Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, considering a run for guv in 2022 and reconsidering his pledge to serve only two terms in the Senate, has upped his fundraising pace slightly while he
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers raised $656,763 over the first six months of the year, his campaign says. That’s $161,000 more than the guv raised over the first half of 2018 as he sought
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The UW Board of Regents today unanimously approved a proposal to increase student fees as part of its annual operating budget. Ahead of the vote, Board President Drew Petersen said the board
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law three more bills, including one that creates a regulatory framework for installing 5G cellular technology. In addition to SB 239, the other bills Evers signed
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers wrote departing WEDC Chair and CEO Mark Hogan he hopes they’ll “work in unison” to meet the needs of taxpayers and Foxconn as possible changes to the company’s incentive
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump will be in Milwaukee on Friday for a fundraiser to benefit the joint operation he has with the RNC, according to sources with knowledge of the event. The event will
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today vowed to continue pushing for an expansion of Medicaid in Wisconsin even as he signed a budget that didn’t embrace the move. The proposal was the centerpiece of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is knocking the Wisconsin Association of School Boards for suggesting the guv use his partial veto authority to increase per-pupil aid by $17.5 million for public school
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that he has signed legislation delaying the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons by six months. And right on the heels of Evers signing the bill Friday,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An hour after Tony Evers called for lawmakers to send him the budget, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the “worst thing, I think, in the world” would be if the guv
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Republicans today put the finishing touches on the GOP’s $81.7 billion version of the state budget after turning back a series of Dem amendments hoping to make the bill look more
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — WEDC CEO Mark Hogan today said he will step down from his role in the coming months. Hogan confirmed his plans at the Milwaukee Rotary Club this afternoon but failed to provide
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Sen. Andre Jacque said he’s received assurances from legislative leaders a coming budget amendment will add more assistant DA positions and an additional pay raise for prosecutors as part of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers as expected today vetoed four abortion-related bills, citing his objection to “political interference between patients and their healthcare providers.” The GOP package — which included a bill to require
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today said Republicans aren’t looking to make “dramatic changes” to the JFC’s budget ahead of next week’s planned votes in the Assembly and Senate. As an example, Vos
