MON News Summary: Lawsuit alleges Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese unconstitutional; Biden visiting Milwaukee Tuesday

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MON AM Update: Biden to visit Milwaukee tomorrow; GOP presidential contenders talk debate messaging on ‘UpFront’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee tomorrow–a week ahead of the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee– to tout what his administration has coined ‘Bidenomics.’ Biden will speak at Ingeteam Inc., according to the White House. The green

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THU PM Update: Senate committee poised to move on Evers’ DNR Board picks

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The office of state Sen. Rob Stafsholt says the New Richmond Republican is aiming for an Aug. 23 committee hearing on Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to the state Natural Resources Board. Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage Committee Clerk Sharlene Konkel told WisPolitics

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THU News Summary: GOP seeks to intervene in absentee voting lawsuit; Some senators may have to run for 2-year terms if maps challenge succeeds

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THU AM Update: Assembly committee to visit alcohol distributor, distillery today for informational hearings

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly State Affairs Committee has two informational hearings in southeastern Wisconsin today. The committee will first hear a presentation from the owners and operators of Beer Capitol Distributing in Sussex. It will then hear from Central

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WED AM Update: Republicans seek to intervene in drop box lawsuit

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans are seeking to intervene in a Dem lawsuit that aims to legalize drop boxes and make other changes to voting absentee. In a filing yesterday, the national GOP, Republican Party of Wisconsin, and the chapters in Rock

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TUE AM Update: Senate Committee to take testimony on legislation addressing sexual assault in Wisconsin National Guard

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee today will take public testimony on legislation that would overhaul the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice to deal with sexual assault cases. Along with SB 166, the Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee

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MON AM Update: New SCOWIS procedures could hamper conservatives’ ability to delay redistricting lawsuit; second suit filed against legislative maps

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Some of the changes to court procedures approved by liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet and her colleagues would likely make it harder for conservatives to slow down deliberations on a redistricting lawsuit, according to legal observers. That includes a

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FRI News Summary: VP Harris touts Nokia Wisconsin jobs announcement during visit; UW Oshkosh to lay off 200 employees, furlough others this fall

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