Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker today said he welcomes “President Donald Trump’s aggressive actions to secure our nation’s southern border” and stands ready to commit Wisconsin National Guard troops to the effort. Walker also wrote in a letter to U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Town

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The super PAC backing Leah Vukmir in the U.S. Senate race today announced its first TV buy — a spot that plays up the Brookfield Republican’s ties to Gov. Scott Walker. Wisconsin Next PAC said the buy, which starts tomorrow, includes $575,000

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Turnout was up in the WOW counties compared to 2015, but Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock did not hit the marks there a conservative needs to win statewide, according to a check of election returns. Meanwhile, Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet ran up

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Clerks around the state are predicting turnout will be up from past spring general elections, but are mixed about the impact weather could have as voters weigh a trip to the polls this evening. Meanwhile, election staffers said higher turnout could be

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state has agreed to pay $30,000 in taxpayer money to a Madison man whose sign was removed from the Capitol rotunda by state Rep. Dale Kooyenga. The deal came the same day the man’s attorney was supposed to get the security

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today formally dropped their plans to come back next week to take up legislation that would have undercut a judge’s order to hold special elections in the vacant 1st SD and 42nd AD, saying it was too late now

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An appellate court today refused to delay the deadline to call special elections in two legislative seats as GOP lawmakers continued to forge ahead on legislation that would undercut an order to fill the vacancies. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice is gearing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge who denied a motion to delay the timeline for the guv to call two special elections ripped the state DOJ’s arguments as “speculative” and suggested Republicans are trying to deny representation to voters in the 1st SD and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Guvs would no longer have to call special elections “as promptly as possible” to fill legislative vacancies under a plan GOP leaders introduced today to undercut a Dane County judge’s order. The bill, which would apply to the open 1st SD and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly late this afternoon was preparing to debate a GOP effort to expand coverage of the state’s background check system as part of a $100 million school safety package. If the Assembly approves the proposal, it would have to go through

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Majority Leader Jim Steineke raised the prospect the Assembly could make changes tomorrow to the school safety package and other bills that cleared the Senate, a move that would require the other house to return for final approval before the legislation could

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today made progress on saving legislation to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison, create a $100-per-child tax credit and implement school safety measures, reviving proposals that stalled amid Republican bickering. The Senate today approved the child credit, including a scaled-back

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Education Committee is holding a public hearing on the six school safety bills tomorrow morning as the full chamber prepares to take them up in special session later this week. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s chief of staff said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The top Republicans in the Assembly and Senate have staked out different procedural plans for the guv’s school safety proposals, leaving their fate up in the air. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said the chamber will come back for a one-day special

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Senate committee has approved along party lines a significantly pared-back plan that would close Lincoln Hills by Jan. 1, 2021, but strip nearly all funding to build new juvenile facilities. The bill, which passed 3-2 with a substitute amendment by Sen.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker’s chief of staff Rich Zipperer will start his new role at the Public Service Commission March 26. Meanwhile, the guv’s office announced this afternoon Eric Schutt will return as Walker’s chief of staff April 2. Zipperer will fill the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker continued to talk with top Trump administration officials about Foxconn after announcing the state’s deal with the Taiwanese tech company, records show. The guv’s calendars shows at least 28 hours of meetings and discussions spanning from April 2017 —

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Kathleen Vinehout today said she’d support universal background checks for all gun sales. These checks, she added, would be applicable to federally-licensed dealers as well as gun sales among private individuals, which she argued should be allowed to continue.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said today a youth prisons bill that cleared the Assembly unanimously will need changes in order to pass the state Senate. Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, also told WisPolitics.com his members expressed concerns today during a caucus meeting over the amount

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker plans to introduce a comprehensive school safety package by March 20. The guv announced late last week he would seek to pass legislation addressing school safety after a school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead. Walker spokeswoman Amy