WED AM Update: Rural prosperity panel releases recommendations; Johnson holds hearing on Nov. 3 election ‘irregularities’ today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Spectrum Reach From WisPolitics.com … — The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity today proposed updating state laws that restrict local governments, including those that prevent them from setting their tax rates or providing broadband service. “The state should be setting the floor, not

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Nuclear energy could be path to Wisconsin’s zero-carbon future

The cheapest path to Wisconsin’s zero-carbon pledge is through the readily available technology of reliable, low-emission nuclear energy, according to a UW-Madison professor. But Wisconsin has just one nuclear energy plant — Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Rivers. And nuclear power accounts for 7 percent of the state’s energy

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Dem electors cast state’s 10 votes for Biden/Harris ticket

Wisconsin’s slate of Dem electors unanimously voted to allocate the state’s 10 Electoral College votes to the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ticket. The move came an hour after a split state Supreme Court rejected a challenge from the Trump campaign to throw out votes in heavily Dem Dane and

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TUE AM Update: Federal appeals court sets expedited briefing schedule in Trump’s challenge to Wisconsin’s election results

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted President Trump’s request for an expedited schedule as he seeks to throw out Wisconsin’s election results and have the GOP-led state Legislature decide the state’s electors. The order came down

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