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The Elections Commission has unanimously signed off on seeking to create an Office of Inspector General to help with investigations and open records requests after tweaking the organization of the new office. Dem members of the commission during Wednesday’s meeting
A federal judge has issued an injunction guaranteeing disabled Wisconsin voters the option to receive help from a third party in mailing or delivering their absentee ballots. Judge James Peterson gave the Wisconsin Elections Commission until Sept. 9 to issue
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defended his votes on the bill that provided more health care benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and his pitch to classify Medicare and Social Security as discretionary spending. The Oshkosh Republican told the
Gov. Tony Evers will join Joe Biden for a Labor Day stop in Wisconsin, but Mandela Barnes’ U.S. Senate campaign was noncommittal on whether the lieutenant governor would join them in Milwaukee. The White House announced yesterday Biden will be
Two democratic socialists are poised to join the Assembly, making them the first to do so in over 30 years.
U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won’t weigh in on whether President Joe Biden should run for a second term. “I’m not going there, I’m not going there,” Barrett said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ latest tax cut proposal, state revenues and the politics of the 2020 violent protests in Kenosha.
While GOP guv candidate Tim Michels won’t take PAC contributions, running mate Roger Roth isn’t placing any similar restrictions on his fundraising. Roth, a state senator from Appleton who is running for lieutenant governor, hosted a fundraiser in Madison Wednesday
State and local employees left their jobs at record highs in 2021, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report. The study of Wisconsin Retirement System data found 17,646 left the pension system in 2021 for reasons other than retirement,
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson isn’t backing away from his call to make funding Social Security and Medicare part of the discretionary budget process. Dems have taken aim at the Oshkosh Republican over his comments, accusing him of wanting to put
The state Department of Justice is arguing there’s no point to continue court proceedings over subpoenas Michael Gableman issued as part of his review of the 2020 election now that the former justice has been fired. A private attorney for
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is distancing himself from former President Donald Trump as the midterms approach. “First of all, my election’s about me running as a U.S. Senator dealing with issues that are impacting Wisconsinites,” Johnson said on WISN’s “UpFront,”
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ firing of former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman as head of the 2020 election investigation, Adam Steen planning to mount a write-in campaign after losing his primary challenge against Vos, the results of the latest Marquette University Law School Poll and more.
Adam Steen, who lost the GOP primary in the 63rd AD to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos by 260 votes after he was endorsed by former President Trump, will run as a write-in candidate in November. Steen in an interview with
A Dane County judge has ordered the Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel to pay $24,000 in fines for the days it took former Justice Michael Gableman to prove he had done a thorough search and turned over records stemming from
Challengers Mandela Barnes and Tim Michels both saw post-primary bumps in the first Marquette University Law School Poll since they won their parties’ nominations for U.S. Senate and guv. Fifty-one percent of registered voters surveyed backed Barnes, the Dem lieutenant
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed to fight the thousands of dollars in legal fees awarded to a Washington, D.C.-based group that sought records from Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. But it is likely that Assembly Republicans will drop
On the heels of AdImpact predicting $344 million will be spent on ads for Wisconsin races this cycle, a flurry of new spots are out in various state contests. The AdImpact projection includes $159 million in the U.S. Senate race
The Assembly GOP caucus will meet tomorrow after Speaker Robin Vos fired Michael Gableman. “I really don’t think there’s any need to have a discussion,” Vos said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “He did a
Speaker Robin Vos announced today he has fired Michael Gableman as special counsel to the Assembly. The move comes three days after the Rochester Republican beat back a primary challenge by Adam Steen, who Gableman had endorsed. The move brings
The Elections Commission has unanimously signed off on seeking to create an Office of Inspector General to help with investigations and open records requests after tweaking the organization of the new office. Dem members of the commission during Wednesday’s meeting objected to the original proposal to have the unclassified position
A federal judge has issued an injunction guaranteeing disabled Wisconsin voters the option to receive help from a third party in mailing or delivering their absentee ballots. Judge James Peterson gave the Wisconsin Elections Commission until Sept. 9 to issue guidance to clerks reflecting his order. The federal lawsuit was
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defended his votes on the bill that provided more health care benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and his pitch to classify Medicare and Social Security as discretionary spending. The Oshkosh Republican told the American Legion’s National Convention in Milwaukee Tuesday his concerns over
Gov. Tony Evers will join Joe Biden for a Labor Day stop in Wisconsin, but Mandela Barnes’ U.S. Senate campaign was noncommittal on whether the lieutenant governor would join them in Milwaukee. The White House announced yesterday Biden will be in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh on Monday to celebrate “Labor Day
Two democratic socialists are poised to join the Assembly, making them the first to do so in over 30 years.
U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won’t weigh in on whether President Joe Biden should run for a second term. “I’m not going there, I’m not going there,” Barrett said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “I think in very challenging circumstances,
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ latest tax cut proposal, state revenues and the politics of the 2020 violent protests in Kenosha.
While GOP guv candidate Tim Michels won’t take PAC contributions, running mate Roger Roth isn’t placing any similar restrictions on his fundraising. Roth, a state senator from Appleton who is running for lieutenant governor, hosted a fundraiser in Madison Wednesday that featured Michels as the “special guest,” according to an
State and local employees left their jobs at record highs in 2021, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report. The study of Wisconsin Retirement System data found 17,646 left the pension system in 2021 for reasons other than retirement, death or disability. At the end of 2021, there were
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson isn’t backing away from his call to make funding Social Security and Medicare part of the discretionary budget process. Dems have taken aim at the Oshkosh Republican over his comments, accusing him of wanting to put the programs on the chopping block. Johnson touted a post
The state Department of Justice is arguing there’s no point to continue court proceedings over subpoenas Michael Gableman issued as part of his review of the 2020 election now that the former justice has been fired. A private attorney for the Office of Special Counsel argued in a letter last
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is distancing himself from former President Donald Trump as the midterms approach. “First of all, my election’s about me running as a U.S. Senator dealing with issues that are impacting Wisconsinites,” Johnson said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “I don’t personally
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ firing of former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman as head of the 2020 election investigation, Adam Steen planning to mount a write-in campaign after losing his primary challenge against Vos, the results of the latest Marquette University Law School Poll and more.
Adam Steen, who lost the GOP primary in the 63rd AD to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos by 260 votes after he was endorsed by former President Trump, will run as a write-in candidate in November. Steen in an interview with WisPolitics.com said with more time, he believes the former president’s
A Dane County judge has ordered the Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel to pay $24,000 in fines for the days it took former Justice Michael Gableman to prove he had done a thorough search and turned over records stemming from his review of the 2020 election. While Judge Frank Remington
Challengers Mandela Barnes and Tim Michels both saw post-primary bumps in the first Marquette University Law School Poll since they won their parties’ nominations for U.S. Senate and guv. Fifty-one percent of registered voters surveyed backed Barnes, the Dem lieutenant governor, in the U.S. Senate race over Republican Ron Johnson,
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed to fight the thousands of dollars in legal fees awarded to a Washington, D.C.-based group that sought records from Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. But it is likely that Assembly Republicans will drop Gableman’s effort to jail the mayors of Green Bay and
On the heels of AdImpact predicting $344 million will be spent on ads for Wisconsin races this cycle, a flurry of new spots are out in various state contests. The AdImpact projection includes $159 million in the U.S. Senate race and $126 million for the guv’s campaign. The group, which
The Assembly GOP caucus will meet tomorrow after Speaker Robin Vos fired Michael Gableman. “I really don’t think there’s any need to have a discussion,” Vos said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “He did a good job last year, kind of got off the rails
Speaker Robin Vos announced today he has fired Michael Gableman as special counsel to the Assembly. The move comes three days after the Rochester Republican beat back a primary challenge by Adam Steen, who Gableman had endorsed. The move brings to a close an investigation that lasted more than a