Rewind: Your week in review

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss possible changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $100-per-child tax credit, developments with the 10 welfare bills and the renewed debate over a gas tax hike.

Read More »

John Torinus: The Walker agenda: The said and unsaid

Gov. Walker is pre-empting the Democratic 2018 issues. They have been critical of his previous budgets that short-changed education, so he upped K-12 spending in his recent budget, continued the tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin System and then followed with per-child crowd pleaser.

Read More »

Roys hires new campaign manager

Dem guv candidate Kelda Roys has hired Sonja Chojnacki as her new campaign manager. Chojnacki, 34, is a Wisconsin native who returns to the state after working in political consulting and on several campaigns across the nation. Some of those

Read More »

Rewind: Your week in review

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss possible changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $100-per-child tax credit, developments with the 10 welfare bills and the renewed debate over a gas tax hike.

Read More »

Mitchell adds two staffers to guv bid, including campaign manager

Dem Mahlon Mitchell has added two staffers to his guv bid, including campaign manager Craig Brown. Brown, who most recently worked in New Hampshire, started Jan. 1, and will oversee day-to-day operations, said campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith. Robert Dempsey, who was Bernie Sanders’ state director during the 2016 Dem presidential

Read More »

John Torinus: The Walker agenda: The said and unsaid

Gov. Walker is pre-empting the Democratic 2018 issues. They have been critical of his previous budgets that short-changed education, so he upped K-12 spending in his recent budget, continued the tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin System and then followed with per-child crowd pleaser.

Read More »

Dem guv candidate Evers splits with campaign manager

Nathan Henry told WisPolitics.com this morning he is no longer the campaign manager for Dem Tony Evers’ gubernatorial bid. Maggie Gau, who had been working as Evers’ spokeswoman, said she will be taking over as campaign manager. But she declined further comment. Henry described the split as amicable and said

Read More »

Roys hires new campaign manager

Dem guv candidate Kelda Roys has hired Sonja Chojnacki as her new campaign manager. Chojnacki, 34, is a Wisconsin native who returns to the state after working in political consulting and on several campaigns across the nation. Some of those stops include Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign in Ohio, Bernie Sanders

Read More »