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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers will join a Virtual Wisconsin Day of Action and Healing event today meant to voice support for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. In a statement released yesterday, the guv said bigotry toward AAPI has

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court refused to take original action in AG Josh Kaul’s suit seeking to overturn parts of the December 2018 lame-duck laws requiring him to get Joint Finance Committee blessing before settling some lawsuits. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Women in Government From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Economic and Workforce Development Committee has a public hearing scheduled today that includes testimony on two of Gov. Tony Evers’ cabinet picks. The committee will hear testimony on Missy Hughes’ appointment to lead WEDC and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Both houses of the Legislature will take up COVID-related bills when they hit the floor today. Both plan to take up legislation that would give the Joint Finance Committee a say in how the state spends some $3.2

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Dem group called A Better Wisconsin Together has added $25,000 to its cable buy knocking state superintendent candidate Deb Kerr. A new filing shows the group’s buy at $427,000 ahead of the April 6 election featuring Kerr

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Women in Government From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s House delegation split on a Dem bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for so-called “Dreamers.” Nine Republicans in the House joined all Dems voting in support of the bill, which cleared 228-197. But all

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The $594 million tax cut Gov. Tony Evers signed last month leaves his 2021-23 budget nearly $300 million in the red, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Evers introduced his budget two days before he signed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP members of the Building Commission are signaling they’ll move at today’s meeting to send Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget to the Joint Finance Committee without a recommendation. Republican lawmakers on the commission tried a similar tactic

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement La Follette School of Public Affairs From WisPolitics.com … — Both houses of the Legislature will be on the floor today. The Assembly plans to take up AB 34. It would require health insurance providers to cover those with pre-existing conditions if the Affordable Care

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund and the American Federation for Children Action Fund are now both running ads in the state schools superintendent’s race. A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund reported $402,000 on a cable buy

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The state superintendent candidates disagreed during a forum last night on tying pandemic-related school funding to opening schools for in-person classes. In a Public Education Network and League of Women Voters virtual event, former Brown Deer School

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act would generate an additional $1 billion in general purpose revenue savings thanks to provisions in the COVID relief bill that cleared Congress this week, according to a new Legislative Fiscal Bureau