The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today stripped 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the state budget, taking the document back to current law as members began their work on the two-year spending plan.
An Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing was interrupted when Chair Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, paused the discussion over someone seeking to testify while wearing a hat with profanity insulting President Donald Trump.
Gov. Tony Evers isn’t backing off his demand that any tax plan he’d sign be included in the state budget, and he wants Republicans to fund education “at every level” to move forward on budget negotiations.
The 2026 elections seem far away. Unless you are a potential candidate. The year before election year is when you get your campaign going. So it makes sense that one of the least known potential candidates — Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann — has officially kicked off his campaign for governor next year.
The population at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison for boys has been on the rise in recent months even as the state seeks to shut it down, a trend driven in part by more offenders being sentenced for serious crimes, according to the Department of Corrections.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee will kick off work on the state budget Thursday by voting on a motion that would strip 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the document he sent the Legislature in February.
Dem Attorney General Josh Kaul joined his 14th lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration, accusing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “dismantling” the Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, says Republican lawmakers in Congress are closely watching the fallout after the FBI arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan.
Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann officially kicked off his campaign for governor next year, accusing Dem incumbent Tony Evers and the status quo of failing Wisconsin. Schoemann, first elected county exec in 2020, said entrepreneurs can’t afford to pursue their
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state Supreme Court suspending a Milwaukee County judge after her arrest on charges of obstructing ICE, Republican Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann filing to run for governor, the state budget and more.
Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann, Schoemann, 43, is the first Republican to formally register in the race for Wisconsin governor.
Clark County Judge Lyndsey Boon Brunette is passing on a run for state Supreme Court next year, telling WisPolitics in a statement that 2026 “is not the best time to pursue a seat on the state’s highest court.”
State Affairs Wisconsin features are available to WisPolitics subscribers on the State Affairs Wisconsin platform. To read, visit here and log in with your WisPolitics subscription email address.
Under Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, property taxes on the mythical median-valued home would go up $4 on the bills local governments send out in December and another $46 the following year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin Republicans call for the removal of a Milwaukee judge accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE, and Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says President Donald Trump has broken promises to Wisconsinites.
A court-ordered investigation failed to definitively identify who was responsible for the leak of a draft order signaling the justices would hear a lawsuit seeking a declaration the Wisconsin Constitution protects the right to an abortion.
The state Supreme Court acted on its own to suspend a Milwaukee County judge facing federal charges of interfering with immigration officials, saying it was necessary to uphold the public’s confidence in the courts.
The former Madison clerk failed to perform her work duties when local officials missed 193 absentee ballots from the November election and her office didn’t report the issue to the state until after the official count was complete, according to a city investigation.
The lawyer handling the discipline case against Michael Gableman argued a three-year suspension of the former justice’s law license was justified because Gableman “certainly knew better” than to violate numerous conduct standards while reviewing the 2020 election.
Lawmakers are reigniting an effort this session at exempting cigar lounges from an early 2000s-era law banning smoking in most public places in the state.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today stripped 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the state budget, taking the document back to current law as members began their work on the two-year spending plan.
An Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing was interrupted when Chair Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, paused the discussion over someone seeking to testify while wearing a hat with profanity insulting President Donald Trump.
Gov. Tony Evers isn’t backing off his demand that any tax plan he’d sign be included in the state budget, and he wants Republicans to fund education “at every level” to move forward on budget negotiations.
The 2026 elections seem far away. Unless you are a potential candidate. The year before election year is when you get your campaign going. So it makes sense that one of the least known potential candidates — Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann — has officially kicked off his campaign for governor next year.
The population at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison for boys has been on the rise in recent months even as the state seeks to shut it down, a trend driven in part by more offenders being sentenced for serious crimes, according to the Department of Corrections.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee will kick off work on the state budget Thursday by voting on a motion that would strip 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the document he sent the Legislature in February.
Dem Attorney General Josh Kaul joined his 14th lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration, accusing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “dismantling” the Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, says Republican lawmakers in Congress are closely watching the fallout after the FBI arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan.
Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann officially kicked off his campaign for governor next year, accusing Dem incumbent Tony Evers and the status quo of failing Wisconsin. Schoemann, first elected county exec in 2020, said entrepreneurs can’t afford to pursue their dreams in Wisconsin, young families can’t afford to put down
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state Supreme Court suspending a Milwaukee County judge after her arrest on charges of obstructing ICE, Republican Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann filing to run for governor, the state budget and more.
Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann, Schoemann, 43, is the first Republican to formally register in the race for Wisconsin governor.
Clark County Judge Lyndsey Boon Brunette is passing on a run for state Supreme Court next year, telling WisPolitics in a statement that 2026 “is not the best time to pursue a seat on the state’s highest court.”
State Affairs Wisconsin features are available to WisPolitics subscribers on the State Affairs Wisconsin platform. To read, visit here and log in with your WisPolitics subscription email address.
Under Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, property taxes on the mythical median-valued home would go up $4 on the bills local governments send out in December and another $46 the following year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin Republicans call for the removal of a Milwaukee judge accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE, and Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says President Donald Trump has broken promises to Wisconsinites.
A court-ordered investigation failed to definitively identify who was responsible for the leak of a draft order signaling the justices would hear a lawsuit seeking a declaration the Wisconsin Constitution protects the right to an abortion.
The state Supreme Court acted on its own to suspend a Milwaukee County judge facing federal charges of interfering with immigration officials, saying it was necessary to uphold the public’s confidence in the courts.
The former Madison clerk failed to perform her work duties when local officials missed 193 absentee ballots from the November election and her office didn’t report the issue to the state until after the official count was complete, according to a city investigation.
The lawyer handling the discipline case against Michael Gableman argued a three-year suspension of the former justice’s law license was justified because Gableman “certainly knew better” than to violate numerous conduct standards while reviewing the 2020 election.
Lawmakers are reigniting an effort this session at exempting cigar lounges from an early 2000s-era law banning smoking in most public places in the state.