Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State Sen. Pat Testin was the “named Republican candidate” who was neck-and-neck with Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind in an NRCC poll released last month, but the lawmaker says he is focused

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers joined Dem lawmakers and AG Josh Kaul to introduce a bill to expand background checks covering a vast majority of firearms purchases in the state. But Assembly Majority Leader

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A trio of Republican lawmakers today pushed a GOP backed-bill that would expand access to contraception by allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills. Reps. Joel Kitchens of Sturgeon Bay and Mary

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A divided Wisconsin Elections Commission today settled on a scaled-back proposal to provide temporary replacement computers to clerks to tighten security of the state’s voter database ahead of the 2020 elections. Ahead

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today sent a letter to Donald Trump urging him to “stop this unnecessary trade war” with China, writing the president’s “never-ending tariffs” have hit Wisconsin hard, particularly the agriculture

From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate panel today unanimously backed the confirmation of Craig Thompson to lead DOT despite Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, urging Republicans on the panel to either oppose Thompson’s nomination or delay the vote. Before the vote,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin’s civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases would be eliminated and clergy would be required to report allegations of sexual or physical assault against a child, under legislation Dem

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican leaders of the Legislature are working to find a time to meet next week to discuss gun violence following two mass shootings over the weekend. But

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today called for the state to tighten gun control laws and knocked Republican lawmakers in the wake of mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso over the weekend that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Speaker Robin Vos today rejected a request from paralyzed Dem Rep. Jimmy Anderson to phone into Assembly committee hearings, writing in a letter he can’t change chamber rules via “fiat.” The GOP

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty today announced it is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn four of Gov. Tony Evers’ partial vetoes in the budget, accusing him of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Josh Kaul today signed on to a letter pushing for Congress to combat the “public health threat” posed by chemical contamination of drinking water. As part of a bipartisan coalition of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today signed an executive order creating a “lead czar” to coordinate efforts by state agencies to address the risks of lead contamination in drinking water. Along with creating the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today knocked President Trump for “broken promises” on the economy, health care and taxes. Trump participated in a celebration marking the one-year anniversary of the “Pledge to America’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today blasted DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff for “offensive and unproductive” criticism of the Legislature for failing to fund programs to reduce farmer suicides. In the aftermath of