The Capitol Report

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes trails his top U.S. Senate rivals in terms of net worth, reporting assets of between $5,005 and $75,000.

Things are a little messy right now as Republicans look for their gubernatorial candidate to take on Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat.

A highly anticipated new report from Wisconsin’s nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau seems to have given ammo to both 2020 election critics and defenders.

Wisconsin’s primary doesn’t happen until August of next year. But the major Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate are busy gathering resources for the primary and general election fight ahead.

A bill that would limit liability for gun makers and dealers in civil court cases could make it harder to punish those who sell firearms later used in crimes, say anti-violence advocates.

Republicans in Wisconsin would still have an advantage under drafts of Assembly and Senate district lines created for Gov. Tony Evers’ People’s Maps Commission, according to a WisPolitics.com review of the proposals.

The inmate population at state adult prisons recently breached the 20,000 threshold for the first time since January, according to Department of Corrections data reviewed by WisPolitics.com in late September.

The taxpayer-funded elections probe led by former conservative state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been under fire for weeks. Now Gableman is defending the probe via video.

The primary election for Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor is just under 11 months away. So far, no Democrats are making noise about getting into the race.

More than half of the state’s county Republican parties have formally called for a “cyber forensic audit” of the 2020 elections. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is using the same language as he expands the review headed by former Wisconsin Justice Michael Gableman. But the man leading the effort to get county parties on board with the call for an audit insists what Vos wants isn’t enough.