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TOP STORIES Tiffany, Crowley aligned on removing federal protections for wolves in Wisconsin… On Friday, [Trump EO] directed [Interior Sec.] Burgum to begin the process of delisting or downlisting wolves … within 90 days if recovery criteria are met. …
On this week’s “Capitol Chats”, Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters Wisconsin, discusses three constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
TOP STORIES Tiffany said he would block violent inmates from electronic devices… proposing limits on tablet use by inmates after Milwaukee County Judge David Borowski admonished the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office for providing offenders with devices, some of whom used
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss a reported Department of Homeland Security investigation into Wisconsin’s elections, a White House Rose Garden dinner with GOP candidates and President Trump, a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting that addressed a Milwaukee absentee ballot reporting delay in the August primary, and more.
On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Milwaukee Police Association Vice President Joel Moeller discusses Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s proclamation setting new limits on Flock camera usage by city police and how state lawmakers should respond to public backlash against the automated
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss an election worker’s error that led to delayed Milwaukee results for the August primary and broader issues resulting in late absentee ballot results from Milwaukee’s central count facility in prior elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Subscribers: There will be no News Summary on Monday due to Labor Day. Regular delivery will resume Tuesday. Thanks for subscribing! TOP STORIES Wisconsin election officials warn mail-in ballots order is unworkable… “It would be virtually impossible for Wisconsin to
From WisPolitics … — In this week’s Dem radio address, Gov. Tony Evers celebrates the start of the 2026-27 school year, thanking educators and school staff. “Every school year, you work to guide, teach, and show students how to become
TOP STORIES Rising Wisconsin surplus produces little clamor to revisit rebate deal… Just 16% of Wisconsin’s 132 full-time state lawmakers responded to a survey by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in recent days asking them whether they support returning to the
In his second ad of his reelection campaign, U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says he’ll “always work for you and your family and deliver results.”
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation.
TOP STORIES Lawmakers vote to release $10M from PFAS contamination settlement… With almost no discussion,[JFC unanimously] passed the resolution Sept. 1 to allow [DNR] access to the funding [from Tyco settlement of DOJ suit] … DNR [letter] asked the committee
In her latest ad, Dem 3rd CD candidate Rebecca Cooke knocks GOP rival U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden for “voting to cut healthcare.”
The Dick Uihlein-aligned Restoration of America PAC is up with a new TV ad in the governor’s race using footage from a brawl at the Wisconsin State Fair to knock Crowley on crime.
GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany is up with a new ad knocking Dem rival David Crowley over taxes that features a woman warning viewers not to let the Milwaukee County executive “come for your paycheck next.”
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Port of Green Bay Director Dean Haen says shipping totals through the northeastern Wisconsin port are ahead of last year, despite the “complete disruption” of commerce in the spring. Heavy snowfall in March
TOP STORIES Milwaukee jail’s access to internet enters Wisconsin governor debate… after a bail hearing on Aug. 28 for Thomas Zollicoffer, a 36-year-old Milwaukee man charged with seven felonies, including three [confessed] counts of first-degree intentional homicide. … Judge David
Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson says the city is pushing to end its contract with Flock, the latest move by municipalities against the company that has assembled a vast network of cameras nationwide that read license plates.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the latest results from the Marquette Law School Poll, tax collections coming in higher than expected and a DA declining to charge Elon Musk.
TOP STORIES Tiffany, Crowley aligned on removing federal protections for wolves in Wisconsin… On Friday, [Trump EO] directed [Interior Sec.] Burgum to begin the process of delisting or downlisting wolves … within 90 days if recovery criteria are met. … [Trump in 2020] delisted the wolf before a federal judge
On this week’s “Capitol Chats”, Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters Wisconsin, discusses three constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
TOP STORIES Tiffany said he would block violent inmates from electronic devices… proposing limits on tablet use by inmates after Milwaukee County Judge David Borowski admonished the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office for providing offenders with devices, some of whom used them to contact a victim more than 1,000 times, look
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss a reported Department of Homeland Security investigation into Wisconsin’s elections, a White House Rose Garden dinner with GOP candidates and President Trump, a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting that addressed a Milwaukee absentee ballot reporting delay in the August primary, and more.
On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Milwaukee Police Association Vice President Joel Moeller discusses Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s proclamation setting new limits on Flock camera usage by city police and how state lawmakers should respond to public backlash against the automated license plate readers.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss an election worker’s error that led to delayed Milwaukee results for the August primary and broader issues resulting in late absentee ballot results from Milwaukee’s central count facility in prior elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Subscribers: There will be no News Summary on Monday due to Labor Day. Regular delivery will resume Tuesday. Thanks for subscribing! TOP STORIES Wisconsin election officials warn mail-in ballots order is unworkable… “It would be virtually impossible for Wisconsin to comply with the rule, for several reasons,” [WEC chair] Millis
From WisPolitics … — In this week’s Dem radio address, Gov. Tony Evers celebrates the start of the 2026-27 school year, thanking educators and school staff. “Every school year, you work to guide, teach, and show students how to become kind, curious and attentive learners,” says the Dem governor and
TOP STORIES Rising Wisconsin surplus produces little clamor to revisit rebate deal… Just 16% of Wisconsin’s 132 full-time state lawmakers responded to a survey by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in recent days asking them whether they support returning to the floor to take up a bill that died earlier this
In his second ad of his reelection campaign, U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says he’ll “always work for you and your family and deliver results.”
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation.
TOP STORIES Lawmakers vote to release $10M from PFAS contamination settlement… With almost no discussion,[JFC unanimously] passed the resolution Sept. 1 to allow [DNR] access to the funding [from Tyco settlement of DOJ suit] … DNR [letter] asked the committee to release the funding in August [but JFC did not
In her latest ad, Dem 3rd CD candidate Rebecca Cooke knocks GOP rival U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden for “voting to cut healthcare.”
The Dick Uihlein-aligned Restoration of America PAC is up with a new TV ad in the governor’s race using footage from a brawl at the Wisconsin State Fair to knock Crowley on crime.
GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany is up with a new ad knocking Dem rival David Crowley over taxes that features a woman warning viewers not to let the Milwaukee County executive “come for your paycheck next.”
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Port of Green Bay Director Dean Haen says shipping totals through the northeastern Wisconsin port are ahead of last year, despite the “complete disruption” of commerce in the spring. Heavy snowfall in March as well as “epic rains” across the region led to
TOP STORIES Milwaukee jail’s access to internet enters Wisconsin governor debate… after a bail hearing on Aug. 28 for Thomas Zollicoffer, a 36-year-old Milwaukee man charged with seven felonies, including three [confessed] counts of first-degree intentional homicide. … Judge David Borowski disavowed [inmate] access … after learning Zollicoffer used a
Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson says the city is pushing to end its contract with Flock, the latest move by municipalities against the company that has assembled a vast network of cameras nationwide that read license plates.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the latest results from the Marquette Law School Poll, tax collections coming in higher than expected and a DA declining to charge Elon Musk.