AG Brad Schimel has awarded the remainder of the first round school safety grants. Schimel yesterday announced 60 schools and districts will get the remaining $2.6 million in funding. That leaves some $48 million in funding for applicants interested in
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: We’ll tell you what Senator Ron Johnson is doing to help the Vukmir campaign and a conservative judge formally announces his bid for the State Supreme Court. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you
Leah Vukmir won the Milwaukee media market with nearly 60 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s GOP U.S. Senate primary even as she and her allies were outspent on TV there over the final three weeks of the campaign. Ad
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Gubernatorial candidates begin sparring over ads and primary turnout was the highest in 16 years. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and
State Superintendent Tony Evers will face off against Gov. Scott Walker this fall after emerging from an eight-way Dem guv field Tuesday night. Meanwhile, state Sen. Leah Vukmir prevailed over businesses consultant and former Marine Kevin Nicholson to win the
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Voting is underway in several major statewide races and Republicans are logging big donations. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Two Dem lawmakers say AG is not handing out School Safety Grants fast enough and President Trump attacks Harley Davidson. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click
State DPI Superintendent Tony Evers appears to be the favorite heading into the Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday, two Wisconsin political writers said. John Nichols of The Capital Times and Christian Schneider of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel appeared Sunday
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: The final Dem gubernatorial forum took place in Madison last night and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin launches ads attacking both of her opponents. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Cap Times Political Reporter Jessie Opoien discuss fundraising numbers and the primaries for guv, U.S. Senate and other races.
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Dem gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn says Gov. Walker would “have [Tony Evers] for lunch.” And we learn who Dem gubernatorial candidates would vote for, if not for themselves. DOJ recovers $11,000 in litigation costs from
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Two Republicans tout a plan to decommission a state prison and the state GOP slams Tony Evers for not revoking some teacher licenses. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have
Gov. Scott Walker knocked several Dem guv candidates for proposing to halve the state’s prison population, calling the position dangerous and based on a myth that the state’s prisons are primarily filled with non-violent drug offenders. But Dems fired back,
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Rebecca Dallet is sworn in as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and new fundraising numbers are out for gubernatorial candidates. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click
JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling says Senate Republicans “probably don’t” have the votes right now to pass an incentive package to encourage Kimberly-Clark to keep jobs in Wisconsin. But she said at a panel discussion during WMC’s Policy Day 2018 Monday
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Soglin launches his first TV ad and pre-primary financial reports are due. … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she feels good about her re-election bid but “things could change any moment.” “I am number one on a list that nobody wants to be number one on, and that is super PAC, outside special
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: WisDems begin a “Fix Our Roads” campaign, Tony Evers is out with his second TV ad, Kelda Roys announces a fundraising milestone and billionaire Diane Hendricks gets behind an effort knocking GOP U.S. Senate candidate
The head of Arkansas’ economic development agency said the Foxconn-like incentives Wisconsin is considering in an attempt to keep open a Kimberly-Clark plant is “unprecedented” for jobs that already exist. The Wisconsin package is part of an effort to keep
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin releases an ad attacking her top GOP rivals; U.S. Sen Ron Johnson is aiming to meet with US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this month; and the 1st CD Republican debate is
