Visit WisPolitics-State Affairs for premium content,
keyword notifications, bill tracking and more

Polling places are open across Wisconsin as election officials brace for high turnout amid partisan tensions in a high stakes midterm election.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — There will be no delay in counting military absentee ballots after a Waukesha County judge declined to issue an order sequestering ballots until they could be checked to

A Waukesha County judge late Monday declined to issue an injunction that would’ve sequestered military absentee ballots, saying it was a “drastic” remedy that would at least temporarily disenfranchise military voters. GOP state Rep. Janel Brandtjen and others filed the

The dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health says the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent abortion decision is “threatening to undo all the progress that we’ve made” in expanding OB-GYN residency training. Dr. Robert Golden, also the vice

Refusing to accept election results and to work with the political opposition are dangerous precedents that pose an existential risk to our democracy and to the Wisconsin Idea both at home and throughout the nation.

Because it really matters.

They are both captives of Donald Trump’s new Republican Party and deserve to be defeated in tomorrow’s election.

A champion of education funding, helping our schools’ national ranking rise. Tim Michels would take us backward.

Even us Trump apostates support Tim Michels and Ron Johnson!

Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and Gov. Tony Evers are both pragmatists who understand government at its best solves problems.

Gov. Evers wants local governments to be allowed to increase their tax levies by a minimum of 2 percent, even if there wasn’t enough net new construction to justify it. That means everyone’s property taxes would go up to fill that gap.

It’s clear that all of this aggressive voting is not a sign of civic health. Quite the opposite. We were a stronger, better and happier democracy when turnout was low and people griped that there just wasn’t much difference between the two parties.

As we pack our polling places around Wisconsin and the nation, make sure to say “thank you” to the folks who are doing their civic duty to ensure this essential function of democracy runs smoothly.

As Milwaukee’s No. 2 elections official faces charges in the city’s latest election scandal, the lawmaker she targeted is asking a critical question: Why would Kimberly Zapata risk her job, her excellent benefits, her freedom, when she could have just stepped forward with her concerns?

But “red wave” potential looms in Wisconsin.

Polling places are open across Wisconsin as election officials brace for high turnout amid partisan tensions in a high stakes midterm election.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — There will be no delay in counting military absentee ballots after a Waukesha County judge declined to issue an order sequestering ballots until they could be checked to ensure they were properly cast. Waukesha County Judge Michael Maxwell

A Waukesha County judge late Monday declined to issue an injunction that would’ve sequestered military absentee ballots, saying it was a “drastic” remedy that would at least temporarily disenfranchise military voters. GOP state Rep. Janel Brandtjen and others filed the lawsuit after a Milwaukee election official used phony names to

The dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health says the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent abortion decision is “threatening to undo all the progress that we’ve made” in expanding OB-GYN residency training. Dr. Robert Golden, also the vice chancellor for medical affairs at UW-Madison, said the state’s obstetrics

Refusing to accept election results and to work with the political opposition are dangerous precedents that pose an existential risk to our democracy and to the Wisconsin Idea both at home and throughout the nation.

Because it really matters.

They are both captives of Donald Trump’s new Republican Party and deserve to be defeated in tomorrow’s election.

A champion of education funding, helping our schools’ national ranking rise. Tim Michels would take us backward.

Even us Trump apostates support Tim Michels and Ron Johnson!

Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and Gov. Tony Evers are both pragmatists who understand government at its best solves problems.

Gov. Evers wants local governments to be allowed to increase their tax levies by a minimum of 2 percent, even if there wasn’t enough net new construction to justify it. That means everyone’s property taxes would go up to fill that gap.

It’s clear that all of this aggressive voting is not a sign of civic health. Quite the opposite. We were a stronger, better and happier democracy when turnout was low and people griped that there just wasn’t much difference between the two parties.

As we pack our polling places around Wisconsin and the nation, make sure to say “thank you” to the folks who are doing their civic duty to ensure this essential function of democracy runs smoothly.

As Milwaukee’s No. 2 elections official faces charges in the city’s latest election scandal, the lawmaker she targeted is asking a critical question: Why would Kimberly Zapata risk her job, her excellent benefits, her freedom, when she could have just stepped forward with her concerns?

But “red wave” potential looms in Wisconsin.