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A Brown County judge late Friday rejected Kanye West’s bid to be added to Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, ruling his nomination papers were turned in after the 5 p.m. deadline on the day they were due. West’s campaign tried to argue

Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with the author of the Lucey book and those who knew the former governor, ambassador and vice presidential candidate. The panel consists of author Dennis Dresang, daughter and voting rights attorney Laurie Lucey

Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz on the top races to watch in November. The program is set to run from noon to 1 p.m., via a webinar

Quotes of the Week My mindset has always been 5 o’clock is the witching hour. If it’s 5 o’clock and 1 second, you’re past the deadline. If that’s a finding of law that the commission made, I have a mind

On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss lawsuits seeking access to Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, the Marquette University Law School Poll and this week’s campaign stops.

Crawford County in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area has typically been a blue stalwart of southwestern Wisconsin. According to Olson Feed Service proprietor Tammy Olson, of Seneca, even conservative-leaning local candidates have run as Democrats because there was no hope of the area electing a Republican. But as farm crises and big agriculture have made themselves felt in the area, that trend has begun to shift.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – White house – 2020 – Racism protests – Coronavirus – State government – Federal government – Local government – Civil liberties – Courts – Economy – Education – Elections – Law and order

As Wisconsin heads into the final stretch to the November election, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap each party’s chances in races for state Senate and Assembly.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman offers a sound take on why Trump’s backers stick with him no matter what. It’s not that they really like him, it’s that they hate people who look down on them and Trump.

On the most recent episode of Badgers United’s podcast, The Flagship, President and CEO of the UW-Foundation, Mike Knetter shares the state of UW-Madison’s finances along with what needs to be addressed to solve the current financial problems.

Dane County’s private school parents got some relief on Thursday from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

How the 1619 Project reignited America’s racial reckoning.

The post-Kenosha polling shift many expected didn’t happen. But a whole lot did. An in-depth look at voters’ views on the race for president and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The president’s visit to Kenosha was just one more example of how Trump exploits tragedies for political purposes, using rhetoric to stoke fear and loathing.

Fox and Rush Limbaugh offer an “alternative reality silo,” Sykes says. No mention of his own show.

Who knows what the 2020 election will bring? But after surveying Kenosha, I’m convinced Trump won’t lose Wisconsin. If I were a betting woman, I’d say he won’t lose the White House.

Show up. Listen. Offer an alternative to the chaos, the division, the racism and the xenophobia that Trump peddles.

The Madison police monitor would be paid between $103,000 and almost $140,000 and the civilian oversight board members would be paid a stipend. The stipend would break with precedent.
A Brown County judge late Friday rejected Kanye West’s bid to be added to Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, ruling his nomination papers were turned in after the 5 p.m. deadline on the day they were due. West’s campaign tried to argue the signatures were turned in at 14 seconds past 5

Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with the author of the Lucey book and those who knew the former governor, ambassador and vice presidential candidate. The panel consists of author Dennis Dresang, daughter and voting rights attorney Laurie Lucey and Lucey advisers Joe Sensenbrenner and Jim Wood. The program

Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz on the top races to watch in November. The program is set to run from noon to 1 p.m., via a webinar and the WisPolitics.com YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0FO8o8WdB99-9uZXQWqP6w The event will begin

Quotes of the Week My mindset has always been 5 o’clock is the witching hour. If it’s 5 o’clock and 1 second, you’re past the deadline. If that’s a finding of law that the commission made, I have a mind to agree with that. – Brown County Judge John Zakowski

On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss lawsuits seeking access to Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, the Marquette University Law School Poll and this week’s campaign stops.

Crawford County in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area has typically been a blue stalwart of southwestern Wisconsin. According to Olson Feed Service proprietor Tammy Olson, of Seneca, even conservative-leaning local candidates have run as Democrats because there was no hope of the area electing a Republican. But as farm crises and big agriculture have made themselves felt in the area, that trend has begun to shift.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – White house – 2020 – Racism protests – Coronavirus – State government – Federal government – Local government – Civil liberties – Courts – Economy – Education – Elections – Law and order – Public health and safety – Real estate – Tourism

As Wisconsin heads into the final stretch to the November election, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap each party’s chances in races for state Senate and Assembly.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman offers a sound take on why Trump’s backers stick with him no matter what. It’s not that they really like him, it’s that they hate people who look down on them and Trump.

On the most recent episode of Badgers United’s podcast, The Flagship, President and CEO of the UW-Foundation, Mike Knetter shares the state of UW-Madison’s finances along with what needs to be addressed to solve the current financial problems.

Dane County’s private school parents got some relief on Thursday from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

How the 1619 Project reignited America’s racial reckoning.

The post-Kenosha polling shift many expected didn’t happen. But a whole lot did. An in-depth look at voters’ views on the race for president and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The president’s visit to Kenosha was just one more example of how Trump exploits tragedies for political purposes, using rhetoric to stoke fear and loathing.

Fox and Rush Limbaugh offer an “alternative reality silo,” Sykes says. No mention of his own show.

Who knows what the 2020 election will bring? But after surveying Kenosha, I’m convinced Trump won’t lose Wisconsin. If I were a betting woman, I’d say he won’t lose the White House.

Show up. Listen. Offer an alternative to the chaos, the division, the racism and the xenophobia that Trump peddles.

The Madison police monitor would be paid between $103,000 and almost $140,000 and the civilian oversight board members would be paid a stipend. The stipend would break with precedent.