MON AM Update: Wisconsin Family Action’s Madison office damaged in arson attack

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Wisconsin Family Action is vowing it “will not back down” after its Madison office was vandalized. Meanwhile, Wisconsin politicians condemned the incident. Madison Police said flames were seen coming out of the Wisconsin Family Action office

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FRI AM Update: Elections Commission to take testimony on rules for the approval of electronic voting equipment

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission will take public testimony today on its effort to overhaul rules on the approval of electronic voting equipment. According to an overview of the proposed rule, the original rules

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THU AM Update: Marquette Poll finds Republicans skeptical about 2020 election most enthusiastic about voting in 2022

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Those Republicans who are least likely to have confidence in the 2020 presidential results are more enthusiastic about voting in 2022, according to the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. Director Charles Franklin said that may point

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WED AM Update: Reagan economist Laffer to address Assembly committee

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Ways and Means Committee this afternoon will hear from a former member of President Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board, Arthur Laffer. Chair Rep. John Macco, R-Ledgeview, invited Laffer, famous for

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TUE AM Update: JFC to review DOT’s plan to spend federal infrastructure funds

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today to review the Department of Transportation’s plan to use an extra $283 million in federal transportation aid. The Evers administration has proposed putting $123.6 million

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MON AM Update: Michels up with TV ad ahead of formal guv campaign launch

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Tim Michels, who will formally launch his campaign for the GOP gubernatorial nomination today, is out with a new TV ad in which he vows to “turn Madison upside down.” Meanwhile, a PAC backing Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch

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THU AM Update: Liberal groups asks judge to block Gableman from deleting records

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The liberal group American Oversight has asked a Dane County Circuit Court to prevent former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman from deleting records in his 2020 election probe. The Washington, D.C.-group has previously won court orders directing

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WED AM Update: Senate committee to take testimony today on medical marijuana legalization

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Insurance, Licensing and Forestry Committee will take public testimony today on legislation that would legalize medical marijuana. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, has said the state shouldn’t seek to legalize medical marijuana until the FDA

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MON AM Update: Kerkman to be sworn in as Kenosha County executive

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Samantha Kerkman will be sworn in tonight as Kenosha County exec in a private ceremony with family. The Salem Republican, who formally takes office tomorrow, told WisPolitics.com that she’s planning a more public event in May

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THU AM Update: Milroy announces he won’t seek reelection to Assembly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, announced today he won’t seek reelection this fall to spend more time with his young family. Milroy, who turns 48 tomorrow, has three children. “My children are at an age where they

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WED AM Update: Dem 3rd CD candidates meet in first forum; Elections Commission moving forward with congressional maps

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — 3rd CD candidate Rebecca Cooke took shots at fellow Dems Deb McGrath and state Sen. Brad Pfaff in the candidates’ first public forum, saying she isn’t endorsed by a former congressman and isn’t a “legacy candidate.” Cooke said

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