Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Transportation and electric vehicle experts say federal dollars could go a long way toward making charging stations more accessible, but the Legislature needs to clarify public utility laws before Wisconsin sees widespread charging network expansion. UW-Madison Transportation Engineering Prof. David Noyce at

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Veterans Board Chair Curtis Schmitt Jr. is resigning after calls for him to leave his post following charges of possessing child pornography. Schmitt today issued Gov. Tony Evers a handwritten letter of resignation cast on an otherwise blank sheet of paper

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ lawyers today asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take additional testimony on the legislative maps that he proposed. The letter comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Wisconsin justices had failed to do the analysis necessary to support

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s justices failed to properly analyze whether race should’ve been considered as a factor in the legislative maps that Gov. Tony Evers drew and they approved, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today. The guv’s map sought to create a seventh majority Black

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Following a national search for a new DPW executive director, Chair Ben Wikler has decided to promote from within and elevate Devin Remiker to the position. Remiker has been serving as interim executive director of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since shortly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem lawmakers today reintroduced their Economic Justice Bill of Rights they say will help address the state’s workforce shortage and improve Wisconsinites’ quality of life. Rep. Kristina Shelton, D-Green Bay, said the measure would create an equitable living income, union collective bargaining

— Gov. Tony Evers at a WisPolitics.com luncheon today said “hell yes” he could help communities tackle rising crime by helping them get more funding for police through increasing shared revenue even though GOP lawmakers removed his budget proposals to do just that. Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and other

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today claimed there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election even though several reviews — including one by the nonpartisan LAB he helped authorize — found there was not. Leaving a meeting with activists in the Assembly Hearing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Elections Commission voted unanimously to reject a complaint against 10 Republican electors who submitted documents to the federal government claiming they were casting Wisconsin’s votes for Donald Trump even though Joe Biden won the state. Commissioner Bob Spindell participated in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul today announced a lawsuit alleging Johnson Controls and Tyco Fire Products failed to address PFAS contamination issues after testing firefighting foam. The Dem AG during a Green Bay press conference today said the companies violated state spills law by

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC today announced a lawsuit to remove three top Republicans from office for allegedly aiding and abetting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The targets are: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, and Reps. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Former Justice Michael Gableman originally sought to subpoena employees of Airbnb and Hyatt Regency, suggesting he cast a wide net in his review of the 2020 election. But it was unclear that the subpoenas — among dozens that Dem state Rep. Mark

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today extended Michael Gableman’s contract to review the 2020 election through April as the former justice remains entangled in a series of lawsuits challenging his authority to carry out the probe. Gableman’s investigation has been maligned by lawmakers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by Wisconsin’s justices to put Gov. Tony Evers’ legislative and congressional maps in place for the 2022 elections. And they want the nation’s highest court to order this fall’s elections

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ standing with Wisconsin voters has improved since October, President Biden’s stayed the same and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s has dipped, according to the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. The poll also took a first look at the Dem

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — One of the Assembly’s top leaders today rejected the call from former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman that legislators “take a hard look” at decertifying the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden — a move that legislators’ nonpartisan attorneys have said isn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative members of the state Supreme Court today raised concerns that requiring former PSC Commissioner Mike Huebsch to turn over personal communications could open a Pandora’s box for other public servants, including judges. The opponents of a high-voltage transmission line between Dubuque,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Workers and others in most state facilities will no longer have to wear masks starting Tuesday under new guidance the Evers administration issued today. Employees at Corrections, Health Services and Veterans Affairs who work in care facilities will still have to wear

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly was still working through a series of election bills late this afternoon, including a constitutional amendment that would prohibit the use of private resources for public costs to administer an election. The Assembly approved a bill 59-35 along party lines

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Natural Resources Board today approved new regulations for PFAS that weren’t as stringent as what the agency has recommended. The board also deadlocked on a proposed rule to limit them in groundwater, nixing that effort. The new rules would require the