TOP STORIES Supreme Court to tackle abortion, unions and redistricting after a liberal’s win… in record-high turnout of over 50% of the voting age population … Last year, the court declined to take up a Democratic-backed challenge to the state’s
From WisPolitics … — The Senate Agriculture and Revenue Committee will hold a public hearing this morning on a bipartisan bill to create incentives for farmers to use grass-based managed grazing practices. Managed grazing involves regularly moving livestock between separated
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsinites today called for investments to support special education, district attorneys, libraries and the arts, while urging against cuts to Medicaid at a Joint Finance Committee hearing in Kaukauna. State Superintendent Jill Underly also traveled to
TOP STORIES Crawford wins Supreme Court race as Dems take stand against Trump, MuskSchimel … who spent a year-and-a-half trying to mobilize GOP voters for an officially nonpartisan race … received major financial support from Musk and campaign help from
From WisPolitics … — Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, having secured liberal control of the state Supreme Court through at least 2028, vowed to be a fair, impartial and commonsense justice. During her victory speech last night to supporters in
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Mark Born today pushed UW President Jay Rothman to justify what the GOP lawmaker called “administrative bloat” in the system as he questioned proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget. Meanwhile, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy
From WisPolitics … — Election officials reported brisk turnout today amid well-financed efforts to get voters to the polls in the state Supreme Court race between conservative Brad Schimel and liberal Susan Crawford. Washington County Clerk Ashley Reichert posted on
TOP STORIES Supreme Court candidates make final push amid high spending, voting… “This election is going to determine all of our fundamental rights and freedoms,” Crawford told supporters at a Monday night rally in Madison. “Let me talk for a
From WisPolitics … — The Joint Finance Committee today will hear from UW President Jay Rothman and Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy on their budgets. The two are the only agency heads the committee invited to testify on the budget. Two
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsinites have already cast 644,800 absentee ballots in the spring election as interest in early voting surged compared to two years ago, particularly in GOP areas, new numbers show. But liberal Dane and Milwaukee counties so
TOP STORIES Elon Musk rallies support for DOGE at Wisconsin campaign event… [opened and closed town hall with push for Schimel, but] bulk of Musk’s nearly two-hour event was ultimately focused not on the off-year election that he has poured
From WisPolitics … — Elon Musk last night said Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will determine who controls the U.S. House of Representatives and even “the course of western civilization” as he offered yet another financial incentive to turn out voters
Quotes of the Week Small libraries across Wisconsin are already bracing for the pain from Trump cuts to federal funding — and Brittany Kinser still won’t even acknowledge the damage being done. These cuts threaten the very resources rural communities
TOP STORIES Trump in public call urges Wisconsinites to support Brad Schimel in Supreme Court race… “I know you feel it’s local, but it’s not. It’s really much more than local,” Trump said in the 10-minute call. “The whole country’s
From WisPolitics … — President Donald Trump labeled liberal Supreme Court candidate “a very deranged, Soros-funded, left-wing lunatic who opposes voter ID, wants to trample on our Constitution, and is endorsed by socialist Bernie Sanders.” Trump, meanwhile, praised conservative Brad
From WisPolitics … — Members of Congress, including many from outside of Wisconsin, have donated $125,500 to Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel so far this year — unusual for a Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Of that, $79,500 has been donated
TOP STORIES Trump order on noncitizen voting won’t affect Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court election… Broadly speaking, the order requires voters to show proof of citizenship to cast ballots in federal elections. It seeks to strengthen [90’s NVRA] requirements … including
From WisPolitics … — Supreme Court candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel have each pulled in more than $2 million over the past week as money continues to pour into the race, late contribution reports show. Crawford last night filed
From WisPolitics … — The record spending in Wisconsin’s state schools superintendent race has now hit $4.5 million as education consultant Brittany Kinser and incumbent Jill Underly started airing new ads. Groups doing independent expenditures in the race have put
TOP STORIES Early voting, spending surge in Supreme Court race that has drawn national attention… As of Tuesday … nearly 48% more early ballots have been cast compared with the same point two years ago … 345K+ voters had returned
