Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The polls are open in northern Wisconsin’s 7th CD in a special election to fill the seat left vacant in September by the resignation of former GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy. State Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, faces

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Republican Tom Tiffany is outraising Dem rival Tricia Zunker in donations of $1,000 or more over the last three weeks, according to a WisPolitics.com check of their latest FEC filings. Tiffany, a GOP state senator from Minocqua, had

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers in this week’s Dem radio address is encouraging people to continue following “Safer at Home” guidelines to lower the spread of coronavirus. Evers thanked Wisconsinites for their efforts in flattening the curve of new infections

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — UW System President Ray Cross is recommending campuses cut programs and consolidate administration to survive the “unprecedented challenges” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross also told reporters layoffs were expected. Cross said the system had already been working with

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce is asking Gov. Tony Evers to start a phased reopening of the state economy by Monday, arguing that hospitals and businesses are ready. The group’s board on Friday unanimously passed a resolution

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said a meeting with Gov. Tony Evers was a “good initial discussion” and expressed hope the state could take a regional approach to reopening businesses. But Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, told WisPolitics.com

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge has a status hearing scheduled today in Rep. John Nygren’s open records suit against Gov. Tony Evers with a proposed settlement on the table that would turn over the documents and pay the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Tricia Zunker edged GOP rival Tom Tiffany in fundraising during the final reporting period ahead of their May 12 special election for northern Wisconsin’s 7th CD. Still, Tiffany, a GOP state senator from Minocqua, has outraised

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly State Affairs Committee will take testimony today from invited speakers on a WMC plan to reopen state businesses. The office of Chair Rob Swearingen, R-Rhinelander, said committee members will be given the choice between joining the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — The Evers administration is immediately cutting executive branch agency budgets 5 percent in the current fiscal year to help deal with the looming state revenue loss due to COVID-19, according to an email DOA Secretary Joel

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is moving its state convention to an all-virtual format. The party had already announced plans to scale back the two-day event to just June 12. Now, it has decided to forgo any in-person

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — Brad Pfaff, rejected by GOP senators as the DATCP secretary last fall, has formally filed to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Dem Jennifer Shilling. WisPolitics.com first reported the expectation that Pfaff would run

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s House delegation backed a bipartisan package providing a $310 billion boost to the Paycheck Protection Program as it cleared the chamber and headed to President Trump’s desk. U.S. Reps. Bryan Steil, Mark Pocan, Ron Kind, Glenn Grothman

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — While the Ho-Chunk’s Beloit casino plans have garnered bipartisan excitement, the project’s final approval may take a while as COVID-19 dominates the political conversation. The U.S. The Bureau of Indian Affairs last week approved the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court is giving the Evers administration until Tuesday to respond to a lawsuit GOP legislative leaders filed seeking to prevent enforcement of the latest stay-at-home order. The court set filing deadlines late yesterday after Republicans

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — 7th CD Dem candidate Tricia Zunker today released her first TV ad of the general election, calling GOP rival Tom Tiffany bad for our health and economy. Zunker’s campaign didn’t release details on where the ad

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin continues to be a more active fundraiser than her GOP colleague Ron Johnson, who hasn’t yet announced whether he’ll seek reelection in 2022. Baldwin, D-Madison, raised $618,411 during the first three months of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin GOP Party Chair Andrew Hitt said his party possibly “needed to do a better job” of turning out voters in the spring election who are only motivated by President Trump. Hitt commented on Justice

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The leading super PAC backing President Trump announced a $2.7 million TV buy in Wisconsin seeking to label presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden as soft on China. America First Action PAC said the ad will run in the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — After the Assembly cleared a coronavirus relief package, the state Senate is scheduled to convene at 11 a.m. to take it up. But unlike the Assembly, the Senate’s virtual floor session is slated to take