From WisPolitics … — Liberal Susan Crawford says she raised $17 million over the most recent six-week reporting period as she continues to break fundraising records for a Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate. That puts her at $24 million raised between
From WisPolitics … — Billionaire Elon Musk’s PAC is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition opposing “activist judges,” while asking for information that could help the group identify conservatives to turn out for the April 1 election. The
From WisPolitics … — State superintendent challenger Brittany Kinser during a joint forum with incumbent Jill Underly charged Wisconsin’s education system is failing kids, citing racial gaps and lack of reading proficiency. But Underly said the picture Kinser painted is
From WisPolitics … — State Superintendent Jill Underly and education consultant Brittany Kinser will meet tonight for their first forum ahead of the April 1 election. The joint forum with Underly and Kinser is a free, virtual event co-sponsored by
From WisPolitics … — Early voting begins today, two weeks from the nationally watched April 1 state Supreme Court election. The race between conservative Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel and Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford will
From WisPolitics … — Republican strategist Bill McCoshen says voters shouldn’t be surprised to see either President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance in Wisconsin campaigning for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. “Don’t be surprised if President Trump
From WisPolitics … — The Senate Education Committee will vote by paper ballot today on a bill to overhaul the Department of Public Instruction’s changes to state test standards. SB 18 would reset state report card standards to levels set
From WisPolitics … — Conservative Brad Schimel accused the liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court of carrying out a political agenda, saying if elected to an open seat he would help restore the rule of law. Liberal rival Susan Crawford countered the
From WisPolitics … — Supreme Court candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel will meet tonight in their first and only debate of the campaign. WISN-TV “UpFront” hosts Matt Smith and Gerron Jordan will moderate the hourlong debate, which begins at
From WisPolitics … — Eau Claire Dem Rebecca Cooke announced today she’s running for a third time to represent the 3rd CD currently held by U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien. Cooke’s latest bid comes after she narrowly
From WisPolitics … — Former Gov. Scott Walker says Brad Schimel needs to “come out swinging, rhetorically,” Wednesday night in the first and only debate with Wisconsin Supreme Court rival Susan Crawford. “I think he needs to make the point
From WisPolitics … — The Elections Commission will meet today on a staff report outlining things the Madison clerk could’ve done to avoid the failure to count 193 absentee ballots from November. The commission’s agenda also includes the results of
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin National Guard has seen an increase in reports of sexual assault and inquiries to its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office in recent years. In its first-ever report on the topic, the Guard suggested
From WisPolitics … — An Assembly committee will hear testimony today on legislation that would dictate how MPS and Milwaukee split the costs of placing resource officers in schools. State law required officers to return to Milwaukee Public Schools by
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Audit Committee will meet today to consider a review of how the Department of Public Instruction created new benchmarks for standardized tests. The GOP-run committee will also look at asking the Legislative Audit Bureau
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August says Republicans could hold up passing the state budget if their GOP tax cut plan isn’t first passed and signed by Dem Gov. Tony Evers. “Well, look, I think it depends
From WisPolitics … — Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford is out with another new TV spot this morning, this one knocking the “false ads trying to tell you who I am.” Crawford’s buy was up to nearly $13 million for
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly Environment Committee is holding a public hearing today on an administrative rule to impose stricter limits on surface water pollution after another Assembly committee voted more than a year ago to request changes to
From WisPolitics … — The co-chairs of the Joint Audit Committee say they are moving forward with an effort to review how the Department of Public Instruction created new benchmarks for standardized tests. It’s one of two audits Sen. Eric
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly Ag Committee has an informational hearing planned this afternoon to hear from DATCP. The committee has invited Deputy Secretary Aileen Switzer and State Veterinarian Dr. Darlene M. Konkle to testify. The hearing will be
From WisPolitics … — Liberal Susan Crawford says she raised $17 million over the most recent six-week reporting period as she continues to break fundraising records for a Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate. That puts her at $24 million raised between when she got into the race and March 17, and
From WisPolitics … — Billionaire Elon Musk’s PAC is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition opposing “activist judges,” while asking for information that could help the group identify conservatives to turn out for the April 1 election. The online petition requires signers to provide their name, email address,
From WisPolitics … — State superintendent challenger Brittany Kinser during a joint forum with incumbent Jill Underly charged Wisconsin’s education system is failing kids, citing racial gaps and lack of reading proficiency. But Underly said the picture Kinser painted is “misleading” and highlighted high graduation rates and Wisconsin schools’ high
From WisPolitics … — State Superintendent Jill Underly and education consultant Brittany Kinser will meet tonight for their first forum ahead of the April 1 election. The joint forum with Underly and Kinser is a free, virtual event co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Public Education Network, the NAACP Wisconsin State Council
From WisPolitics … — Early voting begins today, two weeks from the nationally watched April 1 state Supreme Court election. The race between conservative Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel and Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford will determine the ideological balance of the court, which currently has
From WisPolitics … — Republican strategist Bill McCoshen says voters shouldn’t be surprised to see either President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance in Wisconsin campaigning for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. “Don’t be surprised if President Trump or JD Vance ends up in Wisconsin sometime in the
From WisPolitics … — The Senate Education Committee will vote by paper ballot today on a bill to overhaul the Department of Public Instruction’s changes to state test standards. SB 18 would reset state report card standards to levels set in 2019-20, align grades 3-8 with national standards from the
From WisPolitics … — Conservative Brad Schimel accused the liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court of carrying out a political agenda, saying if elected to an open seat he would help restore the rule of law. Liberal rival Susan Crawford countered the former GOP attorney general was paying “lip service to the
From WisPolitics … — Supreme Court candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel will meet tonight in their first and only debate of the campaign. WISN-TV “UpFront” hosts Matt Smith and Gerron Jordan will moderate the hourlong debate, which begins at 7 p.m. It will be broadcast on: WISN in Milwaukee,
From WisPolitics … — Eau Claire Dem Rebecca Cooke announced today she’s running for a third time to represent the 3rd CD currently held by U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien. Cooke’s latest bid comes after she narrowly lost to Van Orden in the November general election. Van
From WisPolitics … — Former Gov. Scott Walker says Brad Schimel needs to “come out swinging, rhetorically,” Wednesday night in the first and only debate with Wisconsin Supreme Court rival Susan Crawford. “I think he needs to make the point that particularly on law and order, I mean this is
From WisPolitics … — The Elections Commission will meet today on a staff report outlining things the Madison clerk could’ve done to avoid the failure to count 193 absentee ballots from November. The commission’s agenda also includes the results of a post-election audit that included a hand count of more
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin National Guard has seen an increase in reports of sexual assault and inquiries to its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office in recent years. In its first-ever report on the topic, the Guard suggested that rather than an increase in the occurrence of sexual
From WisPolitics … — An Assembly committee will hear testimony today on legislation that would dictate how MPS and Milwaukee split the costs of placing resource officers in schools. State law required officers to return to Milwaukee Public Schools by Jan. 1, 2024. But the district and city couldn’t reach
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Audit Committee will meet today to consider a review of how the Department of Public Instruction created new benchmarks for standardized tests. The GOP-run committee will also look at asking the Legislative Audit Bureau to review how grant programs are overseen at departments within
From WisPolitics … — Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August says Republicans could hold up passing the state budget if their GOP tax cut plan isn’t first passed and signed by Dem Gov. Tony Evers. “Well, look, I think it depends on how the governor is going to react to the
From WisPolitics … — Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford is out with another new TV spot this morning, this one knocking the “false ads trying to tell you who I am.” Crawford’s buy was up to nearly $13 million for the full campaign as of last night, according to AdImpact.
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly Environment Committee is holding a public hearing today on an administrative rule to impose stricter limits on surface water pollution after another Assembly committee voted more than a year ago to request changes to the policy. The proposed revision would update the state’s antidegradation
From WisPolitics … — The co-chairs of the Joint Audit Committee say they are moving forward with an effort to review how the Department of Public Instruction created new benchmarks for standardized tests. It’s one of two audits Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Oconto, and Rep. Robert Wittke, R-Caledonia, said they will
From WisPolitics … — The Assembly Ag Committee has an informational hearing planned this afternoon to hear from DATCP. The committee has invited Deputy Secretary Aileen Switzer and State Veterinarian Dr. Darlene M. Konkle to testify. The hearing will be a general update from the Department of Ag, Trade and