TUE AM Update: McGrath skydives in new 3rd CD ad

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Dem 3rd CD candidate Deb McGrath today released a new digital ad showing the Dem leaping out of a plane, saying she’s running for Congress because of the

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MON AM Update: PSA emphasizes Wisconsin election security; Trump renews election decertification call following drop box ruling

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Groups representing Wisconsin’s municipalities have launched a second PSA on the security of state elections, this one with local clerks saying “we make sure your vote is accurately counted.” The Build Trust in Elections coalition was co-founded

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FRI AM Update: SCOWIS rules unmanned absentee drop boxes illegal, backs local health officials’ authority to issue orders

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A split Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled unmanned drop boxes are illegal and voters must deliver their absentee ballots by mail or in-person to their clerks. The 4-3 ruling found the Wisconsin Elections Commission gave inappropriate advice to local

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THU AM Update: Michels’ campaign says polling has him up against Kleefisch; Dem U.S. Senate candidates talk economy in forum

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Tim Michels’ campaign tells WisPolitics.com his polling had him up 9 points on GOP guv rival Rebecca Kleefisch shortly before Kevin Nicholson pulled out of the race. The survey found 44 percent of likely GOP primary voters

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TUE AM Update: Elections Commission to mail 178K voter registration notices

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission later this week will send postcards to about 178,000 Wisconsin residents who appear eligible to vote but are unregistered. The mailing is required before each general election as part of Wisconsin’s membership in the Electronic

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FRI AM Update: Johnson ad blames Biden’s border policies for migrant deaths; parties’ weekly radio addresses mark Independence Day

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A new ad from U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pins the blame for the deaths of 53 migrants trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer in Texas on President Biden’s border policies. Johnson’s campaign didn’t release details of the buy. “The

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WED AM Update: Gableman asks appeals court to stay contempt penalty

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has asked an appeals court to stay the $2,000-a-day penalty he faces from a Dane County judge’s contempt ruling. Gableman earlier this month filed an appeal seeking to overturn Judge Frank

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TUE AM Update: GOP guv candidates in forum vow to remove DAs refusing to prosecute abortion ban violations, slam Michels for skipping event

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Three of the GOP candidates for guv vowed to remove any district attorneys who refuse to prosecute violations of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. They also focused their sharpest barbs

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FRI AM Update: Baldwin, Johnson split as Senate passes gun legislation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s senators split in a vote to approve the U.S. Senate’s anti-gun violence legislation. In a 65-33 vote last night, the Senate approved the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.. The legislation includes stricter penalties for straw purchases, stricter background

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THU AM Update: Hearing set for today to determine whether Vos complied with American Oversight’s open records requests in 2020 election probe

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County circuit court hearing is set this morning in liberal group American Oversight’s lawsuit against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos over open records requests in the 2020 election investigation. Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn gave the

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TUE AM Update: McGrath skydives in new 3rd CD ad

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Dem 3rd CD candidate Deb McGrath today released a new digital ad showing the Dem leaping out of a plane, saying she’s running for Congress because of the “sky-high cost of everything.” McGrath is vying for the seat

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THU AM Update: DOJ training teams to respond to school incidents

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul will announce the Department of Justice has begun training 12 statewide teams to respond to school incidents such as mass shootings. The teams are meant to offer any K-12 public, private, charter and tribal

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WED AM Update: WASB won’t renew membership in national organization; Ethics Commission to elect new chair

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Association of School Boards has voted not to renew membership in the national organization over concerns about its governance structure, fiscal management, and “failure to prioritize and serve state school board associations.” In a message to

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