Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, who announced today he won’t seek reelection in 2022, says he’s going back to teaching. Thiesfeldt told WisPolitics.com today that he’s begun a part-time job at Wisconsin Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac, where he taught before

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake says FEMA workers are expected to help with Wisconsin hospital staffing stressed by COVID-19. During a press briefing today, Timberlake said the state has requested medical reserve teams from FEMA to bolster the state’s health

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Former Justice Michael Gableman is trying to make an example of the Green Bay and Madison mayors by seeking to have them jailed unless they don’t agree to testify for him, his office tells WisPolitics.com. Gableman’s review of the 2020 election has

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The LAB’s follow-up review of Madison’s management of the 2020 election found all of the city’s pre-election tests of electronic voting equipment the agency checked were accurate and conducted within the required 10 days of the election. Meanwhile, all 551 Madison absentee

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm said a young assistant district attorney without access to a public risk assessment led to an unusually low bail amount that led to the release of the man now charged in the Waukesha Christmas parade attack. Darrell

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman today said he has taken legal action to force the mayors of Green Bay and Madison to testify before him as part of his review of the 2020 election. But officials of both cities said they

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — In a win for GOP lawmakers, the conservative majority on the state Supreme Court said today it will make the “minimum changes necessary” to the current maps as it sets new boundaries for Wisconsin’s legislative and congressional districts. The 4-3 majority also

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, Assembly vice-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, has filed to run for secretary of state. The Clinton Republican, who won her Assembly seat in 2010, would be the first high-profile challenger to longtime Dem incumbent Doug La

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is losing a member of his cabinet for the second time this month with Insurance Commission Mark Afable retiring from public service. Afable, who Evers appointed to the post in December 2018, is leaving the job next month, the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Former Justice Michael Gableman’s office paid $7,520 to a West Virginia firm owned by a man who said it was “complete, absolute bull crap” to say the 2020 election was the most secure election in American history, according to records obtained by

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Saying the state Legislature failed to deliver fair maps, Gov. Tony Evers today vetoed GOP proposals to redraw legislative and congressional boundaries. The expected vetoes of SB 621 and 622 all but ensure the courts will draw the maps for the 2022

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Rep. Tim Ramthun today introduced a resolution calling for Wisconsin to decertify the 2020 presidential election results, a move the Legislative Council says isn’t possible under state or federal law. Ramthun, of Campbellsport, didn’t immediately return a call from WisPolitics.com

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state’s troubled youth prisons are showing signs of improvement in at least some key problem areas, according to the latest court-ordered monitor’s report. Monitor Teresa Abreu in her 11th report, which covers Oct. 14 through Sept. 30, noted improvement from partial

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Declaring the Elections Commission’s rulemaking and policy authority in “disarray,” GOP guv candidate Rebecca Kleefisch today asked the Supreme Court to declare the agency’s guidance on drop boxes and special voting deputies conflicts with state law. The suit urges the Wisconsin justices

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly approved new GOP-backed legislative and congressional maps today after some Dems berated both the Republicans lines and a proposal from a commission Gov. Tony Evers created. Ahead of two 60-38 votes on the Senate-passed bills, Speaker Robin Vos said the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Republicans today issued a subpoena to force Madison officials to allow the Legislative Audit Bureau to physically handle election records after the city refused to do so during the agency’s review of the 2020 election. But Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe today jousted with GOP lawmakers as she urged corrections to a critical LAB report on the 2020 election. Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, said he was taken aback by what he called Wolfe’s attack on the Legislative

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Senate voted 21-12 along party lines to sign off on GOP-authored maps that would likely strengthen Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature over the coming decade. The maps next head to the Assembly, which is expected to take

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs today asked the co-chairs of the Legislature’s Audit Committee to delay a Tuesday hearing on LAB’s look at the 2020 election until after the body meets Dec. 1 to discuss the report. The co-chairs have asked Administrator

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Racine County sheriff today recommended charges of felony misconduct in office for all but one member of the state’s Elections Commission for suspending a requirement that clerks send special voting deputies to assisted care facilities before mailing absentee ballots. GOP appointee