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Racine County Emergency Management Coordinator Lorenzo Santos is now the second Dem challenger to U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil in southeastern Wisconsin next year.
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Racine County Emergency Management Coordinator Lorenzo Santos is now the second Dem challenger to U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil in southeastern Wisconsin next year.

President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee tomorrow–a week ahead of the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee– to tout what his administration has coined ‘Bidenomics.’

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers calling a special session of the Legislature on a $1 billion workforce development plan, tension on the state Supreme Court, the latest on a proposal to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium maintenance and more.

A Dane County judge has rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking $2.4 million in damages from a dozen people who participated in an effort to falsely cast Wisconsin’s 2020 electoral votes for Donald Trump.

Dem nonprofit owner Rebecca Cooke announced she has raised more than $200,000 over the first four weeks of her campaign to unseat 3rd CD U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden.

Former Gov. Scott Walker said he believes Donald Trump will attend the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee later this month because he just can’t resist a fight and the attention.

Republicans are seeking to intervene in a Dem lawsuit that aims to legalize drop boxes and make other changes to voting absentee.

A second redistricting suit has been filed with the state Supreme Court by Dem voters who were unsuccessful in getting the justices to pick their proposed maps when they imposed new lines in 2022.

U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil is urging Donald Trump to attend the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee later this month, adding the new indictment targeting Trump “will play out in the courts.”

I-94 is a “Convention Corridor” next summer with rival political parties holding the DNC and RNC only 90 miles apart. The two convention cities are natural rivals, yet both have been tied together by the “I” into cooperative business and social interests.

The Republican National Committee expects 7,000-10,000 people at its first presidential debate being held at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum this month as it does a practice run for the 2024 convention.

During a stop in Pleasant Prairie, Vice President Kamala Harris pitched the Biden administration’s $65 billion investment in high-speed internet as an effort to drive the creation of U.S. jobs and boost American manufacturing.

The visit comes as Nokia announced this morning it will partner with Sanmina to manufacture broadband network electronics at the Pleasant Prairie plant, creating up to 200 new jobs.

A coalition of progressive legal interests today asked the state Supreme Court to overturn GOP-drawn legislative maps, calling them an extreme partisan gerrymander that violates parts of the Wisconsin Constitution.

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez today announced her new PAC will focus on staving off a Republican supermajority while also electing Dems focused on health care.

Randy Koschnick has formally been notified that his appointment as director of State Courts ends today.

New liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz declared during her investiture ceremony that she is “ready to deliver justice and common sense as a member” of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Dem AG Josh Kaul called the latest indictment of former President Trump a “hugely significant event.” But he’s not commenting on whether it impacts any investigations that may be going on at the state level.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, announced today he won’t seek to challenge U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, next fall and will instead run for reelection to the 7th CD.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a privately funded GOTV effort in Milwaukee last fall touted by city officials, finding the state GOP failed to show it faced any harm or that the activities had “unduly influenced” a political campaign.

Racine County Emergency Management Coordinator Lorenzo Santos is now the second Dem challenger to U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil in southeastern Wisconsin next year.

President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee tomorrow–a week ahead of the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee– to tout what his administration has coined ‘Bidenomics.’

On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers calling a special session of the Legislature on a $1 billion workforce development plan, tension on the state Supreme Court, the latest on a proposal to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium maintenance and more.

A Dane County judge has rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking $2.4 million in damages from a dozen people who participated in an effort to falsely cast Wisconsin’s 2020 electoral votes for Donald Trump.

Dem nonprofit owner Rebecca Cooke announced she has raised more than $200,000 over the first four weeks of her campaign to unseat 3rd CD U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden.

Former Gov. Scott Walker said he believes Donald Trump will attend the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee later this month because he just can’t resist a fight and the attention.

Republicans are seeking to intervene in a Dem lawsuit that aims to legalize drop boxes and make other changes to voting absentee.

A second redistricting suit has been filed with the state Supreme Court by Dem voters who were unsuccessful in getting the justices to pick their proposed maps when they imposed new lines in 2022.

U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil is urging Donald Trump to attend the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee later this month, adding the new indictment targeting Trump “will play out in the courts.”

I-94 is a “Convention Corridor” next summer with rival political parties holding the DNC and RNC only 90 miles apart. The two convention cities are natural rivals, yet both have been tied together by the “I” into cooperative business and social interests.

The Republican National Committee expects 7,000-10,000 people at its first presidential debate being held at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum this month as it does a practice run for the 2024 convention.

During a stop in Pleasant Prairie, Vice President Kamala Harris pitched the Biden administration’s $65 billion investment in high-speed internet as an effort to drive the creation of U.S. jobs and boost American manufacturing.

The visit comes as Nokia announced this morning it will partner with Sanmina to manufacture broadband network electronics at the Pleasant Prairie plant, creating up to 200 new jobs.

A coalition of progressive legal interests today asked the state Supreme Court to overturn GOP-drawn legislative maps, calling them an extreme partisan gerrymander that violates parts of the Wisconsin Constitution.

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez today announced her new PAC will focus on staving off a Republican supermajority while also electing Dems focused on health care.

Randy Koschnick has formally been notified that his appointment as director of State Courts ends today.

New liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz declared during her investiture ceremony that she is “ready to deliver justice and common sense as a member” of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Dem AG Josh Kaul called the latest indictment of former President Trump a “hugely significant event.” But he’s not commenting on whether it impacts any investigations that may be going on at the state level.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, announced today he won’t seek to challenge U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, next fall and will instead run for reelection to the 7th CD.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a privately funded GOTV effort in Milwaukee last fall touted by city officials, finding the state GOP failed to show it faced any harm or that the activities had “unduly influenced” a political campaign.