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Subscribers: There will be no News Summary on Monday due to Labor Day. Regular delivery will resume Tuesday. Thanks for subscribing! TOP STORIES Wisconsin election officials warn mail-in ballots order is unworkable… “It would be virtually impossible for Wisconsin to
From WisPolitics … — In this week’s Dem radio address, Gov. Tony Evers celebrates the start of the 2026-27 school year, thanking educators and school staff. “Every school year, you work to guide, teach, and show students how to become
TOP STORIES Rising Wisconsin surplus produces little clamor to revisit rebate deal… Just 16% of Wisconsin’s 132 full-time state lawmakers responded to a survey by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in recent days asking them whether they support returning to the
TOP STORIES Lawmakers vote to release $10M from PFAS contamination settlement… With almost no discussion,[JFC unanimously] passed the resolution Sept. 1 to allow [DNR] access to the funding [from Tyco settlement of DOJ suit] … DNR [letter] asked the committee
TOP STORIES Milwaukee jail’s access to internet enters Wisconsin governor debate… after a bail hearing on Aug. 28 for Thomas Zollicoffer, a 36-year-old Milwaukee man charged with seven felonies, including three [confessed] counts of first-degree intentional homicide. … Judge David
TOP STORIES Tiffany disagrees with Trump on renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America… told reporters at a campaign event in Green Bay … “I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake
From WisPolitics … — 3rd CD Dem Rebecca Cooke is up with a second ad calling for a data center moratorium, this time adding her pledge not to take corporate PAC money because she doesn’t want to be “beholden to
TOP STORIES Crowley leading Tiffany in first Marquette head-to-head poll of governor’s race… [Aug. 12-20 poll of 891 registered voters … Among likely voters, Crowley was ahead of Tiffany 49-44. Independents favored Crowley 55-16, but 29% remained undecided. Among registered
TOP STORIES Don’t ‘Milwaukee County’ Wisconsin, Says Tiffany… “They’re going to say, ‘Stay in Milwaukee County because we do not want to “Milwaukee County” the entire state of Wisconsin,’” Tiffany said Tuesday morning during a press conference at Clifford’s Supper
TOP STORIES Gov. candidate Tiffany stops in Osseo while on ‘Protect our Farmland’ tour… “It is a way of life, farming here in Wisconsin,” Tiffany said. “But that way of life is under threat at this point. We have foreign
TOP STORIES Tom Tiffany ad attacks David Crowley on data centers… [in Tiffany’s new “data center David Crowley” ad,] Crowley is seen saying Wisconsin has the opportunity to be “an AI and a data hub not only for the entire
From WisPolitics … — Novig has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent the Wisconsin Department of Justice from enforcing state gaming laws against the prediction market platform. The state agency has already sued Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, Crypto.com and
TOP STORIES Crowley leads Tiffany by four points in new head-to-head poll of likely votersGilkes-Bjork/Platform Comm. statewide poll of 500 likely voters found Crowley 48, Tiffany 44 – 42-30 among Independents* Fav-UnfavCrowley: 42-26 – still net positive among IndependentsTiffany: 38-43
TOP STORIES Crowley zeroes in on ‘MAGA extremism’ to rebuild a fractured Wisconsin coalition… [strategy to win Hong voters is] make the governor’s race an existential fight against “MAGA extremism.” … after a bitter primary battle defined by questions of
From WisPolitics … — Lawmakers on a study committee on regulating artificial intelligence use in health care want rules that keep people in decision-making roles and protect patients’ data. Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, R-Fox Crossing, said she wants to hear more
TOP STORIES Wisconsin’s 2026 primary for governor hits the home stretch… one week out from the primary Election Day, there were just four [of 7 Dems] left [Hong, Crowley, Brennan, Roys]. After the night of Tuesday, Aug. 11, the party
TOP STORIES Tony Evers pushes Trump administration to rescind new SNAP rule… rule will require authorized SNAP retailers … to stock seven unique varieties of items (up from three) in each of four categories of staple foods: protein, vegetables and
From WisPolitics … — Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys has resigned after her office twice sent duplicate absentee ballots to voters. The city said in a short statement this morning that Jeffreys made the decision to step down, but offered
TOP STORIES Republicans Now Favorites to Win Wisconsin Governor Election Amid Dem Chaos… Kalshi gave the Republican Party a 53 percent chance of winning the governorship compared with 48 percent for Democrats, as of Monday. As recently as August 1,
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers is doing a fundraiser for David Crowley this evening as he seeks to boost the Milwaukee County executive in the final days of the race for the Dem gubernatorial nomination. An invite obtained
Subscribers: There will be no News Summary on Monday due to Labor Day. Regular delivery will resume Tuesday. Thanks for subscribing! TOP STORIES Wisconsin election officials warn mail-in ballots order is unworkable… “It would be virtually impossible for Wisconsin to comply with the rule, for several reasons,” [WEC chair] Millis
From WisPolitics … — In this week’s Dem radio address, Gov. Tony Evers celebrates the start of the 2026-27 school year, thanking educators and school staff. “Every school year, you work to guide, teach, and show students how to become kind, curious and attentive learners,” says the Dem governor and
TOP STORIES Rising Wisconsin surplus produces little clamor to revisit rebate deal… Just 16% of Wisconsin’s 132 full-time state lawmakers responded to a survey by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in recent days asking them whether they support returning to the floor to take up a bill that died earlier this
TOP STORIES Lawmakers vote to release $10M from PFAS contamination settlement… With almost no discussion,[JFC unanimously] passed the resolution Sept. 1 to allow [DNR] access to the funding [from Tyco settlement of DOJ suit] … DNR [letter] asked the committee to release the funding in August [but JFC did not
TOP STORIES Milwaukee jail’s access to internet enters Wisconsin governor debate… after a bail hearing on Aug. 28 for Thomas Zollicoffer, a 36-year-old Milwaukee man charged with seven felonies, including three [confessed] counts of first-degree intentional homicide. … Judge David Borowski disavowed [inmate] access … after learning Zollicoffer used a
TOP STORIES Tiffany disagrees with Trump on renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America… told reporters at a campaign event in Green Bay … “I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario.” … the second time in recent days that Tiffany
From WisPolitics … — 3rd CD Dem Rebecca Cooke is up with a second ad calling for a data center moratorium, this time adding her pledge not to take corporate PAC money because she doesn’t want to be “beholden to any of these big tech companies.” Cooke has nearly $3.2
TOP STORIES Crowley leading Tiffany in first Marquette head-to-head poll of governor’s race… [Aug. 12-20 poll of 891 registered voters … Among likely voters, Crowley was ahead of Tiffany 49-44. Independents favored Crowley 55-16, but 29% remained undecided. Among registered voters was a 44-44 tie, with 47% of Independents undecided.
TOP STORIES Don’t ‘Milwaukee County’ Wisconsin, Says Tiffany… “They’re going to say, ‘Stay in Milwaukee County because we do not want to “Milwaukee County” the entire state of Wisconsin,’” Tiffany said Tuesday morning during a press conference at Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners. … response to a question about
TOP STORIES Gov. candidate Tiffany stops in Osseo while on ‘Protect our Farmland’ tour… “It is a way of life, farming here in Wisconsin,” Tiffany said. “But that way of life is under threat at this point. We have foreign adversaries like communist China that would like to buy up
TOP STORIES Tom Tiffany ad attacks David Crowley on data centers… [in Tiffany’s new “data center David Crowley” ad,] Crowley is seen saying Wisconsin has the opportunity to be “an AI and a data hub not only for the entire country, but for the entire globe.” … cites a July
From WisPolitics … — Novig has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent the Wisconsin Department of Justice from enforcing state gaming laws against the prediction market platform. The state agency has already sued Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, Crypto.com and their affiliates, arguing the services offered by those prediction markets
TOP STORIES Crowley leads Tiffany by four points in new head-to-head poll of likely votersGilkes-Bjork/Platform Comm. statewide poll of 500 likely voters found Crowley 48, Tiffany 44 – 42-30 among Independents* Fav-UnfavCrowley: 42-26 – still net positive among IndependentsTiffany: 38-43 – treble negative among Independents* generic Assembly ballot:47-44 Dem among
TOP STORIES Crowley zeroes in on ‘MAGA extremism’ to rebuild a fractured Wisconsin coalition… [strategy to win Hong voters is] make the governor’s race an existential fight against “MAGA extremism.” … after a bitter primary battle defined by questions of electability and how far left of an ideology to pursue.
From WisPolitics … — Lawmakers on a study committee on regulating artificial intelligence use in health care want rules that keep people in decision-making roles and protect patients’ data. Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, R-Fox Crossing, said she wants to hear more from medical professionals – she cited radiologists and nurses in
TOP STORIES Wisconsin’s 2026 primary for governor hits the home stretch… one week out from the primary Election Day, there were just four [of 7 Dems] left [Hong, Crowley, Brennan, Roys]. After the night of Tuesday, Aug. 11, the party will seek to unite behind the winner against the presumptive
TOP STORIES Tony Evers pushes Trump administration to rescind new SNAP rule… rule will require authorized SNAP retailers … to stock seven unique varieties of items (up from three) in each of four categories of staple foods: protein, vegetables and fruits, dairy and grains. … starting Nov. 4. … [creating]
From WisPolitics … — Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys has resigned after her office twice sent duplicate absentee ballots to voters. The city said in a short statement this morning that Jeffreys made the decision to step down, but offered no other comment other than wishing her well. The move
TOP STORIES Republicans Now Favorites to Win Wisconsin Governor Election Amid Dem Chaos… Kalshi gave the Republican Party a 53 percent chance of winning the governorship compared with 48 percent for Democrats, as of Monday. As recently as August 1, Democrats held a 55 percent to 46 percent lead. …
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers is doing a fundraiser for David Crowley this evening as he seeks to boost the Milwaukee County executive in the final days of the race for the Dem gubernatorial nomination. An invite obtained by WisPolitics lists Evers as the special guest for the