Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge today voided two contracts GOP legislative leaders signed that put taxpayers on the hook for more than $1 million in legal fees, ruling lawmakers don’t have the authority to retain private counsel for a redistricting suit that hasn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill to require Holocaust education be included in all public and private school curriculums. Evers signed SB 69, creating Wisconsin Act 30, alongside Jewish community advocates and state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle today. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem AG Josh Kaul announced a review of clergy sexual abuse that will focus initially on five Catholic dioceses around the state. During a Capitol news conference, Kaul urged anyone with information about sexual abuse at other places of religious worship to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin has held onto its eight congressional seats, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reapportionment data. The state’s population grew 3.6 percent over the past decade to nearly 5.9 million people. That growth rate exceeded the average for the Midwest of 3.1

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today vetoed 11 GOP-authored bills directing how to spend federal money from the latest COVID-19 relief package and announced how he plans to dole out another $420 million of the funds. Appearing at a news conference in Wauwatosa, Evers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities recommends banning police chokeholds except in “life-threatening situations or in self defense.” Meanwhile, the task force failed to reach a consensus on the use of no-knock search warrants after Gov. Tony Evers had previously called

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today hailed a new contract with Foxconn as a “better deal for our state” as it slashes the maximum tax credits the company could earn while providing more flexibility after plans for the southeastern Wisconsin plant were dramatically scaled

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, who has consistently knocked Foxconn, says he hopes the new deal Gov. Tony Evers’ administration signed with the Taiwanese manufacturer brings “better transparency and clarity.” Evers’ office didn’t announce details of the new agreement, which will be

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said today he doesn’t back legalizing medical marijuana in Wisconsin without FDA approval. During a WisPolitics.com luncheon, LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said if the FDA approves medical use, marijuana should then be treated like any other prescription drug. “If

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Incoming Chief Justice Annette Ziegler pledged she will do “all I can to ensure the Wisconsin Supreme Court operates fairly and efficiently with a fidelity to the law.” The court today selected Ziegler to succeed fellow conservative Pat Roggensack in the role.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says his administration has reached a deal with the federal government to ensure Wisconsin won’t lose out on some $70 million a month in food stamps funding. Today’s announcement comes after a state Supreme Court ruling jeopardized the money

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP has recovered about 40 percent of the $2.3 million that hackers stole in the runup to the November election, according to a filing with the FEC. Days before the Nov. 3 election, Chair Andrew Hitt said $2.3 million had

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With the rise in new variants, the state’s chief medical officer is warning of a new surge of COVID-19. Wisconsin reported 1,046 cases today, the most cases in a single day since Feb. 11. This brings the seven-day average for daily confirmed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Some of the biggest items in the GOP package to spend $3.2 billion in new federal stimulus aren’t allowed under current guidance, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Meanwhile, the GOP plan to use nearly $1.1 billion of the $3.2 billion to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee Public Schools will receive more than a third of the more than $2.2 billion in federal aid Wisconsin districts will receive through the three stimulus packages approved over the past year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The LFB memo shows

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Under 60 percent of the absentee ballots requested for tomorrow’s election have been registered as returned, which may be partly due to indefinitely confined voters failing to send them back after automatically receiving them. The latest update from the Elections Commission, posted

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State superintendent candidate Jill Underly slammed opponent Deb Kerr for what she said was her “transphobic” support of bills to ban transgender students from competing against biologically female students in school sports. Kerr in a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics.com virtual event today said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today urged Wisconsinites to continue wearing face coverings in the fight against COVID-19 after the state Supreme Court overturned the latest public health emergency supporting his mask mandate. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, declared: “People and businesses are

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that everyone 16 and older will be eligible to get a COVID-19 shot starting Monday. “This marks a major milestone in our state’s fight against this virus and gets us closer to overcoming this pandemic and bouncing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers said today he vetoed a bill that would have given the state Legislature oversight over federal pandemic relief funds, warning it would’ve allowed a single lawmaker to delay by weeks getting the money to those who need it. During