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With the primary results in the books, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, assign winners and losers in races for governor, U.S. Senate and other contests. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

This corrosion of civic education is manifesting itself in the types of leaders Americans are choosing and in what citizens expect of those leaders once they take office.

Call this “fake news” if you want, but I think if independent journalism some day disappears, we, the people, can count on getting the government we will deserve.

America is not a fascist state yet. But it could get there in a hurry.

Central to the Republican stratagem is restricting voting by groups that tend to vote Democratic: youth, minorities, the poor and disabled.

AG Brad Schimel has awarded the remainder of the first round school safety grants. Schimel yesterday announced 60 schools and districts will get the remaining $2.6 million in funding. That leaves some $48 million in funding for applicants interested in
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — AG Brad Schimel has paid out the remainder of the first round school safety grant funding. Schimel yesterday announced 60 schools and districts will get the remaining $2.6
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes

The Republican Party’s campaign against Tony Evers began minutes after he won the Democratic primary, and voters should expect to see plenty more through November given Gov. Scott Walker’s slim record of accomplishments to tout.

His stance on school choice may kick thousands of low-income Milwaukee students out of their schools.

People are tired of the con and are ready to have policy delivered by a calm, competent figure they can trust.

Beyond the vote totals, who were the other winners and losers in yesterday’s election?

He ran hard early not against Donald Trump, but Paul Ryan. And he might have peaked too soon.

The Democrats got what are probably the best possible outcomes in their own gubernatorial primary and in the Republican primary that determined who will challenge U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.

I believe that Speaker Ryan will be forever known as the family-first Speaker. For this reason, I think it is fitting that his signature achievement is a bill that will help other families by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money, all while growing the economy and enabling Wisconsinites to realize the American dream.

Newspapers across the United States are editorializing today in defense of freedom of the press — a necessary act at a time when Donald Trump’s disdain for the basic premises of the American experiment is most on display in his visceral reaction to journalists and journalism.

With the primary results in the books, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, assign winners and losers in races for governor, U.S. Senate and other contests. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

This corrosion of civic education is manifesting itself in the types of leaders Americans are choosing and in what citizens expect of those leaders once they take office.

Call this “fake news” if you want, but I think if independent journalism some day disappears, we, the people, can count on getting the government we will deserve.

America is not a fascist state yet. But it could get there in a hurry.

Central to the Republican stratagem is restricting voting by groups that tend to vote Democratic: youth, minorities, the poor and disabled.

AG Brad Schimel has awarded the remainder of the first round school safety grants. Schimel yesterday announced 60 schools and districts will get the remaining $2.6 million in funding. That leaves some $48 million in funding for applicants interested in the second round of grant funding to shore up mental
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes and the Google Play Music App. Just search WisPolitics Midday.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — AG Brad Schimel has paid out the remainder of the first round school safety grant funding. Schimel yesterday announced 60 schools and districts will get the remaining $2.6 million in funding. That leaves some $48 million in funding
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via iTunes and the Google Play Music App. Just search WisPolitics Midday.

The Republican Party’s campaign against Tony Evers began minutes after he won the Democratic primary, and voters should expect to see plenty more through November given Gov. Scott Walker’s slim record of accomplishments to tout.

His stance on school choice may kick thousands of low-income Milwaukee students out of their schools.

People are tired of the con and are ready to have policy delivered by a calm, competent figure they can trust.

Beyond the vote totals, who were the other winners and losers in yesterday’s election?

He ran hard early not against Donald Trump, but Paul Ryan. And he might have peaked too soon.

The Democrats got what are probably the best possible outcomes in their own gubernatorial primary and in the Republican primary that determined who will challenge U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.

I believe that Speaker Ryan will be forever known as the family-first Speaker. For this reason, I think it is fitting that his signature achievement is a bill that will help other families by allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money, all while growing the economy and enabling Wisconsinites to realize the American dream.

Newspapers across the United States are editorializing today in defense of freedom of the press — a necessary act at a time when Donald Trump’s disdain for the basic premises of the American experiment is most on display in his visceral reaction to journalists and journalism.