From WisPolitics … — Tourism generated a record-high $25.8 billion in economic impact in Wisconsin last year, surpassing the previous record of $25 billion set in 2023. Gov. Tony Evers and the Department of Tourism also announced this morning 114.4 million people visited Wisconsin in 2024, another record. That was

From WisPolitics … — GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos accused the Evers administration of lying when Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement that Republicans refused to agree to meaningful investments in education, childcare and the UW System as budget negotiations broke down. “That’s a lie,” Vos said on WISN

From WisPolitics … — A group of business leaders and voters wants the state Supreme Court to throw out Wisconsin’s congressional map because it’s an “anti-competitive gerrymander.” In their proposed filing, Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy and the voters seek to add a new argument to a request that the

From WisPolitics … — The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee gets back to work on the state budget today with its first votes after negotiations between Republican leaders and Dem Gov. Tony Evers broke off. GOP leaders announced late yesterday talks were at an impasse. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg,

From WisPolitics … — The Senate Agriculture and Revenue Committee will take testimony on two bills that would limit foreign ownership of Wisconsin land.  Under current law, a foreign person or corporation can own up to 640 acres of land with some exceptions such as for exploration of a mining

From WisPolitics … — Local prosecutors have accused a Milwaukee man facing robbery charges of forging letters threatening to kill President Donald Trump in an effort to have an undocumented immigrant deported so he couldn’t testify at trial. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a picture

From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, says he has “the facts and figures on my side” as the U.S. Senate returns to Washington and he prepares to take on President Donald Trump and his “Big, Beautiful Bill.” “I don’t want it to come to that. I want

From WisPolitics … — The Trump administration listed deep red Shawano County alongside Dane County, Madison and Milwaukee as the Wisconsin communities refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.  The release late yesterday included no information on why the communities were listed, and attempts to reach Shawano County officials were

From WisPolitics … — GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he doesn’t want to run again in 2028, but he’s not ruling it out.  “I’d rather go home,” Johnson said yesterday at a Newsmaker Luncheon in Milwaukee presented by WisPolitics and the Milwaukee Press Club. “I don’t covet the position,

From WisPolitics … — All three announced candidates for chair of the state Dem Party met the requirements to qualify for the race at next month’s convention. The other four races will be uncontested, including Secretrary of State Sarah Godlewski’s bid to become first vice-chair, the party’s No. 2 leadership

From WisPolitics … — Assembly and Senate committees will have a joint hearing today on legislation that would allow the DHS to certify psychiatric residential treatment facilities for those under the age of 21. It’s one of four bills from the Joint Legislative Council Study Committee on Emergency Detention and

Subscribers: There will be no WisPolitics subscriber products Monday due to Memorial Day. Delivery will resume Tuesday. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, wants 28 members of former Joe Biden’s administration to voluntarily testify before his subcommittee on the former president’s cognitive decline.

Subscribers: Please give us your feedback and get free entry into a WisPolitics event.  Take the short survey here. From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin’s House delegation split along party lines as the chamber passed a reconciliation bill that would deliver on a host of President Donald Trump’s domestic priorities. The

Subscribers: Please give us your feedback and get free entry into a WisPolitics event.  Take the short survey here. From WisPolitics … — Lawmakers and transportation experts at a WisPolitics luncheon agreed the state surplus could delay tough choices on how to fund transportation, but they expect hard decisions in

Subscribers: Please give us your feedback and get free entry into a WisPolitics event.  Take the short survey here. From WisPolitics … — Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor, a former Dem lawmaker, is formally launching her bid for state Supreme Court in 2026, when liberals will look to expand their

From WisPolitics … — GOP activists at this weekend’s state convention who voted in a WisPolitics straw poll narrowly favored Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann over U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany to be the party’s nominee for governor in 2026. They also overwhelmingly backed JD Vance for the GOP presidential nomination

From WisPolitics … — The Senate Education Committee is voting by paper ballot today on legislation that would require school boards to make textbooks and other instructional materials available to district residents for inspection. The Assembly version of the bill cleared that chamber 54-43 in February. The committee will exec

From WisPolitics … — The state Senate will be on the floor today with a calendar that has two Assembly bills, one of which would require DOJ to collect information on criminal cases, including whether the defendant was released without bail. Senate co-author Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, on Monday introduced an

From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers is demanding the Trump administration drop any changes to federal aid to expand high-speed internet, writing in a letter “Wisconsinites in rural and unserved areas have waited long enough.” The administration has paused implementation of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program. In