Two candidates officially challenge state schools Superintendent …
Jan 7, 2025 · The race for Wisconsin state superintendent is shaping up with three candidates, including incumbent Superintendent Jill Underly and two challengers who filed their paperwork to run Monday. The deadline for candidates to file their ballot access papers is Tuesday at 5 p.m. Brittany Kinser, an ...
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Gov. Evers wants to let Wisconsin voters propose statewide ballot ...
Jan 6, 2025 · Ahead of state lawmakers’ swearing-in on Monday, Gov. Tony Evers is proposing that the Legislature create a way for Wisconsin residents to directly create ballot measures that make statutory and constitutional changes through the referendum process.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate comes to the defense of Jan.
Jan 6, 2025 · As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters imprisoned for their role in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, one of the candidates running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court joined the campaign to rewrite the history of what happened that day, glossing over the offenses of the Jan. 6 defendants.
GOP members of Congress line up behind Schimel in high court race
Jan 27, 2025 · Deputy Editor Erik Gunn reports and writes on work and the economy, health policy and related subjects, for the Wisconsin Examiner. He spent 24 years as a freelance writer for Milwaukee Magazine, Isthmus, The Progressive, BNA Inc., and other publications, winning awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, beat …
Senate leaders announce next session’s Joint Finance Committee …
Dec 4, 2024 · Wisconsin Senate leaders announced their members of the Joint Finance Committee for next session Wednesday, including three Republicans new to the committee.
What would it mean for state prisons if unions win the Act 10 legal ...
Dec 19, 2024 · Amidst a staffing crisis that worsened living conditions in Wisconsin prisons, the state gave corrections officers a large raise.. The number of vacant positions for correctional officers and sergeants across adult institutions has declined over 20% from a peak of 35%. But there’s still a struggle with working conditions, former correctional officer Joe Verdegan said.
Evers appoints three new members of UW System Board of Regents
May 4, 2022 · Gov. Tony Evers appointed three new members to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Wednesday, replacing two former members of the board leadership who were appointed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker and were in charge of the system’s failed search for a new president in 2020.. Evers, a former member of the board himself when he was the state superintendent of schools ...
At Evers’ budget listening session, concern about ‘humanitarian …
Dec 3, 2024 · Gov. Tony Evers held his first budget listening session of 2025-27 in Appleton, Wis. Monday, gathering comments on housing and prisons
Assembly leadership fills out Joint Finance Committee for next …
Dec 19, 2024 · Assembly leaders have announced their appointments to the influential Joint Finance Committee for next session. The 16-member committee is responsible for writing the state’s two-year budget and reviewing state appropriations and revenues. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) announced last week that Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) will continue to serve as co-chair of the committee […]