The Capitol Report

The strange election-year recall effort targeting the longest serving speaker in Wisconsin history has gotten stranger.

Lots of incumbent state legislators are having to make some tough decisions these days. Those decisions will help determine who controls the Assembly after the November elections.

Once again, voters across the state will be asked to sign off on school ballot issues to pay for buildings, renovations, maintenance and operational costs.

State legislative lines have been redrawn for 2024 and signed into law by Democrat Gov. Tony Evers.

Lawmakers spent more time in the Capitol than they did two years ago as per diems were up in 2023 compared to the last time they hammered out a budget, according to records from the Senate and Assembly chief clerks’ offices.

Primaries are notoriously low turnout affairs.

Most analysts a month ago considered it a longshot that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers would sign a GOP bill containing his legislative maps.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has put the final touches on the largest conservation deal in state history with an agreement that takes steps to address concerns that were raised when GOP  lawmakers ejected state money for it nine months ago.

The action by the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court was expected.

These days major statewide elections in Wisconsin can be decided by just thousands of votes.