Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says he’s not concerned Republican lawmakers could take him to court over the distribution of $3.2 billion in federal Covid-19 relief money. The Dem governor recently vetoed GOP bills that would have directed how

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — State and local governments in Wisconsin will receive nearly $19.9 billion in federal aid from the COVID-19 packages signed into law over the past year. That’s according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — An Elections Commission panel today will review the latest update to Dominion voting machines before commissioners later this year decide whether to formally certify the equipment for use by Wisconsin clerks. The presentation and review is a regular

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn will have to show it had at least 481 full-time employees last year to qualify for the first round of job tax credits under the new deal between the state and the Taiwanese manufacturer. To qualify for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee holds a hearing today on a Dem bill that would exempt some unemployment compensation from state taxes. The bill before the Senate Labor and Regulatory Reform Committee would cover calendar years 2020 and 2021. Currently,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and Foxconn execs this morning announced the state has reached a new deal with the company over its Mount Pleasant project. The state originally agreed to a slate of tax incentives for the company

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2022, significantly ramped up his fundraising in the first quarter of the year. Johnson reported $545,337 in receipts in an FEC filing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Committee Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics holds a public hearing today on bills that would create more steps for voting absentee. AB 204 would require an absentee ballot and an absentee ballot application

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — A split state Supreme Court today ruled Gov. Tony Evers’ administration didn’t have the power to limit public gatherings last fall in an effort to combat a rise in COVID-19 cases. In the 4-3 ruling, the court

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Women in Government From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP Assembly plans a vote today on a resolution pushing an effort to allow federal COVID money to be used for tax cuts. The resolution would direct Dem AG Josh Kaul to intervene in a lawsuit,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, who’s been mentioned as a possible Senate candidate in 2022, raised $830,250 during the first quarter. His campaign said the haul was his best fundraising quarter since his initial run for Congress in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee County officials are the latest defendants in Donald Trump’s failed election lawsuit to ask a judge to force the former president and his attorneys to cover their legal fees. In a filing yesterday, Milwaukee County Clerk

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent-elect Jill Underly says she wants to make sure all schools reopen for in-person learning by the fall while pledging to improve math and literacy gaps across the state. “Wisconsin’s kids and public schools face significant challenges

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The 4th District Court of Appeals has rejected a bid by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce to block the Evers administration from releasing records detailing companies that have had multiple COVID-19 cases. The three-judge panel unanimously ruled yesterday that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — The American Federation for Children Action Fund made a late six-figure boost to its media campaign opposing Jill Underly for state superintendent. But the groups backing the Pecatonica superintendent still have a significant advantage over what

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association   Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (March 27 – April 2, 2021) Rising: Appeals court money Mixed: Melissa Winker, Brian Hagedorn Falling: Deb Kerr Rising Appeals court money: Appeals court races are usually sleepy, low-key affairs. Not so

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has asked federal courts to force Donald Trump, his attorneys and the parties in a second lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s election results to reimburse the state for $250,000 in legal costs to hire private

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — With the April election days away, Attorney General Josh Kaul has asked the Supreme Court to not take up a case seeking to bar local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. In

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her campaign. Underly, the Pecatonica superintendent, reported $1.1 million raised compared

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission is urging spring voters to mail their absentee ballots as soon as possible. As of Friday, more than 391,000 absentee ballots had been requested for the April 6 election. But fewer than 96,000