THU AM Update: Evers’ redistricting commission to release draft maps today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ People’s Maps Commission will release draft maps for the Assembly, Senate and U.S. House districts during a hearing late this afternoon. The commission will release three options for each map as it continues to gather

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MON PM Update: DHS backs Pfizer vaccine booster shots for high-risk groups

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Department of Health Services today backed the recommendation that certain populations who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine get a booster and began the process of helping providers begin delivering the shots. The agency’s move comes after the U.S. Centers for Disease

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FRI AM Update: Wisconsin’s House delegation shows bipartisan support, opposition to $768 billion defense bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s House delegation split over a $768 billion defense policy bill, but not along the usual party lines. U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, joined GOP colleagues Mike Gallagher, of Allouez, Scott Fitzgerald, of Juneau, and Bryan

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THU PM Update: Group asks federal court to stay redistricting suit; Assembly to vote on resolution calling to keep districts largely intact

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — One day after the state Supreme Court agreed to hear their redistricting lawsuit, GOP voters asked a federal court to stay proceedings in two lawsuits asking a three-judge panel to draw Wisconsin’s political lines if Capitol leaders fail to reach a deal.

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THU AM Update: Underly to deliver State of Education address; Biden approval down nationally in latest Marquette poll

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Jill Underly will deliver her first State of Education address at noon in the Capitol rotunda. The speech will be livestreamed by WisconsinEye: https://wiseye.org/ — The Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee will exec a

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WED News Summary: GOP attorney says courts wrong to keep redistricting case alive; Jacque’s wife asks others to vaccinate after return from hospital

  STORY TOPICS – White house – Race relations – Coronavirus – State government – Local government – Agribusiness – Banking and investment – Census – Civil liberties – Courts – Demographics – Education – Elections – Environment – Foxconn – Health care – Management – Michigan – Real estate

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WED AM Update: Assembly to take up bills on K-12 teaching of race, civics, sexuality and gender identity

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly’s proposed calendar for Tuesday includes bills that GOP sponsors say would ban teaching critical race theory in K-12 schools or in training for state and local government employees. Tuesday’s meeting will be the first regular floor

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