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In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: Highlights of the new Marquette Law School poll and UW-Madison Board of Regents considers next two year budget…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options
The board that controls state employees’ health benefits has voted to again cover gender identity-related benefits and services. The vote comes after the Group Insurance Board opted to do so in July 2016, before rolling back the call in early
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: We’ll tell you the findings of the new Marquette Law Poll out this afternoon and Dems are asking more questions about the FoxConn investment in Wisconsin…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is questioning the Walker administration why it continues to sell the Foxconn plant as a $10 billion project that will create up to 13,000 jobs even after the Taiwanese manufacturer pulled back on its initial
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: A conservative group is out with a new ad backing Governor Scott Walker on education and the State Ethics Commission considers revamping its website after complaints…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t
The liberal One Wisconsin Now is knocking Gov. Scott Walker for his “misuse and abuse” of taxpayer-funded flights on the state plane in the two-and-a-half years after his failed presidential bid came to a close. Public records the group released
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: A former Scott Walker cabinet member is part of a digital ad backing Tony Evers; UW is requesting a $108 million increase in state aid for the next budget; Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir says she is
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Leah Vukmir says she is optimistic she will win the votes of Trump supporters, even though TV ads in the primary blasted her for her 2016 comments that Trump was “offensive.” Vukmir said she supported Donald
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: A business group’s ad buy against Tony Evers is now over $2.5 million; AG Brad Schimel hands out the remaining $2.6 million of the first round of school safety grants and a Democrat is on track to
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss results in the governor and U.S. Senate races, as well as in several key legislative primaries, and look ahead to the November matchups.
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 don’t
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, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs
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, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs
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, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com
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 a
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: Highlights of the new Marquette Law School poll and UW-Madison Board of Regents considers next two year budget…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home
The board that controls state employees’ health benefits has voted to again cover gender identity-related benefits and services. The vote comes after the Group Insurance Board opted to do so in July 2016, before rolling back the call in early 2017. Wednesday’s narrow 5-4 decision comes as the Department of
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: We’ll tell you the findings of the new Marquette Law Poll out this afternoon and Dems are asking more questions about the FoxConn investment in Wisconsin…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is questioning the Walker administration why it continues to sell the Foxconn plant as a $10 billion project that will create up to 13,000 jobs even after the Taiwanese manufacturer pulled back on its initial plans for the facility. Hintz, D-Oshkosh, wrote in a letter
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: A conservative group is out with a new ad backing Governor Scott Walker on education and the State Ethics Commission considers revamping its website after complaints…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the
The liberal One Wisconsin Now is knocking Gov. Scott Walker for his “misuse and abuse” of taxpayer-funded flights on the state plane in the two-and-a-half years after his failed presidential bid came to a close. Public records the group released today showed that between September 2015 and April 2018, Walker
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: A former Scott Walker cabinet member is part of a digital ad backing Tony Evers; UW is requesting a $108 million increase in state aid for the next budget; Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir says she is confident she will win the votes of President Trump’s supporters….
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Leah Vukmir says she is optimistic she will win the votes of Trump supporters, even though TV ads in the primary blasted her for her 2016 comments that Trump was “offensive.” Vukmir said she supported Donald Trump after he became the Republican nominee in 2016, and
In today’s WisPolitics Midday Update: A business group’s ad buy against Tony Evers is now over $2.5 million; AG Brad Schimel hands out the remaining $2.6 million of the first round of school safety grants and a Democrat is on track to become the second youngest person ever elected to the legislature….
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss results in the governor and U.S. Senate races, as well as in several key legislative primaries, and look ahead to the November matchups.
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 the second round of grant funding to shore up mental
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 don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the
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 buy information a GOP source shared with WisPolitics.com showed business
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, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.
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 GOP U.S. Senate primary. Evers quickly got to slamming Walker
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, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.
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, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is
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 on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com.
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 a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs
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.