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Former state Rep. Joe Plouff, who served four terms from 1997 to 2005 and also spent time on the Menomonie City Council, is trying for a comeback. But first he’ll have to beat Caden Berg of Chippewa Falls, a manager and bartender at a local theater chain who served a term on the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors.
Two Democratic candidates, both former congressional candidates, are running in a primary for the heavily Dem 44th Assembly District seat in the Janesville area.
Milwaukee Public Schools Board Vice President Jilly Gokalgandhi says she is “not concerned” with missed deadlines in the district’s corrective action plan, adding she has “a lot of faith” in interim MPS Superintendent Eduardo Galvan to address the district’s issues.
“We had people all over the country, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, we had our county exec and our mayor on every national news outlet talking about how great Milwaukee is,” Visit Milwaukee’s president and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith told a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon in Milwaukee Monday. “And I think that that just shows that you don’t mess with us.”
In a “very conservative” estimate, Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand at a WisPolitics luncheon Thursday said she believes every underserved and unserved location in Wisconsin would have broadband access by 2030.
Former GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson, who helped launch private school choice in Milwaukee three decades ago as a way to force change in public schools, called for a 90-day study committee to tackle the “emergency” at MPS.
“It is a big lift for us to flip 15 seats in one year, no question,” Neubauer said at Thursday’s luncheon. “Do I think we’re building the infrastructure to do it and have the candidates to do it? I do. I think it’s entirely possible.”
In February, New York Times columnist and podcaster Ezra Klein said President Joe Biden should step aside and let someone else be the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. That hasn’t happened. And now Klein says the odds of a real live nominating convention
Hesselbein said since the maps were signed into law, she has seen people who are excited to run for office in every corner of the state.
Gov. Tony Evers at a WisPolitics luncheon Tuesday said while he supports Iowa-styled redistricting, he has concerns a GOP proposal to implement the practice in Wisconsin wouldn’t guarantee a nonpartisan process.
On the heels of yet another two-year UW campus cutting back, the Universities of Wisconsin president says “we haven’t given up on those schools.”
County and municipal government leaders say mental health care and housing availability are their top priorities to tackle, stressing the need for cooperation from state and federal governments. Four local elected leaders during a Dec. 7, 2023, WisPolitics luncheon at
NBC News’ Chuck Todd says it’ll take a landslide to oust U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin from her seat, adding President Joe Biden might need her help to win in Wisconsin.
Conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty President Rick Esenberg warned the accelerated actions he expects of the new liberal Supreme Court on redistricting could complicate a tight timeline for new legislative maps. Esenberg made the comments at a WisPolitics luncheon Thursday Jeff Mandell, president of the liberal law firm Law Forward who’s involved in the lawsuit asking justices to overturn the current GOP-drawn maps.
Politicos at a Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership event in Milwaukee, hosted in part by WisPolitics, said the debate was a chance for candidates to differentiate themselves from former President Trump. But former Gov. Tommy Thompson said some candidates didn’t seize the chance to win over GOP primary voters.
Former Gov. Scott Walker said he believes Donald Trump will attend the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee later this month because he just can’t resist a fight and the attention.
Concordia University justice and public policy Prof. Kenneth Harris blasted part of the shared revenue proposal floating around the Capitol as “ridiculous.” Harris at a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics.com event slammed the provision, which would transfer policy-making power from the Milwaukee
The shared revenue bill’s referendum requirement for Milwaukee sales tax increases remain a big sticking point for Republicans and Dems. Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, and Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek, during a WisPolitics luncheon at UW-Milwaukee’s Zilber School of Public
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he has doubts about the FDA’s ability to avoid playing politics on approving an abortion drug because the pandemic has shown him it can’t.
Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin predicts Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will be the template for high court races across the country over the next year, as abortion remains a salient issue for voters.
Former state Rep. Joe Plouff, who served four terms from 1997 to 2005 and also spent time on the Menomonie City Council, is trying for a comeback. But first he’ll have to beat Caden Berg of Chippewa Falls, a manager and bartender at a local theater chain who served a term on the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors.
Two Democratic candidates, both former congressional candidates, are running in a primary for the heavily Dem 44th Assembly District seat in the Janesville area.
Milwaukee Public Schools Board Vice President Jilly Gokalgandhi says she is “not concerned” with missed deadlines in the district’s corrective action plan, adding she has “a lot of faith” in interim MPS Superintendent Eduardo Galvan to address the district’s issues.
“We had people all over the country, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, we had our county exec and our mayor on every national news outlet talking about how great Milwaukee is,” Visit Milwaukee’s president and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith told a WisPolitics-Milwaukee Press Club luncheon in Milwaukee Monday. “And I think that that just shows that you don’t mess with us.”
In a “very conservative” estimate, Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand at a WisPolitics luncheon Thursday said she believes every underserved and unserved location in Wisconsin would have broadband access by 2030.
Former GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson, who helped launch private school choice in Milwaukee three decades ago as a way to force change in public schools, called for a 90-day study committee to tackle the “emergency” at MPS.
“It is a big lift for us to flip 15 seats in one year, no question,” Neubauer said at Thursday’s luncheon. “Do I think we’re building the infrastructure to do it and have the candidates to do it? I do. I think it’s entirely possible.”
In February, New York Times columnist and podcaster Ezra Klein said President Joe Biden should step aside and let someone else be the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. That hasn’t happened. And now Klein says the odds of a real live nominating convention in Chicago this August are slim and would only happen
Hesselbein said since the maps were signed into law, she has seen people who are excited to run for office in every corner of the state.
Gov. Tony Evers at a WisPolitics luncheon Tuesday said while he supports Iowa-styled redistricting, he has concerns a GOP proposal to implement the practice in Wisconsin wouldn’t guarantee a nonpartisan process.
On the heels of yet another two-year UW campus cutting back, the Universities of Wisconsin president says “we haven’t given up on those schools.”
County and municipal government leaders say mental health care and housing availability are their top priorities to tackle, stressing the need for cooperation from state and federal governments. Four local elected leaders during a Dec. 7, 2023, WisPolitics luncheon at the Madison Club said health care issues, particularly mental health,
NBC News’ Chuck Todd says it’ll take a landslide to oust U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin from her seat, adding President Joe Biden might need her help to win in Wisconsin.
Conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty President Rick Esenberg warned the accelerated actions he expects of the new liberal Supreme Court on redistricting could complicate a tight timeline for new legislative maps. Esenberg made the comments at a WisPolitics luncheon Thursday Jeff Mandell, president of the liberal law firm Law Forward who’s involved in the lawsuit asking justices to overturn the current GOP-drawn maps.
Politicos at a Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership event in Milwaukee, hosted in part by WisPolitics, said the debate was a chance for candidates to differentiate themselves from former President Trump. But former Gov. Tommy Thompson said some candidates didn’t seize the chance to win over GOP primary voters.
Former Gov. Scott Walker said he believes Donald Trump will attend the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee later this month because he just can’t resist a fight and the attention.
Concordia University justice and public policy Prof. Kenneth Harris blasted part of the shared revenue proposal floating around the Capitol as “ridiculous.” Harris at a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics.com event slammed the provision, which would transfer policy-making power from the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission to police and fire chiefs and
The shared revenue bill’s referendum requirement for Milwaukee sales tax increases remain a big sticking point for Republicans and Dems. Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, and Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek, during a WisPolitics luncheon at UW-Milwaukee’s Zilber School of Public Health clashed over various provisions in the Republican-proposed shared revenue
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he has doubts about the FDA’s ability to avoid playing politics on approving an abortion drug because the pandemic has shown him it can’t.
Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin predicts Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will be the template for high court races across the country over the next year, as abortion remains a salient issue for voters.