FRI AM Update: Hintz picks Goyke, Neubauer for JFC

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, has reappointed Rep. Evan Goyke to the Joint Finance Committee and added Rep. Greta Neubauer. It will be the second session for

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THU AM Update: Federal judge dismisses former Trump attorney’s lawsuit to overturn Wisconsin election results

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Spectrum Reach From WisPolitics.com … — A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by former Trump attorney Sidney Powell to overturn Wisconsin’s election results, writing the request was “far outside” the court’s oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. The suit, filed on behalf of

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WED AM Update: Climate change task force calls for utilities to further reduce carbon emissions; Guard F-16 crashes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The final report of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change is calling for a reduction of carbon emissions from utilities. The report calls for a net reduction of at least 60 percent below 2005 levels by 2030

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TUE AM Update: Response briefs slam Powell lawsuit, urge dismissal; Transportation Projects Commission to meet

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The lawsuit former Trump attorney Sidney Powell filed relies on “speculation, conjecture, and conspiracy theories” without offering any evidence that would justify overturning Wisconsin’s presidential election results, an attorney for Gov. Tony Evers argues. Meanwhile, the state Department

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THU AM Update: Trump files federal suit to overturn Wisconsin election; Evers announces $45M for restaurants

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump’s campaign has filed a second lawsuit seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin, this time asking a federal court to have the GOP-run Legislature ultimately decide who gets the state’s electoral votes. Milwaukee Mayor Tom

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WED AM Update: Republican COVID-19 bill would restrict local closures, pressure schools to return to in-person instruction

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans are proposing sweeping legislation to deal with COVID-19 that would pressure schools to return to in-person instruction and place new restrictions on the closures that local officials can order to deal with the pandemic. The bill

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MON AM Update: Steil tests positive for COVID-19; Kapenga says lawmakers looking for common ground with Evers on COVID-19 legislation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says he tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining at his home in Janesville. “After working in Washington, D.C. all of last week, I began experiencing mild symptoms this weekend and contacted my health

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FRI AM Update: Hintz picks Goyke, Neubauer for JFC

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, has reappointed Rep. Evan Goyke to the Joint Finance Committee and added Rep. Greta Neubauer. It will be the second session for Goyke, D-Milwaukee, on the committee. Neubauer, D-Racine, fills the vacancy

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THU AM Update: In contentious meeting, Elections Commission approves moving forward with Trump’s requested recount

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Spectrum Reach From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission in a unanimous vote late last night formally approved moving forward with President Trump’s requested recount of the results in heavily Dem Dane and Milwaukee counties. The commission also made modest changes to the manual it

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WED AM Update: Gallagher praises top cybersecurity official after Trump fires him for rebuffing false election integrity claims

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, is praising the federal government’s top cybersecurity official after the president fired him for rebuffing false claims about the integrity of the Nov. 3 election. President Trump announced the firing of Chris

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MON AM Update: Hitt reelected state GOP chair; state Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in mask mandate lawsuit today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Spectrum Reach From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP’s Executive Committee has reelected Andrew Hitt state party chair. Hitt, who was unopposed, first became chair in April 2019 as the party looked to regroup following losses in the November 2018 statewide elections. The committee also:

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THU AM Update: Evers announces $10M for hunger relief organizations

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and DATCP announced today the state’s two largest hunger relief organizations will get $5 million each under the state’s Food Security Initiative. The funds provided to the Hunger Task Force and Feeding Wisconsin are

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