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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.
UW President Jay Rothman says the protest encampments at Madison and Milwaukee “will ultimately be gone” but declined to give a specific timeline or course of action as talks are expected to continue this week between protesters and UW-Madison officials.
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.
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.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, says while she supports the right to peacefully protest, “no one is above the law and protests cannot threaten the safety of others or accept those who spew horrific antisemitism.” Police removed tents from an encampment at UW-Madison on Wednesday, but protesters quickly replaced them with new ones.
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.
“You have to go with your heart. You have to do what’s right, but you also have to get elected because if you don’t get elected, a lot of bad things will happen beyond the abortion issue,” Trump said during a stop in Waukesha.
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.
In a joint statement last night, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell and three vice-chancellors said they are prepared to meet with protesters “once compliance with campus policy and state law has been achieved” and tents have been removed from campus property.
The state party confirmed to WisPolitics that Wisconsin delegates are now slated to stay in the just-reopened Hampton Inn & Suites in downtown Milwaukee for the July 15-18 convention.
Vice President Kamala Harris says the “stakes are very high” in key swing states like Wisconsin ahead of November, adding she is confident the roughly 48,000 Democrats who voted uninstructed in April will ultimately support President Joe Biden in November.
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.
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.
The state’s Democratic and Republican party chairs at a WisPolitics luncheon said they expect hundreds of millions of dollars to go into political campaigns leading up to the November election.
Dem state Rep. Daniel Riemer, of Milwaukee, announced he won’t seek reelection, writing in a letter to his constituents that he wrestled with the decision but decided it was what was best for him and those he represents.
The package, which passed 79-18, has already been signed into law by President Biden. Johnson posted on X that he was voting no because the package “doesn’t secure our border and further plunders our children’s future.”
Vice President for University Relations Jeff Buhrandt in a letter to Richland County Board Chair David Turk yesterday said UW-Platteville will withdraw from the campus “after careful consideration, and despite tremendous efforts” by both UW and county leaders.
The Green Bay Correctional Institute, located in Allouez, and Waupun Correctional Institution are the state’s two oldest prisons, both dating to the 1800s.
GOP state Rep. Janel Brandtjen suggested the Ethics Commission wanted to tarnish her reputation ahead of the fall election when it asked a local DA to charge her with a felony for an alleged scheme to funnel contributions to a man challenging Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
Vice President Kamala Harris urged Dem activists to remind voters that Donald Trump said he was proud of his role in the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, declaring it could make a difference in who wins this fall.
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.
UW President Jay Rothman says the protest encampments at Madison and Milwaukee “will ultimately be gone” but declined to give a specific timeline or course of action as talks are expected to continue this week between protesters and UW-Madison officials.
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.
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.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, says while she supports the right to peacefully protest, “no one is above the law and protests cannot threaten the safety of others or accept those who spew horrific antisemitism.” Police removed tents from an encampment at UW-Madison on Wednesday, but protesters quickly replaced them with new ones.
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.
“You have to go with your heart. You have to do what’s right, but you also have to get elected because if you don’t get elected, a lot of bad things will happen beyond the abortion issue,” Trump said during a stop in Waukesha.
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.
In a joint statement last night, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell and three vice-chancellors said they are prepared to meet with protesters “once compliance with campus policy and state law has been achieved” and tents have been removed from campus property.
The state party confirmed to WisPolitics that Wisconsin delegates are now slated to stay in the just-reopened Hampton Inn & Suites in downtown Milwaukee for the July 15-18 convention.
Vice President Kamala Harris says the “stakes are very high” in key swing states like Wisconsin ahead of November, adding she is confident the roughly 48,000 Democrats who voted uninstructed in April will ultimately support President Joe Biden in November.
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.
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.
The state’s Democratic and Republican party chairs at a WisPolitics luncheon said they expect hundreds of millions of dollars to go into political campaigns leading up to the November election.
Dem state Rep. Daniel Riemer, of Milwaukee, announced he won’t seek reelection, writing in a letter to his constituents that he wrestled with the decision but decided it was what was best for him and those he represents.
The package, which passed 79-18, has already been signed into law by President Biden. Johnson posted on X that he was voting no because the package “doesn’t secure our border and further plunders our children’s future.”
Vice President for University Relations Jeff Buhrandt in a letter to Richland County Board Chair David Turk yesterday said UW-Platteville will withdraw from the campus “after careful consideration, and despite tremendous efforts” by both UW and county leaders.
The Green Bay Correctional Institute, located in Allouez, and Waupun Correctional Institution are the state’s two oldest prisons, both dating to the 1800s.
GOP state Rep. Janel Brandtjen suggested the Ethics Commission wanted to tarnish her reputation ahead of the fall election when it asked a local DA to charge her with a felony for an alleged scheme to funnel contributions to a man challenging Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
Vice President Kamala Harris urged Dem activists to remind voters that Donald Trump said he was proud of his role in the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, declaring it could make a difference in who wins this fall.