Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Republican Paul Melotik, who has been outraised signficantly so far in the special election for the 24th AD, is getting some late in-kind donations from RACC and the state GOP. Melotik, an Ozaukee County supervisor from Grafton, reported

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson will be the guest speaker at a Newsmaker Luncheon today on the heels of the Common Council approving a new 2 percent sales tax to meet the city’s ongoing pension obligations. The Milwaukee event,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The state Dem Party raised $13.6 million over the first six months of the year, more than five times the $2.7 million the state GOP has pulled in. The parties’ latest reports cover activity between April 27 and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil’s political operation pulled in more than $900,000 during the second quarter, including $827,000 through his personal campaign account, his campaign said. Steil, R-Janesville, will report more than $2.85 million cash on hand in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Former small business owner Rebecca Cooke, who finished second in the Dem primary for the 3rd CD last year, announced today she is taking another shot at the western Wisconsin seat. She is the first Dem to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is accusing Dem Gov. Tony Evers of lying to voters and GOP lawmakers after he vetoed into state law a provision annually increasing caps on K-12 school spending for the next four centuries.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has three stops planned today to tout his actions on a $98.7 billion two-year state budget. The Dem guv plans to hit Appleton, Wausau and Chippewa Falls. That comes after he signed the budget in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin over the past three months raised $3.2 million, which her campaign says is the most ever raised by a Wisconsin Senate candidate for a quarter in a non-election year. The Madison

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The next stop for the $98.7 billion state budget will be Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ desk after the two-year plan passed the Assembly along party lines. The guv has hinted at a series of partial vetoes if he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard says her caucus is “disgusted and frustrated” after Republicans moved late last night to pave the way for a vote on whether Meagan Wolfe will continue to serve as Wisconsin’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Administrator Meagan Wolfe says her No. 1 priority is to provide local clerks stability as they head into 2024 after the Elections Commission deadlocked on whether to renominate her to lead the agency. That move, Dem members argued,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission meets today to discuss who should serve as the agency administrator for the next four years. The commission plans to go into closed session to discuss litigation before coming back into open session to consider

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — With the Wisconsin Elections Commission poised to decide whether to reappoint her to the role, agency Administrator Meagan Wolfe sent lawmakers a letter “to set the record straight related to false claims” about her work. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP-run Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its version of the state budget, sending the full Legislature a two-year plan that includes a $3.5 billion income tax cut, a cut in state aid to the UW

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The nearly $1.8 billion the state has stashed away in its rainy day fund is generating about $7 million in earnings each month, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. While the balance is a far cry from the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly will take up a variety of bills this afternoon, including legislation to remove the Wisconsin Technical College System from property tax rolls. The GOP-run chamber also is set to take up legislation to overhaul Wisconsin’s three-tiered

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers announced this morning he has tapped former Dem state Rep. Pedro Colón to fill a coming vacancy on the 1st District Court of Appeals. Colón, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, will be

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers were planning to meet today to hash out the details of a plan to cut income taxes by at least $3 billion. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, announced at

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee early this morning approved a spending boost for the Department of Health Services by $3.1 billion in state and federal money over the next two years. The committee’s DHS motion also waded into the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — With two components of the compromise shared revenue deal now through both houses, the Joint Finance Committee is getting back to work on the state budget. Last night, both houses of the Legislature signed off on a