Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is dropping out as an at-large delegate to the Republican National Convention now that he’s interim president of the UW System. Thompson, who was appointed interim president June 19, was on the list of 52

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s concerned over a rise in COVID-19 cases and that Wisconsin may need to consider more stringent regulations for bars going forward. Johnson said yesterday during an online event with Axios that he considers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court has declined to fast track a case seeking to force from the rolls thousands of voters who may have moved, making it likely the suit won’t be resolved until after the Nov. 3 election.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — A unanimous federal appeals court upheld a series of GOP-authored election laws — including restrictions on early, in-person voting — and ruled while the changes were designed to give Republicans a political advantage, they are nonetheless constitutional. Yesterday’s decision

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump is in a “perilous political position” four months ahead of the November general election, ABC News Political Director Rick Klein said. With Trump’s poll numbers falling in Wisconsin and other key battleground states, the race

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump during a town hall in Green Bay said that if Scott Walker were still governor, the violence and vandalism in Madison on Tuesday night wouldn’t have happened. “You happen to have a Democrat governor right now,” Trump

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump is set to tour Fincantieri Marinette Marine today, his first stop in Wisconsin since a January campaign rally in Milwaukee. A senior White House official said Trump is expected to inspect the USS Marinette before delivering

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Protesters last night tore down the statues of Lady Forward and Union Civil War Col. Hans Christian Heg at the state Capitol and assaulted a state senator photographing the events. But Gov. Tony Evers says this morning that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence is set to make his fourth trip this year to Wisconsin today with stops at Waukesha STEM Academy and the inaugural “Faith in America” tour event in Pewaukee. Follow along with WisPolitics.com’s coverage at

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — A new report examining police funding trends finds Wisconsin is one of 23 states in which police departments and law enforcement agencies are the “foremost spending priority in municipal budgets.” But the report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — UW System President Ray Cross told regents he will be petitioning Gov. Tony Evers today for additional emergency funding to cover COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment. During an emergency board meeting yesterday, Cross warned the system could

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign today announced its first TV buy of the general election, a $15 million, five-week effort targeting Wisconsin and five other states. The effort also includes a digital, radio and print component with the TV ads

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission is set to meet today to address the details of a mailer, the last hurdle in the process to send an absentee ballot application to an estimated 2.7 million registered voters. The panel last

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is meeting today for the first time since February with an agenda that includes four proposed settlements submitted by the Department of Justice. The committee will also review a plan from the Department of Administration

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — UW System campuses will open to students for the fall semester, but will move large classes online and reserve space in the dorms to quarantine students for COVID-19. The guidelines will allow campuses to host athletic events according

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Dems hold their virtual state convention tonight starting at 7 p.m. Presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will both deliver addresses at the event. Others slated to make a virtual appearance include: Gov. Tony

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ wasn’t aware a May phone call he and his aides had with the Legislature’s top two Republicans was being recorded and has directed staff “that this will not happen again,” a spokeswoman says. Senate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission staff is recommending the panel deny ballot access to three of the five candidates whose nomination papers were challenged ahead of last week’s deadline. But Elections officials are recommending Dems Josh Pade and Robert Slamka

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes slammed President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking with Wisconsin residents at a virtual town hall last night, Baldwin said the warning signs of the COVID-19 pandemic were

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas called for the community to come together and start to address the disparities that have helped fuel mass protests in Wisconsin. “There’s been a lot of challenges and disparities that have not been addressed,”