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TOP STORIES Evers says independent investigation into Wisconsin prison deaths possible … at an event Wednesday at Darlington Elementary School … Evers said the state is waiting on internal investigations into the three deaths [including Hoffman suicide at Waupun] …
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin voters are split on banning abortion after 14 weeks. GOP lawmakers have proposed legislation that would call for a statewide referendum on whether abortion should be illegal after 14 weeks rather than the current cut-off
From WisPolitics … — Joe Biden and Donald Trump were locked in a close race for president in the first Marquette University Law School Poll of Wisconsin voters in 2024, while Nikki Haley had a 16-point lead on the Dem
The Joint Finance Committee today voted along party lines to approve a $2.1 billion GOP package that would reduce income taxes while expanding other breaks for retirement income, married couples and child care.
TOP STORIES Gallagher joins Democrats in 214-216 blocking impeachment of DHS Sec. Mayorkas … [McClintock, Buck] also voted against the measure. [House GOP vice-chair] Moore … changed his vote to no, likely to allow the House to reconsider the motion.
From WisPolitics … — GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher joined Dem members of Wisconsin’s House delegation in voting against a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the measure failed 214-216. The Allouez Republican said after last night’s
From WisPolitics … — Madison businessman Eric Hovde has begun to assemble his team for a likely U.S. Senate bid with a former RGA executive director and a veteran of Ron Johnson’s 2016 run expected to be part of the
TOP STORIES Evers discusses layoffs, health care access in western Wisconsin ahead of regional closures … During a visit to [CVTC] in Eau Claire on Monday, Evers [with OCI Commissioner Houdek] met with local and state leaders in workforce development,
From WisPolitics … — The co-chairs of the Joint Audit Committee and the Evers administration are at odds over whether interest from federal COVID-19 funds should be deposited in the general fund. The state collected more than $97 million in
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin are split on a $118 billion deal to crack down on border security while providing funding for Ukraine and Israel. President Joe Biden has said he strongly supports the
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court 4-3 agrees to hear Evers’ lawsuit against GOP-controlled Legislature The court only agreed to immediately hear one of the three issues Evers brought forward in the complaint. That issue relates to the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, the Dem presidential candidate from Minnesota, insists he will remain in the race through at least Wisconsin’s primary in April after the Wisconsin Supreme Court Friday ordered his name appear on the
Quotes of the Week Let’s be clear, our maps have been rejected for one reason and one reason alone, they don’t produce the partisan outcomes the experts or many on the Court want. – WILL President and General Counsel Rick
TOP STORIES WI Supreme Court’s experts call GOP, WILL map plans ‘partisan gerrymanders’ … described the plan put forward by WILL as scoring well on “good government” criteria but having an “extreme level of partisan bias,” dubbing it a “stealth
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers hailed a report finding legislative maps proposed by GOP lawmakers and conservative voters to be partisan gerrymanders while the four Dem proposals — including his — largely meet state Supreme Court criteria. Consultants
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee today approved three bills designed to give Wisconsin judges more protections by exempting much of their information from public record. Rep. Jodi Emerson, D-Eau Claire, was the only
TOP STORIES Lawyers say Dem Dean Phillips waited too long to get on WI’s presidential primary ballot Phillips wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule that the Democratic Party abused its power by keeping him off the ballot …[argued statute]
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, raised more during the final quarter of 2023 than the three Dems seeking to replace him. Van Orden reported $582,254 in receipts, $400,256 spent and $1.6 million in
From WisPolitics … — The state Department of Justice today argued Dean Phillips’ effort to force his way onto Wisconsin’s Dem presidential primary ballot should be rejected because the Minnesota congressman waited too long to file his lawsuit. The Presidential
TOP STORIES Evers vetoes GOP map as another redistricting court fight looms … a day after [US Reps. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Gallagher, Steil, Tiffany, Legislative GOP] asked [Justice Protasiewicz] not to hear [Elias Lawsuit] to redraw congressional district maps [drawn by
TOP STORIES Evers says independent investigation into Wisconsin prison deaths possible … at an event Wednesday at Darlington Elementary School … Evers said the state is waiting on internal investigations into the three deaths [including Hoffman suicide at Waupun] … if needed, the state would pursue an outside, independent investigation
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin voters are split on banning abortion after 14 weeks. GOP lawmakers have proposed legislation that would call for a statewide referendum on whether abortion should be illegal after 14 weeks rather than the current cut-off of 20 weeks. Dem Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to
From WisPolitics … — Joe Biden and Donald Trump were locked in a close race for president in the first Marquette University Law School Poll of Wisconsin voters in 2024, while Nikki Haley had a 16-point lead on the Dem president. Poll Director Charles Franklin said during today’s presentation that
The Joint Finance Committee today voted along party lines to approve a $2.1 billion GOP package that would reduce income taxes while expanding other breaks for retirement income, married couples and child care.
TOP STORIES Gallagher joins Democrats in 214-216 blocking impeachment of DHS Sec. Mayorkas … [McClintock, Buck] also voted against the measure. [House GOP vice-chair] Moore … changed his vote to no, likely to allow the House to reconsider the motion. … [Majority Leader Scalise] missed the vote, and a spokesman
From WisPolitics … — GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher joined Dem members of Wisconsin’s House delegation in voting against a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the measure failed 214-216. The Allouez Republican said after last night’s vote Mayorkas implemented “President Biden’s open border policies and helped
From WisPolitics … — Madison businessman Eric Hovde has begun to assemble his team for a likely U.S. Senate bid with a former RGA executive director and a veteran of Ron Johnson’s 2016 run expected to be part of the effort, according to multiple GOP sources. The sources said David
TOP STORIES Evers discusses layoffs, health care access in western Wisconsin ahead of regional closures … During a visit to [CVTC] in Eau Claire on Monday, Evers [with OCI Commissioner Houdek] met with local and state leaders in workforce development, health care and higher education to talk about what’s being
From WisPolitics … — The co-chairs of the Joint Audit Committee and the Evers administration are at odds over whether interest from federal COVID-19 funds should be deposited in the general fund. The state collected more than $97 million in interest off the $3 billion in funds it received. The
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin are split on a $118 billion deal to crack down on border security while providing funding for Ukraine and Israel. President Joe Biden has said he strongly supports the proposal, which the Senate is set to hold a procedural
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court 4-3 agrees to hear Evers’ lawsuit against GOP-controlled Legislature The court only agreed to immediately hear one of the three issues Evers brought forward in the complaint. That issue relates to the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee blocking funding for state conservation programs. Evers suit argued
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, the Dem presidential candidate from Minnesota, insists he will remain in the race through at least Wisconsin’s primary in April after the Wisconsin Supreme Court Friday ordered his name appear on the ballot. He accused fellow Dems of acting “irresponsible and dangerous.”
Quotes of the Week Let’s be clear, our maps have been rejected for one reason and one reason alone, they don’t produce the partisan outcomes the experts or many on the Court want. – WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg blasting the state Supreme Court-chosen map experts’ decision that
TOP STORIES WI Supreme Court’s experts call GOP, WILL map plans ‘partisan gerrymanders’ … described the plan put forward by WILL as scoring well on “good government” criteria but having an “extreme level of partisan bias,” dubbing it a “stealth gerrymander.” … declared the remaining four submitted by liberal groups,
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers hailed a report finding legislative maps proposed by GOP lawmakers and conservative voters to be partisan gerrymanders while the four Dem proposals — including his — largely meet state Supreme Court criteria. Consultants Bernard Grofman and Jonathan Cervas, two redistricting experts hired by
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee today approved three bills designed to give Wisconsin judges more protections by exempting much of their information from public record. Rep. Jodi Emerson, D-Eau Claire, was the only member to vote against all three bills. The committee 14-1
TOP STORIES Lawyers say Dem Dean Phillips waited too long to get on WI’s presidential primary ballot Phillips wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule that the Democratic Party abused its power by keeping him off the ballot …[argued statute] requires the preference committee to put “all candidates whose candidacy
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, raised more during the final quarter of 2023 than the three Dems seeking to replace him. Van Orden reported $582,254 in receipts, $400,256 spent and $1.6 million in the bank on his year-end report. He also listed $69,034
From WisPolitics … — The state Department of Justice today argued Dean Phillips’ effort to force his way onto Wisconsin’s Dem presidential primary ballot should be rejected because the Minnesota congressman waited too long to file his lawsuit. The Presidential Preference Selection Committee, made up of Dem and GOP appointees,
TOP STORIES Evers vetoes GOP map as another redistricting court fight looms … a day after [US Reps. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Gallagher, Steil, Tiffany, Legislative GOP] asked [Justice Protasiewicz] not to hear [Elias Lawsuit] to redraw congressional district maps [drawn by Evers, approved by WI and US Supremes] ahead of the