Member of WisGOP Exec Committee calls for overhaul of party fundraising amid lackluster numbers

Friday, May 3, 2024

Will Martin, a Racine businessman who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, argues the party needs to get all Executive Committee members involved in fundraising to free up Chair Brian Schimming to focus on those willing to give $50,000 or more. He also urged the party to look to more out-of-state donors after being regularly outraised by the state Dem Party in recent years.

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3rd CD Dem candidates take questions at forum

Thursday, May 2, 2024

The three Dems seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, took questions from 3rd CD Democratic Party Chair William Garcia during a forum held at UW-La Crosse yesterday evening. The talked about gun legislation, LGBTQ rights and the Israel-Hamas war.

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Dallet calls for more expansive reading of rights protected in Wisconsin Constitution, drawing rebuke from Rebecca Bradley

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Dallet argued the state Supreme Court has a long history of interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution as providing greater protections of individual liberties than the U.S. Constitution. That includes, for example, the state court finding a guaranteed right to counsel at the state’s expense in a criminal case more than 100 years before the U.S. Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in 1963.

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Rep. Riemer: Announces not seeking reelection

Thursday, Apr 25, 2024

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Member of WisGOP Exec Committee calls for overhaul of party fundraising amid lackluster numbers

Friday, May 3, 2024

Will Martin, a Racine businessman who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, argues the party needs to get all Executive Committee members involved in fundraising to free up Chair Brian Schimming to focus on those willing to give $50,000 or more. He also urged the party to look to more out-of-state donors after being regularly outraised by the state Dem Party in recent years.

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3rd CD Dem candidates take questions at forum

Thursday, May 2, 2024

The three Dems seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, took questions from 3rd CD Democratic Party Chair William Garcia during a forum held at UW-La Crosse yesterday evening. The talked about gun legislation, LGBTQ rights and the Israel-Hamas war.

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WED News Summary: Police remove tents at UW-Madison’s pro-Palestinian encampment; Evers not considering National Guard for campus protests

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

TOP STORIES Police remove tents at UW-Madison’s pro-Palestinian encampment Police arrived on UW-Madison campus shortly before 7 a.m. local time … University police gave the students staying at the encampment a warning to evacuate shortly before 7 a.m. … began removing the tents as students jeered. … Video posted to

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Dallet calls for more expansive reading of rights protected in Wisconsin Constitution, drawing rebuke from Rebecca Bradley

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Dallet argued the state Supreme Court has a long history of interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution as providing greater protections of individual liberties than the U.S. Constitution. That includes, for example, the state court finding a guaranteed right to counsel at the state’s expense in a criminal case more than 100 years before the U.S. Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in 1963.

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FRI News Summary: AG Kaul argues drop boxes legal in Wisconsin

Friday, Apr 26, 2024

TOP STORIES Ballot drop boxes aren’t actually banned, state’s top cop argues … July 2023 lawsuit, filed by the group Priorities USA, a national nonprofit that supports Democrats, challenges the ruling from two years ago and urges the now liberal-leaning high court to reinstate the legal use of the boxes.

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Rep. Riemer: Announces not seeking reelection

Thursday, Apr 25, 2024

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Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Endorses Peter Barca in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District

Friday, Apr 19, 2024

Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, released the following statement announcing the labor federation’s endorsement of Peter Barca in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. “As a Wisconsin legislator, Peter Barca stood steadfastly on the side of our state’s working families. During Wisconsin’s Act 10 protests, Representative Barca was a leader

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