Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Next, the super PAC backing Republican Leah Vukmir for the U.S. Senate, is putting another $450,000 into TV ads hitting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, according to a filing with the FEC. That pushes the PAC’s spending in the Senate race

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Restoration PAC, which backed Kevin Nicholson in the GOP U.S. Senate primary, is doing a $200,000 digital buy to boost Republican Leah Vukmir as she challenges Dem Tammy Baldwin. The group was one of several that backed Nicholson in the primary after

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Rob Brooks’ decision to resign his leadership post but remain in the Legislature is “beyond what we expected or even wanted,” said three female GOP lawmakers who were the subject of inappropriate comments the legislator made during an off-site caucus. But

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker outraised Tony Evers during the August fundraising period, pulling in $2.3 million, compared to $1.9 million for his Dem rival. Walker also spent $3 million between July 31 and Aug. 31, finishing last month with nearly $4.2 million in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin continued to call for reopening the FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh today following new sexual misconduct allegations. Meanwhile, GOP opponent Leah Vukmir blasted the new accusations as “uncorroborated attacks” and called for a vote on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State Superintendent Tony Evers today declared the state’s priorities were “out of whack” as he delivered his annual state of education speech. Republicans, meanwhile, seized on his comments that he’s open to tax hikes to continue knocking the Dem nominee as a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Wisconsin Next, the super PAC backing Republican Leah Vukmir’s Senate bid, is up with its first TV ad of the general election attacking U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, saying her “government takeover of healthcare would be a disaster.” The narrator in the spot

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State schools Superintendent Tony Evers moved into a lead over Gov. Scott Walker in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll even as independent groups and his GOP rival outspent him greatly on the air. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin opened up

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem LG candidate Mandela Barnes today called GOP incumbent Rebecca Kleefisch a liar for suggesting without proof that he knelt during the national anthem at the opening of the Wisconsin State Fair. Kleefisch originally raised the allegation on Twitter Sept. 6 that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today pressured Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling to gauge how many of her caucus members back an incentive package for Kimberly-Clark as Gov. Scott Walker implored the chamber to pass the bill. But Shilling, D-La Crosse, accused Fitzgerald

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Tony Evers’ new TV ad says it’s time for a guv who “cares about us,” while Gov. Scott Walker launched a new spot charging his Dem rival can’t be trusted to keep Wisconsin safe. The Evers spot, the second of the state

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Both the Democratic Governors Association and Gov. Scott Scott Walker are out with new TV ads today. The DGA’s new spot features a woman fighting breast cancer who charges Walker “doesn’t seem to care about families like mine.” The spot features a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — AG Brad Schimel announced today tests have been completed on all the rape kits he targeted for analysis more than three months ago. Still, the figure — which only includes kits that were designated for testing before June 1 — doesn’t count

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Democratic AG candidate Josh Kaul took a series of jabs at AG Brad Schimel and his justice department today. Among the criticisms Kaul made against Schimel at a WisPolitics.com luncheon in Madison this afternoon are that the AG should do more to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn is aiming to open a series of research facilities by 2020 as part of the Taiwanese tech company’s newly announced $100 million partnership with UW-Madison, records obtained by WisPolitics.com show. Representatives from UW-Madison and Foxconn last week announced a deal to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker rolled out a new TV ad today highlighting his proposal to expand youth apprenticeships now available only to high school juniors and seniors to students as young as the seventh grade. Along with the ad, which will also run

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence is pledging to campaign for Gov. Scott Walker and GOP U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir in Wisconsin “every bit as much as they need us.” Pence’s comments came after he landed in Milwaukee this afternoon to headline a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A group affiliated with the Democratic Governors Association has released three new digital ads knocking Gov. Scott Walker on healthcare, education and roads. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce is taking jabs at Dem guv candidate Tony Evers in a new TV spot

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn and three other companies today announced they’re creating a $100 million venture capital fund focused on innovation in healthcare, technology, manufacturing and financial services. Foxconn and the companies — Northwestern Mutual, Advocate Aurora Health and Johnson Controls — will each contribute

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn Technology Group has pledged to invest $100 million in UW-Madison to further engineering research and create a new tech facility on the university’s campus, under a new agreement officials signed today. The deal, unveiled at a joint news conference this morning,