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Vice President Kamala Harris in Waukesha today blasted Donald Trump for saying he was “proud” of his role in the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to abortion, arguing “he intended for them to take away your freedoms.”
Scott Walker, the former Wisconsin governor and 2016 presidential candidate, says the GOP primary race for president is over if Nikki Haley doesn’t win New Hampshire Tuesday.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss proposed maps submitted in the redistricting lawsuit before the state Supreme Court, a petition to the court to redraw the state’s congressional districts, the latest action in the Senate and Assembly, Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address next Tuesday and more.
Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August blasted Rep. Janel Brandtjen as a grifter for repeatedly trying to introduce a resolution to impeach Wisconsin Election Administrator Meagan Wolfe during Tuesday’s floor session.
The petition, filed yesterday, argued a foundation of the lines now in place was the court’s 2021 decision to take a “least change approach” to the maps that Republican lawmakers drew a decade earlier. Now that the new liberal majority has thrown out that standard, the brief argues, there’s no justification to keep in place congressional lines based upon the same principle.
Gov. Tony Evers, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2026, raised money at a slower clip last year than he did over the same period four years earlier.
Ahead of Monday night’s Iowa Caucuses, Donald Trump Jr. called former House Speaker Paul Ryan “a RINO that the America First movement despises” as he worked to fire up former President Donald Trump’s base and push them to caucus tonight.
The remedial maps submitted to the state Supreme Court Friday generally would result in more Dem seats in the Assembly and Senate than the GOP drawn lines used in the 2022 elections.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ medical marijuana bill, a new tax cut proposal Senate Republicans are working on, elections bills, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the Supreme Court’s legislative redistricting deadline and more.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says he’s working on another income tax cut that would raise the income limits for the second-lowest tax bracket by more than $100,000.
Proponents of a bipartisan bill to implement top-five primaries and instant runoff voting in Wisconsin congressional races argued the change would ensure the candidates with the broadest appeal end up in office. Meanwhile, others during Tuesday’s hearing criticized the process as confusing and argued the proposal would prevent all voters’ voices from being heard.
Assembly Republicans introduced a medical marijuana plan that would use five state-run dispensaries rather than private outlets.
“We are offering a very limited version that’s going to help people who truly are sick,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “We are not going to have something like other states do where you can walk in and say, ‘I don’t feel well,’ and they give you a gummy bear.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a judge’s ruling on absentee ballot witness addresses, Presidential Preference Selection Committee 2024 primary ballot choices, a suit seeking to keep Trump off the Wisconsin ballot, a recent interview with Gov. Tony Evers, the latest in the Supreme Court redistricting suit and more.
Evers told WisPolitics in an interview this week that he hasn’t yet offered the job to anyone since former Secretary Adam Payne stepped down Nov. 10 after 10 months on the job. He said some candidates who had been considered signaled there was “no way in hell I’m putting myself and my family in that situation.”
A Dane County judge has issued a pair of rulings overhauling the standards for a witness’ address on an absentee ballot envelope for the vote to count.
Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference Selection Committee approved a primary ballot that includes Republican Donald Trump, but not Dem Dean Phillips.
On the year-end episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon review the top stories of 2023 in state politics.
Herb Kohl, the millionaire grocery store owner who served four terms in the U.S. Senate and twice helped keep the NBA in Milwaukee, has died. He was 88.
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents today voted to fire UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow for what President Jay Rothman called “abhorrent” actions that subjected the university to “significant reputational harm.” The UW statement didn’t include details on what
Vice President Kamala Harris in Waukesha today blasted Donald Trump for saying he was “proud” of his role in the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to abortion, arguing “he intended for them to take away your freedoms.”
Scott Walker, the former Wisconsin governor and 2016 presidential candidate, says the GOP primary race for president is over if Nikki Haley doesn’t win New Hampshire Tuesday.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss proposed maps submitted in the redistricting lawsuit before the state Supreme Court, a petition to the court to redraw the state’s congressional districts, the latest action in the Senate and Assembly, Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address next Tuesday and more.
Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August blasted Rep. Janel Brandtjen as a grifter for repeatedly trying to introduce a resolution to impeach Wisconsin Election Administrator Meagan Wolfe during Tuesday’s floor session.
The petition, filed yesterday, argued a foundation of the lines now in place was the court’s 2021 decision to take a “least change approach” to the maps that Republican lawmakers drew a decade earlier. Now that the new liberal majority has thrown out that standard, the brief argues, there’s no justification to keep in place congressional lines based upon the same principle.
Gov. Tony Evers, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2026, raised money at a slower clip last year than he did over the same period four years earlier.
Ahead of Monday night’s Iowa Caucuses, Donald Trump Jr. called former House Speaker Paul Ryan “a RINO that the America First movement despises” as he worked to fire up former President Donald Trump’s base and push them to caucus tonight.
The remedial maps submitted to the state Supreme Court Friday generally would result in more Dem seats in the Assembly and Senate than the GOP drawn lines used in the 2022 elections.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Republicans’ medical marijuana bill, a new tax cut proposal Senate Republicans are working on, elections bills, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the Supreme Court’s legislative redistricting deadline and more.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says he’s working on another income tax cut that would raise the income limits for the second-lowest tax bracket by more than $100,000.
Proponents of a bipartisan bill to implement top-five primaries and instant runoff voting in Wisconsin congressional races argued the change would ensure the candidates with the broadest appeal end up in office. Meanwhile, others during Tuesday’s hearing criticized the process as confusing and argued the proposal would prevent all voters’ voices from being heard.
Assembly Republicans introduced a medical marijuana plan that would use five state-run dispensaries rather than private outlets.
“We are offering a very limited version that’s going to help people who truly are sick,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “We are not going to have something like other states do where you can walk in and say, ‘I don’t feel well,’ and they give you a gummy bear.”
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a judge’s ruling on absentee ballot witness addresses, Presidential Preference Selection Committee 2024 primary ballot choices, a suit seeking to keep Trump off the Wisconsin ballot, a recent interview with Gov. Tony Evers, the latest in the Supreme Court redistricting suit and more.
Evers told WisPolitics in an interview this week that he hasn’t yet offered the job to anyone since former Secretary Adam Payne stepped down Nov. 10 after 10 months on the job. He said some candidates who had been considered signaled there was “no way in hell I’m putting myself and my family in that situation.”
A Dane County judge has issued a pair of rulings overhauling the standards for a witness’ address on an absentee ballot envelope for the vote to count.
Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference Selection Committee approved a primary ballot that includes Republican Donald Trump, but not Dem Dean Phillips.
On the year-end episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon review the top stories of 2023 in state politics.
Herb Kohl, the millionaire grocery store owner who served four terms in the U.S. Senate and twice helped keep the NBA in Milwaukee, has died. He was 88.
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents today voted to fire UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow for what President Jay Rothman called “abhorrent” actions that subjected the university to “significant reputational harm.” The UW statement didn’t include details on what Gow allegedly did that prompted his termination. He and his