Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The state Assembly is set to be back on the floor this morning to vote on another change to a COVID-19 bill and on its own resolution to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ public health declaration and mask mandate.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers announced this morning his upcoming budget will include a series of proposals aimed at reigning in the costs of prescription drugs, including a $50 cap on copays for insulin and eliminating drug copays in the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans are set to caucus today as they consider whether to sign off on a resolution that would overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ latest public health emergency and mask mandate. The Senate approved the resolution last week.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s not up for reelection until 2024, had nearly $2 million in the bank to end 2020, according to her latest campaign finance filing. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s still weighing whether to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — About 80 percent of the voters who registered as indefinitely confined to get a ballot in last year’s presidential election have provided a photo ID in past elections to their local clerk, a new report from the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Overturning Gov. Tony Evers’ public health declaration would strip the state of enhanced federal funding for food stamps, denying low-income Wisconsin families millions of dollars in assistance, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The LFB said for January,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, says several provisions the GOP Assembly added back to the COVID-19 bill are likely a “red flag” for Gov. Tony Evers that diminish its prospects of becoming law. The Assembly amended

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Both houses of the Legislature will be in session today with the Senate voting on a resolution that would overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ latest COVID-19 public health emergency and the accompanying mask mandate. The action comes as

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Department of Justice says the Evers administration is opting for outside counsel with experience litigating PFAS cases as it pushes to prosecute chemical contaminators. Gov. Tony Evers last week announced his administration intends to target those responsible

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have signed onto a joint resolution that would overturn the latest public health emergency Gov. Tony Evers issued. If approved, it would also undercut the third mask mandate he’s put in place

Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation released a joint statement slamming one of the new administration’s first moves — stopping construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline project was halted by the Obama administration and resumed by the Trump administration, providing 11,000

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Rebecca Kleefisch’s 1848 Project continues to staff up, hiring Kristen Nupson as operations director. Nupson most recently worked as legislative and PAC director for Wisconsin Right to Life. The former lt. gov. under Scott Walker, who is

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Dem Party finished 2020 with $269,800 in the bank after transferring $800,000 to Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign over the final weeks of the year. Altogether, the party gave Evers $2.7 million over the course of 2020,

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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson called for an independent commission to investigate attacks on the U.S. Capitol out of concern partisan divides would spoil an internal investigation. The Oshkosh Republican said in a press release that Congress should

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — While Gov. Tony Evers is blaming an antiquated system for problems in delivering unemployment checks, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is charging Evers with a lack of leadership. Evers issued three calls in his State of the State

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — For the ninth straight year, state and local taxes paid by Wisconsin individuals and businesses dipped as a share of income, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The report found both state and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Finance Committee meets today to amend the Assembly’s COVID-19 bill. The committee will first have a public hearing at 11 a.m. before moving to an executive session. The Senate expects to be in tomorrow to approve

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — A coalition of eight Dem governors, including Gov. Tony Evers, is urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to distribute a store of COVID-19 vaccine reportedly held in reserve. In a letter to HHS Secretary Alex

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany were the only Wisconsin members who backed rejecting electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania as Congress confirmed Joe Biden’s presidential win in a session delayed by violent pro-Trump protesters.