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Two terms?

Sen. Ron Johnson defends breaking two term pledge in announcing run for third

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh,

addresses breaking his pledge to serve just two terms in the fi rst ads he launched of his reelection.

In both, Johnson says he decided he “can’t walk away” because of the nation’s troubles.

Johnson’s campaign said the 60-second spots will run statewide starting today on broadcast TV, cable and digital. It didn’t release how much it’s spending on the initial buy.

Both ads are narrated by Johnson, who says “Democrat policies have been disastrous for America.” One mentions the violent protests in Kenosha in the summer of 2020, growing murders in Milwaukee and “the Waukesha Christmas parade turned into a terrible tragedy.”

Both spots then follow a similar script with Johnson speaking directly into the camera as the Oshkosh Republican says it feels like the country is being torn apart, but “that’s not how it felt when I ran in 2016.” Johnson said his intention at the time was to serve a second term and go home, but the nation is now “on a very dangerous path” with Democrats in “total control.”

“If you’re in a position to help make our country safer and stronger, would you just walk away? I decided I can’t,” Johnson says as he rises from his seat. “I’ll stand and fi ght for freedom.”

Vos wants election prove wrapped by end of February

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he wants Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election to be complete with a fi nal report by the end of February.

“I’ve been very clear with Justice Gableman,” Vos said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “I want to have legislation on the fl oor to be able to pass no later than the end of our session which concludes in March. So that means I really need his report by the end of February for us to be able to utilize that as part of the evidence we present to the people of Wisconsin as to why we need to make the changes that are necessary.”

Vos told WISN’s Matt Smith he routinely updates former President Donald Trump on the investigation.

“Oh yeah, I’ve talked to him,” Vos said. “I wouldn’t say on a regular basis, but half-adozen times just to keep him up-to-date to make sure he understands what’s happening but to know we are doing our very best.”

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Judge: Vos must do deposition

A Dane County judge has rejected Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ request to block depositions for him and his legal counsel over records related to the 2020 election review being conducted by former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman.

Vos, R-Rochester, had sought an order blocking the Jan. 12 depositions sought by the liberal group American Oversight of him and legal counsel Steve Fawcett.

In seeking the depositions, American Oversight argued the speaker and his staff had failed to adequately search for the records in one of several requests it had fi led under Wisconsin law.

Vos attorney Ronald Stadler called the depositions a “fi shing expedition.” But Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn said the public deserves to know what eff orts were

made to fi nd the records and if any were destroyed after the requests were made.

Foxconn to get $28.8M in tax credits

Foxconn will receive $28.8 million in state tax credits for 2020, just shy of the maximum award the Taiwanese manufacturer could receive under the revised deal Gov. Tony Evers signed last year.

WEDC CEO Missy Hughes said the state certifi ed 579 jobs the company had created at its Racine County facility, which was within the target range. But it fell short of the target capital investment of $268.6 million by nearly $2.5 million.

Had the company hit that target, it would’ve qualifi ed for $29.1 million in credits.

Th is is the fi rst time the company has qualifi ed for state tax credits since signing the original incentive agreement with former Gov. Scott Walker in 2017 after it consistently fell short of job hiring targets.

Thompson to resign in March

Interim UW System President Tommy Th ompson will resign his post in March, writing to Regents President Edmund Manydeeds that doing so will allow the university to put its full attention on his successor.

Th ompson, the longest serving governor in Wisconsin history, was brought in to lead the system on an interim basis on July 1, 2020, after a failed search to fi nd a permanent replacement for the retiring Ray Cross.

In his letter, Th ompson wrote he agreed to accept knowing two things: “that I was needed, and that it would be temporary.”

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