The Capitol Report

Two counties that went for Trump last time — Sauk and Door — voted for Biden in 2020. But many other swing counties in the state went red.

A new two-year legislative session begins in January, and for the first time in years, majority Republicans have a new majority leaderand a new co-chair of the budget committee.

The dust hasn’t quite settled on Election Day 2020. But it can be said that this unique election likely will be remembered as a record high-turnout affair (at least by one measure) with record absentee ballots and record spending that resulted in Wisconsin reverting to its blue tilt during presidential years.

The tug of war between Gov. Tony Evers’ administration and Foxconn over billions in tax incentives has moved to a new stage.

Gov. Tony Evers’ administration is asking the state Supreme Court to take over a challenge to the limits on indoor public gatherings in Wisconsin, arguing the case involves “immediate, life-threatening public health conditions.”

Wisconsinites this November will be deciding on more than $1.1 billion in K-12 school referendums across the state, a total that, when combined with ballot measures in April, puts more school money on the ballot this year than any other single year this century.

Overall, there are 264,875 more voters registered as of Oct. 1 compared to Sept. 1, 2019, an increase of 7.9 percent. Of the new registrations, 172,585 are from the 60 counties Trump won.

Joe Biden and the groups supporting him this fall have dominated the media war in Wisconsin since the April primary and are on pace to spend $21.5 million more than President Trump and his supporters through Election Day.

Two of the three justices from the Wisconsin state Supreme Court’s liberal wing asked pointed questions about a complaint brought by a conservative law firm asking for more than 100,000 voters to be removed from the state’s rolls.

All told, agencies have already requested a net increase of $755 million in general purpose revenue for the 2021-23 budget.