Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Matt Flynn continued to attack his Dem guv rivals today as the primary turns to the final days, slamming Kelda Roys and Mahlon Mitchell as “identity politics candidates” and again calling into question the electability of state schools Superintendent Tony Evers. The

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The estimated cost to finish the north leg of the Zoo Interchange has climbed 16 percent to $232.6 million. That’s partly due to inflation after Republicans banned work to complete that piece of the project in this biennium as part of the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker knocked several Dem guv candidates today for proposing to halve the state’s prison population, calling the position dangerous and based on a myth that the state’s prisons are primarily filled with non-violent drug offenders. But Dems fired back, saying

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling said today Senate Republicans “probably don’t” have the votes right now to pass an incentive package to encourage Kimberly-Clark to keep jobs in Wisconsin. But she said what that final package should look like was in the “process

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Ethics Commission has a new administrator: Dan Carlton, a staff attorney for the Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections. Carlton will serve out the remaining four-year term that ends July 1, 2019, and earn a salary of $101,000, per

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A group calling itself Forever Wisconsin has started a broadcast TV ad in at least three markets praising Dem guv candidate Tony Evers — the first significant play by an independent group on the airwaves ahead of the Aug. 14 primary. Meanwhile,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Mahlon Mitchell plays up his job as a firefighter and depicts himself as a unifying figure in the first TV spot of his campaign. The 30-second ad opens with shots of Mitchell wearing Madison Fire Department gear, as a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — In his first TV ad, Dem guv candidate Tony Evers takes a shot at Foxconn and pledges to invest more money in education. The 30-second TV ad, airing about two weeks out from the primary, features the state schools superintendent talking to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Mike McCabe says he wouldn’t continue his campaign as a write-in candidate if he loses the primary election in August. “If I’m not the nominee, the only path would be to try to launch a write-in campaign, and I’m

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker took to Twitter today to call on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn to drop out of the race due to his legal work for the Milwaukee Archdiocese. “I call on all other candidates to join me in stating that

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Sen. Roger Roth today pushed for a quick Senate vote on a tax incentive package for Kimberly-Clark after the company indicated it was open to accepting state help to keep open a Fox Valley factory. The Appleton Republican also said he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Matt Flynn today continued to defend his work for the Milwaukee Archdiocese, insisting reporters were misreading a deposition from the former archbishop in which he testified the lawyer kept a list of priest accused of sexually abusing minors. Flynn

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Kelda Roys in her first TV ad touts her support of abortion rights. The 30-second ad from the former state rep and director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin is airing tomorrow and is set to run until the August primary.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate Matt Flynn and GOP Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson released the first TV ads of their campaigns today as the latest Marquette University Law School continued to find big swaths of undecided voters in both races. Meanwhile, Dem guv candidate

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has the biggest warchest heading into the August primary of all sitting Wisconsin congressmen seeking re-election this year. The La Crosse Dem has $3.1 million in the bank, after raising $364,728 over the second quarter of the year.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker raised nearly $5.5 million over the first six months of 2018, about one-third less than he pulled in for the same time period four years ago as he geared up for re-election. Walker also will report nearly $6 million

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin won’t support President Trump’s pick of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, saying she doesn’t have confidence he’ll be a “fair, impartial and independent” justice. The Madison Dem’s announcement this afternoon immediately drew fire from GOP rivals

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is writing off a more than $1 million loan the agency made to now-bankrupt Green Box in northeastern Wisconsin. The waste-recycling company and its owner, De Pere businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel, have been plagued by scandal