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Election Day is around the corner and the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their insights and predictions regarding the impending outcome.
“Talking Trade” hosts UW-Madison Prof. Ian Coxhead and M. E. Dey & Co. President Sandi Siegel use the 2020 election to evaluate President Trump’s trade policy. They also discuss potential changes with a Joe Biden victory…. Please log in to
Science communication experts see faulty science communication and political division as major determinants in the nation’s response to climate change and coronavirus. Kendra Pierre-Louis, a climate change reporter from Gimlet Media and UW-Madison Science Writer in Residence, and life sciences
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has denied a request from a conservative group to bar Wisconsin’s five largest cities from using private money to cover costs for Tuesday’s election as it appeals a decision that found the funding was
Gov. Tony Evers has authorized up to 400 members of the National Guard to work at polling stations across the state, a total roughly double the statewide shortage of poll workers reported today by the state’s top election official. Elections
A split state Supreme Court has declined to give clerks in Calumet and Outagamie counties guidance on how to address thousands of ballots with a printing error that local officials say threatens their ability to count all votes by a
Joe Biden has spent 47 years in Washington losing. Biden lost manufacturing jobs when he voted for NAFTA, lost veterans’ lives when he mismanaged the Department of Veterans Affairs, lost America’s respect when he opposed killing terrorists, and lost the people’s
MILWAUKEE – Charles Franklin, Professor of Law and Public Policy and director of the Marquette Law School Poll, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Wednesday, November 11. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented
President Trump promised to deliver record economic gains for American workers and, with today’s historic GDP report, has proven the success of his America First policies. Joe Biden spent 47 years in Washington shipping factory jobs overseas and selling out to
Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera: “The recent Supreme Court decision to side with the Wisconsin GOP to not have absentee votes counted that arrive after November 3rd — despite delays in the postal service during a pandemic — is nothing
As we careen towards an election with a divisive Supreme Court nomination, a raging pandemic and small businesses on their last legs all around us, I keep wondering what Trump has to tout – I got my answer last week: an grandiose and erroneous claim he’s lowered drug prices.
MADISON, WI – Today marks five days until the final votes are in the 2020 election cycle. At this point over twice as many Wisconsinites aged 18-29 have cast absentee ballots this election as compared to 2016. This surge in absentee
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, facing a deluge of outside spending, has posted a new campaign ad that accuses Dem opponent Joel Jacobsen of launching a “personal smear campaign” against Vos. Vos appears once in the new spot, which features his
President Trump, who campaigned in West Salem Tuesday, will be in Green Bay Friday afternoon for another rally. The upcoming trip comes the same day Joe Biden will return to Wisconsin for the first time since September. It will be
The state Supreme Court is moving quickly to hear a challenge a Waukesha County businessman filed to Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, setting oral arguments in the case for Nov. 16. In the 4-3 ruling late yesterday, the court
Vice President Pence warned this election is a choice on whether “America remains America.” At a campaign rally in Mosinee on Wednesday, Pence told viewers if Dem presidential candidate Joe Biden wins, he would only serve as a “Trojan horse
An idea developed before the pandemic has turned into software to help restaurants and universities succeed in the COVID age. UW-Madison sophomores Abhijeet Manohar and Sourish Kundu have co-founded a secure menu and ordering platform as well as an indoor
Joe Biden continued to have an edge on President Trump in the final Marquette University Law School Poll ahead of next week’s race. The poll found 48 percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 43 percent supported Trump. Another 2
As Wisconsin set single-day records for COVID-19 cases and deaths, President Trump continued to demand Gov. Tony Evers “open up” the state. Trump during a rally Tuesday slammed the national media for what he said was an obsession with “COVID,
The head of the Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association said she believes local election officials across the state will complete their tallies and produce unofficial results on election night despite a crush of absentee ballots. Wendy Helgeson, who serves as president
Election Day is around the corner and the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their insights and predictions regarding the impending outcome.
“Talking Trade” hosts UW-Madison Prof. Ian Coxhead and M. E. Dey & Co. President Sandi Siegel use the 2020 election to evaluate President Trump’s trade policy. They also discuss potential changes with a Joe Biden victory…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please
Science communication experts see faulty science communication and political division as major determinants in the nation’s response to climate change and coronavirus. Kendra Pierre-Louis, a climate change reporter from Gimlet Media and UW-Madison Science Writer in Residence, and life sciences communication Prof. Dietram Scheufele headlined a university livestream titled “Climate
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has denied a request from a conservative group to bar Wisconsin’s five largest cities from using private money to cover costs for Tuesday’s election as it appeals a decision that found the funding was OK. It is the latest legal setback for the conservative
Gov. Tony Evers has authorized up to 400 members of the National Guard to work at polling stations across the state, a total roughly double the statewide shortage of poll workers reported today by the state’s top election official. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe told reporters at her weekly media
A split state Supreme Court has declined to give clerks in Calumet and Outagamie counties guidance on how to address thousands of ballots with a printing error that local officials say threatens their ability to count all votes by a state-imposed deadline. The majority didn’t explain its rationale Thursday for
Joe Biden has spent 47 years in Washington losing. Biden lost manufacturing jobs when he voted for NAFTA, lost veterans’ lives when he mismanaged the Department of Veterans Affairs, lost America’s respect when he opposed killing terrorists, and lost the people’s trust by engaging in a pay-for-play scam with the Chinese. Now,
MILWAUKEE – Charles Franklin, Professor of Law and Public Policy and director of the Marquette Law School Poll, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Wednesday, November 11. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by a partnership between the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com. Franklin will analyze
President Trump promised to deliver record economic gains for American workers and, with today’s historic GDP report, has proven the success of his America First policies. Joe Biden spent 47 years in Washington shipping factory jobs overseas and selling out to China. President Trump has defended American jobs and brought economic success
Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera: “The recent Supreme Court decision to side with the Wisconsin GOP to not have absentee votes counted that arrive after November 3rd — despite delays in the postal service during a pandemic — is nothing short of willful voter suppression. To ensure that your vote is
As we careen towards an election with a divisive Supreme Court nomination, a raging pandemic and small businesses on their last legs all around us, I keep wondering what Trump has to tout – I got my answer last week: an grandiose and erroneous claim he’s lowered drug prices.
MADISON, WI – Today marks five days until the final votes are in the 2020 election cycle. At this point over twice as many Wisconsinites aged 18-29 have cast absentee ballots this election as compared to 2016. This surge in absentee voting among youth is being led by voters who could
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, facing a deluge of outside spending, has posted a new campaign ad that accuses Dem opponent Joel Jacobsen of launching a “personal smear campaign” against Vos. Vos appears once in the new spot, which features his wife Michelle Litjens Vos speaking directly to the camera. She
President Trump, who campaigned in West Salem Tuesday, will be in Green Bay Friday afternoon for another rally. The upcoming trip comes the same day Joe Biden will return to Wisconsin for the first time since September. It will be Biden’s third stop in the state this year, compared to
The state Supreme Court is moving quickly to hear a challenge a Waukesha County businessman filed to Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, setting oral arguments in the case for Nov. 16. In the 4-3 ruling late yesterday, the court agreed to take original jurisdiction in the suit filed by
Vice President Pence warned this election is a choice on whether “America remains America.” At a campaign rally in Mosinee on Wednesday, Pence told viewers if Dem presidential candidate Joe Biden wins, he would only serve as a “Trojan horse for the radical left.” “This election is really a choice
An idea developed before the pandemic has turned into software to help restaurants and universities succeed in the COVID age. UW-Madison sophomores Abhijeet Manohar and Sourish Kundu have co-founded a secure menu and ordering platform as well as an indoor capacity tracker. Their business, Dine In LLC started as an
Joe Biden continued to have an edge on President Trump in the final Marquette University Law School Poll ahead of next week’s race. The poll found 48 percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 43 percent supported Trump. Another 2 percent said they support Libertarian Jo Jorgensen. The poll has
As Wisconsin set single-day records for COVID-19 cases and deaths, President Trump continued to demand Gov. Tony Evers “open up” the state. Trump during a rally Tuesday slammed the national media for what he said was an obsession with “COVID, COVID, COVID” while knocking Dem governors around the country who
The head of the Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association said she believes local election officials across the state will complete their tallies and produce unofficial results on election night despite a crush of absentee ballots. Wendy Helgeson, who serves as president of the WMCA and clerk of the town of Greenville,