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In Wisconsin, GOP-initiated election suppression is moving from voter ID and election-day pressures to post-election nullification.
Henry Lippold, who died last month at 89, built UW-Eau Claire’s broadcast journalism department from the ground up in the early ’70s.
With the midterm elections completed, WisOpinion Insiders Chvala and Jensen survey the new shape of Wisconsin’s political landscape. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
So why doesn’t the school board embrace them?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Nov. 14: WisPolitics.com breakfast with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, is a member of the Ways and Means Committee, and will talk about trade, tariffs and the new Congress at
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Dem and GOP caucuses elected their leadership for the upcoming session. Dems voted yesterday to keep their current team in place after losing one seat in
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says GOP lawmakers want to increase legislative authority on things such voter ID rules, but pushed back at the suggestion he and Republicans are trying to undermine Dem Gov.-elect Tony Evers. With Republicans set to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says GOP lawmakers want to increase legislative authority on things such voter ID rules, but pushed back at the suggestion he and Republicans are trying to undermine
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’d be open to looking at taking away some authority from the executive branch. “Maybe we made some mistakes giving too much power to Governor Walker,” Vos told reporters in the state Capitol Wednesday.
It’s impossible to overstate how much those who yearn for a return to a more united Wisconsin owe to Tony Evers, our humble and bookish governor-elect, and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a routinely underestimated liberal from Madison with steely optimism and Midwestern authenticity.
The major implication of Tony Evers’ victory over Scott Walker is that the new Democratic governor will force a fair redistricting after the 2020 Census.
Walker’s loss hurts in a much more acute way than I think any election loss has ever hurt before because of what it ultimately represents—an end to eight years of conservative governance in this state in which many of us were far more personally invested than perhaps any in our lifetimes.
In Wisconsin, GOP-initiated election suppression is moving from voter ID and election-day pressures to post-election nullification.
Henry Lippold, who died last month at 89, built UW-Eau Claire’s broadcast journalism department from the ground up in the early ’70s.
With the midterm elections completed, WisOpinion Insiders Chvala and Jensen survey the new shape of Wisconsin’s political landscape. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
So why doesn’t the school board embrace them?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Nov. 14: WisPolitics.com breakfast with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, is a member of the Ways and Means Committee, and will talk about trade, tariffs and the new Congress at a WisPolitics.com breakfast in D.C. Date: Wednesday, Nov. 14 Time:
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Dem and GOP caucuses elected their leadership for the upcoming session. Dems voted yesterday to keep their current team in place after losing one seat in the chamber this week. Sen. Jennifer Shilling, of La Crosse,
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says GOP lawmakers want to increase legislative authority on things such voter ID rules, but pushed back at the suggestion he and Republicans are trying to undermine Dem Gov.-elect Tony Evers. With Republicans set to lose the executive branch, Fitzgerald said he and Assembly Speaker
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says GOP lawmakers want to increase legislative authority on things such voter ID rules, but pushed back at the suggestion he and Republicans are trying to undermine Dem Gov.-elect Tony Evers. With Republicans set to lose the
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’d be open to looking at taking away some authority from the executive branch. “Maybe we made some mistakes giving too much power to Governor Walker,” Vos told reporters in the state Capitol Wednesday. “I’d be open to looking at that to see if
It’s impossible to overstate how much those who yearn for a return to a more united Wisconsin owe to Tony Evers, our humble and bookish governor-elect, and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a routinely underestimated liberal from Madison with steely optimism and Midwestern authenticity.
The major implication of Tony Evers’ victory over Scott Walker is that the new Democratic governor will force a fair redistricting after the 2020 Census.
Walker’s loss hurts in a much more acute way than I think any election loss has ever hurt before because of what it ultimately represents—an end to eight years of conservative governance in this state in which many of us were far more personally invested than perhaps any in our lifetimes.