Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Several Wisconsin Republicans are weighing in on President Trump’s policy of separating more than 2,000 children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. In a policy statement late yesterday, U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson backed emergency immigration legislation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker is calling himself an “education governor” as he draws a “great contrast” between his own educational policies and those of the Dems seeking to challenge him in November. The guv in an interview with WisPolitics.com

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — GOP U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir unveiled the first TV ad of her campaign today, saying she’s been threatened for what she believes in and knows “what it takes” to stand on principle. The spot opens with

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A super PAC supporting Kevin Nicholson’s bid for the U.S. Senate has a new poll that has him up on GOP rival Leah Vukmir in the party’s primary. Still, 57.5 percent of the likely GOP primary voters surveyed

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is meeting this morning to hear DOT’s request to adjust appropriations to reflect the most recent estimate of federal highway funds. Under the plan submitted to the committee for approval, the state would use

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dem Caleb Frostman won a special election Tuesday for the vacant 1st SD, flipping a seat in northeastern Wisconsin that Donald Trump won by 17.5 points two years ago. Meanwhile, Republican Jon Plumer kept the 42nd AD in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Seven Dem guv candidates in a candidate forum last night pledged to invest in the people of Wisconsin and overhaul elements of the state’s incarceration system. “We are going to be investing in regular folks,” state Rep. Dana

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Elections Commission staff is recommending Dem Assembly candidate Charisse Daniels be kept off the fall ballot, finding she is short of the 200 valid signatures needed to qualify. A GOP-filed complaint accused Daniels of fraudulently obtained some

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The two Dem guv candidates whose nomination papers are the subject of state GOP complaints are countering the assertion that hundreds of their signatures could be ineligible. The GOP this week alleged 361 signatures from state Rep. Dana

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson’s campaign is calling a challenge to the GOP candidate’s nomination papers “frivolous” and calling on officials to penalize the complainant. The complainant, Richard Strohm, filed a complaint with the state Elections

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Dem Assembly candidate accused of election fraud “welcomes the opportunity to address the issues that have been raised,” her attorney says. The Watertown Police Department is investigating allegations against 37th AD candidate Charisse Daniels that were

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Democrat Ann Groves Lloyd again outraised GOP opponent Jon Plumer in the 42nd AD, this time by more than $62,000. The Elections Commission’s latest campaign finance reports, released yesterday, show Lloyd pulled in $206,616 between May 1 and

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Kelda Roys’ campaign is calling her a frontrunner for the Dem nomination in the guv’s race after she won the WisPolitics.com straw poll at this weekend’s state convention in Oshkosh. “Today’s poll proves that Wisconsin voters are excited

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health From WisPolitics.com … SUBSCRIBERS: There will be no REPORT this afternoon due to the Dem state convention. Instead, subscribers will receive a PM Update. Please follow developments from the convention this weekend at the WisPolitics.com convention blog: https://www.wispolitics.com/category/dem-co… Please log

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Scott Walker today unveiled the fourth TV ad of his re-election campaign, this one highlighting the guv’s efforts to help those with developmental disabilities enter the workforce. The ad features Jordan and his mom, Maggie, who opens

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health From WisPolitics.com … — Both 1st SD candidates highlighted the importance of workforce development and applauded a new administrative rule aiming to protect groundwater in northeastern Wisconsin during a candidate forum in Green Bay last night. But Dem Caleb Frostman,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett today announced he will not run for guv this year, saying he loves his current job and “that’s where my heart is.” Barrett’s statement puts to rest six weeks of public speculation on whether

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Ethics Commission is meeting this morning to discuss the extension of Colette Reinke’s appointment as interim administrator. The commission tapped her in February to lead the agency after Senate Republicans rejected the appointment of Brian Bell to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The state Elections Commission today will consider entering into an agreement that would put Wisconsin in line with a federal law addressing the treatment of overseas voters. If commissioners approve the consent decree, the commission would begin allowing

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP is launching a radio ad touting its endorsement of Leah Vukmir in the U.S. Senate race, calling her a “proven conservative.” The party said the ad will run statewide with an initial buy of $29,000.