Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans today touted a slate of abortion-related bills they argued would boost transparency, bar discrimination, and expand protections for fetuses and babies. But Dems countered the legislation would ultimately limit options for women, as they championed Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to boost

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The first motion the Joint Finance Committee plans to take up Thursday would result in the general fund seeing $1.4 billion less over the next two years than what Gov. Tony Evers proposed, according to an analysis by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers said today he’s not giving up on his proposal to expand Medicaid despite JFC Republicans’ plan to pull it from the budget, but he stopped short of saying he would veto a budget that didn’t include it. Meanwhile, Assembly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee’s first actions on Gov. Tony Evers’ budget May 9 will be to pull out a host of his priorities, from expanding Medicaid to allowing illegal immigrants to get driver licenses. Typically, the JFC co-chairs have the Legislative Fiscal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today charged the president’s suggestion that Wisconsin doctors “are executing babies is just a blasphemy” and called a GOP bill to require care for those who survive an abortion “nothing more than a distraction” from other priorities. But one

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos added two new staffers last month, filling the last of the 14 positions he put under his authority for the session. The additions of Julie Lund and Ashley Luke have pushed Vos’ payroll to more than $975,000 for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Joint Finance Committee Co-Chairs Sen. Alberta Darling and Rep. John Nygren today disagreed on whether the state’s budget panel will take up the vaping products tax Gov. Tony Evers proposed. Speaking at a WisPolitics.com luncheon in Madison, Darling said the new tax

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The feds are planning to conduct a review of the Wisconsin National Guard’s sexual misconduct procedures, Gov. Tony Evers announced today. Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, last month called for an examination of the Wisconsin Guard’s policies to be conducted

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says Foxconn was first to suggest changes to its contract with the state and is asking the company to help officials better understand its plans after scaling back its initial project for the Racine County site. Evers’ letter follows

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — In the race to fill an open Assembly seat, Dem Tip McGuire outraised GOP rival Mark Stalker in the pre-election period by better than 6-to-1, thanks largely to a big investment by the state Dem Party, according to his campaign finance report.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — While Gov. Tony Evers has raised the prospect of renegotiating the Foxconn contract, the company says it “remains committed” to its deal with the state. The Taiwanese tech company also said it’s “open to further consultation, collaboration, and new ideas.” This comes

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says it’s “unrealistic” to think Foxconn will create the 13,000 jobs it had pledged given the company’s plans to scale back the original project. He also said he’s looking to potentially revise the company’s contract with the state, saying

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, spent down her campaign account to $68,503 as she knocked out the remaining bills from her successful re-election bid. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who has said he will not seek re-election in 2022, continued to fundraise

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers’ claims of chaos at bodies such as the PSC due to the ongoing legal fight over appointments are “overblown,” and the agency is operating smoothly even with one vacancy, Gov. Tony Evers’ attorney argued today. Republicans have asked the state

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — After an appeals court earlier this week shot down their request, GOP lawmakers asked the state Supreme Court to restore 15 appointments Gov. Tony Evers rescinded following a lawsuit over the December lame-duck session. Yesterday’s filing urged the court to immediately restore

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court Justice-elect Brian Hagedorn told supporters today he is “deeply humbled and grateful” after rival Lisa Neubauer conceded, dropping the possibility of a recount in their razor-close race. Neubauer, meanwhile, won’t run for the Supreme Court again next year, and is

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald vowed to appeal a court’s decision today rejecting the GOP Legislature’s request to restore former Gov. Scott Walker’s 82 appointments. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Gov. Tony Evers says the decision shows the guv “acted properly and within

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Brian Hagedorn added to his narrow lead over rival Lisa Nuebauer in the state Supreme Court race after the first wave of county canvasses were completed, according to a WisPolitics.com tally. And he’s likely to get another bump once Outagamie County

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn spent nearly $100 million on its Racine County development last year with the lion’s share going to land acquisition. And about half the Taiwanese tech company’s hires last year were made in the last three months of 2018, according to capital

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With a potential recount on the horizon, Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn described his nearly 6,000 vote lead in the Supreme Court race as “insurmountable.” Hagedorn told reporters during a press conference in Pewaukee today that a few days back people on