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A new $4 million fundraising campaign is underway to dramatically expand the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial in Kewaskum as the nation paused to remember the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks after 25 years.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Statehouse Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss the Republican midterm convention, absentee ballots heading to voters amid a legal battle over a Trump administration order regarding mail-in voting, the state Supreme Court’s new term and more.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has filed a new lawsuit arguing that two state abortion restrictions infringe on personal freedoms.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
At a GOP convention in Dallas, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden touted rural healthcare investments in a Republican-authored reconciliation package while attacking Democrats for “shamefully” voting against it.
On this week’s “Capitol Chats”, Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters Wisconsin, discusses three constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
The state Elections Commission unanimously found the former Green Bay clerk broke state law by sending duplicate ballots to voters in back-to-back elections and abused her discretion.
Speaking at a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics-Milwaukee Rotary luncheon, Kaul said standards for how police can use the automated license plate readers would set clear expectations for the public on their use and keep them from being used for “dragnet general surveillance.”
That leaves the Oct. 21 debate hosted by WISN-TV and the “UpFront” network, including WisPolitics, as the only one Tiffany and Crowley have jointly agreed to attend.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss a reported Department of Homeland Security investigation into Wisconsin’s elections, a White House Rose Garden dinner with GOP candidates and President Trump, a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting that addressed a Milwaukee absentee ballot reporting delay in the August primary, and more.
On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Milwaukee Police Association Vice President Joel Moeller discusses Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s proclamation setting new limits on Flock camera usage by city police and how state lawmakers should respond to public backlash against the automated
The Wisconsin Technical College Board this week approved the request, which would be a 5.4% increase in state aid.
“Would I be happy about that? Yes. But I just think with the campaign going on I’m not sure it would happen,” Evers said during a stop at Madison’s Emerson Elementary School.
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation.
Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.
GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”
Cooke is calling for a debate with “an objective nonpartisan host” while Van Orden has been accusing her of “dodging a debate” following an invitation from a state-level affiliate of the NRA.
Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson says the city is pushing to end its contract with Flock, the latest move by municipalities against the company that has assembled a vast network of cameras nationwide that read license plates.
A new $4 million fundraising campaign is underway to dramatically expand the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial in Kewaskum as the nation paused to remember the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks after 25 years.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Statehouse Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss the Republican midterm convention, absentee ballots heading to voters amid a legal battle over a Trump administration order regarding mail-in voting, the state Supreme Court’s new term and more.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has filed a new lawsuit arguing that two state abortion restrictions infringe on personal freedoms.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
At a GOP convention in Dallas, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden touted rural healthcare investments in a Republican-authored reconciliation package while attacking Democrats for “shamefully” voting against it.
On this week’s “Capitol Chats”, Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters Wisconsin, discusses three constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
The state Elections Commission unanimously found the former Green Bay clerk broke state law by sending duplicate ballots to voters in back-to-back elections and abused her discretion.
Speaking at a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics-Milwaukee Rotary luncheon, Kaul said standards for how police can use the automated license plate readers would set clear expectations for the public on their use and keep them from being used for “dragnet general surveillance.”
That leaves the Oct. 21 debate hosted by WISN-TV and the “UpFront” network, including WisPolitics, as the only one Tiffany and Crowley have jointly agreed to attend.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss a reported Department of Homeland Security investigation into Wisconsin’s elections, a White House Rose Garden dinner with GOP candidates and President Trump, a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting that addressed a Milwaukee absentee ballot reporting delay in the August primary, and more.
On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Milwaukee Police Association Vice President Joel Moeller discusses Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s proclamation setting new limits on Flock camera usage by city police and how state lawmakers should respond to public backlash against the automated license plate readers.
The Wisconsin Technical College Board this week approved the request, which would be a 5.4% increase in state aid.
“Would I be happy about that? Yes. But I just think with the campaign going on I’m not sure it would happen,” Evers said during a stop at Madison’s Emerson Elementary School.
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation.
Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.
GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”
Cooke is calling for a debate with “an objective nonpartisan host” while Van Orden has been accusing her of “dodging a debate” following an invitation from a state-level affiliate of the NRA.
Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson says the city is pushing to end its contract with Flock, the latest move by municipalities against the company that has assembled a vast network of cameras nationwide that read license plates.