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Documents obtained by WisPolitics show those pushing the effort are seeking a May 12 meeting, noting the executive committee has authority over matters related to employment, compensation, performance and organizational structure.
Former GOP Gov. Scott Walker says young independent voters are the “wild card” this November and could swing toward candidates like Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist from Madison who received the most support in the most recent Marquette Law School poll.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the dismissal of another lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map, a ruling requiring the state DOJ to release the names of all Wisconsin law enforcement officers, Judge Pedro Colón joining the 2027 state Supreme Court race and more.
Former UW President Jay Rothman accused Regents President Amy Bogost of misleading a state Senate committee when she said a 2% tuition increase for the 2026-27 school year wasn’t “written in stone,” according to an email obtained by WisPolitics.
The state Elections Commission is directing Madison to redo its canvass of the spring election after finding it improperly included 23 absentee ballots that arrived at polling sites after the deadline due to clerk error.
Jacque is the sixth Republican in the 18-member Senate GOP caucus to retire.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Four Wisconsin Republicans introduce legislation to exempt southeast Wisconsin from federally mandated emissions testing.
The suit the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court on behalf of the Virginia-based PAC Americans for Citizen Voting argues the law “unlawfully restrict(s) core political speech and association rights.”
The Evers administration is asking lawmakers to sign off on spending $10.4 million to finish reimbursing states that provided law enforcement to assist in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention nearly two years ago.
The business leaders who challenged Wisconsin’s congressional map as an “anti-competitive gerrymander” filed a notice of appeal with the state Supreme Court after a three-judge panel on Tuesday dismissed the suit.
The panel found the suit was barred by a 2022 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that found the partisan composition of districts can’t be challenged in state courts. The judges wrote as “an inferior court,” they were obligated to follow that ruling.
1st District Court of Appeals Judge Pedro Colón, a former Dem lawmaker, today launched his campaign for the state Supreme Court, pledging any who appeared before him as a justice would get “a listening ear and a fair shot.”
“The first congressional district, frankly on paper, is more flippable than the third district,” Peter Burgelis, a Democratic alderman in Milwaukee, said while announcing his candidacy on WISN-TV’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
GOP Rep. Dean Kaufert, who returned to the Legislature this session after leaving a decade earlier when he became Neenah mayor, announced today he won’t seek reelection. Kaufert said in a statement he has spent the last 38 years “representing
State utility regulators rejected a proposal that would have required ratepayers to share the cost of new power plants built for data centers. Data centers in We Energies’ coverage area will instead be expected to pay the whole cost of new “bespoke” power generation built to serve the energy-guzzling facilities, the Public Service Commission decided Friday.
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association announced plans to host a debate in the governor’s race Oct. 9 — the day after WTMJ-TV plans to do one on the UW-Milwaukee campus.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss GOP businessman and attorney Paul Wassgren dropping his 7th CD bid, ad buys in congressional races, oral arguments before the state Supreme Court on access to data on voters deemed incompetent and more.
The trio of lawsuits filed yesterday in Dane County court against Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, Crypto.com and their affiliates seeks to stop their use of “event contracts” allowing Wisconsin users to bet on the outcome of sporting events.
7th CD candidate Jessi Ebben criticized GOP rival Michael Alfonso for relying on family ties and transportation industry dollars. Alfonso was not among the three GOP candidates who appeared at the April 22 candidate forum in Mercer, hosted by the Iron County Republican Party.
Nearly half of the state’s early literacy council resigned while the body was reviewing early literacy instructional materials, leading to a “months-long” delay in finalizing the recommendations, according to DPI.
Documents obtained by WisPolitics show those pushing the effort are seeking a May 12 meeting, noting the executive committee has authority over matters related to employment, compensation, performance and organizational structure.
Former GOP Gov. Scott Walker says young independent voters are the “wild card” this November and could swing toward candidates like Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist from Madison who received the most support in the most recent Marquette Law School poll.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the dismissal of another lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional map, a ruling requiring the state DOJ to release the names of all Wisconsin law enforcement officers, Judge Pedro Colón joining the 2027 state Supreme Court race and more.
Former UW President Jay Rothman accused Regents President Amy Bogost of misleading a state Senate committee when she said a 2% tuition increase for the 2026-27 school year wasn’t “written in stone,” according to an email obtained by WisPolitics.
The state Elections Commission is directing Madison to redo its canvass of the spring election after finding it improperly included 23 absentee ballots that arrived at polling sites after the deadline due to clerk error.
Jacque is the sixth Republican in the 18-member Senate GOP caucus to retire.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Four Wisconsin Republicans introduce legislation to exempt southeast Wisconsin from federally mandated emissions testing.
The suit the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court on behalf of the Virginia-based PAC Americans for Citizen Voting argues the law “unlawfully restrict(s) core political speech and association rights.”
The Evers administration is asking lawmakers to sign off on spending $10.4 million to finish reimbursing states that provided law enforcement to assist in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention nearly two years ago.
The business leaders who challenged Wisconsin’s congressional map as an “anti-competitive gerrymander” filed a notice of appeal with the state Supreme Court after a three-judge panel on Tuesday dismissed the suit.
The panel found the suit was barred by a 2022 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that found the partisan composition of districts can’t be challenged in state courts. The judges wrote as “an inferior court,” they were obligated to follow that ruling.
1st District Court of Appeals Judge Pedro Colón, a former Dem lawmaker, today launched his campaign for the state Supreme Court, pledging any who appeared before him as a justice would get “a listening ear and a fair shot.”
“The first congressional district, frankly on paper, is more flippable than the third district,” Peter Burgelis, a Democratic alderman in Milwaukee, said while announcing his candidacy on WISN-TV’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
GOP Rep. Dean Kaufert, who returned to the Legislature this session after leaving a decade earlier when he became Neenah mayor, announced today he won’t seek reelection. Kaufert said in a statement he has spent the last 38 years “representing this area trying to do what is right for the
State utility regulators rejected a proposal that would have required ratepayers to share the cost of new power plants built for data centers. Data centers in We Energies’ coverage area will instead be expected to pay the whole cost of new “bespoke” power generation built to serve the energy-guzzling facilities, the Public Service Commission decided Friday.
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association announced plans to host a debate in the governor’s race Oct. 9 — the day after WTMJ-TV plans to do one on the UW-Milwaukee campus.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss GOP businessman and attorney Paul Wassgren dropping his 7th CD bid, ad buys in congressional races, oral arguments before the state Supreme Court on access to data on voters deemed incompetent and more.
The trio of lawsuits filed yesterday in Dane County court against Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, Crypto.com and their affiliates seeks to stop their use of “event contracts” allowing Wisconsin users to bet on the outcome of sporting events.
7th CD candidate Jessi Ebben criticized GOP rival Michael Alfonso for relying on family ties and transportation industry dollars. Alfonso was not among the three GOP candidates who appeared at the April 22 candidate forum in Mercer, hosted by the Iron County Republican Party.
Nearly half of the state’s early literacy council resigned while the body was reviewing early literacy instructional materials, leading to a “months-long” delay in finalizing the recommendations, according to DPI.