The Department of Natural Resources touches just about every Wisconsinite in regulating or managing issues affecting the environment, hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, state parks, state forests etc etc etc
Wisconsin likely will again be the tipping point in the 2024 presidential election with Joe Biden and Donald Trump neck and neck in seven battleground states, Marquette Law Poll Director Charles Franklin told the annual WisPolitics.com Polling Summit.
Lawsuits and court decisions appear to be an increasing option for those upset with state policy and the big GOP majorities in the Legislature.
When Ron Kind, the veteran Democratic member of Congress from La Crosse retired from office, Democrats battled in a primary to vie for the nomination to run in the November 2022 to succeed him.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos continues to talk about the possibility of impeaching liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, while state Democrat Party Chair Ben Wikler announces a $4 million campaign to pressure Republicans to back off the threat.
Signs abound: campaign 2024 in Wisconsin has already begun.
There was the high-spending, high-stakes battle in the spring election for a state Supreme Court seat to determine the philosophical balance of the high court.
Wisconsin’s sprawling university system is under a lot of stress.
A recent WisPolitics.com news item says GOP presidential contenders Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis each raised more money from Wisconsinites over the first six months of the year than Trump, even though they had a smaller window to fundraise after getting into the race.
Some Democrats in the Legislature voted for it, and the former state schools superintendent and current Dem governor, Tony Evers, signed it.