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TOP STORIES Enough signatures collected to force recall election for Wisconsin GOP leader, commission says Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on
From WisPolitics … — The UW Board of Regents is holding a special meeting this morning to consider revising policies on campaigning in residence halls for the first time since 1988. Today’s agenda notes there haven’t been any significant legal
From WisPolitics … — GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today continued to argue those seeking to recall him are short the number of needed signatures despite the Elections Commission staff finding otherwise. Agency staff today recommended finding recall petitioners turned
TOP STORIES WI taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court … Supreme Court in its order Monday ruled that the [$128K] will be evenly shared by the parties in the case [$21,359 each], which
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will discuss the recall petition filed against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos during its Thursday meeting. The agency included the item on its agenda for the regularly scheduled meeting. But agency staff late
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin Democrats on the two-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade urged support for their party’s candidates, arguing Republicans will only seek to further restrict abortion access. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Right to Life said it
TOP STORIES GOP Convention security will allow guns in outer perimeter, sets protester parade route … security plan authorities released Friday establishes a parade route just inside the far southern edge of the outer perimeter, about five blocks from the
From WisPolitics … — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a potential vice presidential pick, says he’ll be at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee no matter who Donald Trump picks as his running mate. “Only he knows who he’s going
Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — Prosecution of an alleged scheme by Speaker Robin Vos opponents to evade campaign finance
TOP STORIES Gow’s faculty hearing concludes, decision on his tenured role ‘as soon as practicable’ … decision will be a written report delivered to Gow and interim chancellor Betsy Morgan. Morgan will either adopt the recommendation or send it to
From WisPolitics … — Senate Dems shared polling with WisPolitics showing candidates in two key races with early leads over their GOP opponents. The polling found Sen. Brad Pfaff, D-Onalaska, up by 16 points over his GOP challenger in the
From WisPolitics … — In a “very conservative” estimate, Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand at a WisPolitics luncheon today said she believes every underserved and unserved location in Wisconsin would have broadband access by 2030. Since 2019, the state
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court to rename State Law Library after Lavinia Goodell [WI’s first female lawyer, 1874] … In 1877, Goodell worked with state lawmakers to pass a bill allowing women to practice law in Wisconsin. … court’s announcement
From WisPolitics … — WHEDA has closed on 2,700 home loans totaling more than $558 million so far this fiscal year — a new record for the agency and more than double the total number from fiscal year 2023. Gov.
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court announced today the renaming of the State Law Library after the first female lawyer in Wisconsin history, removing former conservative Justice David Prosser’s name in the process. Liberal members of the court
TOP STORIES Trump declares ‘I love Milwaukee’ after reportedly calling the RNC host city “horrible” … Hours before Trump took the stage, a line of hundreds of supporters snaked around the block between rows of hawkers selling Trump T-shirts, hats,
From WisPolitics … — The Racine Recall Committee is set to hold a press conference in Madison this afternoon about “troubling findings” regarding Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ response challenging the effort. Recall organizers have argued the Rochester Republican’s challenge to
From WisPolitics … — Donald Trump in Racine today charged “radical left lunatics” are lying about reports he called Milwaukee “horrible,” saying he loves the city and chose it himself to host the upcoming Republican National Convention. “But I’m the
TOP STORIES Evers’ ‘400-year veto’ to be decided by Wisconsin Supreme Court … [WMC] lawsuit — filed in April by … representing taxpayers Jeffery LeMieux, of Green Bay, and David DeValk, of Kimberly — challenges what attorneys have called an
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto in the 2023-25 budget that allows per-pupil spending increases each year for the next four centuries. The
TOP STORIES Enough signatures collected to force recall election for Wisconsin GOP leader, commission says Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on what district the recall should be held in, based on
From WisPolitics … — The UW Board of Regents is holding a special meeting this morning to consider revising policies on campaigning in residence halls for the first time since 1988. Today’s agenda notes there haven’t been any significant legal developments since then that necessitate changes, but cites “new threats
From WisPolitics … — GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today continued to argue those seeking to recall him are short the number of needed signatures despite the Elections Commission staff finding otherwise. Agency staff today recommended finding recall petitioners turned in 6,866 valid signatures in the 63rd AD, just over
TOP STORIES WI taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court … Supreme Court in its order Monday ruled that the [$128K] will be evenly shared by the parties in the case [$21,359 each], which included six groups that submitted proposed maps. … Evers, Republican
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will discuss the recall petition filed against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos during its Thursday meeting. The agency included the item on its agenda for the regularly scheduled meeting. But agency staff late yesterday hadn’t yet posted an analysis of the recall petitions
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin Democrats on the two-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade urged support for their party’s candidates, arguing Republicans will only seek to further restrict abortion access. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Right to Life said it remains “unwavering” in its efforts to oppose abortion. Dems tied
TOP STORIES GOP Convention security will allow guns in outer perimeter, sets protester parade route … security plan authorities released Friday establishes a parade route just inside the far southern edge of the outer perimeter, about five blocks from the arena, with a stage for speakers within the route. …
From WisPolitics … — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a potential vice presidential pick, says he’ll be at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee no matter who Donald Trump picks as his running mate. “Only he knows who he’s going to pick,” Burgum said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced
Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — Prosecution of an alleged scheme by Speaker Robin Vos opponents to evade campaign finance limits to boost Vos’ 2022 primary challenger is now in
TOP STORIES Gow’s faculty hearing concludes, decision on his tenured role ‘as soon as practicable’ … decision will be a written report delivered to Gow and interim chancellor Betsy Morgan. Morgan will either adopt the recommendation or send it to the Board of Regents if she disagrees … While the
From WisPolitics … — Senate Dems shared polling with WisPolitics showing candidates in two key races with early leads over their GOP opponents. The polling found Sen. Brad Pfaff, D-Onalaska, up by 16 points over his GOP challenger in the 32nd SD, while Dem Kristin Alfheim had edges on both
From WisPolitics … — In a “very conservative” estimate, Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand at a WisPolitics luncheon today said she believes every underserved and unserved location in Wisconsin would have broadband access by 2030. Since 2019, the state has invested roughly $200 million in broadband and is receiving
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court to rename State Law Library after Lavinia Goodell [WI’s first female lawyer, 1874] … In 1877, Goodell worked with state lawmakers to pass a bill allowing women to practice law in Wisconsin. … court’s announcement did not mention that the State Law Library is currently
From WisPolitics … — WHEDA has closed on 2,700 home loans totaling more than $558 million so far this fiscal year — a new record for the agency and more than double the total number from fiscal year 2023. Gov. Tony Evers yesterday announced the agency’s single-family team closed 240%
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court announced today the renaming of the State Law Library after the first female lawyer in Wisconsin history, removing former conservative Justice David Prosser’s name in the process. Liberal members of the court praised Lavinia Goodell as a trailblazer, with Justice Ann Walsh
TOP STORIES Trump declares ‘I love Milwaukee’ after reportedly calling the RNC host city “horrible” … Hours before Trump took the stage, a line of hundreds of supporters snaked around the block between rows of hawkers selling Trump T-shirts, hats, signs and flags. … event in downtown Racine had the
From WisPolitics … — The Racine Recall Committee is set to hold a press conference in Madison this afternoon about “troubling findings” regarding Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ response challenging the effort. Recall organizers have argued the Rochester Republican’s challenge to their petition should be rejected because: Vos’ attorney Matthew Fernholz
From WisPolitics … — Donald Trump in Racine today charged “radical left lunatics” are lying about reports he called Milwaukee “horrible,” saying he loves the city and chose it himself to host the upcoming Republican National Convention. “But I’m the one that picked Milwaukee and the Democrats, or the radical
TOP STORIES Evers’ ‘400-year veto’ to be decided by Wisconsin Supreme Court … [WMC] lawsuit — filed in April by … representing taxpayers Jeffery LeMieux, of Green Bay, and David DeValk, of Kimberly — challenges what attorneys have called an “imaginative veto” [claim it violates constitutionally banned “Vanna White” veto]
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto in the 2023-25 budget that allows per-pupil spending increases each year for the next four centuries. The suit, which Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce filed on behalf of