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New York state Sen. James Skoufis is warning Wisconsin officials to “proceed with caution” with changes to IRIS, the state’s Medicaid-funded long-term care program.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Statehouse Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss former WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes dropping out of the governor race, Wisconsin’s SNAP error rate, Wisconsin Republicans splitting over a federal sports law, and more.
Absentee ballots for the Aug. 11 primary are being mailed across Wisconsin amid a legal challenge to an executive order by President Donald Trump that would limit who can receive mail-in ballots, clerks tell WisPolitics.
AG Josh Kaul said despite the state Supreme Court’s ruling in July 2025 that an 1849 state law that had been interpreted as banning abortion could not be enforced, a new state law could be passed that puts an abortion ban in place.
Oracle is suing the Public Service Commission in a bid to roll back credit rating requirements imposed by regulators on data center customers. Commissioners in an April decision voted to require very large customers of We Energies to either post
Wisconsin voters across party lines back statewide regulation of ballot drop boxes amid concerns over election integrity, according to new polling unveiled at a WisPolitics event today.
“When I look at the Democratic Party, when I look at the Democrats here at this stage, we are aligned for the most part in where we want to go. We might differ a little bit on the solutions, but we are aligned as a party. We want to make sure that we are supporting the most vulnerable in our communities,” Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez said
The former WEDC secretary and CEO said at an afternoon press conference with the lieutenant governor that it was “100%” time for other candidates to follow Hughes’ lead and consider dropping out.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says he is unaware of any city election officials, current or former, who have sat for an interview with FBI agents seeking to discuss the 2020 election.
he state Dem Party reported $772,285 in receipts last month, $929,461 in expenses and more than $1.3 million in the bank.
Promoting diversity in the student body and improving retention rates for some minority students isn’t a sufficient reason for the state to award scholarships based on race, the state Supreme Court ruled.
Free school meals, a right of first refusal bill for new transmission construction and new data center regulations could also be on the table, the Middleton Democrat told attendees at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon.
The Minocqua Brewing Company has filed suit against the state Department of Revenue, arguing the company is being blocked from selling its Illinois-brewed beer in Wisconsin.
Fresh off his hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald said the NFL may be violating the Sports Broadcasting Act and quickly dismissed concerns from the Green Bay Packers about any changes to the league’s shared revenue model.
The decision comes nearly two weeks after it also agreed to hear whether a separate three-judge panel properly dismissed a similar lawsuit looking to overturn the lines as an anti-competitive gerrymander.
Dem activists are set to take up resolutions to abolish ICE and limit state cooperation with the federal immigration enforcement agency at their annual convention in Madison this weekend.
The developers of the Port Washington data center and the utility that powers it are asking the Public Service Commission to reopen the case that set the terms by which data centers buy power.
Minocqua Brewing Co. owner Kirk Bangstad told WisPolitics he will sue to force his way onto the gubernatorial ballot after the Elections Commission voted unanimously that he had failed to turn in enough signatures.
With Dane County Exec Melissa Agard’s signature on an 18-month moratorium on hyperscale data centers, Wisconsin’s fastest-growing county has joined a widening cadre of communities seeking to hit pause on the developments.
“I think the number that Derrick (Van Orden) had mentioned to me was probably $50 million will be spent on that race,” Kappus told WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs. “They’re going to be spending a lot of money to try and oust him.”
New York state Sen. James Skoufis is warning Wisconsin officials to “proceed with caution” with changes to IRIS, the state’s Medicaid-funded long-term care program.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Statehouse Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss former WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes dropping out of the governor race, Wisconsin’s SNAP error rate, Wisconsin Republicans splitting over a federal sports law, and more.
Absentee ballots for the Aug. 11 primary are being mailed across Wisconsin amid a legal challenge to an executive order by President Donald Trump that would limit who can receive mail-in ballots, clerks tell WisPolitics.
AG Josh Kaul said despite the state Supreme Court’s ruling in July 2025 that an 1849 state law that had been interpreted as banning abortion could not be enforced, a new state law could be passed that puts an abortion ban in place.
Oracle is suing the Public Service Commission in a bid to roll back credit rating requirements imposed by regulators on data center customers. Commissioners in an April decision voted to require very large customers of We Energies to either post collateral for new power plants built to serve their energy
Wisconsin voters across party lines back statewide regulation of ballot drop boxes amid concerns over election integrity, according to new polling unveiled at a WisPolitics event today.
“When I look at the Democratic Party, when I look at the Democrats here at this stage, we are aligned for the most part in where we want to go. We might differ a little bit on the solutions, but we are aligned as a party. We want to make sure that we are supporting the most vulnerable in our communities,” Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez said
The former WEDC secretary and CEO said at an afternoon press conference with the lieutenant governor that it was “100%” time for other candidates to follow Hughes’ lead and consider dropping out.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says he is unaware of any city election officials, current or former, who have sat for an interview with FBI agents seeking to discuss the 2020 election.
he state Dem Party reported $772,285 in receipts last month, $929,461 in expenses and more than $1.3 million in the bank.
Promoting diversity in the student body and improving retention rates for some minority students isn’t a sufficient reason for the state to award scholarships based on race, the state Supreme Court ruled.
Free school meals, a right of first refusal bill for new transmission construction and new data center regulations could also be on the table, the Middleton Democrat told attendees at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon.
The Minocqua Brewing Company has filed suit against the state Department of Revenue, arguing the company is being blocked from selling its Illinois-brewed beer in Wisconsin.
Fresh off his hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald said the NFL may be violating the Sports Broadcasting Act and quickly dismissed concerns from the Green Bay Packers about any changes to the league’s shared revenue model.
The decision comes nearly two weeks after it also agreed to hear whether a separate three-judge panel properly dismissed a similar lawsuit looking to overturn the lines as an anti-competitive gerrymander.
Dem activists are set to take up resolutions to abolish ICE and limit state cooperation with the federal immigration enforcement agency at their annual convention in Madison this weekend.
The developers of the Port Washington data center and the utility that powers it are asking the Public Service Commission to reopen the case that set the terms by which data centers buy power.
Minocqua Brewing Co. owner Kirk Bangstad told WisPolitics he will sue to force his way onto the gubernatorial ballot after the Elections Commission voted unanimously that he had failed to turn in enough signatures.
With Dane County Exec Melissa Agard’s signature on an 18-month moratorium on hyperscale data centers, Wisconsin’s fastest-growing county has joined a widening cadre of communities seeking to hit pause on the developments.
“I think the number that Derrick (Van Orden) had mentioned to me was probably $50 million will be spent on that race,” Kappus told WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs. “They’re going to be spending a lot of money to try and oust him.”