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The package to be introduced in the guv’s budget on Feb 18 includes $30 million in state funding for an effort Evers created in 2021 using federal COVID-19 funds to help food banks keep shelves stocked.
TOP STORIES Evers proposes $145M plan to address PFAS in his next budget for Wisconsin… [using previously appropriated $125M] would fund [$100M+] new grant programs, [$1.8M] staff [10 DNR, 1 DHS], [$26.5M] testing and research [$1.3M to monitor human exposure]
From WisPolitics … — Members of the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus are again circulating a resolution to honor Black History Month after similar efforts in recent years have failed to pass the GOP-run Legislature. The effort has been contentious at
From WisPolitics … — GOP Sen. Eric Wimberger suggested a budget proposal announced by Gov. Tony Evers to combat PFAS contamination is a concession to Republican lawmakers, but said he still has concerns about language to protect innocent landowners. Wimberger
TOP STORIES Evers vows to veto GOP bill cutting funds to counties that don’t help ICE operations… Under a bill being drafted by Republican lawmakers, county sheriffs would be required to comply with federal immigration detainers and warrants … only
Gov. Tony Evers today announced new plans to improve water quality in his upcoming state budget, including more than $145 million to address PFAS contamination.
From WisPolitics … — An Assembly committee today will take testimony on new standards proposed for election observers. Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs, a Dem appointee, and past Chair Don Millis, a GOP member, are expected to testify at today’s
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today said President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China are “bad news” for consumers, manufacturers and farmers, arguing “everyone is going to pay more.” The Madison Dem made the
TOP STORIES Evers [w/WisDOT Sec. Boardman] touts electric vehicle charging station in CF visit… “We are doing it in a cleaner, greener and more energy-efficient way,” Evers said. “All will be built within a mile of freeways across the state.”
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate committee overseeing the FAA and Transportation Department, says Congress doesn’t need to launch its own investigation into the deadly DC plane crash. “I don’t think the committee
Quotes of the Week With very few details and specifics available, virtually no time for ample review and consideration, and no direct communication to date, states are left to plan for the worst, and Wisconsinites and millions of Americans who
TOP STORIES Conservative Justice Hagedorn steps aside in pivotal union rights case… Hagedorn drafted the law, known as Act 10, when he was chief legal counsel for then-Gov. Scott Walker. … in a brief two-page order, said the law commands
From WisPolitics … — Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz didn’t participate in a procedural motion in the Act 10 suit before the court as she weighs a request from GOP lawmakers to force her off the entire case. Protasiewicz didn’t indicate
From WisPolitics … — Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn ruled today he can’t hear a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on collective bargaining powers for public employees after he helped draft the law and later defended it while working for
TOP STORIES Madison school policy cited in Trump order banning teaching CRT, gender identity… declares federal money cannot be used on the “indoctrination” of children, including “radical gender ideology and critical race theory” [an “inherently racist policy”] … says civil
THU AM Update: IRG poll finds slight edge for Schimel in Supreme Court race, though many voters undecided From WisPolitics … — A poll commissioned by the conservative Institute for Reforming Government found Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel with an
From WisPolitics … — The GOP co-chairs of the Finance Committee again committed to pushing tax cuts in the upcoming budget after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau upped the state’s projected surplus for the 2023-25 biennium to $4.3 billion. Rep. Mark
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau today projected the state will now finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4.3 billion surplus, while upping expectations for how much Wisconsin will collect in tax revenue over the next two years.
TOP STORIES Evers urges Trump to reconsider pause of federal grants and loansUS Judge AliKhan temporarily halted the order Tuesday [but expires Feb. 3 at 5 p.m.] … Evers sent a letter to Trump in response to [OMB’s] memo …
From WisPolitics … — UW-Madison leaders believe it’s appropriate for federally funded research to continue as they assess the Trump administration’s order to pause all grant, loan and other financial assistance programs. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell, Jr. and
The package to be introduced in the guv’s budget on Feb 18 includes $30 million in state funding for an effort Evers created in 2021 using federal COVID-19 funds to help food banks keep shelves stocked.
TOP STORIES Evers proposes $145M plan to address PFAS in his next budget for Wisconsin… [using previously appropriated $125M] would fund [$100M+] new grant programs, [$1.8M] staff [10 DNR, 1 DHS], [$26.5M] testing and research [$1.3M to monitor human exposure] to understand the scope of the problem and eliminate PFAS.
From WisPolitics … — Members of the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus are again circulating a resolution to honor Black History Month after similar efforts in recent years have failed to pass the GOP-run Legislature. The effort has been contentious at times since GOP lawmakers balked at a 2019 resolution that
From WisPolitics … — GOP Sen. Eric Wimberger suggested a budget proposal announced by Gov. Tony Evers to combat PFAS contamination is a concession to Republican lawmakers, but said he still has concerns about language to protect innocent landowners. Wimberger said Evers’ proposal is “an admission of what I’ve been
TOP STORIES Evers vows to veto GOP bill cutting funds to counties that don’t help ICE operations… Under a bill being drafted by Republican lawmakers, county sheriffs would be required to comply with federal immigration detainers and warrants … only when the person is charged with a felony crime …
Gov. Tony Evers today announced new plans to improve water quality in his upcoming state budget, including more than $145 million to address PFAS contamination.
From WisPolitics … — An Assembly committee today will take testimony on new standards proposed for election observers. Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs, a Dem appointee, and past Chair Don Millis, a GOP member, are expected to testify at today’s hearing. Ahead of the hearing, the commission sent the Assembly
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today said President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China are “bad news” for consumers, manufacturers and farmers, arguing “everyone is going to pay more.” The Madison Dem made the comments today after visiting the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy to
TOP STORIES Evers [w/WisDOT Sec. Boardman] touts electric vehicle charging station in CF visit… “We are doing it in a cleaner, greener and more energy-efficient way,” Evers said. “All will be built within a mile of freeways across the state.” … Other EV stations have been installed at Kwik Trips
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate committee overseeing the FAA and Transportation Department, says Congress doesn’t need to launch its own investigation into the deadly DC plane crash. “I don’t think the committee has the expertise that the National Transportation Safety Board does,”
Quotes of the Week With very few details and specifics available, virtually no time for ample review and consideration, and no direct communication to date, states are left to plan for the worst, and Wisconsinites and millions of Americans who are rightfully alarmed and concerned by this unprecedented decision are
TOP STORIES Conservative Justice Hagedorn steps aside in pivotal union rights case… Hagedorn drafted the law, known as Act 10, when he was chief legal counsel for then-Gov. Scott Walker. … in a brief two-page order, said the law commands that he not hear the case. … The issues raised
From WisPolitics … — Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz didn’t participate in a procedural motion in the Act 10 suit before the court as she weighs a request from GOP lawmakers to force her off the entire case. Protasiewicz didn’t indicate a reason for her decision in yesterday’s order that gave
From WisPolitics … — Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn ruled today he can’t hear a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on collective bargaining powers for public employees after he helped draft the law and later defended it while working for then-Gov. Scott Walker. Hagedorn, who served as Walker’s legal counsel,
TOP STORIES Madison school policy cited in Trump order banning teaching CRT, gender identity… declares federal money cannot be used on the “indoctrination” of children, including “radical gender ideology and critical race theory” [an “inherently racist policy”] … says civil rights laws barring [sex, race] discrimination … would be used
THU AM Update: IRG poll finds slight edge for Schimel in Supreme Court race, though many voters undecided From WisPolitics … — A poll commissioned by the conservative Institute for Reforming Government found Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel with an edge on liberal rival Susan Crawford among registered voters. The
From WisPolitics … — The GOP co-chairs of the Finance Committee again committed to pushing tax cuts in the upcoming budget after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau upped the state’s projected surplus for the 2023-25 biennium to $4.3 billion. Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, and Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, vowed
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau today projected the state will now finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4.3 billion surplus, while upping expectations for how much Wisconsin will collect in tax revenue over the next two years.
TOP STORIES Evers urges Trump to reconsider pause of federal grants and loansUS Judge AliKhan temporarily halted the order Tuesday [but expires Feb. 3 at 5 p.m.] … Evers sent a letter to Trump in response to [OMB’s] memo … to all federal agencies Monday. … to “temporarily pause all
From WisPolitics … — UW-Madison leaders believe it’s appropriate for federally funded research to continue as they assess the Trump administration’s order to pause all grant, loan and other financial assistance programs. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell, Jr. and Vice Chancellor for Research Dorota Brzezinska wrote in a message