Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson dismissed calls to privatize certain city services in ongoing negotiations with Republicans about increasing shared revenue and allowing a dedicated sales tax. “I’m not looking to privatization necessarily,” Johnson said on WISN’s “UpFront,” whi…

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz announced today she’s launching a $700,000 TV buy over the three weeks ahead of the Feb. 21 primary. The campaign said it has reserved time in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Wausau-Rhinelander, Madison and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP-run Assembly will be on the floor today to vote on a constitutional amendment and an advisory question for the spring ballot. The proposed constitutional amendment would overhaul bail proceedings, and the advisory referendum would ask voters

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz raised more during the most recent reporting period than her three rivals for state Supreme Court combined. Protasiewicz pulled in $756,117 during the full six-month period that ended Dec. 31. By

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate will be on the floor today to take up an amendment that would overhaul bail proceedings in Wisconsin. The Senate also plans to vote on a resolution that seeks to place on the April ballot a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Two GOP lawmakers are circulating legislation that would move Wisconsin to a flat income tax of 3.25 percent by 2026, according to a co-sponsorship memo shared with WisPolitics.com. The proposal from Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules today will again vote to suspend Evers administration plans to ban conversion therapy. Republicans took a similar step in 2021 over the first effort to prohibit the practice. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Sales of cigarette packs in Wisconsin in 2022 were half that of 2001 amid the growth of substitute products, higher taxes and a statewide ban on indoor smoking, the Wisconsin Policy Forum reports. The group noted some of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission will meet today to approve ballot access for the spring elections and the special election in the 8th SD. No challenges were filed by last week’s deadline, and the commission will do a final

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — 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. That tops the $823,104 former Justice Shirley Abrahamson raised in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — The U.S. House of Representatives will convene for a fourth straight day of voting to elect a speaker. To date, all six of Wisconsin’s Republican members have stuck with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. — In this week’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — 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. In the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP field for the 8th SD is down to three after a Concordia University student failed to file signatures by yesterday’s deadline. Robert Albrightson, the Brown Deer student, was one of five Republicans who originally declared

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — 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. Ahead of today’s inauguration ceremony, Evers’ office released his

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers told WisPolitics.com he’s “leery” about calls to dedicate a portion of the state’s sales tax revenues to local governments, saying he would prefer an approach that would provide municipalities a more stable increase each year.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov.-elect Sara Rodriguez will host a budget listening session this evening in Green Bay. It will be the third and final budget listening session of the year with additional dates planned in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — WisPolitics.com is hosting a forum with all four state Supreme Court candidates Jan. 9 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. It will be one of the first major forums ahead of the Feb. 21 primary featuring:

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — Sen. Eric Wimberger will co-chair the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, replacing Sen. Rob Cowles in that role next session. Cowles, R-Green Bay, will continue to chair the Natural Resources and Energy Committee. Senate Majority Leader Devin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — UW-Madison is receiving $9.3 million to create an institute to address the needs of the state’s rural communities. The grant to create the Wisconsin Rural Partnership is part of a $28 million investment by the U.S. Department