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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 disagrees with Trump on renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America… told reporters at a campaign event in Green Bay … “I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake
From WisPolitics … — 3rd CD Dem Rebecca Cooke is up with a second ad calling for a data center moratorium, this time adding her pledge not to take corporate PAC money because she doesn’t want to be “beholden to
3rd CD Dem Rebecca Cooke is up with a second ad calling for a data center moratorium, this time adding her pledge not to take corporate PAC money because she doesn’t want to be “beholden to any of these big tech companies.”
On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Wisconsin Elections Commission member Ann Jacobs discusses recent litigation by states, including Wisconsin, seeking to block a Trump administration effort to require the U.S. Postal Service only deliver mail-in absentee ballots to people on a citizenship list.
TOP STORIES Crowley leading Tiffany in first Marquette head-to-head poll of governor’s race… [Aug. 12-20 poll of 891 registered voters … Among likely voters, Crowley was ahead of Tiffany 49-44. Independents favored Crowley 55-16, but 29% remained undecided. Among registered
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, launched a new TV ad this week knocking Dem rival Rebecca Cooke as a “phony.”
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.
TOP STORIES Tiffany disagrees with Trump on renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America… told reporters at a campaign event in Green Bay … “I believe the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes and should stay Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario.” … the second time in recent days that Tiffany
From WisPolitics … — 3rd CD Dem Rebecca Cooke is up with a second ad calling for a data center moratorium, this time adding her pledge not to take corporate PAC money because she doesn’t want to be “beholden to any of these big tech companies.” Cooke has nearly $3.2
3rd CD Dem Rebecca Cooke is up with a second ad calling for a data center moratorium, this time adding her pledge not to take corporate PAC money because she doesn’t want to be “beholden to any of these big tech companies.”
On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Wisconsin Elections Commission member Ann Jacobs discusses recent litigation by states, including Wisconsin, seeking to block a Trump administration effort to require the U.S. Postal Service only deliver mail-in absentee ballots to people on a citizenship list.
TOP STORIES Crowley leading Tiffany in first Marquette head-to-head poll of governor’s race… [Aug. 12-20 poll of 891 registered voters … Among likely voters, Crowley was ahead of Tiffany 49-44. Independents favored Crowley 55-16, but 29% remained undecided. Among registered voters was a 44-44 tie, with 47% of Independents undecided.
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, launched a new TV ad this week knocking Dem rival Rebecca Cooke as a “phony.”