Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers are planning a joint session of the Legislature this evening to hear Gov. Tony Evers’ virtual budget speech. Not many — if any — Dems are expected to attend in person. In setting the date for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Outside groups have now spent $118,900 to back GOP Rep. John Jagler ahead of tomorrow’s primary for the open 13th SD, according to the latest filings. The Republican State Leadership Committee has upped its investment in the race

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ budget will propose allowing counties to double the sales tax they can impose and permit more than two dozen municipalities to add a new sales tax — if local voters approve. The state currently imposes

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — JCRAR today will initiate an action designed to stop the Elections Commission from telling local clerks they can send absentee ballots to assisted care facilities without first having a visit from special voting deputies. State law requires

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced his budget will propose investing $150 million in mental health initiatives in addition to again seeking legislative approval to accept federal money to expand Medicaid. The $150 million includes $55 million for student

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers announced this morning his budget will propose investing $600 million in Wisconsin’s long-term care infrastructure and $104 million more to address quality, affordability and equity in childcare. The efforts include increasing reimbursement rates for nursing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The liberal A Better Wisconsin Together put $78,210 behind a digital ad to support Jill Underly in the state superintendent’s race. The group didn’t immediately respond yesterday to an email seeking a copy of the spot, which

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced his budget will include $43 million to help Wisconsin’s ag industry with almost half of that going to help connect food banks and pantries with state producers. Evers said the $20 million

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