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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** July 29: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Wednesday, July 29. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is
Three weeks out from the Aug. 11 primary, voters have already requested at least 743,908 absentee ballots. That’s well above the 645,619 ballots cast in the August 2016 primary, when 101,803 voted absentee. Meanwhile, with President Trump raising questions about
Retiring GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has endorsed state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald to replace him in the 5th CD. Sensenbrenner, who has held his current Congressional seat since 1979, touted the Juneau Republican as “someone who can look
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Retiring GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has endorsed state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald to replace him in the 5th CD. Sensenbrenner, who has held his current Congressional
UW-Madison economist Noah Williams said it would be inaccurate to blame government regulation for the economic slowdown that’s accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. “Economic activity started falling early in March, before there were any restrictions in place,” Williams said. “What the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit from two dozen Wisconsin residents who wanted to overturn a variety of public health orders and other actions taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge
Dem candidates seeking former Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling’s western Wisconsin-based seat offered a range of policy positions when quizzed by WisPolitics.com on some of the pressing issues lawmakers will face next legislative session. Brad Pfaff, the former DATCP secretary
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is adding $15 million to its TV buy in a half-dozen swing states, including Wisconsin. The campaign declined to say how much of the $15 million over the next week would be spent in Wisconsin. In
State Sen. Tim Carpenter has apologized to Senate candidate Nada Elmikashfi for a Twitter exchange over the weekend that the chamber’s top Dem and the state party say devolved into online bullying. The Milwaukee Dem’s Twitter account was temporarily suspended
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** July 29: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Wednesday, July 29. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by a partnership among the Milwaukee Press Club, WisPolitics.com
Three weeks out from the Aug. 11 primary, voters have already requested at least 743,908 absentee ballots. That’s well above the 645,619 ballots cast in the August 2016 primary, when 101,803 voted absentee. Meanwhile, with President Trump raising questions about voting by mail, voters in the state’s two largest Dem
Retiring GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has endorsed state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald to replace him in the 5th CD. Sensenbrenner, who has held his current Congressional seat since 1979, touted the Juneau Republican as “someone who can look to the future and stand up against Nancy Pelosi’s liberal
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Retiring GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has endorsed state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald to replace him in the 5th CD. Sensenbrenner, who has held his current Congressional seat since 1979, touted the Juneau Republican as “someone who
UW-Madison economist Noah Williams said it would be inaccurate to blame government regulation for the economic slowdown that’s accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. “Economic activity started falling early in March, before there were any restrictions in place,” Williams said. “What the lockdowns essentially did was keep that activity at a very
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit from two dozen Wisconsin residents who wanted to overturn a variety of public health orders and other actions taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge William Griesbach ruled the 24 plaintiffs inappropriately combined a host
Dem candidates seeking former Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling’s western Wisconsin-based seat offered a range of policy positions when quizzed by WisPolitics.com on some of the pressing issues lawmakers will face next legislative session. Brad Pfaff, the former DATCP secretary who was rejected by the GOP-controlled Senate, provided the most
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is adding $15 million to its TV buy in a half-dozen swing states, including Wisconsin. The campaign declined to say how much of the $15 million over the next week would be spent in Wisconsin. In addition to running ads in the Milwaukee, Green Bay and
State Sen. Tim Carpenter has apologized to Senate candidate Nada Elmikashfi for a Twitter exchange over the weekend that the chamber’s top Dem and the state party say devolved into online bullying. The Milwaukee Dem’s Twitter account was temporarily suspended over the weekend after he repeatedly sent a message to