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The debate between panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon on the future of the state Legislature ultimately came down to one question: Is it 2006 or 2010 again?
Dem Rebecca Cooke has declined a second invitation to debate GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, saying she won’t participate in the “charade” with a potential host she says has “an obvious partisan bias.”
The court heard oral arguments in two challenges to Wisconsin’s congressional map, including one that claims the lines amount to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The other argues the map — which has helped produce a 6-2 GOP supermajority — is an anti-competitive gerrymander because the lines are drawn in a way to protect most incumbents from a true challenge.
David Crowley said if elected governor he will move to bar Wisconsin elected officials from trading stocks or participating in prediction markets and stop regulators from working for the utilities they oversaw.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
7th CD Republican candidate Michael Alfonso and Democrat candidate Fred Clark will face off in a televised debate Oct. 7.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
At a GOP convention in Dallas, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden touted rural healthcare investments in a Republican-authored reconciliation package while attacking Democrats for “shamefully” voting against it.
The state Elections Commission unanimously found the former Green Bay clerk broke state law by sending duplicate ballots to voters in back-to-back elections and abused her discretion.
That leaves the Oct. 21 debate hosted by WISN-TV and the “UpFront” network, including WisPolitics, as the only one Tiffany and Crowley have jointly agreed to attend.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Mexican national living in Beloit with illegally voting in the November 2022 election as a non-citizen.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.
GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”
Cooke is calling for a debate with “an objective nonpartisan host” while Van Orden has been accusing her of “dodging a debate” following an invitation from a state-level affiliate of the NRA.
Attorney General Josh Kaul touted violent crime hitting a 15-year low in Wisconsin while his GOP challenger Eric Toney accused him of “cherry picking” data with homicides up since the Dem took office.
Among likely voters, 49% backed Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, while 44% supported Tiffany, a GOP congressman from Minocqua. Among registered voters, the two were backed by 44% apiece.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany broke with Donald Trump over the president’s plans to import 300,000 metric tons of ground beef and then sell it below market price.
Elections Commission Chair Don Millis says he expects states will file a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with the rule.
Paulina Gutierrez, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, says she welcomes any investigation from state or local lawmakers after “human error” led to delayed results from the city’s central count location during the August primary.
The debate between panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon on the future of the state Legislature ultimately came down to one question: Is it 2006 or 2010 again?
Dem Rebecca Cooke has declined a second invitation to debate GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, saying she won’t participate in the “charade” with a potential host she says has “an obvious partisan bias.”
The court heard oral arguments in two challenges to Wisconsin’s congressional map, including one that claims the lines amount to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The other argues the map — which has helped produce a 6-2 GOP supermajority — is an anti-competitive gerrymander because the lines are drawn in a way to protect most incumbents from a true challenge.
David Crowley said if elected governor he will move to bar Wisconsin elected officials from trading stocks or participating in prediction markets and stop regulators from working for the utilities they oversaw.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
7th CD Republican candidate Michael Alfonso and Democrat candidate Fred Clark will face off in a televised debate Oct. 7.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
At a GOP convention in Dallas, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden touted rural healthcare investments in a Republican-authored reconciliation package while attacking Democrats for “shamefully” voting against it.
The state Elections Commission unanimously found the former Green Bay clerk broke state law by sending duplicate ballots to voters in back-to-back elections and abused her discretion.
That leaves the Oct. 21 debate hosted by WISN-TV and the “UpFront” network, including WisPolitics, as the only one Tiffany and Crowley have jointly agreed to attend.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Mexican national living in Beloit with illegally voting in the November 2022 election as a non-citizen.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.
GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”
Cooke is calling for a debate with “an objective nonpartisan host” while Van Orden has been accusing her of “dodging a debate” following an invitation from a state-level affiliate of the NRA.
Attorney General Josh Kaul touted violent crime hitting a 15-year low in Wisconsin while his GOP challenger Eric Toney accused him of “cherry picking” data with homicides up since the Dem took office.
Among likely voters, 49% backed Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, while 44% supported Tiffany, a GOP congressman from Minocqua. Among registered voters, the two were backed by 44% apiece.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany broke with Donald Trump over the president’s plans to import 300,000 metric tons of ground beef and then sell it below market price.
Elections Commission Chair Don Millis says he expects states will file a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with the rule.
Paulina Gutierrez, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, says she welcomes any investigation from state or local lawmakers after “human error” led to delayed results from the city’s central count location during the August primary.