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,”

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Challenges have been filed seeking to knock six candidates off the fall ballot, including two running for southeastern Wisconsin’s 1st CD. In one Assembly seat, both the Dem and GOP campaign committees are looking to knock a Libertarian

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — In the wake of state and nationwide protests after the death of George Floyd, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is calling for an all-encompassing approach to “dismantling structural racism.” “It’s not just policing that’s racist,” the Milwaukee Dem said in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Commissioner Mark Thomsen says he will nominate Ann Jacobs to chair the Wisconsin Elections Commission when the panel meets this afternoon to select a new leader, repeating what he told WisPolitics.com in February. GOP Chair Dean Knudson’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, is looking at a primary challenge in August, while two Republicans filed nomination papers to run for his western Wisconsin congressional district. Dem Mark Neumann, a retired doctor from La Crosse, filed enough

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — UW System bachelor’s degree-holders earn over $66,000 on average within five years of graduation, a new study shows. Regents President Andrew Petersen told WisPolitics.com he plans to tout the new data to state lawmakers as a reason for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump says he’s dedicating $40.9 million in federal funds to bolster Milwaukee County’s East-West Bus Rapid Transit project. Trump offered no other details on the grant, one of 10 he tweeted about late yesterday with money going

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission is set to meet this afternoon to take up a proposal that would send an absentee ballot application to some 1.6 million voters. The proposal was one of three the commission was scheduled to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Starting today, candidates for state and federal offices will have to file their nomination papers at a temporary location on the UW-Madison campus due to COVID-19. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said there isn’t enough space at

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Mike Rohrkaste in this week’s GOP radio address said the Memorial Day weekend “will be like no other in our lifetime” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While many activities are canceled and parts of the state

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Elections Commission is punting on a proposal that would mail some registered voters an absentee ballot request. That’s one of three proposals to spend dollars allocated by a federal coronavirus relief for election-related expenses that the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former Vice President Joe Biden holds virtual events in the state today, including a roundtable discussion with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind. Kind, D-La Crosse, and the presumptive Dem nominee will discuss rural issues in the state, according

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Spectrum Reach From WisPolitics.com … — Tom Tiffany this morning is to be sworn as Wisconsin’s 7th CD representative. The Minocqua Republican resigned from the state Senate at midnight, taking the chamber’s partisan balance to an 18-13 GOP majority. The sprawling northern congressional slot has

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said he doesn’t envision a “grand bargain” with Republican legislative leaders after they won a lawsuit striking down his administration’s extended COVID-19 stay-at-home order. Evers talked with Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Spectrum Reach From WisPolitics.com … — DWD is adding new call centers and expanding staff and hours to answer questions from unemployed Wisconsinites seeking help during the economic fallout from COVID-19. The state also has transferred 243 employees to handle calls from laid off Wisconsin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, says GOP legislative leaders are waiting to hear what Gov. Tony Evers will propose following the state Supreme Court ruling striking down his administration’s second stay-at-home order. Fitzgerald told WisPolitics.com the Supreme

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Fresh off his victory in the 7th CD, GOP state Sen. Tom Tiffany pledged to work with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to get the country back on the right track. Speaking to supporters via Facebook Live