View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court makes interim state court director permanent despite complaints … Audrey Skwierawski took a leave from her job as a Milwaukee County circuit judge to work as the state court administrator
From WisPolitics … — Federal officials have approved Wisconsin’s plan to use $140 million in ARPA funding for two grant programs aimed at improving digital connections, state officials announced. In a release yesterday, Gov. Tony Evers said the state’s plan
From WisPolitics … — President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Wednesday to promote his economic policies, the White House said. It will be Biden’s seventh stop in Wisconsin since becoming president. He was last in the state in August
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES UW regents reverse vote, approving deal with Robin Vos 11-6 vote flipped Regent pres. Walsh, VP Blumenfeld Bogost and Staton.Reviews deal. * Bogost:“After further discussions with stakeholders from every campus, I have decided
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is calling a reversal by the UW Board of Regents to approve a deal he struck with university leaders “just the first step” in eliminating “cancerous DEI practices” on campuses. Meanwhile, Rep.
From WisPolitics … — State Superintendent Jill Underly, who missed Saturday’s regents vote on the university- Assembly Speaker Robin Vos deal and won’t participate in this evening’s proceedings, is calling for the vote to be rescheduled. Underly, a member of
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES UW regents schedule new vote to consider GOP deal on employee raises, DEI … Wednesday at 5 p.m. following a closed-door meeting Tuesday. The meeting was recommended by Regents Amy Blumenfeld Bogost [9-8
From WisPolitics … — The Universities of Wisconsin regents will again vote on a deal leaders struck with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, only this time with the support of a key board member. Board Vice President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost, who
From WisPolitics … — Opponents of allowing early absentee ballot processing today argued the Legislature should be more focused on enforcing existing laws than giving election workers more time. Much of the opposition in today’s Senate Shared Revenue, Elections and
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Vos, LeMahieu say they’re done negotiating with UW over pay raises, diversity deal * Vos on WISN: “This deal was negotiated in good faith. We’re not changing one thing in this deal. We
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin school districts will levy $297.8 million more in property taxes on the bills now being sent to homeowners compared to last year, according to a nonpartisan report. The increase in gross levies of 5.4% is
From WisPolitics … — AG Josh Kaul today said giving a win in bankruptcy court to the owners of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma would call for a reevaluation of the bankruptcy system. Kaul in an interview with WisPolitics today said
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES 9-8 Regents reject deal struck with GOP on DEI, engineering building … At an emergency meeting Saturday morning * Rothman plea: “Compromises needed to be made for us to reach an agreement, but
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers is calling for talks to continue on a deal that would pave the way for state investments in the Universities of Wisconsin after the Board of Regents rejected curtailing DEI positions in exchange
Quotes of the Week The Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus is appalled and ashamed that our state is going to such measures to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from our educational institutions. We ask the question, who was at the table
TOP STORIES LeMahieu says a deal is near for UW pay raises. UW officials disagree * LeMahieu said Speaker Vos and UW pres. Rothman have worked for months “to come to a compromise … they’re really close right now. I’ve
From WisPolitics … — Foxconn qualified for $6.3 million in tax credits in 2022 for meeting job creation and capital investment targets outlined in the contract between the company and WEDC, according to documents provided to WisPolitics. This marks the
From WisPolitics … — UW officials and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have discussed a deal that would include eliminating a third of the university’s DEI positions and capping the overall number of jobs in exchange for several top financial priorities,
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Wisconsin won’t ban gender-affirming care for kids; Evers vetoes bill … [AB 465 passed on party lines] aimed at barring physicians from providing gender-affirming care for minors … after a series of
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer is getting used to recruiting candidates for an upcoming election without being able to tell them what their districts might look like. But the big difference this cycle is the Racine
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court makes interim state court director permanent despite complaints … Audrey Skwierawski took a leave from her job as a Milwaukee County circuit judge to work as the state court administrator since the court flipped to majority liberal control in August.
From WisPolitics … — Federal officials have approved Wisconsin’s plan to use $140 million in ARPA funding for two grant programs aimed at improving digital connections, state officials announced. In a release yesterday, Gov. Tony Evers said the state’s plan for the Capital Projects Fund dollars was greenlit by the
From WisPolitics … — President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Wednesday to promote his economic policies, the White House said. It will be Biden’s seventh stop in Wisconsin since becoming president. He was last in the state in August to visit electric vehicle charger manufacturer Ingeteam, arguing “Bidenomics” was
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES UW regents reverse vote, approving deal with Robin Vos 11-6 vote flipped Regent pres. Walsh, VP Blumenfeld Bogost and Staton.Reviews deal. * Bogost:“After further discussions with stakeholders from every campus, I have decided to support this resolution,” said Regents will continue to hold
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is calling a reversal by the UW Board of Regents to approve a deal he struck with university leaders “just the first step” in eliminating “cancerous DEI practices” on campuses. Meanwhile, Rep. Dora Drake, chair of the Black Legislative Caucus, knocked the
From WisPolitics … — State Superintendent Jill Underly, who missed Saturday’s regents vote on the university- Assembly Speaker Robin Vos deal and won’t participate in this evening’s proceedings, is calling for the vote to be rescheduled. Underly, a member of the board due to her elected position, said she agrees
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES UW regents schedule new vote to consider GOP deal on employee raises, DEI … Wednesday at 5 p.m. following a closed-door meeting Tuesday. The meeting was recommended by Regents Amy Blumenfeld Bogost [9-8 No vote], Ashok Ra [Yes]i, Kyle Weatherly [Yes] and [UW
From WisPolitics … — The Universities of Wisconsin regents will again vote on a deal leaders struck with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, only this time with the support of a key board member. Board Vice President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost, who voted against the package as it failed 9-8 on Saturday,
From WisPolitics … — Opponents of allowing early absentee ballot processing today argued the Legislature should be more focused on enforcing existing laws than giving election workers more time. Much of the opposition in today’s Senate Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee focused on concerns from a Trump-aligned 2020
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Vos, LeMahieu say they’re done negotiating with UW over pay raises, diversity deal * Vos on WISN: “This deal was negotiated in good faith. We’re not changing one thing in this deal. We are not going backwards. If anything, I’d prefer to go
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin school districts will levy $297.8 million more in property taxes on the bills now being sent to homeowners compared to last year, according to a nonpartisan report. The increase in gross levies of 5.4% is the largest since 2009 and will increase gross K-12 property
From WisPolitics … — AG Josh Kaul today said giving a win in bankruptcy court to the owners of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma would call for a reevaluation of the bankruptcy system. Kaul in an interview with WisPolitics today said there’s no clear timeline for when the multi-state suit against
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES 9-8 Regents reject deal struck with GOP on DEI, engineering building … At an emergency meeting Saturday morning * Rothman plea: “Compromises needed to be made for us to reach an agreement, but in my experience, that is what is necessary and what
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers is calling for talks to continue on a deal that would pave the way for state investments in the Universities of Wisconsin after the Board of Regents rejected curtailing DEI positions in exchange for a series of financial priorities. But Assembly Speaker Robin
Quotes of the Week The Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus is appalled and ashamed that our state is going to such measures to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from our educational institutions. We ask the question, who was at the table making negotiations on behalf of our black and brown students
TOP STORIES LeMahieu says a deal is near for UW pay raises. UW officials disagree * LeMahieu said Speaker Vos and UW pres. Rothman have worked for months “to come to a compromise … they’re really close right now. I’ve thought all along that the engineering building needs to be
From WisPolitics … — Foxconn qualified for $6.3 million in tax credits in 2022 for meeting job creation and capital investment targets outlined in the contract between the company and WEDC, according to documents provided to WisPolitics. This marks the third year in a row the company has qualified for
From WisPolitics … — UW officials and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have discussed a deal that would include eliminating a third of the university’s DEI positions and capping the overall number of jobs in exchange for several top financial priorities, according to sources with knowledge of the talks. Those UW
View the News Summary online TOP STORIES Wisconsin won’t ban gender-affirming care for kids; Evers vetoes bill … [AB 465 passed on party lines] aimed at barring physicians from providing gender-affirming care for minors … after a series of lengthy committee hearings … brought hours of emotional testimony, largely
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer is getting used to recruiting candidates for an upcoming election without being able to tell them what their districts might look like. But the big difference this cycle is the Racine Dem has more time to recruit. “The difference for me