Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 8

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state Supreme Court ruling unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal, Republican Kevin Nicholson dropping his bid for governor, and how Milwaukee’s bid to host the 2024 Republican National Convention may get a boost due to controversy in Nashville over its bid to host the event.

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Dem U.S. Senate candidates talk economy in forum

Dem U.S. Senate candidates in a virtual forum offered solutions to the nation’s economic woes such as adding manufacturing jobs, increasing the minimum wage and helping small businesses. In the more than two-hour Dane County Democratic Party event last night,

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Nicholson drops out of GOP guv primary

Kevin Nicholson today announced he is suspending his guv campaign, saying he doesn’t want to go negative against his rivals to win the Republican nomination. In a statement this afternoon, Nicholson said he assessed the state of the primary race

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 1

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the reaction in Wisconsin to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the state Supreme Court’s decision allowing a Walker administration holdout to remain on the Natural Resources Board, top races in the state and last week’s Dem Party state convention.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 24

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and Wisconsin State Journal State politics reporter Mitchell Schmidt discuss this weekend’s Dem state convention, the abortion debate in Wisconsin, the latest Marquette University Law School poll, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s office attempting to deliver GOP electoral votes to Vice President Mike Pence and more.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 8

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state Supreme Court ruling unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal, Republican Kevin Nicholson dropping his bid for governor, and how Milwaukee’s bid to host the 2024 Republican National Convention may get a boost due to controversy in Nashville over its bid to host the event.

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Dem U.S. Senate candidates talk economy in forum

Dem U.S. Senate candidates in a virtual forum offered solutions to the nation’s economic woes such as adding manufacturing jobs, increasing the minimum wage and helping small businesses. In the more than two-hour Dane County Democratic Party event last night, seven of eight candidates offered ways to address a variety

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Kleefisch launches first paid media attack on Michels

Rebecca Kleefisch took her first shot at GOP guv rival Tim Michels through paid media today, accusing the construction exec in a TV ad of pushing “for years to raise our gas tax while getting rich from massive government contracts.” Meanwhile, the PAC supporting the former lt. governor launched a

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Trump planning to attend Aug. 20 rally in Milwaukee

Former President Trump plans to be in Milwaukee Aug. 20 as part of what’s being called the American Freedom Tour. The tour bills itself as a “celebration of faith, family, unalienable rights and God-given American freedoms.” The stop is nearly two weeks after Wisconsin’s Aug. 9 primary. Trump has endorsed

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Nicholson drops out of GOP guv primary

Kevin Nicholson today announced he is suspending his guv campaign, saying he doesn’t want to go negative against his rivals to win the Republican nomination. In a statement this afternoon, Nicholson said he assessed the state of the primary race over the past week and came to the conclusion “the

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 1

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the reaction in Wisconsin to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the state Supreme Court’s decision allowing a Walker administration holdout to remain on the Natural Resources Board, top races in the state and last week’s Dem Party state convention.

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Group files fourth open records lawsuit in Gableman probe

Washington, D.C.-based American Oversight has filed a fourth open records lawsuit stemming from Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election, this time seeking a declaration that his office broke the state’s open records law. Along with the declaration, the suit filed in Dane County asks for an injunction barring the

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Group backing Roth for lt. guv spends $100K on mailers

A group backing GOP state Sen. Roger Roth for lieutenant governor spent $100,000 on mail in June praising him as “ready to lead.” Roth, R-Appleton, is part of an eight-person field running in the Aug. 9 primary for lieutenant governor. Vos, R-Rochester, faces a primary challenge for his southeastern Wisconsin

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Dem state convention resolutions call for limits on election investigations, adopting unicameral Legislature

Dem convention delegates this weekend in La Crosse will take up resolutions that call for limiting voting investigations to bipartisan legislative committees and adopting a unicameral Legislature. The resolution to limit voting investigations references Gableman’s 2020 election investigation. It also calls to limit the number of recounts to two, stating

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Wikler: Dems to offer sharp contrast to GOP at state convention

State Dem Chair Ben Wikler cites a noticeable difference at his party’s convention this weekend compared to Republicans’ May event. Dems aren’t trying to eat their own. With no endorsement process, little drama is expected when Dems gather in La Crosse Saturday and Sunday ahead of the midterm elections. They

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 24

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and Wisconsin State Journal State politics reporter Mitchell Schmidt discuss this weekend’s Dem state convention, the abortion debate in Wisconsin, the latest Marquette University Law School poll, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s office attempting to deliver GOP electoral votes to Vice President Mike Pence and more.

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