Dem Patty Schachtner won a special election for the Republican-leaning 10th SD Tuesday as Dems immediately sought to portray her upset victory over GOP Rep. Adam Jarchow as a sign a wave is headed toward Wisconsin this fall. But Schachtner
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today was noncommittal on the future of Gov. Scott Walker’s youth prison plan, saying “it’s possible” it could pass this session. The Rochester Republican’s comments come after Walker called on lawmakers to quickly OK a plan
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, said he doesn’t trust the Democrats’ version of President Trump’s reported vulgar comments about African nations during a meeting on immigration.
House Speaker Paul Ryan Friday called immigration a “thing to celebrate” as he bemoaned the president’s vulgar comments about Haiti and African nations as “very unfortunate, unhelpful.”
The state Ethics Commission Thursday unanimously signaled its confidence in agency Administrator Brian Bell as Republican lawmakers continue to push for his ouster. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has refused calls for a public hearing on Bell and Elections
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The offices of Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Sen. Steve Nass told WisPolitics.com they have been contacted by an attorney hired by the Ethics Commission to probe charges of “partisan influence” directed at agency Administrator Brian Bell. The Ethics
Gov. Scott Walker Monday threw his support behind a plan from JFC Co-chair John Nygren to help low-revenue school districts after vetoing a similar provision from the state budget. The legislation also would boost sparsity aid $6.4 million. Still, fellow
Milwaukee County Chief Judge Maxine White said Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to close the troubled Lincoln Hills School for Boys, and move juvenile offenders to smaller regional facilities is a welcome move, and follows a “proven formula” that has worked
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to move youthful offenders from prisons in northern Wisconsin to new regional facilities wouldn’t kick in until at least 2019. But with some Dems complaining the transition of offenders wouldn’t be fast enough, Walker’s office signaled
Senate candidates Kevin Nicholson and Leah Vukmir have agreed to sign a unity pledge from the Wisconsin GOP so they’ll be eligible to win the party’s endorsement at the state convention in May.
Middleton attorney Tim Burns filed his nomination papers Tuesday, setting up a three-way primary with Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock. The Elections Commission tallied 2,159 valid signatures for Burns, while Screnock turned in 3,539 and Dallet
A state budget that dragged into September and a proposed $10 billion Foxconn manufacturing plant in southeastern Wisconsin were some of the top stories of 2017. Meanwhile, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, helped shepherd through the GOP tax bill as
GOP state Sen. Frank Lasee and Rep. Keith Ripp are joining the Walker administration next week, according to the guv’s office. The GOP lawmakers, who resigned their seats in the Legislature on Friday, will double their salaries. Ripp, R-Lodi, will
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says a new investigation of the now-defunct Government Accountability Board will look into whether there was “other criminal activity” at the former ethics and elections agency. Leaders of the Republican-led Wisconsin Senate last week voted
Ethics Commission Administrator Brian Bell is requesting the commission launch an investigation into his conduct, saying the move would help set the record straight on allegations legislative leaders have made against him. Meanwhile, the commission is also weighing holding its
A GOP-run Senate committee Thursday voted to give AG Brad Schimel the go-ahead to conduct an expanded investigation into the actions of the defunct Government Accountability Board. The vote came after the Elections Commission head’s protests that Schimel is unable
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Adam Jarchow defeated fellow GOP state Rep. Shannon Zimmerman for the Republican nomination in the 10th SD Tuesday, setting up a January matchup with Dem Patty Schachtner, the St. Croix County medical examiner. Libertarian Brian Corriea is also on the
Polls are open in three special elections for primaries that will determine who’s on the ballot next month to fill open Assembly seats in Racine and Washington County, along with northwestern Wisconsin’s 10th SD. In the 10th, GOP Reps. Adam
