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In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Wisconsin Policy Forum VP and Research Director Jason Stein weighs in on the Universities of Wisconsin’s budget challenges.
“We had people all over the country, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, we had our county exec and our mayor on every national news outlet talking about how great Milwaukee is,” Visit Milwaukee’s president and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith told a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon in Milwaukee Monday. “And I think that that just shows that you don’t mess with us.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and guest host Jack Kelly, statehouse reporter for Wisconsin Watch, discuss former President Trump’s rally in Racine, the Republican National Convention security perimeter, the latest on fiscal mismanagement at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen take a look at the continuing saga of the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
In a “very conservative” estimate, Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand at a WisPolitics luncheon Thursday said she believes every underserved and unserved location in Wisconsin would have broadband access by 2030.
In the latest edition of “Talking Trade,” Michael Best Strategies Partner Sarah Helton weighs in on recently announced extensions to tariffs on Chinese imports, arguing the move is motivated by “both politics and strategy.”
Quotes of the Week Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city. – Former President Donald Trump speaking to House Republicans this week, according to a Punchbowl News report. Trump’s campaign issued a statement pushing back on
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss problems at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, the state Supreme Court ruling against Racine using a mobile voting van, Milwaukee’s new elections chief, the Dem Party state convention and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider voter reaction to former President Trump’s felony conviction for falsifying business records in hush money scheme. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Angela Lang, executive director of Milwaukee-based Black Leaders Organizing for Communities weighs in on Milwaukee and Black and Brown voters’ importance in the 2024 election. Lang also shares her thoughts on what President Joe Biden could do to appeal to Black voters.
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Port of Green Bay Director Dean Haen discusses the business climate in northeastern Wisconsin and an ongoing expansion project. “We’re serving the industries of agriculture, construction and manufacturing, so as they need raw
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss felony charges against the warden and eight others in Waupun prison deaths, calls to reform Milwaukee Public Schools, UW Regent Bob Atwell’s resignation, campaign registration papers filed in legislative races, this weekend’s Dem state convention and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, set the stage for the 2024 fall legislative elections with candidate filings completed this past week. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Former GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson, who helped launch private school choice in Milwaukee three decades ago as a way to force change in public schools, called for a 90-day study committee to tackle the “emergency” at MPS.
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Global Lite Refinery CEO Sahr Lebbie discusses how he launched a palm oil refinery in Sierra Leone from his corporate base in Milwaukee.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost’s ties to a 2011 petition seeking to recall former Gov. Scott Walker, Milwaukee Public Schools funding issues, and the latest effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss finding and convincing Wisconsin independent voters to vote for a partisan candidate in the presidential election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Rick Abrams, CEO of the Wisconsin Health Care Association and Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living (WHCA/WiCAL) shares concerns about Wisconsin’s nursing homes’ ability to meet new minimum staffing standards in the midst of a worker shortage.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest update on the state budget, new legislative retirements, next week’s deadline in the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and last weekend’s GOP state convention.
Quotes of the Week This is bullshit. -Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, after Senate Republicans cut off debate on overriding Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of grants for western Wisconsin during a floor session this week. We had time for appropriate debate.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Wisconsin Policy Forum VP and Research Director Jason Stein weighs in on the Universities of Wisconsin’s budget challenges.
“We had people all over the country, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, we had our county exec and our mayor on every national news outlet talking about how great Milwaukee is,” Visit Milwaukee’s president and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith told a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon in Milwaukee Monday. “And I think that that just shows that you don’t mess with us.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and guest host Jack Kelly, statehouse reporter for Wisconsin Watch, discuss former President Trump’s rally in Racine, the Republican National Convention security perimeter, the latest on fiscal mismanagement at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen take a look at the continuing saga of the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
In a “very conservative” estimate, Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand at a WisPolitics luncheon Thursday said she believes every underserved and unserved location in Wisconsin would have broadband access by 2030.
In the latest edition of “Talking Trade,” Michael Best Strategies Partner Sarah Helton weighs in on recently announced extensions to tariffs on Chinese imports, arguing the move is motivated by “both politics and strategy.”
Quotes of the Week Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city. – Former President Donald Trump speaking to House Republicans this week, according to a Punchbowl News report. Trump’s campaign issued a statement pushing back on the reporting but confirmed the former president was “explicitly referring
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss problems at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, the state Supreme Court ruling against Racine using a mobile voting van, Milwaukee’s new elections chief, the Dem Party state convention and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider voter reaction to former President Trump’s felony conviction for falsifying business records in hush money scheme. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Angela Lang, executive director of Milwaukee-based Black Leaders Organizing for Communities weighs in on Milwaukee and Black and Brown voters’ importance in the 2024 election. Lang also shares her thoughts on what President Joe Biden could do to appeal to Black voters.
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Port of Green Bay Director Dean Haen discusses the business climate in northeastern Wisconsin and an ongoing expansion project. “We’re serving the industries of agriculture, construction and manufacturing, so as they need raw materials, the port serves as the conduit for those commodities,”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss felony charges against the warden and eight others in Waupun prison deaths, calls to reform Milwaukee Public Schools, UW Regent Bob Atwell’s resignation, campaign registration papers filed in legislative races, this weekend’s Dem state convention and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, set the stage for the 2024 fall legislative elections with candidate filings completed this past week. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Former GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson, who helped launch private school choice in Milwaukee three decades ago as a way to force change in public schools, called for a 90-day study committee to tackle the “emergency” at MPS.
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Global Lite Refinery CEO Sahr Lebbie discusses how he launched a palm oil refinery in Sierra Leone from his corporate base in Milwaukee.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost’s ties to a 2011 petition seeking to recall former Gov. Scott Walker, Milwaukee Public Schools funding issues, and the latest effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss finding and convincing Wisconsin independent voters to vote for a partisan candidate in the presidential election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Rick Abrams, CEO of the Wisconsin Health Care Association and Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living (WHCA/WiCAL) shares concerns about Wisconsin’s nursing homes’ ability to meet new minimum staffing standards in the midst of a worker shortage.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest update on the state budget, new legislative retirements, next week’s deadline in the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and last weekend’s GOP state convention.
Quotes of the Week This is bullshit. -Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, after Senate Republicans cut off debate on overriding Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of grants for western Wisconsin during a floor session this week. We had time for appropriate debate. But we ran out of time. – Senate Majority Leader