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Dem VP Kamala Harris and those backing her have spent $74.6 million in ads in Wisconsin since Joe Biden dropped out of the race, while Donald Trump and his supporters dropped $53.1 million, according to AdImpact.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the next biennial state budget and take a first look at agency requests for spending Wisconsin’s robust surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
TOP STORIES Tim Walz returning to Wisconsin Monday for stops in Eau Claire, Green Bay… his fifth to the state … No locations or times have been announced … will participate in a political event in Eau Claire in the
The Federal Election Commission deadlocked 3-3 on whether U.S. Senate candidates should be allowed to use joint fundraising committees to finance political ads, a boost for GOP businessman Eric Hovde and other Republicans.
From WisPolitics … — The Federal Election Commission deadlocked 3-3 on whether U.S. Senate candidates should be allowed to use joint fundraising committees to finance political ads, a boost for GOP businessman Eric Hovde and other Republicans. Outraised by many
From WisPolitics … — Dem VP Kamala Harris and those backing her have spent $74.6 million in ads in Wisconsin since Joe Biden dropped out of the race, while Donald Trump and his supporters dropped $53.1 million, according to AdImpact.
The GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund has a new ad hitting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, on transgender issues.
Vote Vets is up with a new spot that knocks GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden for being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Dem-aligned House Majority PAC launched a new TV ad hitting GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden on abortion. The spot features Dr. Jill McMullen, a family physician in Tomah. She says her patients trust her with their personal medical
WI Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’… Evers took language that originally applied the $325 increase for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years and instead vetoed the “20” and the hyphen to make the end date
The latest Quinnipiac Univerity poll found 48% of likely Wisconsin voters back Donald Trump for president, while 46% support Kamala Harris. Meanwhile, the latest Emerson College Poll of Wisconsin is largely unchanged from last month.
Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky during oral arguments expressed concerns the state Supreme Court has for too long broadly interpreted governors’ partial veto powers and wondered if Dem Tony Evers’ move to extend school revenue caps for 400 years is a bridge too far.
From WisPolitics … — Incumbent lawmakers in two of the top legislative races are playing up their work across the aisle in new TV ads. In the 8th SD, GOP state Sen. Duey Stroebel has a new spot featuring his
From WisPolitics … — Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky today expressed concerns the state Supreme Court has for too long broadly interpreted governors’ partial veto powers and wondered if Dem Tony Evers’ move to extend school revenue caps for 400 years
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, UW-La Follette School Director Susan Webb-Yackee shares how the Main Street Agenda program, a partnership between the La Follette School and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has sought to bring Wisconsinites together across political lines.
TOP STORIES Hovde calls for cutting budget to 2019 levels, raising Social Security age for under 40 … Speaking at a luncheon co-sponsored by the Milwaukee Press Club and Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Hovde proposed pulling back federal spending to
Major racial disparities persist between students of color and white students in English language arts, according to new statewide test results.
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court today will hear a challenge to Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ veto in the 2023-25 state budget that pushed out by 400 years the end date for annual increases in per-pupil spending limits.
From WisPolitics … — Major racial disparities persist between students of color and white students in English language arts, according to statewide test results released by the DPI today. Today’s results for the 2023-24 school year were released after the
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde accused Dem rival Tammy Baldwin of distorting his position on Social Security, saying he only supports raising the retirement age for those in their 40s or younger, not those who are about to claim
Dem VP Kamala Harris and those backing her have spent $74.6 million in ads in Wisconsin since Joe Biden dropped out of the race, while Donald Trump and his supporters dropped $53.1 million, according to AdImpact.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the next biennial state budget and take a first look at agency requests for spending Wisconsin’s robust surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
TOP STORIES Tim Walz returning to Wisconsin Monday for stops in Eau Claire, Green Bay… his fifth to the state … No locations or times have been announced … will participate in a political event in Eau Claire in the morning, according to an advisory, and deliver remarks at a
The Federal Election Commission deadlocked 3-3 on whether U.S. Senate candidates should be allowed to use joint fundraising committees to finance political ads, a boost for GOP businessman Eric Hovde and other Republicans.
From WisPolitics … — The Federal Election Commission deadlocked 3-3 on whether U.S. Senate candidates should be allowed to use joint fundraising committees to finance political ads, a boost for GOP businessman Eric Hovde and other Republicans. Outraised by many of their Dem opponents, GOP U.S. Senate candidates in several
From WisPolitics … — Dem VP Kamala Harris and those backing her have spent $74.6 million in ads in Wisconsin since Joe Biden dropped out of the race, while Donald Trump and his supporters dropped $53.1 million, according to AdImpact. The report released today is part of a broader look
The GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund has a new ad hitting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, on transgender issues.
Vote Vets is up with a new spot that knocks GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden for being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Dem-aligned House Majority PAC launched a new TV ad hitting GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden on abortion. The spot features Dr. Jill McMullen, a family physician in Tomah. She says her patients trust her with their personal medical decisions and never ask, “What does my congressman think?” She
WI Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’… Evers took language that originally applied the $325 increase for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years and instead vetoed the “20” and the hyphen to make the end date 2425, more than four centuries from now. …* Columbia Law
The latest Quinnipiac Univerity poll found 48% of likely Wisconsin voters back Donald Trump for president, while 46% support Kamala Harris. Meanwhile, the latest Emerson College Poll of Wisconsin is largely unchanged from last month.
Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky during oral arguments expressed concerns the state Supreme Court has for too long broadly interpreted governors’ partial veto powers and wondered if Dem Tony Evers’ move to extend school revenue caps for 400 years is a bridge too far.
From WisPolitics … — Incumbent lawmakers in two of the top legislative races are playing up their work across the aisle in new TV ads. In the 8th SD, GOP state Sen. Duey Stroebel has a new spot featuring his daughter, who reads a story to her son about his
From WisPolitics … — Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky today expressed concerns the state Supreme Court has for too long broadly interpreted governors’ partial veto powers and wondered if Dem Tony Evers’ move to extend school revenue caps for 400 years is a bridge too far. But Assistant Attorney General Colin
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, UW-La Follette School Director Susan Webb-Yackee shares how the Main Street Agenda program, a partnership between the La Follette School and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has sought to bring Wisconsinites together across political lines.
TOP STORIES Hovde calls for cutting budget to 2019 levels, raising Social Security age for under 40 … Speaking at a luncheon co-sponsored by the Milwaukee Press Club and Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Hovde proposed pulling back federal spending to pre-pandemic levels as he claimed his opponent, Sen. Tammy Baldwin,
Major racial disparities persist between students of color and white students in English language arts, according to new statewide test results.
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court today will hear a challenge to Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ veto in the 2023-25 state budget that pushed out by 400 years the end date for annual increases in per-pupil spending limits. The language lawmakers sent to Evers included a $325 per
From WisPolitics … — Major racial disparities persist between students of color and white students in English language arts, according to statewide test results released by the DPI today. Today’s results for the 2023-24 school year were released after the Department of Public Instruction came under fire this year for
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde accused Dem rival Tammy Baldwin of distorting his position on Social Security, saying he only supports raising the retirement age for those in their 40s or younger, not those who are about to claim the benefit. He also defended his comments about the federal