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 Tony Evers rescinded following a lawsuit over the December lame-duck session.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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Lisa Neubauer and Greater Wisconsin combined to outspend Brian Hagedorn and the RSLC by about $2.3 million on TV and radio ads in the state Supreme Court race, according to numbers shared with WisPolitics.com. The numbers, provided by a conservative source and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers today asked an appeals court to restore all of the appointments Tony Evers sought to rescind after a Dane County judge threw out their confirmations. In the filing, the GOP attorney charged the guv had willfully violated the appeals court’s

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Tony Evers today moved to re-appoint many of the people he sought to pull off state boards and commissions last week even as the attorney for GOP lawmakers suggested the guv was violating an “unambiguous court order” in doing so. In all,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The 3rd District Court of Appeals today stayed a Dane County judge’s ruling that prevented enforcement of all laws and appointments Republicans approved in the December extraordinary session. But other pieces of the package remain on hold after a Dane County judge

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge is temporarily enjoining parts of the lame-duck laws requiring the AG to get legislative approval before settling cases. It’s the second ruling in a week blocking the acts from being enforced. The judge also targeted language compelling state

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn pulled in $747,182 over the last six weeks, pushing his total raised for the campaign to nearly $1.3 million. That puts him about $400,000 behind the $1.7 million raised for the campaign by rival Lisa Neubauer, who

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers moved quickly today to pull Wisconsin from a lawsuit challenging Obamacare, checking off a campaign promise that he and AG Josh Kaul made last fall. But the guv said he will proceed with “thoughtfulness,” not speed as he considers