By: Riley Vetterkind May 8, 2018 Two people who considered running in the 42nd AD special election say Republican leaders last month discouraged them from getting in to make way for establishment favorite Jon Plumer. The revelation comes as Assembly Republicans gear up to defend the seat in next month's special election against Dem Ann … Continue reading Two people accuse GOP leaders of playing favorites in 42nd Assembly District →

By: Riley Vetterkind UW System President Ray Cross wrote to a UW Regent in October that he was “getting hammered” by shared governance leaders for his plan to merge two-year colleges with four year campuses, according to emails obtained by WisPolitics.com. In the Oct. 11 email to UW System Regent Gerald Whitburn, Cross added that … Continue reading Emails show Cross was frustrated with critics of UW restructuring plan →

Gov. Scott Walker and his cabinet spent twice as much in 2017 on taxpayer-funded flights as the governor was gearing up for his re-election run than in 2015, when he was running for president, records show. The guv and his cabinet spent a total of $391,372 on state plane use across Wisconsin and the nation in 2017, compared to … Continue reading Walker spending for state plane use rises in 2017 as Dems knock short hops, DC trips →