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TOP STORIES Jury finds former Milwaukee election official Zapata guilty of election fraud … After deliberating for around five hours following closing arguments Wednesday morning … also guilty of misconduct in public office, a felony … Zapata appeared quiet in
TOP STORIES Speaker Vos calls the Trump supporters trying to oust him ‘whack jobs and morons’ … Vos lashed out at recall organizers at a WisPolitics.com luncheon Tuesday, saying organizers are “so out of touch with reality. The people who
TOP STORIES BadgerCare recipients can get new over-the-counter birth control for free … [Evers on Tuesday directed DHS order] … DHS issued standing order for pharmacies to provide Opill at no out-of-pocket cost to BadgerCare recipients … available at WI
TOP STORIES Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections … split into two questions … April 2 ballot also include[s] a change to allow only election officials designated by law to administer elections. … Since
TOP STORIES Evers signs bills to expand eligibility for water quality projects, allow airgun hunting … [SB99/Act 106] expands what types of projects can receive [state/fed-funded Clean Water Fund Program] funding to now include connecting laterals and sewer lines. [fund
TOP STORIES Biden Promotes ‘Life-Changing Improvements’ in Milwaukee Visit Speech at Pieper Hillside Boys & Girls Club … on a stage decorated with “Rebuilding Our Communities” banners, recognized the White House’s $3.3B allocation to cities across the country through the
TOP STORIES Evers promises to veto transgender athlete ban passed by GOP Legislature … repeated his earlier veto promise moments after the state Senate passed the measure [21-11 Dems + Ballweg] on its final planned meeting day of the session.
TOP STORIES Trump backers submit signatures to force recall election of Speaker Vos … Vos angered Trump and his supporters in Wisconsin by refusing calls to decertify President Joe Biden’s narrow win … further angered Trump supporters when he did
TOP STORIES Pres. Joe Biden to visit Milwaukee … White House said Biden will travel to Milwaukee on Wednesday to participate in “political events.” …[following First Lady’s March 2 visit to Waukesha, VP Harris’ March 6 visit to Madison, Joe
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TOP STORIES In Madison visit, VP Harris highlights Dems’ efforts to win over blue-collar workers … [on 6th WI visit, speaking at construction site of Madison’s federally funded electric BRT station, with USDOL Sec. Su and Mayor Rhodes-Conway,] Harris announced
TOP STORIES Evers to sign into law new engineering building for UW-Madison … on Wednesday will sign into law nearly $700M for UW System building projects, including $200M for a $347M engineering building. … $154M for dorm renovations at UW-Madison
TOP STORIES Evers signs $73M GOP-authored bill to expand Wisconsin child care tax credit … days after vetoing three other GOP bills that would have delivered $800M in tax cuts. … signed the bill at a charter school in Waukesha
TOP STORIES Evers vetoes Republican-backed bills slashing the income tax, cutting taxes on retirees … and increased the income tax credit for married couples … has twice rejected similar tax cuts … has [until Tuesday to sign or veto] a
TOP STORIES JFC 15-0 release $32M for UW as part of deal limiting DEI programs Funding will go toward boosting numbers of engineering, health care, business and computer science graduates to assist with workforce shortages. Reviews DEI debate, Vos-Rothman deal.
TOP STORIES Evers approves $15M grant for western WI hospitals; GOP balk at expansion … [JFC co-chair Born] said he has no intention of releasing the money after [Evers’ “unbelievable” veto] limiting the area where the funds could be spent
WED News Summary: Evers to veto PFAS bill but urges lawmakers to release money TOP STORIES Evers to veto PFAS bill but urges legislators to release money … [Cowles-Wimberger SB312] would lay out a blueprint for how to spend $125M
TOP STORIES Redistricting experts submit $128K bill for review of WI legislative maps … [Carnegie Mellon prof. Cervas] submitted a $62,721 bill for more than 139 hours of work. … [UCal-Irvine prof. Grofman] submitted a $39,762 bill for more than
TOP STORIES Despite bipartisan support, Senate GOP is poised to block Monday processing bill … In Milwaukee, that means processing at times [100K+] ballots while also administering the polls. … leaving open the door to more false [Trump] claims of
TOP STORIES PFAS bill goes to skeptical Gov. Evers, who says it’s pro-polluter … Evers’ administration submitted a plan to use the [$125M PFAS budget trust fund], but Republicans have instead favored [Cowles-Wimberger SB312 which] doesn’t directly spend the money
TOP STORIES Jury finds former Milwaukee election official Zapata guilty of election fraud … After deliberating for around five hours following closing arguments Wednesday morning … also guilty of misconduct in public office, a felony … Zapata appeared quiet in court while Milwaukee County judge Ashley Kori read the [verdict].
TOP STORIES Speaker Vos calls the Trump supporters trying to oust him ‘whack jobs and morons’ … Vos lashed out at recall organizers at a WisPolitics.com luncheon Tuesday, saying organizers are “so out of touch with reality. The people who did this? Whack jobs and morons,” he said. … They
TOP STORIES BadgerCare recipients can get new over-the-counter birth control for free … [Evers on Tuesday directed DHS order] … DHS issued standing order for pharmacies to provide Opill at no out-of-pocket cost to BadgerCare recipients … available at WI pharmacies starting Tuesday … has a recommended retail price of
TOP STORIES Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections … split into two questions … April 2 ballot also include[s] a change to allow only election officials designated by law to administer elections. … Since 2020, Republicans in at least 27 states have outlawed or
TOP STORIES Evers signs bills to expand eligibility for water quality projects, allow airgun hunting … [SB99/Act 106] expands what types of projects can receive [state/fed-funded Clean Water Fund Program] funding to now include connecting laterals and sewer lines. [fund awarded $400M+ to 84 munies last year] … signed 15
TOP STORIES Biden Promotes ‘Life-Changing Improvements’ in Milwaukee Visit Speech at Pieper Hillside Boys & Girls Club … on a stage decorated with “Rebuilding Our Communities” banners, recognized the White House’s $3.3B allocation to cities across the country through the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhood Access and Equity programs. Biden was
TOP STORIES Evers promises to veto transgender athlete ban passed by GOP Legislature … repeated his earlier veto promise moments after the state Senate passed the measure [21-11 Dems + Ballweg] on its final planned meeting day of the session. * Evers: “I’ll keep my promise to veto any bill
TOP STORIES Trump backers submit signatures to force recall election of Speaker Vos … Vos angered Trump and his supporters in Wisconsin by refusing calls to decertify President Joe Biden’s narrow win … further angered Trump supporters when he did not back a plan to impeach [WEC Admin.] Wolfe …
TOP STORIES Pres. Joe Biden to visit Milwaukee … White House said Biden will travel to Milwaukee on Wednesday to participate in “political events.” …[following First Lady’s March 2 visit to Waukesha, VP Harris’ March 6 visit to Madison, Joe Biden] was last in WI for a Milwaukee appearance in
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TOP STORIES In Madison visit, VP Harris highlights Dems’ efforts to win over blue-collar workers … [on 6th WI visit, speaking at construction site of Madison’s federally funded electric BRT station, with USDOL Sec. Su and Mayor Rhodes-Conway,] Harris announced [upcoming Biden EO] to expand apprenticeship opportunities and encourage federal
TOP STORIES Evers to sign into law new engineering building for UW-Madison … on Wednesday will sign into law nearly $700M for UW System building projects, including $200M for a $347M engineering building. … $154M for dorm renovations at UW-Madison and UW-Whitewater, and nearly $200M for utility and demolition projects
TOP STORIES Evers signs $73M GOP-authored bill to expand Wisconsin child care tax credit … days after vetoing three other GOP bills that would have delivered $800M in tax cuts. … signed the bill at a charter school in Waukesha [La Casa de Esperanza] on Thursday morning. … because “the
TOP STORIES Evers vetoes Republican-backed bills slashing the income tax, cutting taxes on retirees … and increased the income tax credit for married couples … has twice rejected similar tax cuts … has [until Tuesday to sign or veto] a fourth bill expanding [fully federalizing] a child tax credit that
TOP STORIES JFC 15-0 release $32M for UW as part of deal limiting DEI programs Funding will go toward boosting numbers of engineering, health care, business and computer science graduates to assist with workforce shortages. Reviews DEI debate, Vos-Rothman deal. * co-chair Born: “And I’m also proud of the work
TOP STORIES Evers approves $15M grant for western WI hospitals; GOP balk at expansion … [JFC co-chair Born] said he has no intention of releasing the money after [Evers’ “unbelievable” veto] limiting the area where the funds could be spent to Chippewa and Eau Claire counties, where the soon-to-be-closed hospitals
WED News Summary: Evers to veto PFAS bill but urges lawmakers to release money TOP STORIES Evers to veto PFAS bill but urges legislators to release money … [Cowles-Wimberger SB312] would lay out a blueprint for how to spend $125M previously approved by lawmakers in last year’s budget to address
TOP STORIES Redistricting experts submit $128K bill for review of WI legislative maps … [Carnegie Mellon prof. Cervas] submitted a $62,721 bill for more than 139 hours of work. … [UCal-Irvine prof. Grofman] submitted a $39,762 bill for more than 88 hours of work. … Fees from three other research
TOP STORIES Despite bipartisan support, Senate GOP is poised to block Monday processing bill … In Milwaukee, that means processing at times [100K+] ballots while also administering the polls. … leaving open the door to more false [Trump] claims of … fraudulent “dump” of ballots … Ahead of the 2020
TOP STORIES PFAS bill goes to skeptical Gov. Evers, who says it’s pro-polluter … Evers’ administration submitted a plan to use the [$125M PFAS budget trust fund], but Republicans have instead favored [Cowles-Wimberger SB312 which] doesn’t directly spend the money but instead creates programs that the $125M could eventually fund