Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: Tomorrow’s AM Update and News Summary will be the final products of the week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Normal product delivery will resume Monday. Thank you for subscribing! — Republican leaders today signaled they’re willing to work with Dem Gov. Tony

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Evers administration today said Wisconsin is in the “strongest position in state history,” including a record surplus of nearly $6.6 billion to end this fiscal year. The administration is also projecting $1.5 billion in revenue growth over the next two years

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (Nov. 10 – 18, 2022) Rising: Tammy Baldwin, Bryan Steil Mixed: Jennifer Dorow, Rebecca Cooke, GOP chair Falling: Ron Johnson, Janel Brandtjen Read the full Political Stock Report here: https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/political-stock-report-2 — Madison businessman Eric Hovd…

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Greta Neubauer, who Assembly Dems reelected today as minority leader, praised her colleagues for being able to prevent “illegitimate, undemocratic, single-party control” in the state despite a challenging environment. “In the last year, we have faced significant challenges,” Neubauer said during

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A bill U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin co-sponsored to protect same-sex and interracial marriage cleared a key procedural vote today, paving the wave for final passage. Twelve Republicans joined Dems as the Senate voted 62-37 to advance the bill to a final vote

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today said he can’t envision signing a budget that would lower the state’s top income tax rates as some Republicans have suggested. He also expressed skepticism about Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ suggestion that Republicans could provide Evers the funding

MON PM Update — 14 Nov. 2022 Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers – DO NOT FORWARD From WisPolitics.com … — State GOP Chair Paul Farrow won’t seek a full two-year term at the party’s Executive Committee meeting next month, telling WisPolitics.com he is focusing on his spring reelection bid as Waukesha

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Sen. Devin LeMahieu, who was reelected as Senate majority leader today, told WisPolitics.com he would like to work toward a flat income tax in the upcoming session, perhaps by cutting in half the current number of tax brackets. LeMahieu said in an

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Tuesday’s gubernatorial election underscored that Republicans have an acute problem in Dane County and suburban Milwaukee. And insiders say that is helping Dems overcome their eroding support in rural Wisconsin. Tony Evers beat Tim Michels by 174,233 votes in deep blue Dane

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Local officials in the 38 Wisconsin municipalities that have central counts handed out more than 237,000 absentee ballots to voters for today’s election, according to the latest update from the Elections Commission. And officials in several of the largest communities with central

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Waukesha County judge today questioned whether he should take the “drastic” step of sequestering all military absentee ballots and prevent them from being counted until it can be confirmed they are legitimate. Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, acting as the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The final Marquette University Law School poll found a tight race for U.S. Senate and a dead-even contest for governor. Fifty percent of likely voters backed U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, while 48 percent supported Dem Mandela Barnes. The Marquette poll conducted in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly campaign committees and state parties have moved some $3 million into a few key races in the closing weeks of the campaign, including six-figure investments in one contest that had received little attention at the start of the cycle. Rep.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Gov. Tony Evers announced this afternoon he raised $12 million in a little more than seven weeks. Evers’ campaign said he finished the pre-election period, which covers Sept. 1-Oct. 24, with $1.2 million in the bank. Evers didn’t detail how much

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dems U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan and State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski today criticized U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson for voting against the Inflation Reduction Act, saying the GOP incumbent has favored the gas and oil industry over Wisconsinites. The legislation includes provisions aiming to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Fourth- and eighth-grade students’ reading and math scores declined in Wisconsin as in most states since 2019, but overall scores remained higher than the national average across grade levels. Nationally, the average math score for fourth graders dropped five points compared to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul today slammed Fond du Lac DA Eric Toney for what he called a contradictory stance on prosecuting Wisconsinites under the 1849 abortion ban. The Dem AG outside the Capitol argued Toney is contradicting his position on enforcing the law