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Dem AG Josh Kaul alongside former GOP opponent Eric Toney warned less investment in state crime labs could mean longer delays.
The DNR says it will need more staff and money to implement provisions in a GOP bill to combat PFAS. That includes one directing the Department of Natural Resources to create a municipal grant program to help municipalities and non-municipal entities that are regulated like public water systems test their water for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances contamination.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, local leaders and Gov. Tony Evers have pushed to remove a requirement for voters to approve sales tax increases and instead allow the Milwaukee Common Council and County Board to approve them.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the $2.3 billion capital budget the Joint Finance Committee approved, legislation to address sexual misconduct in the Wisconsin National Guard and how the federal debt-limit deal may affect state agencies.
Wisconsin’s House delegation split over a bill to lift the debt ceiling with Dems Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan joining Republican Tom Tiffany in opposition to the bill GOP leaders negotiated with the White House.
Republicans have introduced a package of bills to clarify miscarriage treatment and other procedures are not outlawed by Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban.
The state’s largest business group is threatening to go to court to block regulations that would force stricter limits on surface water pollution.
Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy says he’s had initial conversations with some state lawmakers about the proposal to use $2 million in state money to help pay for costs associated with Green Bay hosting the 2025 NFL Draft.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest Joint Finance Committee actions on the state budget, negotiations over Republicans’ shared revenue and sales tax proposal, the Green Bay Packers’ ask for state money to help with hosting the 2025 NFL Draft and more.
Ten of 13 UW System campuses are facing deficits in their tuition funds, according to data shared by the system.
The Legislative Audit Bureau found DHS failed during the pandemic to execute appropriate agreements on ventilators it loaned providers and didn’t properly track the equipment.
A co-author of a GOP shared revenue proposal encouraged compromise on the bill during a hearing Tuesday, while Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson called for lawmakers to eliminate provisions restricting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Sen. Dan Knodl, chair of the Senate’s Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee, tells WisPolitics he’s keeping an open mind on whether to require Milwaukee County and the city to get voter permission to impose new sales taxes.
Wisconsin GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson called the debt limit deadline “a phony crisis” while Dem Sen. Tammy Baldwin said, “We cannot default.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the negotiations over the GOP shared revenue bill, Joint Finance Committee approval of pay raises for state prosecutors and public defenders, along with $125 million to fight PFAS, and new GOP legislation to tackle the state’s housing shortage.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said today his caucus will likely drop a requirement that Milwaukee County and the city approve a new sales tax via referendum as part of the GOP shared revenue bill.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to “Marsy’s Law,” finding the constitutional amendment was properly presented to voters as they expanded the rights of crime victims.
One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy farms has agreed to stop spreading liquid manure in exchange for avoiding groundwater monitoring standards.
Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, said Gov. Tony Evers and GOP leaders need to “resolve their differences” and pass a shared revenue bill.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss new laws Gov. Tony Evers signed to crack down on reckless driving and carjacking, committee shuffling with the new Senate GOP supermajority, shared revenue negotiations, the UW System eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion statements for employment, and more.
Dem AG Josh Kaul alongside former GOP opponent Eric Toney warned less investment in state crime labs could mean longer delays.
The DNR says it will need more staff and money to implement provisions in a GOP bill to combat PFAS. That includes one directing the Department of Natural Resources to create a municipal grant program to help municipalities and non-municipal entities that are regulated like public water systems test their water for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances contamination.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, local leaders and Gov. Tony Evers have pushed to remove a requirement for voters to approve sales tax increases and instead allow the Milwaukee Common Council and County Board to approve them.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the $2.3 billion capital budget the Joint Finance Committee approved, legislation to address sexual misconduct in the Wisconsin National Guard and how the federal debt-limit deal may affect state agencies.
Wisconsin’s House delegation split over a bill to lift the debt ceiling with Dems Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan joining Republican Tom Tiffany in opposition to the bill GOP leaders negotiated with the White House.
Republicans have introduced a package of bills to clarify miscarriage treatment and other procedures are not outlawed by Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban.
The state’s largest business group is threatening to go to court to block regulations that would force stricter limits on surface water pollution.
Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy says he’s had initial conversations with some state lawmakers about the proposal to use $2 million in state money to help pay for costs associated with Green Bay hosting the 2025 NFL Draft.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest Joint Finance Committee actions on the state budget, negotiations over Republicans’ shared revenue and sales tax proposal, the Green Bay Packers’ ask for state money to help with hosting the 2025 NFL Draft and more.
Ten of 13 UW System campuses are facing deficits in their tuition funds, according to data shared by the system.
The Legislative Audit Bureau found DHS failed during the pandemic to execute appropriate agreements on ventilators it loaned providers and didn’t properly track the equipment.
A co-author of a GOP shared revenue proposal encouraged compromise on the bill during a hearing Tuesday, while Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson called for lawmakers to eliminate provisions restricting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Sen. Dan Knodl, chair of the Senate’s Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee, tells WisPolitics he’s keeping an open mind on whether to require Milwaukee County and the city to get voter permission to impose new sales taxes.
Wisconsin GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson called the debt limit deadline “a phony crisis” while Dem Sen. Tammy Baldwin said, “We cannot default.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the negotiations over the GOP shared revenue bill, Joint Finance Committee approval of pay raises for state prosecutors and public defenders, along with $125 million to fight PFAS, and new GOP legislation to tackle the state’s housing shortage.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said today his caucus will likely drop a requirement that Milwaukee County and the city approve a new sales tax via referendum as part of the GOP shared revenue bill.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to “Marsy’s Law,” finding the constitutional amendment was properly presented to voters as they expanded the rights of crime victims.
One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy farms has agreed to stop spreading liquid manure in exchange for avoiding groundwater monitoring standards.
Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, said Gov. Tony Evers and GOP leaders need to “resolve their differences” and pass a shared revenue bill.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss new laws Gov. Tony Evers signed to crack down on reckless driving and carjacking, committee shuffling with the new Senate GOP supermajority, shared revenue negotiations, the UW System eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion statements for employment, and more.