Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — AG Brad Schimel has paid out the remainder of the first round school safety grant funding. Schimel yesterday announced 60 schools and districts will get the remaining $2.6 million in funding. That leaves some $48 million in funding

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn formally announced his bid for the state Supreme Court today, saying Wisconsinites “want a justice who will defend the rule of law, uphold the constitution, and protect the public.” Hagedorn, a formal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Both sides wasted little time in going after Dem guv nominee Tony Evers and GOP Senate nominee Leah Vukmir with new ads signaling the sprint to the November general election. The state GOP announced a TV and digital

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP has received $257,388 in large donations over the last two weeks, including $100,000 from a Denver couple. Meanwhile, the liberal One Wisconsin Now, which tracks TV buys, says the party is going up on TV

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Independent groups continue to weigh in ahead of tomorrow’s primary through a combination of ads, mailers and GOTV efforts. In the guv’s race, groups over the past week continued to report independent expenditures on behalf of Mahlon Mitchell,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Dem guv candidates put down Gov. Scott Walker and highlighted their liberal credentials in what was likely their last candidate forum ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Seven of the eight seven contenders sought to distinguish themselves from the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Democratic gubernatorial candidates took different approaches to funding public schools at a Madison forum ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin told the Madison audience he’d want to reduce public education’s reliance on the property tax for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP is hitting state Superintendent Tony Evers for not revoking the licenses of two educators stemming from incidents in 2015 and 2017. The new knocks come after the party has previously targeted the Dem guv candidate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Kelda Roys topped the Dem guv field in fundraising over the pre-primary period, pulling in $147,359. But that was well behind the $670,061 Gov. Scott Walker raised. Roys, a former state rep, also spent $523,570 from July

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Paul Soglin over the weekend released his first TV ad in the race, taking jabs at both Gov. Scott Walker and President Trump. The 30-second spot features an animated skit with a narrator criticizing the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks gave Wisconsin Next $1 million last month as the group ran ads knocking GOP U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson. The group, which is backing state Sen. Leah Vukmir in the race, also received $25,000

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin takes a shot at her GOP rivals in a TV spot for the first time with a new ad that includes a knock on Kevin Nicholson over a media report that he worked as

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — State schools Superintendent Tony Evers is calling for indexing the revenue limit to inflation and making changes to the way 4-year-old kindergarten is covered as part of his agency’s budget recommendations. The proposals in the Department of

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker launched four new TV ads today, each with a message on Foxconn tailored to the region in which it will run. Since the state’s incentive package was announced a year ago to lure the Taiwanese

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidates are knocking Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to lower costs for Wisconsinites who get their health insurance through the federal exchange under the Affordable Care Act, dismissing it as an election-year gimmick. Walker yesterday

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Republican U.S. Senate candidate frontrunners Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson backed President Trump and touted their conservative credentials in a televised debate last night ahead of next month’s primary. But Vukmir lamented the controversial border policy. “We shouldn’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Kenosha attorney Josh Pade has become the first Dem guv candidate to call on fellow contender Matt Flynn to drop out of the race due to his work defending the Milwaukee Archdiocese during the priest abuse scandal.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker will be at the Waukesha County Technical College today to promote workforce development and high-tech skills training. Walker is returning today from the Republican Governors Association’s summer meeting in Aspen, Colo. — The Leg Council

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker released the first 60-second ad of his re-election campaign today, touting efforts to create fab labs to teach high school students job skills. The spot also talks up a $200 per-student increase in state aid

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir released her second TV ad today, saying in the spot she worked with Scott Walker to take on “the big labor bosses” and will now “stand with President Trump” in the Senate.