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In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin lawmakers share mixed reactions as President Donald Trump announces sweeping tariffs, including a 10% baseline tariff on foreign imports.
The Budget Blog is available to WisPolitics subscribers on the State Affairs Wisconsin platform. To read, visit here and log in with your WisPolitics subscription email address.
Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has secured an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, solidifying liberal control for at least another three years as she easily won the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, according to multiple media projections.
Former state Rep. Gordon Hintz beat incumbent Jon Doemel today to become the next Winnebago County exec. According to unofficial returns, Hintz had 30,832 votes, or 53%, to 27,374 votes, or 47%, for Doemel, who was in his first term.
Incumbent State Superintendent Jill Underly won her reelection bid against education consultant Brittany Kinser in the race to lead the Department of Public Instruction.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment enshrining a photo ID requirement for voting in the state’s constitution.
Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez said along with ballots, the city was sending early vote machines to impacted sites. Those allow voters to register their selections on an electronic screen. It then prints a ballot that can be fed through counters.
Election officials reported brisk turnout today amid well-financed efforts to get voters to the polls in the state Supreme Court race between conservative Brad Schimel and liberal Susan Crawford.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Mark Born today pushed UW President Jay Rothman to justify what the GOP lawmaker called “administrative bloat” in the system as he questioned proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget. Meanwhile, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy answered questions about the guv’s call to revamp the prison system.
Polls are open in Wisconsin with record-spending races for the state Supreme Court and superintendent of Public Instruction at the top of the ballot.
Ahead of today’s vote, Wisconsinites already cast 644,800 absentee ballots in the spring election as interest in early voting surged compared to two years ago, particularly in GOP areas, new numbers show.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, the former Republican attorney general backed by conservatives, is pushing Donald Trump supporters to the polls in the final hours of campaigning. “It’s a turnout race,” the Waukesha County judge said on WISN’s “UpFront,”
Elon Musk said at a Green Bay town hall Sunday Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will determine who controls the U.S. House of Representatives and even “the course of western civilization” as he offered yet another financial incentive to turn out voters for conservative Brad Schimel.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the surge in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s election, the latest on the state Supreme Court and state schools superintendent races, the voter ID amendment on the ballot and more.
President Donald Trump labeled liberal Supreme Court candidate “a very deranged, Soros-funded, left-wing lunatic who opposes voter ID, wants to trample on our Constitution, and is endorsed by socialist Bernie Sanders.”
Musk says he’ll be in Wisconsin on Sunday for a talk — and to give away $2 million. But he’s changed the terms of who can qualify for the payout, though Dem AG Josh Kaul today raised the prospect of his agency taking legal action.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin Dems criticize Trump administration officials for a group chat about airstrikes, which included a member of the media, and U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, suggests there should be consequences.
The state Building Commission again deadlocked on the Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget, sending it to the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee with no recommendation as Republican lawmakers argued more discussion was needed.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin lawmakers share mixed reactions as President Donald Trump announces sweeping tariffs, including a 10% baseline tariff on foreign imports.
The Budget Blog is available to WisPolitics subscribers on the State Affairs Wisconsin platform. To read, visit here and log in with your WisPolitics subscription email address.
Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has secured an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, solidifying liberal control for at least another three years as she easily won the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, according to multiple media projections.
Former state Rep. Gordon Hintz beat incumbent Jon Doemel today to become the next Winnebago County exec. According to unofficial returns, Hintz had 30,832 votes, or 53%, to 27,374 votes, or 47%, for Doemel, who was in his first term. In a statement, Hintz thanked the voters of Winnebago County
Incumbent State Superintendent Jill Underly won her reelection bid against education consultant Brittany Kinser in the race to lead the Department of Public Instruction.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment enshrining a photo ID requirement for voting in the state’s constitution.
Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez said along with ballots, the city was sending early vote machines to impacted sites. Those allow voters to register their selections on an electronic screen. It then prints a ballot that can be fed through counters.
Election officials reported brisk turnout today amid well-financed efforts to get voters to the polls in the state Supreme Court race between conservative Brad Schimel and liberal Susan Crawford.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Mark Born today pushed UW President Jay Rothman to justify what the GOP lawmaker called “administrative bloat” in the system as he questioned proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget. Meanwhile, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy answered questions about the guv’s call to revamp the prison system.
Polls are open in Wisconsin with record-spending races for the state Supreme Court and superintendent of Public Instruction at the top of the ballot.
Ahead of today’s vote, Wisconsinites already cast 644,800 absentee ballots in the spring election as interest in early voting surged compared to two years ago, particularly in GOP areas, new numbers show.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, the former Republican attorney general backed by conservatives, is pushing Donald Trump supporters to the polls in the final hours of campaigning. “It’s a turnout race,” the Waukesha County judge said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “It’s going back
Elon Musk said at a Green Bay town hall Sunday Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will determine who controls the U.S. House of Representatives and even “the course of western civilization” as he offered yet another financial incentive to turn out voters for conservative Brad Schimel.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
A state appeals court today denied a request from AG Josh Kaul for an order barring Elon Musk and his America PAC from paying two Wisconsin voters $1 million each at a Sunday rally as a reward for casting ballots in the spring race.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the surge in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s election, the latest on the state Supreme Court and state schools superintendent races, the voter ID amendment on the ballot and more.
President Donald Trump labeled liberal Supreme Court candidate “a very deranged, Soros-funded, left-wing lunatic who opposes voter ID, wants to trample on our Constitution, and is endorsed by socialist Bernie Sanders.”
Musk says he’ll be in Wisconsin on Sunday for a talk — and to give away $2 million. But he’s changed the terms of who can qualify for the payout, though Dem AG Josh Kaul today raised the prospect of his agency taking legal action.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin Dems criticize Trump administration officials for a group chat about airstrikes, which included a member of the media, and U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, suggests there should be consequences.
The state Building Commission again deadlocked on the Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget, sending it to the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee with no recommendation as Republican lawmakers argued more discussion was needed.