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Wisconsin voters across party lines back statewide regulation of ballot drop boxes amid concerns over election integrity, according to new polling unveiled at a WisPolitics event today.
“When I look at the Democratic Party, when I look at the Democrats here at this stage, we are aligned for the most part in where we want to go. We might differ a little bit on the solutions, but we are aligned as a party. We want to make sure that we are supporting the most vulnerable in our communities,” Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez said
The former WEDC secretary and CEO said at an afternoon press conference with the lieutenant governor that it was “100%” time for other candidates to follow Hughes’ lead and consider dropping out.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says he is unaware of any city election officials, current or former, who have sat for an interview with FBI agents seeking to discuss the 2020 election.
Promoting diversity in the student body and improving retention rates for some minority students isn’t a sufficient reason for the state to award scholarships based on race, the state Supreme Court ruled.
Free school meals, a right of first refusal bill for new transmission construction and new data center regulations could also be on the table, the Middleton Democrat told attendees at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon.
The Minocqua Brewing Company has filed suit against the state Department of Revenue, arguing the company is being blocked from selling its Illinois-brewed beer in Wisconsin.
Fresh off his hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald said the NFL may be violating the Sports Broadcasting Act and quickly dismissed concerns from the Green Bay Packers about any changes to the league’s shared revenue model.
The developers of the Port Washington data center and the utility that powers it are asking the Public Service Commission to reopen the case that set the terms by which data centers buy power.
With Dane County Exec Melissa Agard’s signature on an 18-month moratorium on hyperscale data centers, Wisconsin’s fastest-growing county has joined a widening cadre of communities seeking to hit pause on the developments.
President Donald Trump during an appearance at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls said his administration’s policies have helped farmers, while vowing the United States will be out of Iran soon and bring down prices.
According to the state Department of Justice, the $10 million is on top of the approximately $100 million Tyco has already spent to address contamination in the Marinette area. The settlement is one of the largest resulting from a DNR referral in state history, according to Evers’ office.
State Sen. Pat Testin, who’s leading the Senate GOP’s campaign effort this fall, told an event hosted by Grover Norquist that he’s pushing for another attempt to pass a $1.8 billion surplus package.
The call prompted a sharp rebuke from a GOP senator, who accused top UW regents of lying to lawmakers during an April hearing when they denied such an increase was already locked in.
President Donald Trump will visit Chippewa County on Friday to tout his support for farmers, the White House told WisPolitics.
The Rochester Republican referenced a new Marquette University Law School poll finding broad support for the $1.8 billion deal using money from the state’s surplus. It failed in the GOP-run Senate with all 15 Senate Democrats and three Republicans voting against the deal.
Part of the lawsuit argues that the nearly $700 million the state put into private school vouchers in the 2025-26 school year violates a state Supreme Court ruling that the choice program is permitted only so long as “the State is already meeting its obligations to provide for public schools.”
Eighty percent of Wisconsin adults say the Legislature should have passed a $1.8 billion surplus package that included more money for schools, an effort to drive down property taxes and income tax rebates, according to a new Marquette University Law School Poll.
GOP State Sen. Chris Kapenga, one of three Republicans who voted against the tax relief deal, says Republican leaders never conducted a vote count ahead of the deal being announced publicly. “Absolutely not,” Kapenga said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which
In its suit, DOJ argued a provision in the Voting Rights Act, enacted in the 1960s to combat state efforts to suppress Black citizens’ right to vote, gave the agency access to the records.
Wisconsin voters across party lines back statewide regulation of ballot drop boxes amid concerns over election integrity, according to new polling unveiled at a WisPolitics event today.
“When I look at the Democratic Party, when I look at the Democrats here at this stage, we are aligned for the most part in where we want to go. We might differ a little bit on the solutions, but we are aligned as a party. We want to make sure that we are supporting the most vulnerable in our communities,” Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez said
The former WEDC secretary and CEO said at an afternoon press conference with the lieutenant governor that it was “100%” time for other candidates to follow Hughes’ lead and consider dropping out.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says he is unaware of any city election officials, current or former, who have sat for an interview with FBI agents seeking to discuss the 2020 election.
Promoting diversity in the student body and improving retention rates for some minority students isn’t a sufficient reason for the state to award scholarships based on race, the state Supreme Court ruled.
Free school meals, a right of first refusal bill for new transmission construction and new data center regulations could also be on the table, the Middleton Democrat told attendees at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon.
The Minocqua Brewing Company has filed suit against the state Department of Revenue, arguing the company is being blocked from selling its Illinois-brewed beer in Wisconsin.
Fresh off his hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald said the NFL may be violating the Sports Broadcasting Act and quickly dismissed concerns from the Green Bay Packers about any changes to the league’s shared revenue model.
The developers of the Port Washington data center and the utility that powers it are asking the Public Service Commission to reopen the case that set the terms by which data centers buy power.
With Dane County Exec Melissa Agard’s signature on an 18-month moratorium on hyperscale data centers, Wisconsin’s fastest-growing county has joined a widening cadre of communities seeking to hit pause on the developments.
President Donald Trump during an appearance at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls said his administration’s policies have helped farmers, while vowing the United States will be out of Iran soon and bring down prices.
According to the state Department of Justice, the $10 million is on top of the approximately $100 million Tyco has already spent to address contamination in the Marinette area. The settlement is one of the largest resulting from a DNR referral in state history, according to Evers’ office.
State Sen. Pat Testin, who’s leading the Senate GOP’s campaign effort this fall, told an event hosted by Grover Norquist that he’s pushing for another attempt to pass a $1.8 billion surplus package.
The call prompted a sharp rebuke from a GOP senator, who accused top UW regents of lying to lawmakers during an April hearing when they denied such an increase was already locked in.
President Donald Trump will visit Chippewa County on Friday to tout his support for farmers, the White House told WisPolitics.
The Rochester Republican referenced a new Marquette University Law School poll finding broad support for the $1.8 billion deal using money from the state’s surplus. It failed in the GOP-run Senate with all 15 Senate Democrats and three Republicans voting against the deal.
Part of the lawsuit argues that the nearly $700 million the state put into private school vouchers in the 2025-26 school year violates a state Supreme Court ruling that the choice program is permitted only so long as “the State is already meeting its obligations to provide for public schools.”
Eighty percent of Wisconsin adults say the Legislature should have passed a $1.8 billion surplus package that included more money for schools, an effort to drive down property taxes and income tax rebates, according to a new Marquette University Law School Poll.
GOP State Sen. Chris Kapenga, one of three Republicans who voted against the tax relief deal, says Republican leaders never conducted a vote count ahead of the deal being announced publicly. “Absolutely not,” Kapenga said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “There was no vote
In its suit, DOJ argued a provision in the Voting Rights Act, enacted in the 1960s to combat state efforts to suppress Black citizens’ right to vote, gave the agency access to the records.