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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court has ordered a temporary halt to the mailing of absentee ballots as it seeks information the Elections Commission says it doesn’t yet have. The high court, weighing whether to put the Green Party’s presidential candidate on the Wisconsin

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The presidential race in Wisconsin was largely unchanged in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll — even after the turmoil in Kenosha. Forty-seven percent of likely voters backed Joe Biden, while 43 percent supported Donald Trump. Meanwhile, 4 percent backed Libertarian

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state’s transportation fund took in almost 5 percent less in 2019-20 than was expected, driven largely by people driving less amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the transportation fund took in nearly $1.9 billion over the fiscal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Joe Biden says the protests that have sprung up across the United States in wake of the death of Black people at the hands of police officers shows Americans have reached an “inflection point.” What’s more, he said he believes Americans are

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Joe Biden said he’s coming to Kenosha tomorrow to have a conversation about helping the community heal, while the state GOP chair knocked him for waiting until after violent protests rocked the city to visit Wisconsin. The stop will be Biden’s first

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump today promised to help rebuild Kenosha, saying the city was “ravaged by anti-police and anti-American riots” after police shot a Black man in the back seven times. During a roundtable in Kenosha, the president praised the law enforcement response to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Another round of solid corporate tax collections helped the state finish 2019-20 in better shape than expected when the budget was signed 13 months ago. Still, the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee are warning the state hasn’t felt the full impact

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Lutheran College announced today Vice President Mike Pence will no longer speak at Saturday’s commencement, citing “the escalating events in Kenosha.” A school spokeswoman declined to answer questions about what went into the decision by the Board of Regents and the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today doubled the number of National Guard members available to help law enforcement rein in violent protests in Kenosha as Republicans slammed him for doing too little and the White House moved to provide additional federal assistance. The moves

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today authorized doubling the National Guard’s presence in Kenosha County to 250 and declared a state of emergency following violent protests in the wake of a police officer shooting a Black man in the back. Under the order, members

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special session to overhaul police policies and instead promoted a task force to deal with racial disparities and public safety. But Evers, saying it was “time for action” after a Kenosha

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul touted his joining of a lawsuit against controversial postal service changes and accused President Trump of seeking to “destroy the post office” in hopes of creating an unfair election so he can win a second term. “This is not

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The November election presents a choice between “whether America remains America” or falls to socialism, Vice President Pence said during a stop in southeastern Wisconsin. In a 36-minute speech delivered from the Tankcraft Corp. in Darien, Pence regularly knocked Joe Biden on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of state attorneys general suing the U.S. Postal Service to stop “drastic” operational changes that “threaten critical mail delivery and could undermine the national election in November.” The suit argues Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump has good reason to be in the Fox Valley today — and not just to troll his rival during the Democratic National Convention. While his numbers in the Green Bay market have been in line with where they were in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers said today he expects President Trump, Vice President Pence and their supporters to wear masks and follow social distancing requirements during their campaign swings through Wisconsin next week. Evers told reporters today Trump has started saying people should wear