Joshua Irvine

Eighty percent of #Wisconsin adults say the Legislature should have passed a $1.8 billion 💰 #surpluspackage that included more money for 🎓 #schools, an effort to drive down #propertytaxes 🏡 and #incometax rebates, according to a new @mulaw poll. pro.stateaffairs.com/wi/news/marque…

Republican state Sen. Chris Kapenga tells @mattsmith_news the implosion of the tax relief/school funding bill was the failure of his own majority leader, Devin LeMahieu, Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. “There was never a deal,” he says.

Quick story on a federal court dismissing USDOJ's lawsuit seeking unredacted information on Wisconsin votersr: pro.stateaffairs.com/wi/wi-alert/ju… The agency first began seeking the information last summer before filing the suit in December.

NEWS: A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. DOJ's request for access to Wisconsin's voter rolls, the latest court loss for the federal government in its pursuit of the information.

In this week's "Capitol Chats," UW Law Prof. Robert Yablon says Wisconsin's legislative Democrats could feel "compelled" to draw a congressional map giving them a 6-2 majority to counteract GOP gerrymandering elsewhere. #wisconsin #gerrymandering

NEW: GOP candidate for governor Tom Tiffany on Monday would not say whether Joe Biden won Wisconsin's 2020 election fairly. He said FBI agents should continue to question election officials over the 2020 election and bring charges if FBI deems it necessary. jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via @hopekarnopp and me

New: A group backing @DavidCCrowley announced a 6-figure TV buy praising him for fighting back against Trump policies. Comes on heels of a $175k buy from group backing @saraforwi. First signs of the coming ad war in Dem primary. See today's AM Update: pro.stateaffairs.com/wi/am-update/t…

"I didn't tell anyone how to vote. I just said if I were governor, I would not support this bill." GOP gov candidate Tom Tiffany says he's not to credit for 3 GOP senators voting no on tax relief deal along w/ all 15 Democrats: "I would urge you to talk to those 3 Republicans."

You can read my story from Saturday here: pro.stateaffairs.com/wi/gop-convent…

@baumforcongress skipped the convention to campaign and canvass. That included a wood tick race, she told me. "Polly-tick" did not come out on top, unfortunately.

Some tidbits from my interviews with 7th CD candidates at this weekend's GOP convention that didn't make Saturday's @WisPolitics coverage --

On the surface, the call for unity at this weekend’s @WisGOP convention was about getting the activist base behind gubernatorial candidate @TomTiffanyWI. The subtext, though, was a push to move past the internal squabbles over Chair @BrianSchimming that some party insiders fear could hobble Tiffany’s pursuit of the governor’s office this fall. None of the elected officials who made pleas for unity from the stage mentioned #Schimming by name, though numerous party activists said in interviews there was a dual purpose to the message. pro.stateaffairs.com/wi/news/call-f…

Video board truck spotted outside the state GOP convention. Can't say I've seen Americans for a Fair Tax Deal active in Wisconsin. Group's website says it fights for the president's agenda. Driver was hired for the job. Didn't know much about the message.

Winnebago County Executive and former Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is being a “dick” in his latest interview with @mattsmith_news

Morning from the @WisGOP state convention. As things get started, here's a little news on the Dem guv primary. A group has launched a buy for @saraforwi, the first TV spending by an outside group in the Dem primary. See more in yesterday's PM Update: pro.stateaffairs.com/wi/pm-update/f…

The pull tabs Tom had in his Hospitality Suite ⬇️

@SenRonJohnson told attendees of WI's GOP state convention that Democrats were "at war" with Republicans. "They’re part of a movement, they’re part of a party that is at war with us. This isn’t normal opposition,” Johnson said this morning.