The Capitol Report

The state Supreme Court race is the April election most people are paying attention to. But the other big race — the contest for state schools superintendent — is also attracting attention.

To Republicans, he’s Tony the Taxer. To Dems, he’s Tony the Tax Cutter.
Which is it? Maybe a little bit of both.

The often-divided state Supreme Court the other day issued a unanimous decision on a controversial case.

Politicians in the state Capitol keep trying to do something about PFAS but keep getting stuck over definitions and budgets.

The state’s latest population projection presents a troubling outlook for Wisconsin over the next 25 years with a drop in youth numbers.

The big-money race for ideological control of the state Supreme Court is underway. And some are betting that the two candidates and their allies will exceed the record $56 million spent in 2023, when liberals won control of the court for the first time in 15 years.

Another two-year session of the Wisconsin Legislature has begun — this time with 37 new legislators.

Agricultural observers in Wisconsin are leery of Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, saying it could deal a multi-billion dollar blow to the state’s ag industry.

It should be no surprise that a split study committee of the Wisconsin Legislature has voted 8-4 to recommend legislation that would allow a hunt of sandhill cranes while providing state funding to address damage the birds do to crops.

A Dane County court decision against key parts of Act 10 is spurring speculation as to how big of an issue it could be in the spring 2025 Supreme Court race that will decide philosophical control of the high court.