Dallet received $2,500 donation from Roggensack in 2013

Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet received a $2,500 donation in 2013 from Chief Justice Pat Roggensack, a WisPolitics.com campaign finance check showed. But Dallet’s campaign said the donation wouldn’t mean Dallet, who’s pitching herself as a middle-of-the-road jurist, would join

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Ryan pledges GOP will pass ‘very ambitious’ tax reform plan this year

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, pledged to manufacturers Tuesday that Congress and President Trump will “fix this nation’s tax code once and for all.” Ryan, speaking at a National Association of Manufacturers event, laid out outlines of a “very ambitious plan” that House Republicans are working to put into legislation. And

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‘UpFront’: Soglin says he’s preparing for guv bid

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin says he is “getting prepared” to make a run for governor in 2018, and he plans to make a final decision in July or August. Soglin said Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com, that the reaction has been mixed since the

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Gableman says he won’t run for re-election to Supreme Court

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman announced Thursday he will not seek re-election next year, saying he is “more hopeful than ever in the triumph of the rule of law in Wisconsin.” Gableman’s statement did not explicitly address whether he will fill out the rest of his term, which ends

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Dallet received $2,500 donation from Roggensack in 2013

Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet received a $2,500 donation in 2013 from Chief Justice Pat Roggensack, a WisPolitics.com campaign finance check showed. But Dallet’s campaign said the donation wouldn’t mean Dallet, who’s pitching herself as a middle-of-the-road jurist, would join the conservative majority Roggensack leads. Dallet, a Milwaukee County circuit

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Cow manure, faulty septic systems taint wells in Kewaunee Co.

New results from a study on the contamination of private wells in Kewaunee County leaves stakeholders hopeful for stronger rules to protect drinking water. They also include an estimate of how many people are getting sick from their well water, a result that activists such as Amber Meyer Smith, of

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JFC action on budget stalls amid GOP division over K-12 funding

Speaker Robin Vos vowed Tuesday his caucus would not rubber stamp Scott Walker’s budget, while the guv and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald dismissed the Assembly GOP’s K-12 proposal as a non-starter. Backed by members of his caucus, Vos touted the $580 million Assembly GOP plan as a fairer approach

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WisPolitics.com: Dem conventioneers prefer Vinehout for governor

MIDDLETON — More than a third of Democratic Party of Wisconsin conventioneers voting in a WisPolitics.com straw poll favored state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout for the party’s 2018 gubernatorial nomination. Vinehout, of Alma, was favored by 184, or 38 percent, of the 489 delegates, alternates and registered guests who voted in

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