Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says GOP lawmakers want to increase legislative authority on things such voter ID rules, but pushed back at the suggestion he and Republicans are trying to undermine Dem Gov.-elect Tony Evers. With Republicans set to
In today’s Midday Update: In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Gov-elect Tony Evers calling on Republicans to “stop playing politics” … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’d be open to looking at taking away some authority from the executive branch. “Maybe we made some mistakes giving too much power to Governor Walker,” Vos told reporters in the state Capitol Wednesday.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker said Democrat Tony Evers will “return us to a recession,” while Evers said Walker is lying about protecting people with pre-existing conditions. Both candidates offered their closing arguments to voters in interviews that aired Sunday on
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Sen Elizabeth Warren campaigns for Tammy Baldwin in WI. AG Brad Schimel’s campaign launches new radio ad. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest Marquette University Law School poll, the feds’ approval of Medicaid work requirements for Wisconsin and the school voucher program’s cost.
Gov. Scott Walker is pledging the state will pass a bill to guarantee pre-existing condition coverage using “the exact same language that’s in the Affordable Care Act.” Walker’s comments Thursday, during a campaign stop in Waukesha, go further than he
On today’s Wispolitics MidDay: Tony Evers is launching a new tv ad just five days before the election Meanwhile Governor Walker is ratcheting up his plan to protect pre-existing conditions … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you
The federal government has signed off on the state’s plan to institute work requirements for some Medicaid recipients. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shot down a provision in Wisconsin’s waiver request asking for permission to drug test
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and and her GOP opponent, Leah Vukmir, are on opposite sides of a plan from President Trump to end birthright citizenship for some born in the U.S. While Baldwin, D-Madison, instead called for “comprehensive immigration reform,”
Gary Storck, a publisher and cannabis activist in Wisconsin, chalks up this year’s unprecedented number of marijuana referendums to “the amazing work of grassroots people all over the state.”
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: Tony Evers campaign releases some fundraising information. Gov Walker launches 33rd ad of the campaign. AG candidates trade barbs in new TV ads. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a
Dem AG candidate Josh Kaul said if elected, he would ask the governor for permission to withdraw the state from a lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act. “I would ask the governor for permission to withdraw, and if that permission
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: New fundraising numbers in US Senate race. Congressional Leadership fund launches new ad against Randy Bryce. AG Brad Schimel’s campaign says new DAGA ad is being pulled from TV stations for false claims against the AG.
Recap of President Trump’s visit to Wisconsin Gov Walker sends Tony Evers a letter over his state budgets with portions plagiarized. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the first gubernatorial debate, surrogate visits and independent expenditures in state races.
Republican AG Brad Schimel’s campaign slammed an attack ad from the Democratic Attorneys General Association as false, which it says prompted several stations to pull it down. But the DAGA said it stood by charges in the ad that Schimel
In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: New TV ads launched in the state-wide races. Tony Evers drafts a letter asking for WI to be pulled out of the Obamacare lawsuit. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t
Former Republican state lawmaker Michelle Litjens says she thinks GOP Gov. Scott Walker is on his way to a third term after changing his message mid-campaign. Meanwhile, Capital Times associate editor John Nichols says Dem Tony Evers has run a
