Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee will exec today on the nomination of Mark Afable to be Insurance commissioner. Following the vote by the Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts, DSPS Secretary Dawn Crim will

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee has a full agenda today on issues affecting the UW System, a suicide prevention hotline and the courts. Up first is the 13.10 hearing to review agency requests. That include the UW System’s request for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The guv’s office is looking at options to reschedule the planned special election in the 7th CD after discovering a conflict between state and federal law that rules out the current dates or holding it concurrently with the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — Senate committees will exec this week on the nominations of Preston Cole to be DNR secretary and Mark Afable to be Insurance commissioner. The votes will leave DSPS Secretary Dawn Crim as the only member

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Oct. 21 in a lame-duck case brought by the SEIU and other unions. The suit alleges that by passing laws during December’s extraordinary session that “strip as

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, intends to take up bills from his Task Force on Suicide Prevention before year’s end. He also expressed disappointment in how the earlier draft of the task force recommendations was released. A draft of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan backed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s call for the House to move forward with a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump after media reports alleged he pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his family.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — Republican Jason Church, a retired Army captain and aide to GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, formally launched his bid for the 7th CD, saying he “answered the call to serve my country and I am proudly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy’s resignation from Congress is set to take effect today. On Friday, the Weston Republican tweeted that representing the 7th CD “has been the highest honor of my life.” His tweet thread included a link to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it should be easier for people to vote and vowed to protect voting rights during a stop before a small group of activists on the Milwaukee’s north side. The Minnesota Democrat yesterday also discussed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor will deliver her first state of education address today in the Capitol rotunda. Gov. Tony Evers, who appointed Taylor to replace him as head of DPI after he became guv, plans to attend

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — Mayor Tom Barrett touted the contribution of the Milwaukee region to the nation’s economy. Speaking last night at the Russell Senate Office Building, Barrett helped kick off the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce’s 30th annual Milwaukee

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, formally launched his bid for the 5th CD today, touting his work on conservative priorities such as 2011’s Act 10, right-to-work and anti-abortion legislation. “I haven’t just talked about conservative principles. I’ve lived

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is in Milwaukee today visiting a voucher school. The stop is part of her Back-to-School Tour and includes a roundtable as well as planned remarks to tout choice programs. Milwaukee is home to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Trump campaign Senior Adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle called on UW-Madison students to speak out about conservative values and mobilize themselves and their peers on Election Day 2020. Speaking to a lecture hall packed by UW-Madison College Republicans last night, Guilfoyle

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former GOP state Sen. Leah Vukmir announced this morning she won’t run for the 5th CD. After her loss in last year’s U.S. Senate race, Vukmir took a job with the National Taxpayers Union as vice president

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin and U.S. flags will fly at half-staff today at state buildings, grounds and military installations to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, under an executive order Gov. Tony Evers signed. The order also declares

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, formally launched his campaign for the 7th CD today, vowing to be “the ally President Trump needs to keep moving our country forward.” Meanwhile, a Wausau thoracic surgeon is now looking at a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Jerry Petrowski has decided against a bid for the 7th CD in an upcoming special election, while fellow GOP state Sen. Dale Kooyenga is passing on a run for the 5th CD next fall. Meanwhile, state Sen. Tom

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former Gov. Scott Walker’s son, Matt, is strongly considering a run for the 5th CD, according to a GOP source. He’s the latest possible Republican candidate to step forward following U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s announcement he won’t