Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly will convene this afternoon in extraordinary session to take up more than a dozen bills including some on the topic of school safety. Other bills on the calendar include the Senate’s version of the guv’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock’s first TV ad of the Supreme Court campaign says he’s passionate about the constitution, the rule of law and the tuba. The spot shows a picture of Screnock playing the tuba in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate will be on the floor today for what is expected to be its final calendar of the regular session, taking up bills that include new restrictions on employment requirements that local governments could create. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Kathy Bernier, R-Lake Hallie, is announcing this morning her bid to replace Republican Sen. Terry Moulton in the 23rd Senate District. Moulton, 71, said it was a difficult decision not to seek re-election. The Chippewa Falls

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP has filed a complaint with the Judicial Commission accusing Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet of using her Milwaukee County courtroom to raise campaign donations from attorneys with cases before her. Dallet’s campaign called the complaint

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A Dem bill to bring back a revenue limit adjustment for school safety costs would allow districts to raise property taxes by up to $84.9 million to cover improvements, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. A Department of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate’s version of a bill that would close Lincoln Hills youth prison and overhaul the state’s juvenile corrections system is set for a vote in committee this morning. The bill keeps intact much of what the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker released a new digital ad today in which he touts the state’s unemployment rate being near a “record low.” Walker says the state lost more than 130,000 jobs before he took office and “we’ve more

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Some Republican lawmakers are raising objections to a bill that would extend the hours for wineries, because last-minute changes to the bill on the Assembly floor could impact tailgating around Lambeau Field. That includes Rep. John Nygren, of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Eric Holder’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee is pumping $140,000 into digital ads backing Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet for the state Supreme Court and opposing her rival, Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock, new filings show. It is the first

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The city of Racine’s request to divert up to 7 million gallons of Lake Michigan water to the Foxconn development site is getting pushback from conservation groups. This comes after city officials have asked the Department of Natural

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker is headed to New Mexico this afternoon for a campaign event backing GOP guv candidate Steve Pearce. Pearce last week tweeted a picture of the invite for his fundraiser with Walker in Albuquerque. Tickets are

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Concerned Veterans for America this morning announced a new $1.6 million TV and digital buy hitting Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on the Tomah VA scandal. It comes on the heels of a $1.5 million buy

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — The first Marquette University Law School Poll of 2018 will be released today. See the Election Blog early this afternoon for top numbers: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/election/ See today’s PM Update for full coverage. — The Legislature’s Blue Ribbon Commission on School

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin and Michigan were the top two contenders for Foxconn’s megaproject and proximity to a skilled workforce may have been part of what tipped the scales in Wisconsin’s favor. That’s according to an email from Wisconsin Economic Development

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Rep. Adam Jarchow has become the third member of the Assembly so far to announce plans to retire after this session without seeking another office. In a statement this morning, Jarchow said he looks forward to returning

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The State Elections Commission is refuting an NBC News report claiming Wisconsin’s websites or voter registration systems were compromised by Russian hackers prior to the 2016 election. U.S. officials told NBC the American intelligence community had developed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — Two Senate committees are scheduled today to hear testimony on two of Gov. Scott Walker’s priorities that face an uncertain future. A committee will meet to hear public testimony on the Senate version of the guv’s one-time $100 per-child

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Rep. Josh Zepnick, who has been under fire over allegations he kissed two women without their consent at political events in 2011 and 2015, has a luncheon fundraiser planned today in Madison. Zepnick, D-Milwaukee, reported $2,433 in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — Madison businessman Eric Hovde told WisPolitics.com he has not talked to anyone about hiring them for a possible U.S. Senate campaign. But he has spoken with outside consultants and firms in case he decides to move forward with a