Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Illinois businesswoman Liz Uihlein put $220,000 into the effort to elect Republican Rebecca Kleefisch guv, according to new campaign finance filings. Liz Uihlein’s support of Kleefisch through a $20,000 donation to the former lieutenant governor’s campaign and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A Waukesha County judge ruled unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes aren’t allowed under Wisconsin law and directed the Elections Commission to inform clerks within two weeks they can’t be used in the February primary. Judge Michael Bohren also

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A Waukesha County judge has a hearing scheduled today in WILL’s lawsuit seeking to ban the use of drop boxes for absentee ballots. An attorney for one of the parties in the suit sent Judge Michael Bohren a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A split state Supreme Court rejected Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ last-minute request to shield him from providing a deposition in a lawsuit a liberal group filed seeking records from former Justice Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The 3rd District Court of Appeals has rejected Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ request to stay a Dane County judge’s ruling that he can be deposed by a liberal group over its efforts to obtain records related to former

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Dems were quick to knock U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson for breaking his vow to only serve two terms after the Oshkosh Republican formally announced his reelection bid. Johnson issued a statement yesterday saying he was running to “continue

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Interim UW System President Tommy Thompson will resign his post in March, writing to Regents President Edmund Manydeed today that doing so will allow the university to put its full attention on his successor. Thompson, the longest serving

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy said this morning he won’t run for guv or U.S. Senate this fall. Appearing on Jay Weber’s talk show on WISN-AM, Duffy left the door open to running in the future. At the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Eric Genrich has asked a Waukesha County judge to sanction Michael Gableman over the former justice’s effort to have the Green Bay mayor detained unless he sits for a deposition at a private office in Brookfield. Among other

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Six months into the budget, the Department of Health Services is projecting the Medicaid fund to finish the 2021-23 biennium with a surplus of $184.9 million in general purpose revenue. That’s up from September’s projection of a $39.4

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge has a motion hearing this afternoon in Dem AG Josh Kaul’s attempt to quash a subpoena former Justice Michael Gableman issued to Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. Kaul argues Gableman’s request to have

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WIIN (Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now) From WisPolitics.com … — Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr is knocking the GOP-controlled JCOER for rejecting Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to use general purpose revenue to fund a series of pay increases for prison guards. Republicans on the committee, though, urged

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Committee on Employee Relations plans to approve an additional pay boost for guards at Wisconsin’s maximum security prisons. But the overall pay plan for prison guards won’t be as much as Gov. Tony Evers’ administration had

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WIIN (Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now) From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Dems will meet this afternoon to elect new minority and assistant minority leaders. Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, is unopposed to replace outgoing Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. Meanwhile, five lawmakers were expected to be on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The swift confirmation of Tom Barrett to become the next ambassador to Luxembourg sets up a spring election to select his successor. The U.S. Senate last night confirmed Barrett via voice vote after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WIIN (Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now) From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, has formally entered the race for Assembly minority leader, saying she can “lead our caucus to advance our shared priorities in 2022.” Neubauer said earlier this week she was weighing a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint filed against the group that backed four Mequon-Thiensville school board members facing a recall effort, according to the organization’s lawyer. Coalition to Support MTSD attorney Michael Maistelman said the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WIIN (Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now) From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced $59.5 million in grants to 12 regional projects to help develop long-term solutions to the state’s workforce challenges. The efforts include: a public-private partnership to train and attract healthcare workers to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Sen. Kathy Bernier today will join national election experts to address efforts in Wisconsin to delegitimize the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and how that affects state and local election officials. Participants in the 11

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WIIN (Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now) From WisPolitics.com … — Former Justice Michael Gableman’s attempt to jail the Madison mayor unless she sits for a private deposition lacks legal merit and is a “gross mischaracterization of the facts,” the city’s attorney says. Mike Haas wrote a