
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 24
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon analyze Tuesday’s primary results and look at the dynamics at play going into the April 4 general election.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon analyze Tuesday’s primary results and look at the dynamics at play going into the April 4 general election.
Politicos are remembering former Dem Gov. Tony Earl as a champion of the environment and equal rights, as well as a genuinely decent person. Earl, who served as guv from 1983-87, passed away Thursday following a stroke. He was 86.
An RNC committee voted to host the first GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee in August, about 11 months before the national party brings its convention to town.
Expanded Amtrak service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities could start sometime later this year, even as prospects for new routes to Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire remain uncertain, Wisconsin’s top rail official says.
Liberal Janet Protasiewicz will face conservative Daniel Kelly in April for a seat on the state Supreme Court that could determine the fate of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban and maps GOP lawmakers drew giving them a distinct advantage in maintaining control of the Legislature.
State Rep. Dan Knodl easily won a three-way GOP primary for a suburban Milwaukee state Senate seat, setting up a contest with Dem environmental attorney Jodi Habush Sinykin to determine whether Republicans have a two-thirds majority in the chamber.
A Dane County judge has declined to block GOP-authored referendums on bail policies and qualifying for public assistance from the April ballot, finding lawmakers substantially complied with state law as they sought to place them before voters this spring.
The polls are open for the spring primary with the top two vote getters for state Supreme Court advancing to the April election.
Rick Schlesinger, Milwaukee Brewers president of business operations, acknowledges the uphill battle to convince lawmakers to approve $290 million from the state surplus to pay for improvements and maintenance at American Family Field.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, the Feb. 21 primaries for the state Supreme Court and 8th SD, and more.
Gov. Tony Evers at Fiskars headquarters in Middleton said many of his budget priorities are focused on addressing the state’s workforce shortage.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says the failure to earlier spot unidentified aerial phenomena shot down over the weekend could be “one of the most staggering intelligence failures since 9/11.” The Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party chair in a statement demanded more information on the UAPs from President Joe Biden and the Pentagon.
Gov. Tony Evers tonight in his first budget after reelection called for using $243 million in state money to seed a new family leave program for private sector employees, $500 million to help local governments expand the workforce and new revenue sources for transportation.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers tonight will issue a call for cooperation as he hands off his budget to the GOP-controlled state Legislature, telling lawmakers their work can’t be “hindered by partisanship.”
Gov. Tony Evers announced he’ll include $4.1 million in the budget he formally rolls out tonight to help health departments implement an EKG screening program for young athletes. The pilot program will aid health departments in Waukesha and Milwaukee counties to implement a screening effort to help prevent cardiac-related health incidents in student athletes.
Gov. Tony Evers today announced he’ll propose a more than $2.6 billion boost to K-12 public schools in the budget he releases tomorrow, a plan consistent with what he laid out in September.
Gov. Tony Evers wants to provide $290 million in one-time state funds to the board that oversees the Milwaukee Brewers stadium to finance ongoing improvements.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz continues to consolidate support among Dem donors ahead of the Feb. 21 primary as she again outraised her three rivals combined during the most recent reporting period.
State Sens. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, and Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, say there’s growing bipartisan agreement to send more state money to municipalities to address public safety ahead of Gov. Tony Evers’ budget address Wednesday and after a Milwaukee police officer was shot and killed last week.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today the budget he’ll formally release on Wednesday will include $1.2 billion in tax cuts geared toward the middle class, parents, seniors and students.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon analyze Tuesday’s primary results and look at the dynamics at play going into the April 4 general election.
Politicos are remembering former Dem Gov. Tony Earl as a champion of the environment and equal rights, as well as a genuinely decent person. Earl, who served as guv from 1983-87, passed away Thursday following a stroke. He was 86.
An RNC committee voted to host the first GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee in August, about 11 months before the national party brings its convention to town.
Expanded Amtrak service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities could start sometime later this year, even as prospects for new routes to Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire remain uncertain, Wisconsin’s top rail official says.
Liberal Janet Protasiewicz will face conservative Daniel Kelly in April for a seat on the state Supreme Court that could determine the fate of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban and maps GOP lawmakers drew giving them a distinct advantage in maintaining control of the Legislature.
State Rep. Dan Knodl easily won a three-way GOP primary for a suburban Milwaukee state Senate seat, setting up a contest with Dem environmental attorney Jodi Habush Sinykin to determine whether Republicans have a two-thirds majority in the chamber.
A Dane County judge has declined to block GOP-authored referendums on bail policies and qualifying for public assistance from the April ballot, finding lawmakers substantially complied with state law as they sought to place them before voters this spring.
The polls are open for the spring primary with the top two vote getters for state Supreme Court advancing to the April election.
Rick Schlesinger, Milwaukee Brewers president of business operations, acknowledges the uphill battle to convince lawmakers to approve $290 million from the state surplus to pay for improvements and maintenance at American Family Field.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, the Feb. 21 primaries for the state Supreme Court and 8th SD, and more.
Gov. Tony Evers at Fiskars headquarters in Middleton said many of his budget priorities are focused on addressing the state’s workforce shortage.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says the failure to earlier spot unidentified aerial phenomena shot down over the weekend could be “one of the most staggering intelligence failures since 9/11.” The Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party chair in a statement demanded more information on the UAPs from President Joe Biden and the Pentagon.
Gov. Tony Evers tonight in his first budget after reelection called for using $243 million in state money to seed a new family leave program for private sector employees, $500 million to help local governments expand the workforce and new revenue sources for transportation.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers tonight will issue a call for cooperation as he hands off his budget to the GOP-controlled state Legislature, telling lawmakers their work can’t be “hindered by partisanship.”
Gov. Tony Evers announced he’ll include $4.1 million in the budget he formally rolls out tonight to help health departments implement an EKG screening program for young athletes. The pilot program will aid health departments in Waukesha and Milwaukee counties to implement a screening effort to help prevent cardiac-related health incidents in student athletes.
Gov. Tony Evers today announced he’ll propose a more than $2.6 billion boost to K-12 public schools in the budget he releases tomorrow, a plan consistent with what he laid out in September.
Gov. Tony Evers wants to provide $290 million in one-time state funds to the board that oversees the Milwaukee Brewers stadium to finance ongoing improvements.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz continues to consolidate support among Dem donors ahead of the Feb. 21 primary as she again outraised her three rivals combined during the most recent reporting period.
State Sens. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, and Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, say there’s growing bipartisan agreement to send more state money to municipalities to address public safety ahead of Gov. Tony Evers’ budget address Wednesday and after a Milwaukee police officer was shot and killed last week.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today the budget he’ll formally release on Wednesday will include $1.2 billion in tax cuts geared toward the middle class, parents, seniors and students.