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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — AG Brad Schimel is expected to announce today whether he’ll seek a recount after the county canvasses showed him falling to Dem rival Josh Kaul by 17,190 votes. That margin is 0.65 percent of the more than 2.6 million

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says he had a “productive and successful” talk with Dem leader Nancy Pelosi that included possible wins for his Congressional Progressive Caucus. The Vermont Dem, who co-chairs the caucus, said he met with Pelosi yesterday

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling today re-appointed fellow Dems Jon Erpenbach and LaTonya Johnson to the Joint Finance Committee. Erpenbach, D-Middleton, was first elected to the Senate in 1998, did a stint as minority leader in the 2003-4 session

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — At least 56 counties have already finished their canvass of last week’s election results, according to the Elections Commission. That left 16 counties to wrap up their final counts of the vote as of late yesterday afternoon, said Elections

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Most Wisconsin schools are meeting or exceeding expectations, according to the latest round of state report cards released today by the Department of Public Instruction. Across the state, nearly 84 percent of public and private schools and 96

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Republicans are meeting this afternoon for leadership elections. The only contested race is for the open assistant majority leader’s spot, where at least three candidates are vying for the job. In the other races, the incumbents are

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Dem and GOP caucuses elected their leadership for the upcoming session. Dems voted yesterday to keep their current team in place after losing one seat in the chamber this week. Sen. Jennifer Shilling, of La Crosse,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos warned Gov.-elect Tony Evers to avoid partisanship and championing liberal policies just hours after the Democrat vowed to find common ground with Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature. The comments from Vos, who yesterday said he’d

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Technology Council From WisPolitics.com … — Democrats in Wisconsin are claiming a sweep of statewide offices after a wild election night that appears to end eight years of Republican dominance at the statehouse. But while state schools Superintendent Tony Evers declared victory over Gov.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Right to Life From WisPolitics.com … — The Republican Party of Wisconsin transferred $200,000 to Scott Walker’s campaign late last week after previously contributing more than $4.6 million to the guv since the beginning of September. Meanwhile, Walker running mate Rebecca Kleefisch transferred

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is holding a rally with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Madison and Milwaukee today. The Madison event will feature Kathy Evers, wife of Dem guv candidate Tony Evers. The Milwaukee event will include

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement RENEW Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Tony Evers launched a new TV ad today charging the men Scott Walker trusted to run Wisconsin’s most important agencies say he lacked integrity and was changed by power and ambition. Evers’ campaign said the ad will run on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Right to Life From WisPolitics.com … — The final Marquette University Law School poll of the election season is set to be released this afternoon. The poll will cover the races for governor, U.S. Senator and attorney general as well as take a look

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Technology Council From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker outraised Dem rival Tony Evers in the most recent reporting period, thanks to a $3.5 million boost from the state GOP. Walker also outspent Evers over the period, dropping $10.2 million to the state superintendent’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv hopeful Tony Evers raised $6 million over seven weeks, his campaign said this morning. Evers campaign said it received more than 48,000 donations during the fall pre-election period, which ran Sept. 1-Oct. 22. But it didn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Technology Council From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin again outraised opponent Leah Vukmir, pulling in $1.6 million to the Brookfield Republican’s $808,558 over the most recent reporting period. Baldwin, D-Madison, also spent nearly $4.2 million between Oct. 1-17 and had almost $2.5