Friday, May 15: Neubauer addresses property tax fight, lawsuit seeks to scrap conversion therapy ban, holding oil companies responsible for climate disasters, telehealth abortion allowed to resume, election changes threaten ‘chaotic nightmare’
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Frankly I think their incumbents are in more trouble than our incumbents”
– Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine), on how the failure of a property tax-school funding deal will be received by voters
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) takes questions from the press after a WisPolitics event in Madison May 14. (Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner)
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) appeared at a WisPolitics event in Madison Thursday afternoon where she addressed Wednesday night’s legislative wrangling over the failed property tax-school funding deal, Democratic priorities if they hold trifecta control next year and her views on the crowded primary for governor. Henry Redman reports on her opposition to the deal and her outlook for the fall election.
The legal group that demanded Wisconsin rescind a professional standard for therapists that bars attempts to change sexual orientation or gender identity is now suing Gov. Tony Evers to kill the standard. Erik Gunn reports on the lawsuit, which also goes after the licensing board for therapists, counselors and social workers.
Desperate to get a handle on rising property insurance costs driven by natural disasters, some state lawmakers are introducing legislation to allow insurance companies or state attorneys general to take action against oil companies to offset the rising costs of insurance. Alex Brown of Stateline looks at the recent trend.
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A firefighter watches as the Gifford Fire burns on Aug. 6, 2025, in Los Padres National Forest in California. Lawmakers in California and two other states proposed bills that would enable insurers or state attorneys general to take action against oil companies to offset the rising costs of insurance. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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