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Recounting the Saturday night crash, Tiffany said they were on the final approach to the airport in Wausau when the power went out suddenly. It was seconds later that Boltz made the water landing and the two climbed out of the plane as it began to submerge.
A new $4 million fundraising campaign is underway to dramatically expand the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial in Kewaskum as the nation paused to remember the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks after 25 years.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the Wisconsin race for governor between Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Democratic Milwaukee County Exec. David Crowley. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has filed a new lawsuit arguing that two state abortion restrictions infringe on personal freedoms.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss a reported Department of Homeland Security investigation into Wisconsin’s elections, a White House Rose Garden dinner with GOP candidates and President Trump, a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting that addressed a Milwaukee absentee ballot reporting delay in the August primary, and more.
The Wisconsin Technical College Board this week approved the request, which would be a 5.4% increase in state aid.
“Would I be happy about that? Yes. But I just think with the campaign going on I’m not sure it would happen,” Evers said during a stop at Madison’s Emerson Elementary School.
Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson says the city is pushing to end its contract with Flock, the latest move by municipalities against the company that has assembled a vast network of cameras nationwide that read license plates.
With state revenues coming in higher than expected, GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany vowed to return all of a projected surplus to taxpayers, while Dem rival David Crowley said he’d look at property tax relief while investing in schools and healthcare.
A lawsuit filed by 47 states claimed that Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, knowingly added features to foster social media addiction among children and made false claims about the safety of its products.
Paulina Gutierrez, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, says she welcomes any investigation from state or local lawmakers after “human error” led to delayed results from the city’s central count location during the August primary.
Violent crime dropped 13.5% in Wisconsin last year, a bigger decrease for homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault than what the nation saw, according to new figures reviewed by WisPolitics-State Affairs.
Some 810 people have applied for commutation since Gov. Tony Evers announced he was restarting the process last April.
Representatives from Wisconsin’s banking lobby and the Department of Financial Institutions told a legislative committee examining crypto staking that they oppose deregulating the practice.
Universities of Wisconsin leaders are proposing to seek an additional $730 million in aid over the next two years with an offer to freeze tuition over that period — if the state comes up with the money to cover the lost revenue.
David Crowley said he will not campaign with Hasan Piker ahead of the November election, unlike Francesca Hong, who campaigned and fundraised with the controversial streamer before losing in last week’s Democratic primary. Meanwhile, Tom Tiffany wouldn’t say definitively whether he wants Donald Trump back to Wisconsin to campaign for him ahead of November after the president endorsed Tiffany early in the race.
Dem frontrunners David Crowley and Francesca Hong highlighted their experiences as elected officials and warned of the dangers of presumptive GOP nominee Tom Tiffany ahead of today’s gubernatorial primary election.
Recounting the Saturday night crash, Tiffany said they were on the final approach to the airport in Wausau when the power went out suddenly. It was seconds later that Boltz made the water landing and the two climbed out of the plane as it began to submerge.
A new $4 million fundraising campaign is underway to dramatically expand the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial in Kewaskum as the nation paused to remember the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks after 25 years.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the Wisconsin race for governor between Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Democratic Milwaukee County Exec. David Crowley. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has filed a new lawsuit arguing that two state abortion restrictions infringe on personal freedoms.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss a reported Department of Homeland Security investigation into Wisconsin’s elections, a White House Rose Garden dinner with GOP candidates and President Trump, a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting that addressed a Milwaukee absentee ballot reporting delay in the August primary, and more.
The Wisconsin Technical College Board this week approved the request, which would be a 5.4% increase in state aid.
“Would I be happy about that? Yes. But I just think with the campaign going on I’m not sure it would happen,” Evers said during a stop at Madison’s Emerson Elementary School.
Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson says the city is pushing to end its contract with Flock, the latest move by municipalities against the company that has assembled a vast network of cameras nationwide that read license plates.
With state revenues coming in higher than expected, GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany vowed to return all of a projected surplus to taxpayers, while Dem rival David Crowley said he’d look at property tax relief while investing in schools and healthcare.
A lawsuit filed by 47 states claimed that Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, knowingly added features to foster social media addiction among children and made false claims about the safety of its products.
Paulina Gutierrez, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, says she welcomes any investigation from state or local lawmakers after “human error” led to delayed results from the city’s central count location during the August primary.
Violent crime dropped 13.5% in Wisconsin last year, a bigger decrease for homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault than what the nation saw, according to new figures reviewed by WisPolitics-State Affairs.
Some 810 people have applied for commutation since Gov. Tony Evers announced he was restarting the process last April.
Representatives from Wisconsin’s banking lobby and the Department of Financial Institutions told a legislative committee examining crypto staking that they oppose deregulating the practice.
Universities of Wisconsin leaders are proposing to seek an additional $730 million in aid over the next two years with an offer to freeze tuition over that period — if the state comes up with the money to cover the lost revenue.
David Crowley said he will not campaign with Hasan Piker ahead of the November election, unlike Francesca Hong, who campaigned and fundraised with the controversial streamer before losing in last week’s Democratic primary. Meanwhile, Tom Tiffany wouldn’t say definitively whether he wants Donald Trump back to Wisconsin to campaign for him ahead of November after the president endorsed Tiffany early in the race.
Dem frontrunners David Crowley and Francesca Hong highlighted their experiences as elected officials and warned of the dangers of presumptive GOP nominee Tom Tiffany ahead of today’s gubernatorial primary election.