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TOP STORIES Secret Service staffing shortage prompts Trump campaign to move Wisconsin rally … Secret Service said it was short-handed due to the ongoing annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly … [airport rally switched to] a smaller indoor
From WisPolitics … — The UW Board of Regents plans today to take up the recommendation that former La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow be fired from his faculty position for his actions after it became public that he and his
From WisPolitics … — State Superintendent Jill Underly during her fourth State of Education address today urged legislators to release funding for the state’s new literacy law. Meanwhile, Underly also said the state must reimburse special education costs at least
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines today to approve $825,700 in funding to cover the Department of Transportation’s costs to issue replacement license plates. But the motion approved 11-4 also rejected the agency’s request for $4.9 million to pay for issuing standard license plates.
TOP STORIES Wisconsin mayor carts away absentee ballot drop box, says he did nothing wrong … Wausau Mayor Doug Diny posed for a picture Sunday to memorialize his removal of the city’s lone drop box that had been put outside
From WisPolitics … — The Madison clerk says 2,215 duplicate ballots were mistakenly sent to voters, but none have been returned to her office. Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl late yesterday posted a response to a Tuesday letter she received from U.S.
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers and WHEDA today announced the launch of the fourth and final component of a $525 million package approved a year ago to help create more affordable housing. The $50 million loan program aims
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights The presidential candidate appears on WPR’s ‘Wisconsin Today’ shortly after her Sep. 20 rally at Alliant Center … “I think we should eliminate the filibuster
From WisPolitics … — The parade of presidential campaign surrogates continues to roll through Wisconsin. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, will be in Bayside and Wauwatosa today to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. Then Gwen Walz, the wife
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission today postponed until after the November election a vote on whether to reprimand two clerks for not accepting absentee ballots at polling places until 8 p.m. on Election Day during previous elections.
TOP STORIES Donald Trump to campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday … expected to begin speaking at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center at 11:30 a.m. and will likely focus on immigration. … [U.S. Rep. Van Orden] earlier
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will meet today to consider complaints accusing the clerks in Greenfield and Brookfield of failing to follow state law by refusing to accept absentee ballots at polling places up until 8 p.m.
From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst.
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case,
From WisPolitics … — The Department of Justice today asked the state Supreme Court to take over Robert F. Kennedy’s legal quest to be removed from the presidential ballot, arguing the case is “highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for
TOP STORIES Wisconsin appeals court takes up RFK Jr. ballot case [2nd District appeals panel – Gundrum, Lazar, Neubauer – agreed to take the case] same day that county clerks are required by law to deliver ballots and supplies to
TOP STORIES Secret Service staffing shortage prompts Trump campaign to move Wisconsin rally … Secret Service said it was short-handed due to the ongoing annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly … [airport rally switched to] a smaller indoor arena in Prairie du Chien .. [USSS official] said the
From WisPolitics … — The UW Board of Regents plans today to take up the recommendation that former La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow be fired from his faculty position for his actions after it became public that he and his wife appeared in pornographic videos. The Board of Regents’ Personnel
From WisPolitics … — State Superintendent Jill Underly during her fourth State of Education address today urged legislators to release funding for the state’s new literacy law. Meanwhile, Underly also said the state must reimburse special education costs at least 60% in order to support students and teachers. Underly, while
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines today to approve $825,700 in funding to cover the Department of Transportation’s costs to issue replacement license plates. But the motion approved 11-4 also rejected the agency’s request for $4.9 million to pay for issuing standard license plates.
TOP STORIES Wisconsin mayor carts away absentee ballot drop box, says he did nothing wrong … Wausau Mayor Doug Diny posed for a picture Sunday to memorialize his removal of the city’s lone drop box that had been put outside City Hall around the same time late last week that
From WisPolitics … — The Madison clerk says 2,215 duplicate ballots were mistakenly sent to voters, but none have been returned to her office. Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl late yesterday posted a response to a Tuesday letter she received from U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, demanding answers on how the duplicate
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers and WHEDA today announced the launch of the fourth and final component of a $525 million package approved a year ago to help create more affordable housing. The $50 million loan program aims to help repair and improve old homes. More Like Home
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights The presidential candidate appears on WPR’s ‘Wisconsin Today’ shortly after her Sep. 20 rally at Alliant Center … “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris said in an interview that aired Tuesday
From WisPolitics … — The parade of presidential campaign surrogates continues to roll through Wisconsin. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, will be in Bayside and Wauwatosa today to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. Then Gwen Walz, the wife of VP nominee Tim Walz, will be in the WOW
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission today postponed until after the November election a vote on whether to reprimand two clerks for not accepting absentee ballots at polling places until 8 p.m. on Election Day during previous elections. The postponement came after Republican commissioners argued against allowing voters
TOP STORIES Donald Trump to campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday … expected to begin speaking at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center at 11:30 a.m. and will likely focus on immigration. … [U.S. Rep. Van Orden] earlier this month voiced concerns about an alleged transnational gang member
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will meet today to consider complaints accusing the clerks in Greenfield and Brookfield of failing to follow state law by refusing to accept absentee ballots at polling places up until 8 p.m. on Election Day. Agency staff in both cases recommended finding
From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The announcement about the stop focused on illegal immigration. Prairie du
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair Wikler, Mayor Rhodes-Conway, interim DaneCo Exec. Kuhn] opened the rally,
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area of the state,” Rhodes-Conway said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in Eau Claire on Tuesday, suggesting Dems and the media are
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst. AG Gibson’s] court filing states. Kennedy’s appeal rests with 2nd
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case, which is now before the conservative 2nd District Court of
From WisPolitics … — The Department of Justice today asked the state Supreme Court to take over Robert F. Kennedy’s legal quest to be removed from the presidential ballot, arguing the case is “highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin.” The DOJ petition came the same
TOP STORIES Wisconsin appeals court takes up RFK Jr. ballot case [2nd District appeals panel – Gundrum, Lazar, Neubauer – agreed to take the case] same day that county clerks are required by law to deliver ballots and supplies to municipal clerks, and one day before absentee ballots must be