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TOP STORIES ‘Bitterly polarized’: Supreme Court justices issued fewest decisions in at least 27 yearsMU prof/blogger Ball found just 14 decisions in their most recent term, compared to an average of 70 decisions for high courts in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Hospital Association announced today President and CEO Eric Borgerding will retire next year after 10 years of leading the group. He will be succeeded by WHA Senior Vice President of Government Relations Kyle O’Brien.
From WisPolitics … — Outgoing state Sen. Duey Stroebel is encouraging his Senate GOP colleagues to be skeptical of working with Terrence Wall in the upcoming legislative session. The developer told WisPolitics Stroebel, R-Saukville, is being “vindictive” after he sent
TOP STORIES Senate minority leader says budget surplus should be used in part for K-12 education… [with] larger-than-expected surplus of $4.6B. … “I would like to put a large portion of that money to the school districts so that they
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin Dem Chair Ben Wikler will make a decision shortly after Thanksgiving about whether to seek to lead the national party, according to a source familiar with his thinking. So far, Minnesota Dem Party Chair Ken
Quotes of the Week This is the state’s chief election officer. They’re telling this court that the state’s chief election officer will be forever away from the people. That is not a sustainable result in a democracy.- Attorney Misha Tseytlin,
TOP STORIES WPF: Wisconsin’s tax burden compared with other states hits a new low9.9% of personal income — down from 10.3% the previous year … now has the 35th highest tax burden nationally, its lowest ranking on record. … credits
From WisPolitics … — State and local taxes in 2022 totaled 9.9% of personal income, a record low that was driven by rising incomes, state caps on property taxes and an income tax cut, according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum.
From WisPolitics … — The Legislative Council Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors today floated the idea of a phased introduction of more psychiatric residential treatment facilities across the state. Sen. Jesse James, R-Altoona, suggested a
TOP STORIES GOP lawmakers again delay plan to close Lincoln Hills youth corrections complex… [JCRAR must] vote to codify rules governing how state officials handle teen inmates … before the end of the year [or DOC] could put the rule
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she didn’t vote for or against three resolutions seeking to block arm sales to Israel because neither “captures my goals of both supporting Israel’s right to defend themself and protecting the
From WisPolitics … — The state is now projected to finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4 billion surplus, and the Evers administration expects nearly $1.7 billion in new tax collections over the following two-year period. Even so, the state
The state is now projected to finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4 billion surplus, and the Evers administration expects nearly $1.7 billion in new tax collections over the following two-year period.
TOP STORIES OLR files complaint against former justice who led 2020 election probe… 10-count complaint … stems from Gableman’s work investigating allegations of fraud and abuse related to the 2020 election that Trump narrowly lost in Wisconsin. [hired by Speaker
From WisPolitics … — Vaccination rates among Wisconsin kindergarteners have recovered somewhat from pandemic lows but remain below pre-pandemic levels, new CDC figures show. Between 2018-2019 and 2023-2024, the percentage of kindergarteners in the state that have received the DTP,
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation today accused Michael Gableman of lying to the public, his former client and the agency in a complaint that knocked the former justice’s behavior during a review of the 2020
TOP STORIES Hovde concedes to Baldwin in U.S. Senate race… new video released Monday morning [features Hovde] saying that a recount would not do any good as it would not involve “a detailed review of all the ballots and their
From WisPolitics … — Former GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy is promising to help President-elect Trump to “usher in a new golden age of transportation” after he was nominated to join the cabinet. Trump late yesterday afternoon announced he had
From WisPolitics … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde today conceded to Dem Tammy Baldwin as he blamed his loss on a third-party candidate, bemoaned the attacks lobbed against him in the campaign and left open the door to
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court today to hear arguments in lawsuit over Meagan Wolfe ‘holdover’ appointmentCase could hinge on a ruling by the court’s previous conservative majority that let political appointees remain in their positions after their terms end …
TOP STORIES ‘Bitterly polarized’: Supreme Court justices issued fewest decisions in at least 27 yearsMU prof/blogger Ball found just 14 decisions in their most recent term, compared to an average of 70 decisions for high courts in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota. … previous low was 41 decisions, with a
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Hospital Association announced today President and CEO Eric Borgerding will retire next year after 10 years of leading the group. He will be succeeded by WHA Senior Vice President of Government Relations Kyle O’Brien. Borgerding, who has been with the group for 23 years,
From WisPolitics … — Outgoing state Sen. Duey Stroebel is encouraging his Senate GOP colleagues to be skeptical of working with Terrence Wall in the upcoming legislative session. The developer told WisPolitics Stroebel, R-Saukville, is being “vindictive” after he sent the lawmaker a text message stating he was happy to
TOP STORIES Senate minority leader says budget surplus should be used in part for K-12 education… [with] larger-than-expected surplus of $4.6B. … “I would like to put a large portion of that money to the school districts so that they can decide what they need,” Hesselbein [said]. “We also need
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin Dem Chair Ben Wikler will make a decision shortly after Thanksgiving about whether to seek to lead the national party, according to a source familiar with his thinking. So far, Minnesota Dem Party Chair Ken Martin and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley have both formally
Quotes of the Week This is the state’s chief election officer. They’re telling this court that the state’s chief election officer will be forever away from the people. That is not a sustainable result in a democracy.- Attorney Misha Tseytlin, representing GOP lawmakers, arguing before the state Supreme Court this
TOP STORIES WPF: Wisconsin’s tax burden compared with other states hits a new low9.9% of personal income — down from 10.3% the previous year … now has the 35th highest tax burden nationally, its lowest ranking on record. … credits rising incomes, limits on local property taxes and income taxes
From WisPolitics … — State and local taxes in 2022 totaled 9.9% of personal income, a record low that was driven by rising incomes, state caps on property taxes and an income tax cut, according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum. That dropped Wisconsin to the 35th highest state and local
From WisPolitics … — The Legislative Council Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors today floated the idea of a phased introduction of more psychiatric residential treatment facilities across the state. Sen. Jesse James, R-Altoona, suggested a pilot program of psychiatric residential treatment facilities in a city
TOP STORIES GOP lawmakers again delay plan to close Lincoln Hills youth corrections complex… [JCRAR must] vote to codify rules governing how state officials handle teen inmates … before the end of the year [or DOC] could put the rule into effect itself. … inaction has pushed off a plan
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she didn’t vote for or against three resolutions seeking to block arm sales to Israel because neither “captures my goals of both supporting Israel’s right to defend themself and protecting the lives of innocent Palestinians.” Baldwin, D-Madison, was the only member
From WisPolitics … — The state is now projected to finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4 billion surplus, and the Evers administration expects nearly $1.7 billion in new tax collections over the following two-year period. Even so, the state would be $742.8 million in the red at the end
The state is now projected to finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4 billion surplus, and the Evers administration expects nearly $1.7 billion in new tax collections over the following two-year period.
TOP STORIES OLR files complaint against former justice who led 2020 election probe… 10-count complaint … stems from Gableman’s work investigating allegations of fraud and abuse related to the 2020 election that Trump narrowly lost in Wisconsin. [hired by Speaker Vos] Gableman found no evidence of widespread fraud during his
From WisPolitics … — Vaccination rates among Wisconsin kindergarteners have recovered somewhat from pandemic lows but remain below pre-pandemic levels, new CDC figures show. Between 2018-2019 and 2023-2024, the percentage of kindergarteners in the state that have received the DTP, DTaP or DT vaccine for diphtheria has fallen from 96.2%
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation today accused Michael Gableman of lying to the public, his former client and the agency in a complaint that knocked the former justice’s behavior during a review of the 2020 election. The 75-page complaint asked the state Supreme Court to
TOP STORIES Hovde concedes to Baldwin in U.S. Senate race… new video released Monday morning [features Hovde] saying that a recount would not do any good as it would not involve “a detailed review of all the ballots and their legitimacy. … As a result, and my desire not to
From WisPolitics … — Former GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy is promising to help President-elect Trump to “usher in a new golden age of transportation” after he was nominated to join the cabinet. Trump late yesterday afternoon announced he had tapped Duffy for Transportation secretary, saying the former 7th CD
From WisPolitics … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde today conceded to Dem Tammy Baldwin as he blamed his loss on a third-party candidate, bemoaned the attacks lobbed against him in the campaign and left open the door to a future run. Baldwin’s campaign said Hovde hadn’t called her
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court today to hear arguments in lawsuit over Meagan Wolfe ‘holdover’ appointmentCase could hinge on a ruling by the court’s previous conservative majority that let political appointees remain in their positions after their terms end … latest example of an ongoing power struggle … will test