TOP STORIES Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’ partial vetoes to literacy bill … centers on a pair of bills designed to improve K-12 students’ reading performance. … first bill [signed] in July … created a [DPI] early literacy coaching program
From WisPolitics … — The liberal state Supreme Court is allowing Dem Gov. Tony Evers to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to allow the use of absentee drop boxes over the objections of conservative justices who argue he will not
From WisPolitics … — Liberal Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor today passed on a bid for the state Supreme Court in 2025, when ideological control will again be up for grabs. Taylor, a former Dem state lawmaker and policy director
From WisPolitics … — Liberal Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor today passed on a bid for the state Supreme Court in 2025, when ideological control will again be up for grabs. Taylor, a former Dem state lawmaker and policy director
TOP STORIES Legislature sues Evers over partial vetoes to literacy program bill … When signing [SB971, $50M for DPI literacy office, reading coaches, new phonics-based reading curricula] — now called 2023 Act 100 — in late February, Evers made several
From WisPolitics … — Peter Barca, a Kenosha Dem who served in the Legislature and as state Revenue secretary, announced today he will again seek the 1st CD 30 years after he lost a reelection bid for the seat. He
From WisPolitics … — The Marquette University Law School Poll’s first look at Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race found a tight contest between Dem Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde. Among registered voters, 52% favored Baldwin, while 47% backed GOP challenger
TOP STORIES Evers not ruling out legal challenge to force release of $125M to address PFAS … [Guv, Dem held presser] after Republican lawmakers rejected his call to meet and approve spending $125 million to address PFAS contamination [after Evers
From WisPolitics … – The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit arguing the Legislature has exceeded its authority by blocking conservation projects. The guv originally asked the court to look at other committee
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers today said he may sue the Legislature to force action on PFAS funding after Republicans failed to show up for a special meeting he called. Meanwhile, Republicans blasted Evers for vetoing their plan
TOP STORIES Evers veto to provide 400-year school funding increase faces lawsuit … [WMC Litigation Center] lawsuit filed Monday directly with the Wisconsin Supreme Court … is asking the justices to undo the partial veto, arguing it effectively forces local
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden raised $705,319 over the first three months of the year, increasing his fundraising after a dip in the fourth quarter amid House GOP leadership changes. The Prairie du Chien Republican also
From WisPolitics … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde loaned his campaign $8 million during the first quarter while pulling in just shy of $1.1 million from other donors. It’s already one of the largest personal investments by a
TOP STORIES WEC Admin. Wolfe gets extra security while Trump foments false accusations … The former president is publicly and falsely accusing Wolfe of rigging this year’s election four years after Trump and his allies sought to meddle with [GA’s
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced this morning she raised $5.4 million in the first quarter of 2024 as her fundraising operation ramped up. The Madison Dem didn’t provide other details of her first-quarter activity, including how
