
Evers: conversations about returning surplus ‘not moving very fast’
“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.
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“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.

“She’s a Democrat, of course we’ll be helpful, but that’s not going to happen,” Evers said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs. “This guy is going to win,” Evers said while sitting next to Crowley.

Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys has resigned after her office twice sent duplicate absentee ballots to voters.

The Public Service Commission has hit reset on a $1 billion transmission project set to serve the Port Washington data center campus.

Dem gubernatorial frontrunner Francesca Hong hasn’t spent a dime on traditional TV buys over the course of her campaign and has put just $150,200 into online ads, according to a check of her campaign finance reports.

The remaining Democratic candidates for governor enter their final full week of campaigning ahead of the Aug. 11 primary following the abrupt exit from Mandela Barnes and last week’s debate.

The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals this morning overturned a Dane County judge’s ruling finding part of Act 10 unconstitutional.

The five Democratic candidates for governor in a televised debate vowed they wouldn’t sign a state budget that cut money to law enforcement, even as state Rep. Francesca Hong and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes explained past comments critical of the police.

Put on by WISN-TV and cosponsored by WisPolitics, the debate was broadcast statewide and featured former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, former DOA Secretary Joel Brennan, Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley, state Rep. Francesca Hong and state Sen. Kelda Roys.

Two Dem members of the Election Commission and the Republican National Committee want to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to allow Wisconsin voters to spoil their absentee ballots if they change their minds on who they want to support.

“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.

“She’s a Democrat, of course we’ll be helpful, but that’s not going to happen,” Evers said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs. “This guy is going to win,” Evers said while sitting next to Crowley.

Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys has resigned after her office twice sent duplicate absentee ballots to voters.

The Public Service Commission has hit reset on a $1 billion transmission project set to serve the Port Washington data center campus.

Dem gubernatorial frontrunner Francesca Hong hasn’t spent a dime on traditional TV buys over the course of her campaign and has put just $150,200 into online ads, according to a check of her campaign finance reports.

The remaining Democratic candidates for governor enter their final full week of campaigning ahead of the Aug. 11 primary following the abrupt exit from Mandela Barnes and last week’s debate.

The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals this morning overturned a Dane County judge’s ruling finding part of Act 10 unconstitutional.

The five Democratic candidates for governor in a televised debate vowed they wouldn’t sign a state budget that cut money to law enforcement, even as state Rep. Francesca Hong and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes explained past comments critical of the police.

Put on by WISN-TV and cosponsored by WisPolitics, the debate was broadcast statewide and featured former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, former DOA Secretary Joel Brennan, Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley, state Rep. Francesca Hong and state Sen. Kelda Roys.

Two Dem members of the Election Commission and the Republican National Committee want to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to allow Wisconsin voters to spoil their absentee ballots if they change their minds on who they want to support.