This week’s Capitol Chats is a conversation with outgoing U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse. Kind says he’s in talks with the White House for his next job. He also hopes Derrick Van Orden does well to represent the La
This week’s Midday podcast covers Rep. Janel Brandtjen’s recently announced bid to replace Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, representing many of Milwaukee’s northern suburbs. There aren’t any Dems in the race, but GOP Rep. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, Theinsville Village President
This week’s Midday podcast covers Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu signaling areas they’re willing to work with Gov. Tony Evers on this upcoming session. But they say that doesn’t mean Evers will get everything he
This week’s Midday podcast covers what new Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard, D-Madison, wants to accomplish in the upcoming legislative session. She’s taking the reins as outgoing Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason, is leaving the Senate after her current
wispolitics · CD3 goes to Van Orden after national Dems pull funding, Toney polls better than Michels This week’s Midday podcast covers what happened in the 3rd CD after national Dem groups pull funding from the race. We also talk
This week’s Midday podcast covers Marquette University Law School Poll results in the tight U.S. Senate and governor’s races. We also talk about what issues to watch for as the Nov. 8 Election Day approaches. From election conspiracy theories to
wispolitics · Senate and Assembly races to watch as Republicans pine for supermajority This week’s Midday podcast covers some of the more important seats in the Senate and Assembly to watch for as Republicans seek to take a supermajority in
wispolitics · Michels walks back on abortion ban stance, says he wouldn’t arrest doctors This week’s Midday podcast covers GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels’ position on Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban. Previously he said the ban mirrors his position, but recently
This week’s Midday podcast covers U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes facing off for the first time in a debate ahead of the November election. Dem Gov. Tony Evers and GOP candidate Tim Michels will likely face
This week’s Midday podcast covers the Legislature quickly gaveling in and out of a special session Gov. Tony Evers called to take up a measure that would allow voters to weigh in on statewide referendums. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson also
The Republican Party of Wisconsin this week filed two more lawsuits against the government as the November general approaches. One of those seeks to stop Milwaukee from working with private funders in a GOTV program. The other suit seeks to
This week’s Midday podcast covers Gov. Tony Evers’ call to convene a special session of the Legislature to take up a constitutional amendment to allow voters to pass legislation via referendum. Ever’s promoted it as a way to overturn the
Today’s Midday podcast covers three election-related lawsuits that involve the Wisconsin Elections Commission, federal courts, county courts and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe at a WisPolitics.com Luncheon said the increasing amount of litigation is creating even more
Today’s Midday podcast covers President Joe Biden and Gov. Tony Evers visiting Milwaukee’s Laborfest on Monday to tout their support for unions and labor. GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels outside the event slammed Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and festival
This week’s Midday podcast covers Assembly Speaker Robin Vos firing former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman from his job investigating the 2020 election. Vos also withdrew subpoenas that would have forced mayors of the state’s five largest municipalities to testify
Today’s Midday podcast covers the newly announced site for the type 1 facility in Milwaukee slated to replace the state’s juvenile prison in Lincoln County. But building that new facility alone won’t mean Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, where juvenile
This week’s Midday podcast covers results from the August primary election on Tuesday in the gubernatorial, attorney general, 63rd AD and secretary of state races. Trump-backed Tim Michels will face Gov. Tony Evers as GOP Fond du Lac Co. DA
This week’s Midday podcast covers what Republican gubernatorial candidates are up to the week ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Construction business exec Tim Michels changes his stances on backing Trump in 2024 ahead of the former president’s Wisconsin visit and
This week’s Midday podcast covers what to watch for as candidates prepare to face off in the August 9 primary. Several candidates have dropped out and endorsed their former opponents while campaigns launch ads and gather endorsements. Primary winners will
This week’s Midday podcast covers an argument between the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules and the Wisconsin Elections Commission over whether election clerk are allowed to cure missing or incorrect information on absentee ballot envelopes. JCRAR voted to
