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A source close to Tony Evers tells WisPolitics the governor hasn’t yet made a final decision on seeking a third term, pushing back on reports that a retirement announcement is imminent.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to affirm the report finding the Madison clerk who failed to count 193 absentee ballots broke five election laws. But it stopped short of adopting the proposed orders to the city clerk’s office that would direct further action.
Candidates and outside groups dropped nearly $115 million on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race this spring, more than doubling the previous national record set just two years earlier, a WisPolitics tally shows.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, outraises Dem challenger Randy Bryce 45-to-1, and Wisconsin’s U.S. senators are at odds over a recissions package.
Wisconsin’s GOP members of Congress want the chance to urge the state Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the state’s House districts rather than moving forward with a novel approach to hear such lawsuits.
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, who told WisPolitics in April she planned to seek reelection next year, raised nothing for her campaign over the first half of 2025, according to a new filing.
“I pray that he decides to seek reelection,” Devin Remiker said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “But either way, I know the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will be in a great position to ensure he’s either reelected or reelect a Democrat in 2026.”
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, the Wisconsin Elections Commission report on the former Madison clerk’s actions after discovering uncounted absentee ballots, a new lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional lines, the state budget and more.
The UW Board of Regents voted unanimously to give campuses the option to raise tuition by at least 5%, citing declining state support and the need to support higher wages for faculty and staff.
The former Madison clerk showed an “astonishing” lack of urgency after discovering 193 absentee ballots that hadn’t been included in the city’s November tally and failed to follow the law in how they were handled, according to a draft Elections Commission report.
Along with his statement, Berrien released a rollout video in which he touted his service as a Navy SEAL. He also called himself an “outsider and a businessman just like Donald Trump,” vowing to “shake up Madison like he’s shaking up DC.”
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman is seeking to increase tuition for resident undergraduates by at least 5% for the 2025-26 school year following the enactment of the state budget.
A split state Supreme Court today overturned the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, ending decades of lawmakers having the power to at least temporarily block agency regulations.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born appearead on the Juky 6, 2025, episode of WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics/State Affairs-Wisconsin.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the state budget, the state Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and more.
Wisconsin House members split along party lines to send a GOP tax cut bill to President Donald Trump, overcoming Dem opposition to cuts in Medicaid and other programs.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson votes to pass Republicans’ reconciliation bill despite his past opposition to the measure.
Gov. Tony Evers early this morning signed a $111.1 billion budget less than an hour after it cleared the full Legislature as he and lawmakers raced to complete the document before Congress signed off on the reconciliation bill.
That’s because a provision in that federal bill would block a plan in the state budget to increase a hospital assessment to generate additional federal revenue that would then largely be sent back to hospitals.
Writing for the majority in a 4-3 ruling, liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet found changes the state has made to abortion laws over the past 50 years implicitly repealed the 1849 law.
The Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on an $111.1 billion budget today by approving a package that includes $1.4 billion in new state money to cover Medicaid costs, a series of transportation-related fee increases and the eventual closure of Green Bay’s prison. A significant portion of the package reflects the deal that Dem Gov. Tony Evers struck with GOP legislative leaders on education, child care and pieces of the Department of Transportation budget.
A source close to Tony Evers tells WisPolitics the governor hasn’t yet made a final decision on seeking a third term, pushing back on reports that a retirement announcement is imminent.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to affirm the report finding the Madison clerk who failed to count 193 absentee ballots broke five election laws. But it stopped short of adopting the proposed orders to the city clerk’s office that would direct further action.
Candidates and outside groups dropped nearly $115 million on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race this spring, more than doubling the previous national record set just two years earlier, a WisPolitics tally shows.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, outraises Dem challenger Randy Bryce 45-to-1, and Wisconsin’s U.S. senators are at odds over a recissions package.
Wisconsin’s GOP members of Congress want the chance to urge the state Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the state’s House districts rather than moving forward with a novel approach to hear such lawsuits.
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, who told WisPolitics in April she planned to seek reelection next year, raised nothing for her campaign over the first half of 2025, according to a new filing.
“I pray that he decides to seek reelection,” Devin Remiker said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “But either way, I know the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will be in a great position to ensure he’s either reelected or reelect a Democrat in 2026.”
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, the Wisconsin Elections Commission report on the former Madison clerk’s actions after discovering uncounted absentee ballots, a new lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional lines, the state budget and more.
The UW Board of Regents voted unanimously to give campuses the option to raise tuition by at least 5%, citing declining state support and the need to support higher wages for faculty and staff.
The former Madison clerk showed an “astonishing” lack of urgency after discovering 193 absentee ballots that hadn’t been included in the city’s November tally and failed to follow the law in how they were handled, according to a draft Elections Commission report.
Along with his statement, Berrien released a rollout video in which he touted his service as a Navy SEAL. He also called himself an “outsider and a businessman just like Donald Trump,” vowing to “shake up Madison like he’s shaking up DC.”
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman is seeking to increase tuition for resident undergraduates by at least 5% for the 2025-26 school year following the enactment of the state budget.
A split state Supreme Court today overturned the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, ending decades of lawmakers having the power to at least temporarily block agency regulations.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born appearead on the Juky 6, 2025, episode of WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics/State Affairs-Wisconsin.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the state budget, the state Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and more.
Wisconsin House members split along party lines to send a GOP tax cut bill to President Donald Trump, overcoming Dem opposition to cuts in Medicaid and other programs.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson votes to pass Republicans’ reconciliation bill despite his past opposition to the measure.
Gov. Tony Evers early this morning signed a $111.1 billion budget less than an hour after it cleared the full Legislature as he and lawmakers raced to complete the document before Congress signed off on the reconciliation bill.
That’s because a provision in that federal bill would block a plan in the state budget to increase a hospital assessment to generate additional federal revenue that would then largely be sent back to hospitals.
Writing for the majority in a 4-3 ruling, liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet found changes the state has made to abortion laws over the past 50 years implicitly repealed the 1849 law.
The Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on an $111.1 billion budget today by approving a package that includes $1.4 billion in new state money to cover Medicaid costs, a series of transportation-related fee increases and the eventual closure of Green Bay’s prison. A significant portion of the package reflects the deal that Dem Gov. Tony Evers struck with GOP legislative leaders on education, child care and pieces of the Department of Transportation budget.