Rep. Shae Sortwell sent requests for information about DEI activities to multiple Democratic cities, but the committee hasn’t even met yet.
Category: Government
Posted inEnvironment, Government
Who pays for PFAS? Governor, GOP lawmakers wrestle over cleanup liability
Competing proposals would protect “innocent landowners” — those who didn’t knowingly cause pollution — from liability.
Posted inForward, Government
How the Wisconsin Supreme Court race could decide future of election law
The contest between a liberal and a conservative will determine the court’s ideological tilt, which may prove consequential in disputes over ID requirements, drop boxes and noncitizen voting.
Posted inBudget Bites
Here are four items in Gov. Tony Evers’ $119 billion budget that he hasn’t previously proposed
In the Democratic governor’s fourth budget, many proposals were previously rejected by Republicans.
Posted inEconomy, Government
‘It’s illegal’: Federal workers in Wisconsin fired amid nationwide layoffs
Thousands of federal workers have been fired since late last week, including probationary employees with the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service in Wisconsin.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers calls for tax cuts, pushback on Trump’s tariffs
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers decried what he called “irresponsible decisions in Washington” and “needless chaos,” saying his new two-year spending proposal was designed to prepare for drastic cuts from the federal government.
Posted inEducation, Government
Incumbent Wisconsin school leader Jill Underly, GOP-backed challenger Brittany Kinser advance in primary
Jill Underly, currently serving her first term as state superintendent, and Brittany Kinser, an advocate of the state’s private school voucher program and public charter schools, both advanced in Tuesday’s primary.
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety
ICE enforcement: Wisconsin bill would restore ‘safe haven’ status to churches, schools and hospitals
Several state lawmakers are working on a bill that would keep immigration officers out of “safe havens” throughout Wisconsin.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring lawsuit challenging mobile voting
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit challenging the use of a mobile voting van in 2022.
Posted inBudget Bites
Here’s how Wisconsin’s state budget process works
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers unveiled his 2025-27 biennial state budget proposal. The nearly year-long process is now picking up speed, but the next two-year budget is still far from being finalized.
Posted inForward, Government, Justice & Safety
Tony Evers to propose $500 million prison overhaul, closing Green Bay facility by 2029
The plan would complete a Dane County youth facility, convert Lincoln Hills from juveniles to adults and renovate Waupun’s troubled prison
Posted inEducation, Government
Milwaukee school audit finds widespread problems hurting Wisconsin’s largest district
The Milwaukee public school district struggles with a “culture resistant to change” that has undermined its ability to function properly, disproportionately harming its most vulnerable students, an audit ordered by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers found.