Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joel Brennan, who ran Tom Barrett’s 2002 guv campaign and has been CEO of Milwaukee’s Discovery World for the past 11 years, will become Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ first DOA secretary, according to multiple sources. Evers is also tapping three

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Ethics Commission is moving today. The agency tweeted yesterday that it won’t be available via phone during the move and will have limited email accessibility. It asked for those needing to contact the agency to email it

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — All 19 GOP members of the state Senate next session will chair a committee, including the three incoming freshmen. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today announced the standing committees and chairs for the 2019-20 legislative session. Kathy

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is re-appointing Madison Dem Chris Taylor to the Joint Finance Committee and adding Milwaukee lawmaker Evan Goyke. Goyke replaces Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, who was originally appointed to the committee this session by

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin House members split over their support of the $867 billion farm bill, which is now heading to the president’s desk after clearing the chamber. The bill, which passed 369-47, authorizes agriculture assistance and nutrition programs for the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson split on the farm bill, which cleared the Senate 87-13. The bill, which next goes to the House, authorizes agriculture assistance and nutrition programs for the next five years. But it

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers and Lt. Gov.-elect Mandela Barnes are launching a tour for what they’re calling Building the People’s Budget. The statewide tour will kick off tomorrow in Green Bay and wrap up next week in Milwaukee. During the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The UW Board of Regents is meeting again in La Crosse today. Regents in their second day of meetings this morning will hear a restructuring update from President Ray Cross, as well as reports from the Wisconsin Technical

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers will be in Appleton today to speak at the New North Summit. Yesterday, he told reporters GOP efforts to curb his powers was “embarrassing” and urged Gov. Scott Walker to veto the bills. Listen to yesterday’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers worked all night on three bills Dems call a lame-duck power grab, with one bill still being debated in the Assembly as of 8 a.m. The third and most controversial measure passed the state Senate on a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Both houses of the Legislature plan to be on the floor today for three extraordinary session bills that cleared the Joint Finance Committee 12-4 along party lines early this morning. The committee made several tweaks to the controversial

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers says his team is considering “all options” if Republicans’ lame-duck legislation to limit his powers and those of incoming Attorney General Josh Kaul. “We are looking at all options,” Evers said at a Milwaukee press

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s resolution condemning Russia’s recent moves against Ukraine has cleared the Senate with unanimous support. The move comes after Russia captured three Ukranian boats off the coat of Crimea this week. Johnson, R-Oshkosh, introduced the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers says more time and money will likely be needed to complete an overhaul of the state’s youth prison system. The Legislature in March approved an $80 million plan to close the state’s troubled Lincoln Hills

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Former state GOP Chair Reince Priebus has agreed to participate in a “thorough review” of the 2018 election and the current Wisconsin party structure, according to a letter U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson sent to the party’s Executive Committee. Johnson,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Both GOP caucuses are meeting today as leaders gauge member support for issues they may take up in a lame-duck session. Among other things, legislative leaders have talked about addressing the administrative rules process, changing the appointments to some

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Maria Lazar is passing on a bid for the state Supreme Court this spring and instead endorsing fellow conservative Brian Hagedorn. Lazar, who served as an assistant attorney general before winning a seat

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: This is the final WisPolitics.com product of the holiday week. Products will resume Monday. Thank you for subscribing, and have a happy Thanksgiving. — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Walker administration is expected to release new revenue estimates for the 2019-21 budget today. The report, which also will tally agency spending requests, will set the table for Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ first budget. It also will give an