting process for a vacancy on the federal bench in Green Bay after Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, opposed the president’s original pick.
The combined state and local tax burden in Wisconsin fell in 2022 to its lowest share of income on record thanks to a new round of tax cuts and growing salaries, the Wisconsin Policy Forum reports.
Wisconsin’s Medicaid fund is now projected to finish the fiscal year with a $774.8 million surplus — $269.9 million more than what was expected three months ago — in another shot of good news for the state’s bottom line.
Gov. Tony Evers called his reelection the rejection of a “return to the bitter politics of resentment” as he called for the Capitol to work together on goals such as funding schools and overturning the state’s 174-year-old abortion ban.
Gov. Tony Evers today will call for “generational, transformative improvements” in how the state provides aid to local communities as he is sworn in for a second four-year term.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon review the top stories of 2022 in state politics.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today that Veterans Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar will retire, effective Monday.
The Assembly will overhaul its salary structure early next year after a national group found starting wages for most staff positions lag market rates, according to a report obtained by WisPolitics.com.
Internal prison records show a Wisconsin prisoner charged with murdering a Black inmate housed near him drew officials’ attention for earlier saying he fantasized about “slaughtering” Black people while he was housed at a different facility.
Former GOP state Sen. Randy Hopper today dropped out of the race for the 8th SD, saying he didn’t want to play a spoiler role in the crowded Republican field. In dropping out, he endorsed Rep. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, for the seat.
The new state GOP chair said the first weeks of his term have been focused on several things. But perhaps nothing is more important than improving the party’s fundraising.
Melissa Agard says there’s a simple key for Senate Dems to begin to climb out of the minority: show up.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says every election cycle is a chance to hit the reset button or argue about old scores. He’s done both over the years, and this time he’s choosing to hit the reset button.