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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Groups backing Lisa Neubauer for state Supreme Court have already laid down more than $2 million to support her bid, most of that TV buys by Greater Wisconsin, according to a source and a WisPolitics.com check of independent expenditure reports. That’s a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer today continued her line of attack on rival Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn over his past actions and writings on the LGTBQ community, questioning whether voters could trust him to remain impartial. Hagedorn, meanwhile, renewed his efforts

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County Circuit Court judge is mulling his next step in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the recent lame-duck session, after hearing arguments today on blocking laws passed during the session. The suit, filed in January by the League of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin want a review of the Wisconsin National Guard’s sexual assault and harassment policies. The pair sent separate letters to the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex Investigations today requesting the office also look into

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DSPS Secretary Dawn Crim says her more than decade-old child abuse charge amounts to “a horrendous mistake that hurt my son.” The charge, which was later dismissed, was a focus during the nominee’s confirmation hearing this afternoon before the Senate Public Benefits,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says the two state-run youth prisons that’ll replace the embattled Lincoln Hills facility will be in Milwaukee and Outagamie counties. The Milwaukee facility will be built at the intersection of Teutonia Avenue and Mill Road, while the second facility

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DOA Secretary Joel Brennan today said the guv proposed $2.5 billion in his new capital budget — a threefold increase over what his predecessor last sought — due to “pent up demand” and the need to address deferred maintenance. The capital budget

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn, who has decried criticism of his past writings as an attack on his Christian faith, knocked Mormon theology as “blatant heresy” in a newly unearthed 2006 blog post. Hagedorn wrote the line in a post pondering

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers says he stands by Dawn Crim, his choice to lead the Department of Safety and Professional Services, despite a more than decade-old child abuse charge. Evers told reporters today he didn’t know about the 2005 charge, which was later

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers will propose in his budget allowing those who are undocumented residents to be eligible for driver’s licenses and ID cards. According to excerpts of his planned remarks for tonight’s address, Evers will say the proposal “makes our roads and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Two key Republicans working on legislation to delay the closure of Lincoln Hills said today it is unacceptable for Gov. Tony Evers to propose in his budget lifting a hard deadline to transfer young offenders to new facilities. But Dem Rep. Evan

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today said his budget will propose creating a nonpartisan commission to draw the next round of legislative and congressional boundaries, as well as new grants to aid Native American college students. Evers’ redistricting proposal comes as Dems have challenged

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has issued an executive order to “promptly” withdraw the state’s National Guard troops from the southern border. Members have been serving in Arizona since the end of June, following President Trump’s call for the National Guard to help secure

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it’s “too early to tell” if the Legislature will attempt to override Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of the GOP middle-class tax cut plan. Instead, the Rochester Republican said he’s planning to wait until the plan gains enough

From WisPolitics.com … — In explaining the first veto of his young administration, Gov. Tony Evers knocked the GOP’s version of a middle-class tax cut, writing it “relies simply on draining the projected opening balance for the upcoming biennium.” Evers, who vetoed the bill in its entirety, wrote in his

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers said today his budget will include steps toward increasing the minimum wage and the restoration of some science positions at the Department of Natural Resources. But he didn’t offer specifics in an interview at Marquette University Law School, even