Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Mahlon Mitchell plays up his job as a firefighter and depicts himself as a unifying figure in the first TV spot of his campaign. The 30-second ad opens with shots of Mitchell wearing Madison Fire Department gear, as a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — In his first TV ad, Dem guv candidate Tony Evers takes a shot at Foxconn and pledges to invest more money in education. The 30-second TV ad, airing about two weeks out from the primary, features the state schools superintendent talking to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Mike McCabe says he wouldn’t continue his campaign as a write-in candidate if he loses the primary election in August. “If I’m not the nominee, the only path would be to try to launch a write-in campaign, and I’m

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker took to Twitter today to call on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn to drop out of the race due to his legal work for the Milwaukee Archdiocese. “I call on all other candidates to join me in stating that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Sen. Roger Roth today pushed for a quick Senate vote on a tax incentive package for Kimberly-Clark after the company indicated it was open to accepting state help to keep open a Fox Valley factory. The Appleton Republican also said he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Matt Flynn today continued to defend his work for the Milwaukee Archdiocese, insisting reporters were misreading a deposition from the former archbishop in which he testified the lawyer kept a list of priest accused of sexually abusing minors. Flynn

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Kelda Roys in her first TV ad touts her support of abortion rights. The 30-second ad from the former state rep and director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin is airing tomorrow and is set to run until the August primary.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Matt Flynn and GOP Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson released the first TV ads of their campaigns today as the latest Marquette University Law School continued to find big swaths of undecided voters in both races. Meanwhile, Dem guv candidate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has the biggest warchest heading into the August primary of all sitting Wisconsin congressmen seeking re-election this year. The La Crosse Dem has $3.1 million in the bank, after raising $364,728 over the second quarter of the year.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker raised nearly $5.5 million over the first six months of 2018, about one-third less than he pulled in for the same time period four years ago as he geared up for re-election. Walker also will report nearly $6 million

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin won’t support President Trump’s pick of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, saying she doesn’t have confidence he’ll be a “fair, impartial and independent” justice. The Madison Dem’s announcement this afternoon immediately drew fire from GOP rivals

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is writing off a more than $1 million loan the agency made to now-bankrupt Green Box in northeastern Wisconsin. The waste-recycling company and its owner, De Pere businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel, have been plagued by scandal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv hopeful Kelda Roys announced today she raised $650,000 during the first six months of the year and finished June with more than $650,000 in the bank. The haul brings Roys’ overall fundraising for the campaign to about $800,000 after she

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says he plans to officially introduce his legislation to abolish ICE on Thursday, as he defended the plan and knocked President Trump’s border policies. Meanwhile, fellow Wisconsin Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today came out against shutting

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Department of Revenue announced today its administrative rule to allow the state to begin collecting the sales tax on some online transactions will include an exemption for smaller retailers. That is consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Walker administration plans to begin collecting on Oct. 1 sales taxes from online retailers with no presence in Wisconsin, a projected $90 million boost to state coffers in the current fiscal year, according to a new LFB memo. The guv’s office