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Voters are heading to the polls across Wisconsin as voters weigh in on the state’s presidential primary, two proposed changes to the Wisconsin Constitution and a host of local races. Voters also will weigh in on school spending issues totaling about $1.4 billion across the state.
Hovde raises more than $1 million in his bid for U.S. Senate, pushing him past the Wisconsin Republican Party threshold to be eligible for endorsement next month.
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Keith Posley says he’s “100% unsure” why many in the business community oppose the district’s proposed $252 million referendum on Tuesday’s ballot.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Tuesday’s presidential primary and local elections, the No Labels party submitting signatures to appear on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, opponents of Robin Vos launching a new effort to recall the GOP Assembly speaker and more.
State Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, who’s leaving his position next month after five years on the job, is considering a run for the 1st CD, an office he held 30 years ago, multiple Dem sources say.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos has launched a new attempt targeting the GOP Assembly speaker after the first one appeared to fall short of the signatures needed to force an election.
With so many moving pieces and the new maps, WisPoiltics has assembled webpages for the Assembly and Senate so you can track who’s in, who’s out and who’s on the move.
Under the new maps, both lawmakers were drawn into the 30th SD that Wimberger first won in 2020, and Cowles announced earlier this year he planned to move into the 2nd.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos asked a Dane County Court for more time to respond to the challenge filed by the GOP Assembly speaker, who wants the effort dismissed.
Former President Donald Trump will be in Green Bay Tuesday for an evening rally, the same day Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the spring election.
The Equal Protection Project, an anti-affirmative action group, filed a complaint in January targeting UW-Madison’s Creando Comunidad: Community-Engaged BIPOC Fellows program, arguing it is discriminatory against white students. The program requires that recipients be members of a historically underrepresented racial or ethnic group or community.
Robin Vos says his decision to hire Michael Gableman to review the 2020 election was the biggest mistake he’s made since becoming speaker and the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice should be disbarred.
GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher abruptly announced today he will resign from Congress next month, further narrowing a tenuous Republican majority.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, a Milwaukee election official’s conviction for illegally requesting absentee ballots and Gov. Tony Evers’ actions on a series of election-related bills and other legislation.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos declared the recall effort against him a “waste of time and resources,” filing a challenge that urged the Elections Commission to dismiss the effort both because it’s short of the signatures needed and it’s legally barred.
Gov. Tony Evers announced vetoes of a series of election-related bills, including one that sought to define what information voters and witnesses must provide on an absentee ballot envelope for the vote to count.
House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil argues Congress’s budget process would be better with an automatic base funding rule like Wisconsin has. The Janesville Republican at a WisPolitics DC breakfast event today said the budget cycle in the nation’s Capitol that has lead to threats of government shutdowns for years now pushes lawmakers to spend even more money.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, this week called for a two-state solution amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in a letter with 18 fellow Dem senators to President Joe Biden, saying the crisis has reached an “inflection point.”
The Rochester Republican at a WisPolitics event described those seeking to oust him as fitting the definition of “moron,” adding he will formally challenge the signatures submitted last week. Vos said his volunteers and a private investigator have found a litany of issues such as forged signatures, duplicate names, signatures from at least one person who has dementia and his own name.
Franklin businessman Scott Mayer told WisPolitics he decided against running for the U.S. Senate to avoid a “bloody primary” with Madison businessman Eric Hovde that he feared would damage Republicans’ chances of beating Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin.
Voters are heading to the polls across Wisconsin as voters weigh in on the state’s presidential primary, two proposed changes to the Wisconsin Constitution and a host of local races. Voters also will weigh in on school spending issues totaling about $1.4 billion across the state.
Hovde raises more than $1 million in his bid for U.S. Senate, pushing him past the Wisconsin Republican Party threshold to be eligible for endorsement next month.
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Keith Posley says he’s “100% unsure” why many in the business community oppose the district’s proposed $252 million referendum on Tuesday’s ballot.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Tuesday’s presidential primary and local elections, the No Labels party submitting signatures to appear on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, opponents of Robin Vos launching a new effort to recall the GOP Assembly speaker and more.
State Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, who’s leaving his position next month after five years on the job, is considering a run for the 1st CD, an office he held 30 years ago, multiple Dem sources say.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos has launched a new attempt targeting the GOP Assembly speaker after the first one appeared to fall short of the signatures needed to force an election.
With so many moving pieces and the new maps, WisPoiltics has assembled webpages for the Assembly and Senate so you can track who’s in, who’s out and who’s on the move.
Under the new maps, both lawmakers were drawn into the 30th SD that Wimberger first won in 2020, and Cowles announced earlier this year he planned to move into the 2nd.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos asked a Dane County Court for more time to respond to the challenge filed by the GOP Assembly speaker, who wants the effort dismissed.
Former President Donald Trump will be in Green Bay Tuesday for an evening rally, the same day Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the spring election.
The Equal Protection Project, an anti-affirmative action group, filed a complaint in January targeting UW-Madison’s Creando Comunidad: Community-Engaged BIPOC Fellows program, arguing it is discriminatory against white students. The program requires that recipients be members of a historically underrepresented racial or ethnic group or community.
Robin Vos says his decision to hire Michael Gableman to review the 2020 election was the biggest mistake he’s made since becoming speaker and the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice should be disbarred.
GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher abruptly announced today he will resign from Congress next month, further narrowing a tenuous Republican majority.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, a Milwaukee election official’s conviction for illegally requesting absentee ballots and Gov. Tony Evers’ actions on a series of election-related bills and other legislation.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos declared the recall effort against him a “waste of time and resources,” filing a challenge that urged the Elections Commission to dismiss the effort both because it’s short of the signatures needed and it’s legally barred.
Gov. Tony Evers announced vetoes of a series of election-related bills, including one that sought to define what information voters and witnesses must provide on an absentee ballot envelope for the vote to count.
House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil argues Congress’s budget process would be better with an automatic base funding rule like Wisconsin has. The Janesville Republican at a WisPolitics DC breakfast event today said the budget cycle in the nation’s Capitol that has lead to threats of government shutdowns for years now pushes lawmakers to spend even more money.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, this week called for a two-state solution amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in a letter with 18 fellow Dem senators to President Joe Biden, saying the crisis has reached an “inflection point.”
The Rochester Republican at a WisPolitics event described those seeking to oust him as fitting the definition of “moron,” adding he will formally challenge the signatures submitted last week. Vos said his volunteers and a private investigator have found a litany of issues such as forged signatures, duplicate names, signatures from at least one person who has dementia and his own name.
Franklin businessman Scott Mayer told WisPolitics he decided against running for the U.S. Senate to avoid a “bloody primary” with Madison businessman Eric Hovde that he feared would damage Republicans’ chances of beating Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin.