The Capitol Report

President Joe Biden and his Democrat allies enjoyed a more than 18-to-1 advantage in ad spending in Wisconsin over the past 18 months, even as polls have shown little movement among state voters in his race with Donald Trump, according to Ad Impact.

The 4-3 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is doing a lot of the expected things — restoring absentee ballot drop boxes, taking up abortion cases and the like.

Outside groups reimbursed lawmakers for more than $150,000 in travel expenses last year to attend events around the country and abroad hosted by nonpartisan groups such as NCSL as well as the Jobs First Coalition, which backs GOP candidates, according to a WisPolitics.com review.

The switch from conservative to liberal rule on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is still being felt. The latest episode: a renaming of the State Law Library. Yes, even that is steeped in political controversy.

The higher education landscape in Wisconsin is rapidly changing. Two more higher ed dominos have recently fallen at private and public institutions — and there’s probably more to come because of declining enrollments and other issues.

Let the spring 2025 state Supreme Court race begin! You may be a bit confused, given that we’re still in the midst of the big 2024 election season that will decide the races for president, the U.S. Senate, the House, and more than 100 seats in the state Legislature.

Two years ago, GOP U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil of Janesville cruised to victory in the redrawn 1st Congressional District over an underfunded Dem opponent, Ann Roe, a Janesville businesswoman.

Democrats are again counting on the abortion issue to help their candidates in the fall. And Republicans are trying to blunt the power of the issue.

Back when GOP Gov. Scott Walker was governor, the Foxconn project in Racine County was announced with soaring rhetoric. Then-President Donald Trump predicted it would become the eighth wonder of the world.

The number of lawmakers retiring or running for other officers is poised to fall short of what it was two years ago, despite the uncertainty caused by the new maps.