From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court, just two days after getting the case, gave the Green Party until tomorrow to respond to a suit seeking to keep it from placing a candidate on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot. In her
From WisPolitics … — A federal judge brushed aside letters from Dem Gov. Tony Evers and GOP lawmakers over an agreement limiting how staff discipline residents at the state’s troubled youth prisons. He said a formal motion would have to
From WisPolitics … — GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance argued in Kenosha today that Dem presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to undermine public safety, nearly four years after violent protests hit the city in the wake of George Floyd’s
From WisPolitics … — Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced today he’ll ask the Board of Regents to sign off on a budget request that will seek an additional $855 million in state aid over the next two years.
From WisPolitics … — Gov. Tony Evers today touted a report detailing progress toward clean energy goals, which he argued is evidence the state doesn’t have to choose between addressing climate change and economic development. “We shouldn’t have to choose
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde, who easily won his primary, slammed Democrats for not doing enough to address inflation, despite new numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that inflation is waning. The BLS reported
From WisPolitics … — GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance will campaign in Milwaukee on Friday, his second visit to the state since the national convention. Vance was in Eau Claire last week as he shadowed Dem nominee Kamala Harris
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin’s top election official today said 288,021 of the 387,280 absentee ballots requested for tomorrow’s primary election have been returned as of this morning. Of the ballots that have been returned, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan
From WisPolitics … — Former Universities of Wisconsin Regent Robert Atwell today questioned whether the closure of four branch campuses this year would actually help the universities’ financial situation. Two additional two-year campuses are slated to close in 2025 due
From WisPolitics … — Vice President Kamala Harris today proclaimed the path to the White House runs through Wisconsin as she campaigned in the state for the first time with newly minted running mate Tim Walz, the governor of neighboring
From WisPolitics … — Three groups opposing the constitutional amendments to give the Legislature oversight of spending federal money have raised more than $3.5 million for their efforts encouraging people to vote no Aug. 13, according to their latest filings.
From WisPolitics … — Indie folk band Bon Iver and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin will be in Eau Claire on Wednesday for Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally featuring her running mate. Meanwhile, GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance will be
From WisPolitics … — Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, today knocked 3rd CD primary rival Rebecca Cooke after a group backing Cooke’s campaign started running an ad claiming Shankland is “working for Republicans, not you.” Cooke’s campaign fired back that
From WisPolitics … — The rising cost of child care in the state has driven a “steep decline” in affordability for those participating in the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program for the working poor, state officials announced today. The
From WisPolitics … — State Sen. Dan Feyen, of Fond du Lac, today accused GOP rival Tim Ramthun of encouraging political violence after the former lawmaker posted a picture a supporter took that placed a bull’s-eye over the incumbent. Following
From WisPolitics … — A Door County judge today rejected a challenge to the absentee envelopes the state Elections Commission approved a year ago. Judge David Weber also shot down a motion from an Amberg man to require those who
Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — Groups have started investing in legislative races ahead of the Aug. 13 primaries, spending
From WisPolitics … — Businessman Tony Wied voiced support for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and potentially the Environmental Protection Agency during today’s primary debate for the open 8th CD. Wied, state Sen. André Jacque and former state Sen.
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, the only Wisconsin Dem member of Congress to attend Benjamin Netanyahu’s address today, said she was “deeply disappointed” by the Israeli prime minister’s remarks. Dem U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen
From WisPolitics … — Vice President Kamala Harris today touted her background as a prosecutor, saying on her first visit to Wisconsin as the expected Dem presidential nominee that she knows Donald Trump’s “type” from her experience with predators and
