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Everything changed in the Capitol in April of 2023, when Democrats, outnumbered in the Legislature, brought in their new star pitcher: Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
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Everything changed in the Capitol in April of 2023, when Democrats, outnumbered in the Legislature, brought in their new star pitcher: Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

On April 2, Wisconsin voters have the opportunity to put an end to billionaires trying to buy election offices at the ballot box.

Long lines and cumbersome ID requirements discourage students from voting.

With Madison native Joe Gothard recently hired to become the city’s next school superintendent this summer, Police Chief Shon Barnes plans to pitch him on a reenvisioned SRO program that Barnes hopes would be a national model.

Immediately deport immigrants who commit crimes.

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, was the speaker at the 2024 annual Kastenmeier Lecture at UW-Madison Law School.

Harkin, at age 84, is still doing very well. He’s been out of the Senate now for nearly 10 years, having stepped down after choosing not to run in the 2014 election. Interestingly, the former Democratic senator isn’t depressed by the stark change in Iowa politics in just the past decade or so.

Kennedy has proven he will do almost anything, including this quixotic leap of name-dropping, to be relevant.
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“There’s a lot of things I need to do this summer,” the Green Bay-area Republican said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I’ve got this legislation I’m passing. There’s 149 other recommendations. We’ll see what happens.”
From WisPolitics … — Rep. Elijah Behnke, R-Oconto, announced he will run for the 4th AD, the seat he was drawn into with fellow incumbent Rep. David Steffen, R-Green Bay. Behnke formally announced his bid at a fundraiser Sunday. He

The campaign by Vos haters is anti-democratic. Here’s why.

Vos had a favorability rating of just 17% in the latest Marquette Law School poll released earlier this year.

Everything changed in the Capitol in April of 2023, when Democrats, outnumbered in the Legislature, brought in their new star pitcher: Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

On April 2, Wisconsin voters have the opportunity to put an end to billionaires trying to buy election offices at the ballot box.

Long lines and cumbersome ID requirements discourage students from voting.

With Madison native Joe Gothard recently hired to become the city’s next school superintendent this summer, Police Chief Shon Barnes plans to pitch him on a reenvisioned SRO program that Barnes hopes would be a national model.

Immediately deport immigrants who commit crimes.

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, was the speaker at the 2024 annual Kastenmeier Lecture at UW-Madison Law School.

Harkin, at age 84, is still doing very well. He’s been out of the Senate now for nearly 10 years, having stepped down after choosing not to run in the 2014 election. Interestingly, the former Democratic senator isn’t depressed by the stark change in Iowa politics in just the past decade or so.

Kennedy has proven he will do almost anything, including this quixotic leap of name-dropping, to be relevant.
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“There’s a lot of things I need to do this summer,” the Green Bay-area Republican said on WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I’ve got this legislation I’m passing. There’s 149 other recommendations. We’ll see what happens.”
From WisPolitics … — Rep. Elijah Behnke, R-Oconto, announced he will run for the 4th AD, the seat he was drawn into with fellow incumbent Rep. David Steffen, R-Green Bay. Behnke formally announced his bid at a fundraiser Sunday. He told WisPolitics in a phone interview he talked with Steffen

The campaign by Vos haters is anti-democratic. Here’s why.

Vos had a favorability rating of just 17% in the latest Marquette Law School poll released earlier this year.