Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Three Dems are headed for an April 2 primary after meeting the deadline to file nomination papers to run for the Kenosha area’s open 64th AD. The three Dems: Tip McGuire, a Milwaukee County assistant DA; Gina Walkington,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Brad Courtney, who had agreed to continue on as state GOP chair on an interim basis while the party assessed what went wrong in 2018, is resigning effective today. Courtney sent the state party’s Executive Committee and county

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer uses her first TV ad of the campaign to introduce herself as a “mom with a 30-year legal career serving the people of Wisconsin.” Her campaign said the ad is a six-figure

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top Republicans say they’re planning to leave Gov. Tony Evers’ budget by the wayside and start from current law in building their own plan, slamming the guv’s proposal as an appeal to his liberal supporters.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has so far pledged his budget would increase state funding for K-12 schools in the neighborhood of $1.4 billion, legalize medical marijuana and pump new money into efforts to ensure Wisconsinites have clean drinking water. But

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher and Jim Sensenbrenner were two of 13 Republicans who joined Dems in voting to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency as he attempts to go around Congress to fund a wall along

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Mark Morgan is leaving his position at the state GOP to become the deputy political director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In that role, Morgan will work with Betsy Ankney, who ran U.S. Sen. Ron

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is proposing a $150 million boost to the UW System in his upcoming budget, which will also call for allowing undocumented Wisconsin residents to pay in-state tuition rates at the university and the Wisconsin Technical College

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Ben Wikler, a senior adviser to MoveOn.org, has formally announced plans to run for state Dem chair, becoming the first candidate to officially enter the race. Wikler is running on a ticket with Milwaukee County Board Supv. Felesia

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is urging a Dane County judge to grant an injunction to suspend enforcement of laws Republicans approved in an extraordinary session last year before the Dem took office, calling them an unconstitutional overreach into the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Lawmakers have reintroduced their plan to close the so-called “dark store loophole.” The bill, which began circulating for co-sponsors yesterday, comes a couple of weeks after Gov. Tony Evers pledged his budget will include a provision —

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — In his first TV ad of the campaign, Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn talks about adopting a girl addicted to opiates who his wife says “had to struggle through withdrawal in my arms.” His campaign said he initial buy

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … Note: The Week Ahead product was sent Sunday at 4:45 p.m. — Gov. Tony Evers will be joined by Dem lawmakers today to discuss his budget plan to decriminalize possessing, manufacturing or distributing 25 grams or less of marijuana.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says GOP leaders sent Gov. Tony Evers the Republican tax cut bill, because there “no reason to wait.” The action by Vos, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, triggered

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers this morning called a special election for April 30 to fill the Assembly seat Dem Peter Barca left to join the guv’s administration as Revenue secretary. Evers’ executive order also means the expected primary

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The state Senate will be in early this afternoon to take up the GOP version of a middle-class tax cut, perhaps setting up the first veto showdown of Gov. Tony Evers’ new administration. The bill cleared the Assembly 61-33

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Nine donors accounted for almost half of the money Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn raised in the pre-primary period, according to a WisPolitics.com check of his finance report. That included $20,000 donations from Patrick English, CEO of Fiduciary

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee state Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa is the latest possible candidate to emerge for Dem state chair. Zamarripa, who was elected to the Assembly in 2010, has been making calls to gauge support, according to a source. Other

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — The UW System Board of Regents, in its second day of meetings at UW-Madison, may take up tuition increases today. Board President John Behling is scheduled to deliver reports on the Wisconsin Technical College System Board and