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TOP STORIES Latest MU Law poll shows Harris edging ahead of Trump in battleground WI The latest monthly polling is the first to reflect voter sentiment after both party conventions: * 52-48 Harris, with both registered and likely voters. Harris
TOP STORIES WI Supreme Court justices question merits of case brought by election activist … [Wisconsin Voters Alliance’s Heuer alleges ineligible/incompetent voters are included among voter registration rolls, seeks records to find out] Heuer and the WVA filed lawsuits in
TOP STORIES Harris and the Dems are out-dueling Trump and GOP in the Wisconsin ad wars … Harris and outside Democratic groups have spent about $44M across broadcast, cable and radio advertising in Wisconsin this cycle compared to about $23M
TOP STORIES Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate … “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so
TOP STORIES Biden promotes clean energy funds in visit to western Wisconsin The trip to Westby was Biden’s first Wisconsin visit since dropping out of the presidential race in July … Dairyland Power … is one of 16 cooperatives receiving
TOP STORIES Biden visiting Wisconsin to highlight investment in rural electric co-ops Today is Biden’s first visit to the state since dropping out of the presidential race … will visit Westby to meet with leaders of Dairyland Power Cooperative. …
TOP STORIES Biden to visit Westby on Thursday, set to discuss Investing in America agenda … expected to arrive at La Crosse Regional Airport in the early afternoon. … travel to Westby to deliver remarks touting his “Investing in America
TOP STORIES Tim Walz Champions Unions in Milwaukee Labor Day Appearance … [after brief speeches by Evers, US Rep. Moore, US Sen. Baldwin, Labor Council’s Fendt, Mayor Johnson, Exec. Crowley, CD1 Dem Barca] addressed more than 4,000 supporters at [Laborfest],
TOP STORIES Trump answers question about affordable housing, outlines new IVF plan at LC town hall [late start after late arrival from late-running Lansing event, greeted by ex-guv TGT and RPW chair Schimming] … Gabbard asked Trump a series of
TOP STORIES In De Pere, JD Vance blasts elections commission for keeping RFK Jr. on ballot … Vance said Wednesday the Trump campaign was “thrilled” to have Kennedy’s endorsement, prompting a loud cheer from a crowd of roughly 200 people
TOP STORIES Despite ending campaign, RFK Jr. will appear on Wisconsin ballots in November … [after dropping, RFK Jr.] requested removal from [5] other battleground state ballots, expressing concern that he’ll be a spoiler for the Republican ticket. … [WEC]
TOP STORIES Green Party’s Jill Stein will remain on WI ballot after court refuses to hear challenge … “We determine that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks,” [WI Supreme] court said in its unsigned order. DNC
TOP STORIES Trump making first WI visit since the RNC, a town hall event Thursday in La Crosse [at the La Crosse Center] … “The notorious swing state voters are eager to discuss kitchen table issues with President Trump and
TOP STORIES Baldwin pledges defense of Medicare, Social Security in DNC speech … shared the story of how her grandparents raised her, as she never met her father and her mother struggled with addiction. “Everything I know, I learned from
TOP STORIES Nancy Pelosi tells WI Dems ‘everything’ is riding on them this November … [emphasized winning presidency, keeping Senate control] Pelosi said Democrats also have an opportunity to pick up seats [in CD1 & 3, Barca and Cooke] …
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TOP STORIES UW Pres. Rothman wants $855M in new funding to stave off higher tuition … said during a brief Zoom news conference Monday that his administration plans to ask regents on Thursday to approve [the request in their FY25-27
TOP STORIES Robin Vos: GOP should ‘double down’ on constitutional amendments … [after voters approved 2 referenda in April, Vos] wasn’t concerned about the defeat of the two most recent amendments … chalked up the losses to a lack of
TOP STORIES DCCC shifts Derrick Van Orden race onto priority ‘Red to Blue’ list … last year listed the district as among more than two dozen “in play” for 2024. But the Red to Blue addition indicates the group is
TOP STORIES DNC tries to block Green Party from WI presidential ballot, citing legal issues … [WEC] in February unanimously approved ballot access for the Green Party’s presidential nominee this year because the party won more than 1% of the
TOP STORIES Latest MU Law poll shows Harris edging ahead of Trump in battleground WI The latest monthly polling is the first to reflect voter sentiment after both party conventions: * 52-48 Harris, with both registered and likely voters. Harris 47-43-6-1-1-1 with RFK Jr., other parties. * Fav-unfav: Walz was
TOP STORIES WI Supreme Court justices question merits of case brought by election activist … [Wisconsin Voters Alliance’s Heuer alleges ineligible/incompetent voters are included among voter registration rolls, seeks records to find out] Heuer and the WVA filed lawsuits in 13 counties in 2022 seeking guardianship records. Heuer on appeal
TOP STORIES Harris and the Dems are out-dueling Trump and GOP in the Wisconsin ad wars … Harris and outside Democratic groups have spent about $44M across broadcast, cable and radio advertising in Wisconsin this cycle compared to about $23M from Trump and Republican groups [including Preserve America’s $11M+, MAGA
TOP STORIES Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate … “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again,” Trump
TOP STORIES Biden promotes clean energy funds in visit to western Wisconsin The trip to Westby was Biden’s first Wisconsin visit since dropping out of the presidential race in July … Dairyland Power … is one of 16 cooperatives receiving a total of $7.3B-IRA for renewable energy projects through the
TOP STORIES Biden visiting Wisconsin to highlight investment in rural electric co-ops Today is Biden’s first visit to the state since dropping out of the presidential race … will visit Westby to meet with leaders of Dairyland Power Cooperative. … one of 16 cooperatives receiving a total of $7.3B-IRA for
TOP STORIES Biden to visit Westby on Thursday, set to discuss Investing in America agenda … expected to arrive at La Crosse Regional Airport in the early afternoon. … travel to Westby to deliver remarks touting his “Investing in America agenda,” according to a White House news release. The location
TOP STORIES Tim Walz Champions Unions in Milwaukee Labor Day Appearance … [after brief speeches by Evers, US Rep. Moore, US Sen. Baldwin, Labor Council’s Fendt, Mayor Johnson, Exec. Crowley, CD1 Dem Barca] addressed more than 4,000 supporters at [Laborfest], including union members of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO,
TOP STORIES Trump answers question about affordable housing, outlines new IVF plan at LC town hall [late start after late arrival from late-running Lansing event, greeted by ex-guv TGT and RPW chair Schimming] … Gabbard asked Trump a series of questions on IVF, climate and the economy. … three people
TOP STORIES In De Pere, JD Vance blasts elections commission for keeping RFK Jr. on ballot … Vance said Wednesday the Trump campaign was “thrilled” to have Kennedy’s endorsement, prompting a loud cheer from a crowd of roughly 200 people gathered in a local warehouse in De Pere. “It’s ridiculous
TOP STORIES Despite ending campaign, RFK Jr. will appear on Wisconsin ballots in November … [after dropping, RFK Jr.] requested removal from [5] other battleground state ballots, expressing concern that he’ll be a spoiler for the Republican ticket. … [WEC] Tuesday … voted to place eight independent and third-party candidates
TOP STORIES Green Party’s Jill Stein will remain on WI ballot after court refuses to hear challenge … “We determine that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks,” [WI Supreme] court said in its unsigned order. DNC staffer Strange argued that Greens have no one eligible to
TOP STORIES Trump making first WI visit since the RNC, a town hall event Thursday in La Crosse [at the La Crosse Center] … “The notorious swing state voters are eager to discuss kitchen table issues with President Trump and his commonsense solutions are exactly what will drive voters to
TOP STORIES Baldwin pledges defense of Medicare, Social Security in DNC speech … shared the story of how her grandparents raised her, as she never met her father and her mother struggled with addiction. “Everything I know, I learned from them. In every way a child needs, my grandparents were
TOP STORIES Nancy Pelosi tells WI Dems ‘everything’ is riding on them this November … [emphasized winning presidency, keeping Senate control] Pelosi said Democrats also have an opportunity to pick up seats [in CD1 & 3, Barca and Cooke] … “Everything’s riding on Wisconsin,” she said Wednesday morning during the
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TOP STORIES UW Pres. Rothman wants $855M in new funding to stave off higher tuition … said during a brief Zoom news conference Monday that his administration plans to ask regents on Thursday to approve [the request in their FY25-27 budget] … [in return] would not seek a tuition increase
TOP STORIES Robin Vos: GOP should ‘double down’ on constitutional amendments … [after voters approved 2 referenda in April, Vos] wasn’t concerned about the defeat of the two most recent amendments … chalked up the losses to a lack of scrutiny on claims made by groups opposing the referendums. If
TOP STORIES DCCC shifts Derrick Van Orden race onto priority ‘Red to Blue’ list … last year listed the district as among more than two dozen “in play” for 2024. But the Red to Blue addition indicates the group is “invested in providing Cooke… with the support needed to continue
TOP STORIES DNC tries to block Green Party from WI presidential ballot, citing legal issues … [WEC] in February unanimously approved ballot access for the Green Party’s presidential nominee this year because the party won more than 1% of the vote in a statewide race in 2022. [SOS candidate McFarland