‘UpFront’: Campaigns stepping up efforts to reach Black voters

The latest Marquette Law School poll showed just 37% of Wisconsin’s Black voters said they felt “very enthusiastic” ahead of November’s election. “If we’re still having that same type of conversation around Labor Day, then I think that is a problem,” said Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities in Milwaukee.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 10

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and guest host Jessie Opoien of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discuss Joe Biden’s Microsoft announcement in Racine County, the Joint Finance Committee’s approval of a plan for $36 million in opioid settlement funds and the Joint Audit Committee’s approval of a DEI review.

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Barbs fly in U.S. Senate race over Obamacare, refugees

Voters on a Dem call knocked GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde for past comments saying people struggling with obesity should pay more for health care and that “Obamacare” should be repealed. Meanwhile, Hovde slammed Baldwin for not outright opposing the Biden administration’s consideration of a plan to allow U.S. entry for some Palestinian refugees.

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Milwaukee mayor replaces top election official

Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced he is replacing the city’s top election official six months before voters head to the polls in a presidential race that will likely again place Milwaukee’s procedures under a national microscope.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 3

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Donald Trump’s visit to Waukesha, campus protest over the Israel-Gaza war, the 2025 state Supreme Court race and more.

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Member of WisGOP Exec Committee calls for overhaul of party fundraising amid lackluster numbers

Will Martin, a Racine businessman who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, argues the party needs to get all Executive Committee members involved in fundraising to free up Chair Brian Schimming to focus on those willing to give $50,000 or more. He also urged the party to look to more out-of-state donors after being regularly outraised by the state Dem Party in recent years.

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3rd CD Dem candidates take questions at forum

The three Dems seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, took questions from 3rd CD Democratic Party Chair William Garcia during a forum held at UW-La Crosse yesterday evening. The talked about gun legislation, LGBTQ rights and the Israel-Hamas war.

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Dallet calls for more expansive reading of rights protected in Wisconsin Constitution, drawing rebuke from Rebecca Bradley

Dallet argued the state Supreme Court has a long history of interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution as providing greater protections of individual liberties than the U.S. Constitution. That includes, for example, the state court finding a guaranteed right to counsel at the state’s expense in a criminal case more than 100 years before the U.S. Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in 1963.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 26

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Wisconsin, the state party chairs’ outlook for 2024, renewed calls to close Green Bay Correctional Institution, Joint Finance Committee Republicans blocking an Evers administration plan to use opioid settlement funds and more.

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Katsma not seeking reelection

Katsma, who turned 66 on Tuesday, worked 34 years at a community bank before his election to the Assembly in 2014. He was a prominent voice in the GOP push to cut taxes while serving on the Joint Finance Committee, where he served as vice-chair this session.

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‘UpFront’: Campaigns stepping up efforts to reach Black voters

The latest Marquette Law School poll showed just 37% of Wisconsin’s Black voters said they felt “very enthusiastic” ahead of November’s election. “If we’re still having that same type of conversation around Labor Day, then I think that is a problem,” said Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities in Milwaukee.

Read More »

Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 10

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and guest host Jessie Opoien of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discuss Joe Biden’s Microsoft announcement in Racine County, the Joint Finance Committee’s approval of a plan for $36 million in opioid settlement funds and the Joint Audit Committee’s approval of a DEI review.

Read More »

Barbs fly in U.S. Senate race over Obamacare, refugees

Voters on a Dem call knocked GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde for past comments saying people struggling with obesity should pay more for health care and that “Obamacare” should be repealed. Meanwhile, Hovde slammed Baldwin for not outright opposing the Biden administration’s consideration of a plan to allow U.S. entry for some Palestinian refugees.

Read More »

Milwaukee mayor replaces top election official

Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced he is replacing the city’s top election official six months before voters head to the polls in a presidential race that will likely again place Milwaukee’s procedures under a national microscope.

Read More »

Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 3

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Donald Trump’s visit to Waukesha, campus protest over the Israel-Gaza war, the 2025 state Supreme Court race and more.

Read More »

Member of WisGOP Exec Committee calls for overhaul of party fundraising amid lackluster numbers

Will Martin, a Racine businessman who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, argues the party needs to get all Executive Committee members involved in fundraising to free up Chair Brian Schimming to focus on those willing to give $50,000 or more. He also urged the party to look to more out-of-state donors after being regularly outraised by the state Dem Party in recent years.

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3rd CD Dem candidates take questions at forum

The three Dems seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, took questions from 3rd CD Democratic Party Chair William Garcia during a forum held at UW-La Crosse yesterday evening. The talked about gun legislation, LGBTQ rights and the Israel-Hamas war.

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Dallet calls for more expansive reading of rights protected in Wisconsin Constitution, drawing rebuke from Rebecca Bradley

Dallet argued the state Supreme Court has a long history of interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution as providing greater protections of individual liberties than the U.S. Constitution. That includes, for example, the state court finding a guaranteed right to counsel at the state’s expense in a criminal case more than 100 years before the U.S. Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in 1963.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 26

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Wisconsin, the state party chairs’ outlook for 2024, renewed calls to close Green Bay Correctional Institution, Joint Finance Committee Republicans blocking an Evers administration plan to use opioid settlement funds and more.

Read More »

Katsma not seeking reelection

Katsma, who turned 66 on Tuesday, worked 34 years at a community bank before his election to the Assembly in 2014. He was a prominent voice in the GOP push to cut taxes while serving on the Joint Finance Committee, where he served as vice-chair this session.

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