View the online News Summary TOP STORIES VP Harris announces nationwide events focused on abortion … first event is scheduled for Wisconsin on Jan. 22, which would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade … “I will continue to fight for our fundamental freedoms while bringing together those

View the online News Summary TOP STORIES Wisconsin Republicans call for layoffs and criticize remote work policies as wasting office spaces … [LAB audit found] state employees were spending substantially more time working from home than in their offices. … a majority of the agencies surveyed said that remote work

View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court makes interim state court director permanent despite complaints … Audrey Skwierawski took a leave from her job as a Milwaukee County circuit judge to work as the state court administrator since the court flipped to majority liberal control in August.

View the News Summary online TOP STORIES UW regents reverse vote, approving deal with Robin Vos 11-6 vote flipped Regent pres. Walsh, VP Blumenfeld Bogost and Staton.Reviews deal. * Bogost:“After further discussions with stakeholders from every campus, I have decided to support this resolution,” said Regents will continue to hold

View the News Summary online TOP STORIES UW regents schedule new vote to consider GOP deal on employee raises, DEI … Wednesday at 5 p.m. following a closed-door meeting Tuesday. The meeting was recommended by Regents Amy Blumenfeld Bogost [9-8 No vote], Ashok Ra [Yes]i, Kyle Weatherly [Yes] and [UW

View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Vos, LeMahieu say they’re done negotiating with UW over pay raises, diversity deal * Vos on WISN: “This deal was negotiated in good faith. We’re not changing one thing in this deal. We are not going backwards. If anything, I’d prefer to go

View the News Summary online TOP STORIES 9-8 Regents reject deal struck with GOP on DEI, engineering building … At an emergency meeting Saturday morning * Rothman plea:  “Compromises needed to be made for us to reach an agreement, but in my experience, that is what is necessary and what

TOP STORIES LeMahieu says a deal is near for UW pay raises. UW officials disagree * LeMahieu said Speaker Vos and UW pres. Rothman have worked for months “to come to a compromise … they’re really close right now. I’ve thought all along that the engineering building needs to be

View the News Summary online   TOP STORIES Wisconsin won’t ban gender-affirming care for kids; Evers vetoes bill … [AB 465 passed on party lines] aimed at barring physicians from providing gender-affirming care for minors … after a series of lengthy committee hearings … brought hours of emotional testimony, largely

TOP STORIES Evers signs Brewers stadium bill, ensuring team stays in city until 2050 … includes $500M+ in public funds for upgrades to American Family Field … cleared both houses of the Legislature in November … after months of debate … about the amount of public money … and nearly

TOP STORIES GOP lawmakers propose abolishing WEC, giving duties to secretary of state … proposal, released Monday by Senate elections committee chairman Dan Knodl and 10 Assembly GOP … requires [SOS] Godlewski, a Democrat, to take over election administration duties from the commission by June 30 and bars her from

TOP STORIES Sen. Dianne Hesselbein to lead Senate Democrats at key moment … defeating [Roys, Smith] for the role. … ahead of the 2024 election cycle, where the caucus could be poised to gain seats if the Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down current legislative district maps. … taking the lead

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