WED PM Update: Republicans slam Biden decision to skip coming to Milwaukee for convention; review finds host of problems with West nomination papers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Opinions over Joe Biden not coming to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention quickly fell along partisan lines, with GOP operatives slamming the decision as abandoning the state and Dems backing it for putting public health first. The convention committee in a

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FRI PM Update: Fitz: Senate ready to ‘fight back’ on mask mandate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update and Political Stock Report instead of the usual Friday REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! — Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald suggested today he has the votes in his caucus to overturn Gov.

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WED PM Update: Baldwin has ‘no earthly understanding’ why next phase of federal COVID relief wasn’t addressed earlier

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has “no earthly understanding” why Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell waited until this week to introduce Republicans’ latest COVID-19 relief plan. The Madison Dem told reporters today the GOP aid package doesn’t adequately address any of the

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MON PM Update: Madison PD arrests two suspects in Carpenter assault; second round of farmer grants coming

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Madison Police Department late this afternoon announced the arrests of two women suspected of assaulting state Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, last month during a protest that turned violent. According to an incident report, 26-year-old Samantha Hamer and 33-year-old Kerida O’Reilly turned

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THU AM Update: Shared governance groups seek to limit additional UW System budget cuts

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — UW System shared governance groups argue the state’s universities “should be a funding priority” during the COVID-19 economic crisis because of its contributions to the state economy. The Public Representation Organization of the UW-Madison Faculty Senate, Academic Staff

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TUE PM Update: Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit from two dozen Wisconsin residents who wanted to overturn a variety of public health orders and other actions taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge William Griesbach ruled the 24 plaintiffs inappropriately combined a host

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FRI PM Update: Dem candidates outraising Republicans in key races; Political Stock Report

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (July 11-17, 2020) Rising: Dem Party fundraising, Derrick Van Orden, Supreme Court spending, Scott Fitzgerald Mixed: Campaign committees Falling: Staush Gruszynski, unemployment Insurance program Rising Dem Party fundraising: Wisconsin Dems are beating Republicans at their own game. Badly.

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THU PM Update: Dem lawmakers unveil legislation to overhaul state’s unemployment program

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem lawmakers today unveiled legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s overwhelmed unemployment program by removing obstacles in the application process and broadening access. Meanwhile, Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan announced this afternoon that 100 state employees are being temporarily reassigned to

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WED PM Update: Thompson says 94 East-West likely in ‘23-25 budget

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DOT Secretary Craig Thompson said it will likely be a year to 18 months before the state could get federal approval to put the long-delayed I-94 East-West expansion back in the pipeline. That would then mean putting the project in the 2023-25

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