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Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — The office of Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August says a review found no issue
TOP STORIES Wisconsin state budget work breaks down as deadline nears… the second time Republican legislative leaders have publicly acknowledged [talks with Gov.] Evers have fallen apart, this time with [JFC] canceling a planned set of votes and both [Evers
From WisPolitics … — Circulating legislation would prevent health insurers from requiring care providers to accept reimbursement through “virtual credit card payments,” a financial tool used for business-to-business transactions. Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, R-Appleton, and Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, recently sent
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Finance Committee today canceled its meeting set for this afternoon as GOP legislative leaders appear at odds with each other and Gov. Tony Evers over a 2025-27 state budget deal. Meanwhile, Joint Finance Committee
The Joint Finance Committee today canceled its meeting set for this afternoon as Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said talks between Gov. Tony Evers began again this week.
TOP STORIES Lawmakers on edge as statehouse security tightens after Minnesota shootings… Legislatures in most states are done meeting for the year, but those like Wisconsin that are still in session are taking emergency action to bolster security. … Visitors
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today for the second time this week in a session that includes the capital budget. Gov. Tony Evers proposed a $4.3 billion plan that included more than $3.8 million in
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today confirmed his caucus supports cutting $87 million from the Universities of Wisconsin budget, but “you’ll have to wait and see” whether that happens. “It’s not about cutting money, what it
TOP STORIES JFC GOP vote to add new prosecutors, but won’t replace expiring federal funds$ARP$ funds that paid for about 29 prosecutor jobs are set to expire in July [Evers budget refunded expiring gigs] … would add 42 prosecutor positions
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly today is set to take up a variety of bills, including a plan to create a new certification for advanced practice registered nurses and a measure aiming to help gig workers. Under AB 257,
From WisPolitics … — Attorney General Josh Kaul today hailed the state Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling finding the Legislature can’t oversee civil enforcement actions or cases the state Department of Justice brings at the request of executive branch agencies. The
Prosecutors and public defenders would get a pay raise and counties would be able to hire more assistant district attorneys under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved today.
The Joint Finance Committee will meet Thursday to take up 23 state budget items, including the state Building Commission and the Department of Justice.
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously sides with AG on power to settle some lawsuitsCase challenged part of lame-duck law passed by GOP-controlled state Legislature … concluded that the attorney general should have authority over resolving lawsuits if those lawsuits
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Finance Committee gets back to work on the 2025-27 state budget today with votes on the Universities of Wisconsin and the Department of Corrections. UW had asked for $855 million in new aid, but
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on a list of dozens of state and federal officials compiled by a man who shot and killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband over the weekend, her office confirmed to
TOP STORIES WisDems elect Devin Remiker as next state party chair… When Remiker’s victory was announced, the convention hall erupted with cheers. He took the stage alongside Garcia and Zepecki and told delegates it’s time to “hit the gas” heading
From WisPolitics … — Following his election as state Dem Party chair, Devin Remiker said he was “honored” to win the party’s support and is excited to get to work fighting for 2026. “I am looking forward to serving with
Quotes of the Week That’s a lie. We did that. We’re willing to do it, just not as much as he wanted.- Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, on Gov. Tony Evers saying Republicans refused to agree to meaningful investments in
The Joint Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday to take up 12 areas of the state budget, including Corrections and the UW System.
Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — The office of Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August says a review found no issue in the Assembly’s voting system after Dem lawmakers raised concerns
TOP STORIES Wisconsin state budget work breaks down as deadline nears… the second time Republican legislative leaders have publicly acknowledged [talks with Gov.] Evers have fallen apart, this time with [JFC] canceling a planned set of votes and both [Evers and Vos] urging Senate Republicans to work with them. …
From WisPolitics … — Circulating legislation would prevent health insurers from requiring care providers to accept reimbursement through “virtual credit card payments,” a financial tool used for business-to-business transactions. Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, R-Appleton, and Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, recently sent a cosponsorship memo to other lawmakers seeking support for the
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Finance Committee today canceled its meeting set for this afternoon as GOP legislative leaders appear at odds with each other and Gov. Tony Evers over a 2025-27 state budget deal. Meanwhile, Joint Finance Committee Dems charged Senate Republicans with allowing “extremists” within their caucus
The Joint Finance Committee today canceled its meeting set for this afternoon as Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said talks between Gov. Tony Evers began again this week.
TOP STORIES Lawmakers on edge as statehouse security tightens after Minnesota shootings… Legislatures in most states are done meeting for the year, but those like Wisconsin that are still in session are taking emergency action to bolster security. … Visitors to the … Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today for the second time this week in a session that includes the capital budget. Gov. Tony Evers proposed a $4.3 billion plan that included more than $3.8 million in new bonding. The Building Commission deadlocked on Evers’ proposal in
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today confirmed his caucus supports cutting $87 million from the Universities of Wisconsin budget, but “you’ll have to wait and see” whether that happens. “It’s not about cutting money, what it is is about getting some kind of reform to the
TOP STORIES JFC GOP vote to add new prosecutors, but won’t replace expiring federal funds$ARP$ funds that paid for about 29 prosecutor jobs are set to expire in July [Evers budget refunded expiring gigs] … would add 42 prosecutor positions in 23 counties [Brown 7, Waukesha 6], Most others on
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly today is set to take up a variety of bills, including a plan to create a new certification for advanced practice registered nurses and a measure aiming to help gig workers. Under AB 257, APRNs, with the exception of certified nurse-midwives, would be required
From WisPolitics … — Attorney General Josh Kaul today hailed the state Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling finding the Legislature can’t oversee civil enforcement actions or cases the state Department of Justice brings at the request of executive branch agencies. The court, which has a 4-3 liberal majority, ruled in favor
Prosecutors and public defenders would get a pay raise and counties would be able to hire more assistant district attorneys under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved today.
The Joint Finance Committee will meet Thursday to take up 23 state budget items, including the state Building Commission and the Department of Justice.
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously sides with AG on power to settle some lawsuitsCase challenged part of lame-duck law passed by GOP-controlled state Legislature … concluded that the attorney general should have authority over resolving lawsuits if those lawsuits have to do with “core executive powers.” … “The settlement
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Finance Committee gets back to work on the 2025-27 state budget today with votes on the Universities of Wisconsin and the Department of Corrections. UW had asked for $855 million in new aid, but GOP legislative leaders have balked at the request. Meanwhile, Dem
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on a list of dozens of state and federal officials compiled by a man who shot and killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband over the weekend, her office confirmed to WisPolitics today. Baldwin spokesperson Eli Rosen in a statement said
TOP STORIES WisDems elect Devin Remiker as next state party chair… When Remiker’s victory was announced, the convention hall erupted with cheers. He took the stage alongside Garcia and Zepecki and told delegates it’s time to “hit the gas” heading into the November 2026 midterm elections. “The Democratic Party of
From WisPolitics … — Following his election as state Dem Party chair, Devin Remiker said he was “honored” to win the party’s support and is excited to get to work fighting for 2026. “I am looking forward to serving with you over the next two years to make sure that
Quotes of the Week That’s a lie. We did that. We’re willing to do it, just not as much as he wanted.- Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, on Gov. Tony Evers saying Republicans refused to agree to meaningful investments in education, child care and the UW System as bipartisan budget
The Joint Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday to take up 12 areas of the state budget, including Corrections and the UW System.