From WisPolitics … — Liberal Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor today passed on a bid for the state Supreme Court in 2025, when ideological control will again be up for grabs. Taylor, a former Dem state lawmaker and policy director for Planned Parenthood, praised retiring liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley

From WisPolitics … — The Marquette University Law School Poll’s first look at Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race found a tight contest between Dem Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde. Among registered voters, 52% favored Baldwin, while 47% backed GOP challenger Hovde. But among likely voters, it was tied at 50%

From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers today said he may sue the Legislature to force action on PFAS funding after Republicans failed to show up for a special meeting he called.  Meanwhile, Republicans blasted Evers for vetoing their plan to allocate the funding. Evers made the comments as he

From WisPolitics … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde loaned his campaign $8 million during the first quarter while pulling in just shy of $1.1 million from other donors. It’s already one of the largest personal investments by a U.S. Senate candidate in Wisconsin history. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Tammy

From WisPolitics … — Three liberal judges told WisPolitics they’re looking at a run next spring for the seat of retiring Justice Ann Walsh Bradley that will determine control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford, 1st District Court of Appeals Judge Pedro Colón and

From WisPolitics … — The Elections Commission should reject the initial effort to recall Speaker Robin Vos because backers fell short of the mark needed, agency staff found. The recommendation comes on the heels of the state Supreme Court declining to say which maps should be applied to the recall

From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers today vetoed Republicans’ bill aiming to combat PFAS contamination and called a special meeting of the Joint Finance Committee next week to take up funding to address forever chemicals and western Wisconsin hospital closures.  It is the second time Evers, who has repeatedly

From WisPolitics … — President Joe Biden in Madison today touted his plan to provide student debt relief to more than 30 million Americans, saying it would help ensure Americans don’t have to put their lives on hold to pay off their school loans. “Too many people feel the strain

From WisPolitics … — Republicans sent a bill aiming to combat PFAS contamination to Gov. Tony Evers today amid an ongoing standoff on the issue, starting a weeklong countdown for the guv to take action.  Evers has vowed to veto SB 312 over provisions limiting DNR authority to regulate the

— The state Department of Health Services has submitted its plans for using $36 million in opioid settlement funds to the Joint Finance Committee.  The plan, covering fiscal year 2025, proposes allocating the funding across prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery efforts.  It includes $6 million for tribal nations in

From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers today vetoed a GOP bill that would have banned transgender girls from playing girls sports, saying the measure “fails to comport with Wisconsin values.”  Evers in his veto message said legislation like AB 377 “harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ

From WisPolitics … — U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has raised at least $1 million since launching his campaign in February, pushing him past the benchmark to be eligible for the state GOP’s endorsement next month, a spokesperson told WisPolitics. The spokesperson said the more than $1 million raised didn’t

Subscribers: There will be no PM Update or FRI REPORT tomorrow. Products will resume Monday morning.  From WisPolitics … — The state Dem Party has outraised its GOP counterpart 15-to-1 over the first three months of 2024 — a huge resource advantage ahead of what’s expected to be a fierce

From WisPolitics … — State Sen. Eric Wimberger announced today he will move to the redrawn 2nd SD and run for that seat this fall, setting up a possible primary with fellow Green Bay Republican Rob Cowles. Under the new maps, both lawmakers were drawn into the 30th SD that

From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will be in Green Bay next Tuesday for an evening rally, the same day Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the spring election. It will be Trump’s first visit to the state since an Aug. 5, 2022, rally for then-GOP guv

From WisPolitics … — The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether UW-Madison excluded applicants based on race, color and national origin from participating in an undergraduate scholarship program. The Equal Protection Project, an anti-affirmative action group, filed a complaint in January targeting UW-Madison’s Creando Comunidad: Community-Engaged

From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today declared the recall effort against him a “waste of time and resources,” filing a challenge that urged the Elections Commission to dismiss the effort both because it’s short of the signatures needed and it’s legally barred. Vos, R-Rochester, argued in today’s

From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, in a letter with 18 fellow Dem senators to President Joe Biden this week called for a two-state solution amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, saying the crisis has reached an “inflection point.” The letter, led by Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., proposes

From WisPolitics … — Franklin businessman Scott Mayer told WisPolitics he decided against running for the U.S. Senate to avoid a “bloody primary” with Madison businessman Eric Hovde that he feared would damage Republicans’ chances of beating Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin. Mayer expressed confidence that he could’ve beaten Hovde in

From WisPolitics … — President Joe Biden’s campaign has launched new TV ads in Wisconsin and other swing states in an effort to appeal to Black voters. The spots, which began yesterday, will run through April 21 in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as nationally on Black-owned news