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On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ plans to spend CARES Act money, absentee ballots and the state crime lab.
The state’s unemployment rate soared to 14.1 percent in April, reaching a level not seen since the Great Depression. According to a release from the state Department of Workforce Development, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in April was 0.6 percent lower than
Of the 43 people the Elections Commission referred to local DAs for prosecution on possible double voting in November 2018, 26 were suspected of casting ballots in Illinois as well as Wisconsin, according to records reviewed by WisPolitics.com. The cases
State officials are still unsure why some 1,600 absentee ballots from voters in the Fox Valley ended up in a Milwaukee postal sorting facility or why some Oshkosh voters — including the Assembly minority leader — never received the ballots
Gov. Tony Evers says GOP lawmakers aren’t interested in any kind of administrative rule to deal with COVID-19, but a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says the Juneau Republican is open to one that would deal with things
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said he doesn’t envision a “grand bargain” with Republican legislative leaders after they won a lawsuit striking down his administration’s extended COVID-19 stay-at-home order. Evers talked with Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the state Supreme Court’s ruling against the Evers administration’s stay-at-home order, results from the Marquette Law School Poll and GOP Sen. Tom Tiffany’s win in the 7th
Gov. Tony Evers’ administration signaled its upcoming emergency rule to deal with COVID-19 will share some similarities with its previous order that was struck down by the state Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Evers said after his meeting with the Legislature’s top
DWD is adding new call centers and expanding staff and hours to answer questions from unemployed Wisconsinites seeking help during the economic fallout from COVID-19. The state also has transferred 243 employees to handle calls from laid off Wisconsin workers
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, says GOP legislative leaders are waiting to hear what Gov. Tony Evers will propose following the state Supreme Court ruling striking down his administration’s second stay-at-home order. Fitzgerald told WisPolitics.com the Supreme Court’s ruling
A split state Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the Evers administration’s latest stay-at-home order, ruling it should’ve been issued as a rule to give lawmakers oversight of the process dictating precautions to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Conservatives Pat
City clerks in northern Wisconsin’s sprawling 7th CD say today’s special election so far is running smoothly. State Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, faces Dem opponent and Wausau School Board President Tricia Zunker in today’s election. Some clerks in the sampling
The polls are open in northern Wisconsin’s 7th CD in a special election to fill the seat left vacant in September by the resignation of former GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy. State Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, faces Dem opponent and
Gov. Tony Evers announced small retailers can now reopen as Wisconsin for the first time showed a downward trajectory over a 14-day period for the percentage of daily positive COVID-19 tests. Still, the state on Monday met just three of
