The Capitol Report

GOP state senators up for re-election this fall in Wisconsin, on average, had almost twice as much money in the bank as their opponents.

Democratic National Convention Committee CEO Joe Solmonese told an audience of journalists in Milwaukee recently that the Democratic Party aims to correct the errors that led to President Trump’s win in 2016.

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul says Republican legislative leaders have wasted taxpayer money by paying private attorneys $19,670 so far to review proposed settlements under a lame-duck law he says doesn’t work.

Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling said Republican lawmakers have failed to lead on issues such as helping the middle class and addressing homelessness, because they’ve been unable to agree with each other and focused on opposing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Following his appointment to the bench, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly had dozens of his past blog posts pulled down from the blog “Hang Together.”

Lawmakers and the public appear largely divided over the necessity of a bill that would require mandatory punishments for any University of Wisconsin student who “materially or substantially disrupts the free expression of others.”

Over half of all first-round 2019 trade aid payments went to the top 11.1% of recipients. And 25% of first-round payments went to only 3% of all recipients.

Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have now spent nearly $2.1 million for private attorneys to represent them in lawsuits that emerged from the lame-duck session, according to a WisPolitics.com review.