Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Local clerks generally say they will have sufficient staffing for Election Day, but the state’s top election official reported today 51 municipalities across 31 counties are facing a severe shortage of poll workers. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said during her weekly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP-leaning groups have nothing reserved on TV over the final weeks of the race for western Wisconsin’s 32nd SD, according to data from Advertising Analytics. The move comes after Dem Brad Pfaff, the former DATCP secretary, has significantly outspent former GOP Sen.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence in his 10th 2020 campaign visit to Wisconsin today touted the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to a crowd of several hundred in Waukesha. “I’ll make your prediction: Judge Amy Coney Barrett will

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn is not eligible for a multi-billion dollar tax credit this year after failing to meet the threshold for job creation and investment outlined in an agreement with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes in a letter

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin voters again face an Election Day deadline to return their absentee ballots after a split federal appeals court today put on hold a ruling that had extended it by six days. In the 2-1 ruling, the majority found federal Judge William

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two Republicans today argued Gov. Tony Evers’ new order limiting the size of public, indoor gatherings was unenforceable because it wasn’t issued through the administrative rules process. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The fight over the deadline for absentee ballots in the fall election is headed back to federal court after Wisconsin’s conservative justices ruled GOP lawmakers have the authority to challenge a ruling that pushed it back six days. In this afternoon’s 4-3

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The St. Croix County judge overseeing a lawsuit seeking to strike down Gov. Tony Evers’ extended mask mandate today quizzed attorneys on why lawmakers weren’t being asked to end the order rather than the judiciary. Judge R. Michael Waterman indicated he was

From WisPolitics.com … — Donald Trump’s campaign is moving one of its planned Saturday rallies from La Crosse to Janesville. The president’s other stop that day is still planned for Green Bay. The announcement of the new stop didn’t include an explanation for the change. But La Crosse Regional Airport

From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP is charging Bernie Brewer, Bango the Buck and professional athletes would be out of bounds if they show up at early voting events next month at Fiserv Forum and Miller Park. In a letter sent yesterday to Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Two of the three justices from the state Supreme Court’s liberal wing today asked pointed questions about a complaint brought by a conservative law firm asking for more than 100,000 voters to be removed from the state’s rolls. The remaining five members

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty today asked a Polk County judge to issue an injunction preventing enforcement of Gov. Tony Evers’ extended mask mandate and related public health emergency. The group argued Evers has exceeded his authority by declaring

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence in his ninth Wisconsin visit this year touted the strength of the U.S. economy during Donald Trump’s first three years as president and pledged a “principled, conservative woman” will be picked for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. The

From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson today accused State Department officials of “hiding the ball” from congressional investigators probing Joe Biden and his family. The comments came after the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which he chairs, released a report concluding it was “unclear” if Hunter

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald slammed Gov. Tony Evers’ new mask mandate as “not worth the paper it’s printed on,” and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called it “obviously illegal.” But their separate statements were silent on calls from some of their GOP

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A federal judge today granted a series of changes Dems sought to the November election, including pushing back by six days the deadline for absentee ballots to be returned so long as they’re postmarked by Election Day. Typically, absentee ballots must be

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is quarantining for the next 12 days after coming in contact this week with a person who tested positive for COVID-19. According to a Johnson spokesman, the Oshkosh Republican was tested late Wednesday and the results came back

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos gave his party a one-in-three shot at taking enough seats this November to form a veto-proof supermajority. But both Vos, R-Rochester, and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, at a WisPolitics.com virtual event told viewers they believe their

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said she has not heard concerns from local election officials about missing this week’s deadlines to send absentee ballots after the temporary halt from the state’s high court. The state Supreme Court yesterday lifted the temporary

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court this afternoon rejected the Green Party’s lawsuit seeking to place presidential candidate Howie Hawkins on Wisconsin’s November ballot, ruling it was too late in the process to add him. The 4-3 ruling lifts a previous order that prevented