FRI News Summary: Evers announces broadband pilot program for Eau Claire County; Milwaukee to drop many COVID-19 restriction in June

**************************************** WEDNESDAY: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon: “Assessing the State-Federal Infrastructure Push” Prospects for millions of dollars in new state and federal money for road, rail, broadband, and water infrastructure are bright. What’s it mean for Wisconsin and local governments? Join WisPolitics.com

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THU News Summary: Evers considers vaccination incentives; State GOP seeks to join lawsuit to allow states to use federal relief funds on tax cuts

**************************************** May 19: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon: “Assessing the State-Federal Infrastructure Push” Prospects for millions of dollars in new state and federal money for road, rail, broadband, and water infrastructure are bright. What’s it mean for Wisconsin and local governments? Join

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Joint Finance to take up eight agencies Thursday

The Joint Finance Committee will take up eight agencies on Thursday when it meets for its next executive session, including the lieutenant governor’s office and Veterans Affairs. The other agencies on Thursday’s agenda include: Board of Commissioners of Public Lands

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FRI News Summary: Evers announces broadband pilot program for Eau Claire County; Milwaukee to drop many COVID-19 restriction in June

**************************************** WEDNESDAY: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon: “Assessing the State-Federal Infrastructure Push” Prospects for millions of dollars in new state and federal money for road, rail, broadband, and water infrastructure are bright. What’s it mean for Wisconsin and local governments? Join WisPolitics.com for a special virtual luncheon on “Assessing the State-Federal… Please

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FRI AM Update: GOP leaders ask appeals court to quickly put on hold ruling voiding legal contracts for expected redistricting lawsuit

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Environmental Defense Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders want a ruling by May 21 from an appeals court putting on hold a Dane County judge’s action that voided legal contracts ahead of an expected redistricting suit. In an expedited motion for a

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THU News Summary: Evers considers vaccination incentives; State GOP seeks to join lawsuit to allow states to use federal relief funds on tax cuts

**************************************** May 19: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon: “Assessing the State-Federal Infrastructure Push” Prospects for millions of dollars in new state and federal money for road, rail, broadband, and water infrastructure are bright. What’s it mean for Wisconsin and local governments? Join WisPolitics.com for a special virtual luncheon on “Assessing the State-Federal

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WED News Summary: GOP-led Legislature approves election law changes; Assembly passes bill to expand school voucher eligibility

**************************************** May 19: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon: “Assessing the State-Federal Infrastructure Push” Prospects for millions of dollars in new state and federal money for road, rail, broadband, and water infrastructure are bright. What’s it mean for Wisconsin and local governments? Join WisPolitics.com for a special virtual luncheon on “Assessing the State-Federal

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Wisconsin to get $700 million less in COVID-19 stimulus funds

Wisconsin will get $700 million less from the latest round of COVID-19 stimulus funds than originally expected. In addition, the $2.5 billion now coming will be split into two payments a year apart. The drop in money the state will now receive is due to the unemployment rate returning to

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TUE News Summary: Evers says no to vaccine requirements; Federal COVID-19 fund spending guidance means more details from Evers soon

**************************************** May 19: WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon: “Assessing the State-Federal Infrastructure Push” Prospects for millions of dollars in new state and federal money for road, rail, broadband, and water infrastructure are bright. What’s it mean for Wisconsin and local governments? Join WisPolitics.com for a special virtual luncheon on “Assessing the State-Federal

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Joint Finance to take up eight agencies Thursday

The Joint Finance Committee will take up eight agencies on Thursday when it meets for its next executive session, including the lieutenant governor’s office and Veterans Affairs. The other agencies on Thursday’s agenda include: Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Educational Communications Board Historical Society Financial Institutions Employment Relations Commission

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MON News Summary: Dane vaccination effort shows racial disparities, but leads state; CDC may lift eviction moratorium across nation and Wisconsin

**************************************** Today: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a bipartisan proposal for a legislative package of policing reforms for

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FRI News Summary: Timeline to close state youth prisons still unclear as July 1 deadline approaches; Evers promotes vaccinations to fuel tourism

**************************************** MONDAY: State Sens. Taylor and Wanggaard to Headline Newsmaker Lunch Hour on Policing Reforms Join the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com for a virtual Newsmaker Lunch Hour featuring state Sens. Lena Taylor and Van Wanggaard, who will discuss a bipartisan proposal for a legislative package of policing reforms for

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FRI AM Update: Evers’ attorneys slam failed Powell lawsuit as ‘wild conspiracy theory’ in filing seeking attorneys fees

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The failed lawsuit filed by former Trump attorney Sidney Powell to overturn Wisconsin’s election results was so riddled with errors that it underscores that it was filed in bad faith, an attorney for Gov. Tony Evers argued in

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