From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto in the 2023-25 budget that allows per-pupil spending increases each year for the next four centuries. The
From WisPolitics … — GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is urging Dem Gov. Tony Evers and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson to intervene and demand the protest zone for the Republican National Convention be moved further away from Fiserv Forum, the main
From WisPolitics … — The Dem group Opportunity Wisconsin is again hitting GOP U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil on the airwaves, this time with a spot that knocks him for voting to allow credit card companies to charge higher fees. The
From WisPolitics … — State Rep. Katrina Shankland knocked fellow Dem 3rd CD Dem candidate Rebecca Cooke for her past as a political consultant while calling for her competitors to reject corporate PAC donations. Shankland, of Stevens Point, Eau Claire
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has unanimously denied a request seeking to allow Racine to again use a van as a mobile absentee voting site in elections. But the court split on a second piece of yesterday’s
From WisPolitics … — Andrew Cegielski, the lone Republican to file to run against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in the August primary, is ending his campaign. Cegielski, who works for an industrial oven company in East Troy and has worked
From WisPolitics … — Dane County Judge Susan Crawford today formally launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court next year, looking to protect liberals’ 4-3 majority. Crawford is seeking to succeed fellow progressive Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, who announced
From WisPolitics … — Challenges have been filed to the nomination papers of 11 candidates seeking to get on this fall’s ballot, including one that claims 8th CD GOP candidate Tony Wied’s circulators misled some signers. The challenges to Wied’s
From WisPolitics … — Dem Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski has dropped her request for the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee to approve additional funding and staff for her office. The committee had planned to take up the request during today’s
From WisPolitics … — Americans for Prosperity Action has launched a new $1 million ad campaign praising GOP businessman Eric Hovde as someone who will bring people together and knocking U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as a career politician. The campaign,
From WisPolitics … — GOP appointee Bob Atwell says he “left room for people to assume” he was going to stay on the UW Board of Regents much longer than he intended, according to an email he shared with WisPolitics.
From WisPolitics … — Candidates seeking to get on the fall ballot have a deadline today to turn in their nomination papers. The Elections Commission’s latest update, posted late Friday, shows: *All four announced candidates for the 8th CD have
From WisPolitics … — State GOP Chairman Brian Schimming is accusing Dems and President Joe Biden’s campaign of weaponizing the legal system after Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of a felony, calling the verdict “a
From WisPolitics … — DPI is threatening to withhold state aid payments from Milwaukee Public Schools because the district has failed to file statutorily required fiscal reports. Two of the reports were due eight months ago, and the district is
From WisPolitics … — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced today it has added former Revenue Secretary Peter Barca to its “Red to Blue” program, a sign it intends to invest in his campaign against U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville.
From WisPolitics … — The group seeking to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it will turn in more than 8,000 signatures from the 63rd AD this afternoon with 6,850 valid ones needed to trigger a recall. Recall organizers face
From WisPolitics … — The Fix Washington PAC, a group largely funded by GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde’s brother, has dropped another $1.5 million on ads targeting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. The group’s latest filing with the FEC shows
From WisPolitics … — The list of delegates and alternates Wisconsin Republicans will send to the national convention includes two former governors, several elected officials and two people who served as false electors in 2020. The party announced the list
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today released the fifth TV ad of her campaign, a spot shot selfie-style in which people praise her for a cap on insulin costs. Baldwin’s campaign said the ad will run statewide
From WisPolitics … — The state Dem Party had nearly $2.3 million in its federal account at the end of April, a 3.5-to-1 advantage over the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Both parties filed their latest federal campaign finance reports yesterday
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto in the 2023-25 budget that allows per-pupil spending increases each year for the next four centuries. The suit, which Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce filed on behalf of
From WisPolitics … — GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is urging Dem Gov. Tony Evers and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson to intervene and demand the protest zone for the Republican National Convention be moved further away from Fiserv Forum, the main hub for the convention. “The proximity is ridiculous,” Johnson said
From WisPolitics … — The Dem group Opportunity Wisconsin is again hitting GOP U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil on the airwaves, this time with a spot that knocks him for voting to allow credit card companies to charge higher fees. The group said the ad will run on broadcast TV in
From WisPolitics … — State Rep. Katrina Shankland knocked fellow Dem 3rd CD Dem candidate Rebecca Cooke for her past as a political consultant while calling for her competitors to reject corporate PAC donations. Shankland, of Stevens Point, Eau Claire nonprofit owner Cooke and Eau Claire mortgage loan officer Eric
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has unanimously denied a request seeking to allow Racine to again use a van as a mobile absentee voting site in elections. But the court split on a second piece of yesterday’s decision as the liberal majority granted a stay of a
From WisPolitics … — Andrew Cegielski, the lone Republican to file to run against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in the August primary, is ending his campaign. Cegielski, who works for an industrial oven company in East Troy and has worked as a conservative writer, didn’t offer any specifics in his
From WisPolitics … — Dane County Judge Susan Crawford today formally launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court next year, looking to protect liberals’ 4-3 majority. Crawford is seeking to succeed fellow progressive Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, who announced earlier this year she had decided against seeking a fourth
From WisPolitics … — Challenges have been filed to the nomination papers of 11 candidates seeking to get on this fall’s ballot, including one that claims 8th CD GOP candidate Tony Wied’s circulators misled some signers. The challenges to Wied’s nomination papers for the regular election and the special election
From WisPolitics … — Dem Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski has dropped her request for the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee to approve additional funding and staff for her office. The committee had planned to take up the request during today’s 13.10 hearing. Instead, Godlewski wrote in a letter yesterday she
From WisPolitics … — Americans for Prosperity Action has launched a new $1 million ad campaign praising GOP businessman Eric Hovde as someone who will bring people together and knocking U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as a career politician. The campaign, which follows a six-figure effort earlier this spring, will run
From WisPolitics … — GOP appointee Bob Atwell says he “left room for people to assume” he was going to stay on the UW Board of Regents much longer than he intended, according to an email he shared with WisPolitics. Atwell notified UW officials last month he planned to remain
From WisPolitics … — Candidates seeking to get on the fall ballot have a deadline today to turn in their nomination papers. The Elections Commission’s latest update, posted late Friday, shows: *All four announced candidates for the 8th CD have turned in their signatures to run in both the special
From WisPolitics … — State GOP Chairman Brian Schimming is accusing Dems and President Joe Biden’s campaign of weaponizing the legal system after Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of a felony, calling the verdict “a national embarrassment.” A New York jury yesterday found Trump was
From WisPolitics … — DPI is threatening to withhold state aid payments from Milwaukee Public Schools because the district has failed to file statutorily required fiscal reports. Two of the reports were due eight months ago, and the district is in danger of missing out on a $15.7 million special
From WisPolitics … — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced today it has added former Revenue Secretary Peter Barca to its “Red to Blue” program, a sign it intends to invest in his campaign against U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville. The DCCC provides candidates in the program with organizational and
From WisPolitics … — The group seeking to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it will turn in more than 8,000 signatures from the 63rd AD this afternoon with 6,850 valid ones needed to trigger a recall. Recall organizers face a deadline today to turn in signatures in their second
From WisPolitics … — The Fix Washington PAC, a group largely funded by GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde’s brother, has dropped another $1.5 million on ads targeting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. The group’s latest filing with the FEC shows it spent $957,469 on media placement, $502,512 on digital ads
From WisPolitics … — The list of delegates and alternates Wisconsin Republicans will send to the national convention includes two former governors, several elected officials and two people who served as false electors in 2020. The party announced the list of 41 delegates and 38 alternates late yesterday. Those serving
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today released the fifth TV ad of her campaign, a spot shot selfie-style in which people praise her for a cap on insulin costs. Baldwin’s campaign said the ad will run statewide on broadcast and cable TV, as well as digital platforms.
From WisPolitics … — The state Dem Party had nearly $2.3 million in its federal account at the end of April, a 3.5-to-1 advantage over the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Both parties filed their latest federal campaign finance reports yesterday covering activity in April. The state Dem Party reported more