Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Steven Olikara, who co-founded the Millennial Action Project to bridge the partisan divide, announced today he is forming an exploratory committee to look at running for the U.S. Senate as a Dem. Olikara said he will take the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement AARP Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has tapped former Jefferson County Judge David Wambach for the Ethics Commission at the suggestion of GOP legislative leaders. If confirmed, Wambach would fill the vacancy left by the expiration of former Waukesha County Judge Mac

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission will meet via teleconference tomorrow morning to approve candidates for the special election in the 37th AD if no challenges are filed to their nomination papers. Challenges are due at 4:30 p.m. today. If a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s House delegation voted along party lines on a bill that would create a national commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The bill, now in the Senate, would create a special commission to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement AARP Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — A Republican-run panel will move today to again require those on unemployment to do at least four work searches a week to remain eligible for benefits. The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules will first take public testimony

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Democratic Party of Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — An Assembly committee will begin taking public testimony on a package of bills from the Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities. The package includes one bill that would ban the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — State Dem Chair Ben Wikler, who has built a financial juggernaut during his time leading the party, will be unopposed next month for another two-year term. A party spokesman said Wikler was the only one to file papers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders want a ruling by May 21 from an appeals court putting on hold a Dane County judge’s action that voided legal contracts ahead of an expected redistricting suit. In an expedited motion for a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Democratic Party of Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders are moving to pay private attorneys to intervene in a lawsuit against the Biden administration over the use of federal stimulus funds. That comes after Dem AG Josh Kaul declined their overtures to represent

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly and Senate will be on the floor today with calendars that include several election bills. Meanwhile, the Assembly will also vote on whether to override Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoes of two COVID bills. AB 23, which

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — State Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler said “job one” in 2022 is to reelect Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. Wikler said he is “very confident” that Evers will seek re-election. “He’s been a spectacular leader for our state,” Wikler

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The failed lawsuit filed by former Trump attorney Sidney Powell to overturn Wisconsin’s election results was so riddled with errors that it underscores that it was filed in bad faith, an attorney for Gov. Tony Evers argued in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today begins the process of reworking Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. One of the GOP-run committee’s first actions will be to approve a motion that would strip more than 380 items out of the Dem

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Senate committees plan several hearings today on some of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointments, including his pick of Missy Hughes to lead the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The Senate Economic and Workforce Development Committee will take public testimony on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced three appointments to the DATCP Board, giving him a majority of the picks that sit on the body that makes ag policy. In the past week, Evers’ appointees have also become a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — President Biden’s ideas for getting the economy going after the pandemic have broad public support, and Dems will put those ideas like infrastructure into law, said U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan. “These are all smart ideas, and that’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Building Back Together, a group created to support Joe Biden’s agenda, is launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign in five states to promote the first 100 days of his administration. The group said it will begin airing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Milwaukee on the heels of President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress. The White House didn’t release details of Tuesday’s trip, which will be Harris’ first since becoming VP. — U.S.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet virtually today for the final public hearing on the 2021-23 state budget. All of the speaking slots at today’s seven-hour hearing filled up quickly after they were opened up last week. Each

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — There are a dozen committee meetings on today’s legislative agenda, including an Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee executive session on legislation to bar the use of private grants to cover election costs. The committee also has a public