Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Water Alliance From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee will hold a public hearing on first consideration of a constitutional amendment that would limit the governor’s partial veto powers. SJR 59 would prohibit governors from using a partial veto to increase state expenditures.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s fundraising tailed off to almost nothing in the weeks leading up to his Sept. 4 retirement announcement. The Menomonee Falls Republican didn’t collect any campaign contributions between July 1 and Sept.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Water Alliance From WisPolitics.com … — The state Assembly has sent several bills to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk, including one that would allow minors to operate temporary stands without a license. The Assembly also sent the guv a bill that would require municipalities and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly GOP leaders tried to get paralyzed Rep. Jimmy Anderson to back a new package of rules that includes accommodations for his disability by offering to have a separate vote on a plan to allow multiple

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul anticipates Gov. Tony Evers will call a special session on gun violence legislation “in the next few weeks” if GOP lawmakers don’t take up the bills. Speaking yesterday at a news conference in Appleton with

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate will be on the floor today for the first time since approving the state budget in June to OK five of Gov. Tony Evers’ cabinet picks. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, told WisPolitics.com last week he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Water Alliance From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes are visiting Rhinelander and Wausau today as they kick off a week of trips around Wisconsin to highlight economic development efforts. Hughes, who started the job Oct.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a statement last night warned Congress could have been subjected to a “misinformation campaign” about former Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin and his investigation of a Biden-linked natural gas company. This comes

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