2025-26 Joint Committees: Joint Legislative Audit Committee Senator Wimberger (Co-Chair) Representative Wittke (Co-Chair) Senator Marklein Senator Kapenga Senator Wirch Senator Ratcliff Representative Born Representative Knodl Representative Hong Representative Taylor Joint Legislative Council Senator Felzkowski (Co-Chair) Representative Vos (Co-Chair) Senator LeMahieu Senator Marklein Senator Feyen Senator Jagler Senator Cabral-Guevara Senator Quinn Senator Hesselbein Senator Smith […]
2025-2026 Assembly Committees
Date Fri, Dec. 20, 2024 - 10:16am By Hamilton
Speaker Robin Vos announced Assembly Standing Committee Leadership on December 18. He has created a new committee titled ‘Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency” which will be chaired by Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie). Full committee membership will be released at a later date. Committee Name Chair Vice-Chair Agriculture Rep. Tranel Rep. Moses Campaigns and […]
2025-2026 Senate Committees
Date Fri, Dec. 20, 2024 - 10:14am By Hamilton
Sen. LeMahieu announced Senate Committees and committee membership for the 2025-2026 Session on December 19. The committee assignments will formally take effect in January. 2025-26 Senate Standing Committees: Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue Senator Patrick Testin, Chair Senator Cory Tomczyk, Vice-chair Senator Howard Marklein, Member Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara, Member Senator André Jacque, Member […]
State Projects $4 Billion Budget Surplus but Faces Challenges Ahead
Date Thu, Dec. 19, 2024 - 2:25pm By Hamilton
On November 20, the Department of Administration (DOA) released updated state revenue estimates heading into the 2025-27 biennium. According to DOA, Wisconsin is on track to conclude the 2023-25 biennium (which ends in June 2025) with a $4 billion surplus, an increase of $500 million from earlier projections. The Evers administration expects an additional $1.7 […]
Joint Finance Committee
Date Thu, Dec. 19, 2024 - 2:24pm By Hamilton
The powerful 16-person committee, which includes eight Assembly and eight Senate lawmakers, is responsible for crafting the state’s biennial budget for July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027. Co-Chair – Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) Co-Chair – Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) Vice-Chair – Rep. Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) Eric Wimberger (R-Green Bay) Patrick Testin (R-Stevens […]
Caucus Leaders
Date Thu, Dec. 19, 2024 - 2:23pm By Hamilton
After the election, the Assembly and Senate party caucuses met to select their leadership for the 2025-26 legislative session. New members of Senate Republican leadership include Sen. Mary Felzkowski as Senate President and Sen. Rachel Cabral-Guevara as Caucus Vice-Chair. In the Assembly, Republicans reelected Rep. Robin Vos as Speaker. New to Assembly leadership this session […]
New Members
Date Thu, Dec. 19, 2024 - 2:18pm By Hamilton
New Members Following the November 2024 election, the Wisconsin Legislature will welcome 34 new members, 27 Democrats and seven Republicans. These new members will assume office on January 6, 2025. Senate In the 33-member Senate, there will be 4 new members, all Democrats: 8th Jodi Habush Sinykin (D) 14th Sarah Keyeski (D) 18th Kristin Alfheim […]
Wisconsin Election 2024: Election Results and Analysis
Date Wed, Nov. 6, 2024 - 9:47am By Hamilton
Wisconsin reaffirmed its status as a crucial battleground state, becoming the first in the “blue wall” to flip for Trump, virtually sealing his victory. Despite months of polls indicating a tight race, the final margin was just over 30,000 votes, with Trump leading Harris by less than 1% (49.7% to 48.8%).This is a larger margin […]
Legislative Study Committee on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Continues Work
Date Wed, Sep. 18, 2024 - 10:30am By Hamilton
The Legislative Council Study Committee on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence continues to meet and learn more about the use of AI in a variety of industries. Chaired by Sen. Julian Bradley, the committee includes legislators and members of the public. The Committee has met three times since it began its work in July. Typically, […]
State Senate Race Preview
Date Wed, Sep. 18, 2024 - 9:45am By Hamilton
Wisconsin’s new state legislative maps will very likely result in a narrowing of Senate Republicans’ current 22-11 majority. Running on staggered four-year terms, 16 of the Senate’s 33 seats are up for election. Three of those seats are considered toss-ups, two of those seats are “lean” to “likely” Democrat while the other 11 seats are […]