Rewind: Your Year in Review
WisconsinEye Host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross review the top stories of 2024 in state politics.
Tuesday, Dec 31, 2024
Farrow on ‘UpFront’ says he’s sharing his cancer battle to ‘make things better’ for others
Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow is documenting and sharing his cancer journey to help others while vowing to be at the state Capitol when the budget battle intensifies next year. “I’ll say I didn’t plan on going as public,” Farrow
Monday, Dec 30, 2024
Former Sens. Cullen, Petak pass away
Former state Sens. Tim Cullen, who crossed party lines to serve in a Republican administration, and George Petak, whose change of heart paved the way for a new baseball stadium in Milwaukee, have died.
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024
Madison police chief on ‘UpFront’ says gun used in school shooting purchased legally
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says the guns brought to school by a 15-year-old school shooter in Madison last week were bought legally, but the chief wouldn’t reveal who bought them. Also on the program, Attorney General Josh Kaul says
Monday, Dec 23, 2024
Evers appoints Hyun DNR secretary
Gov. Tony Evers announced today he appointed Karen Hyun, the chief of staff of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as DNR secretary, filling a position that has been vacant for more than a year. Evers praised Hyun’s “extensive science
Monday, Dec 23, 2024
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 20
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the debate over school safety after Monday’s school shooting in Madison, legislative priorities in 2025, disagreement over funding for university building projects, Wisconsin’s GOP electors
Friday, Dec 20, 2024
Kaul prepared to challenge Trump administration on immigration issues
Dem AG Josh Kaul said he’s ready to challenge the incoming Trump administration if it seeks to improperly divert federal funds to the president-elect’s immigration priorities, tries to end birthright citizenship or restricts access to abortion drugs.
Friday, Dec 20, 2024
Vos announces new committee to find efficiencies, shrink state government
But Vos argued the Government Oversight Accountability and Transparency Committee would provide a unique opportunity to examine state spending because so much of the focus with the current budget process is on “how much should the increase in the programs
Thursday, Dec 19, 2024
Senate GOP leaders fire chief clerk
Senate GOP leaders have fired Chief Clerk Linsay Hale after 10 months on the job, with Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu only saying she didn’t have enough support in his caucus to continue in the role. Hale, the first woman to
Thursday, Dec 19, 2024
LeMahieu says Senate GOP will focus income tax cut efforts on second-highest bracket
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu noted Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, has raised the prospect of again trying to cut taxes on retirement income. But LeMahieu said he wants broader tax relief that cuts across ages. The majority leader also
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024
Wisconsin public officials, Biden offer condolences after Madison school shooting
Wisconsin public officials offered their condolences after three people died in a shooting at a Madison private school yesterday. Gov. Tony Evers ordered flags to fly at half-staff through Sunday in their honor.
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024
Neubauer tells ‘UpFront’ she’s talked to Evers, Kaul on preventing mass deportations Trump promised
“We are having conversations with Assembly Democrats, in our local communities, and of course with the governor and the attorney general and trying to figure out what is available to us, what levers we have to pull to try to
Monday, Dec 16, 2024
Hesselbein says Dems already expressing interest in ’26 Senate bids
Dems went into the 2023-25 session in a super-minority with just 11 members in the chamber. But they will walk in the door January with that GOP edge narrowed to 18-15 and the opportunity to flip the chamber in 2026
Friday, Dec 13, 2024
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 13
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a court appearance for those charged in the 2020 Republican false electors case, a challenge to Joint Finance Committee oversight of state Department of Justice
Friday, Dec 13, 2024
Troupis says Kaul should be ‘ashamed’ over false electors prosecution
Jim Troupis said Dem AG Josh Kaul should be “ashamed of himself” for seeking to prosecute him and two other former Donald Trump aides for their role in the 2020 fake electors scheme.
Friday, Dec 13, 2024
Neubauer says Trump presidency opportunity for Dems to provide contrast on economic issues
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer says one thing Donald Trump did well during the campaign was express the anger that many families feel about their financial struggles. But she doesn’t believe he has a plan to actually help address the
Thursday, Dec 12, 2024
JFC co-chairs push back on Underly passing over committee input on reading curriculum
The GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee have rejected the Department of Public Instruction’s argument that it isn’t required to seek the committee’s approval of recommended reading curriculum under the state’s new literacy law.
Thursday, Dec 12, 2024
State DOJ files 10 more felonies against attorneys, Trump aide in false elector scheme
The state Department of Justice has filed amended complaints against two attorneys for Donald Trump and a third who served as an aide to his 2020 presidential campaign, adding 10 felony counts related to the false elector scheme.
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024
Legislative study committee recommends sandhill crane hunt, program to address crop damage
A split study committee voted 8-4 to recommend legislation that would allow a hunt of sandhill cranes while providing state funding to address damage the birds do to crops.
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024
DPI adopts reading curriculum recommendations without seeking JFC approval
The move comes after the state Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision overturned the process the GOP-controlled Legislature has used to block stewardship purchases through the Joint Finance Committee, ruling it violates the separation of powers.
Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024
