School test results debated as racial gaps persist
Oct. 15, 2024
New Wisconsin school test results have fueled an ongoing debate about methodology and persistent racial achievement gaps.
New Wisconsin school test results have fueled an ongoing debate about methodology and persistent racial achievement gaps.
The era of the big checkbook continues. And it’s factoring into Wisconsin legislative races in remarkable — perhaps unprecedented — ways.
For insiders it was a foregone conclusion that Robert F. Kennedy’s name would stay on the Wisconsin presidential ballot after the state Supreme Court rushed to take the case then slow-walked a decision as absentee ballots were being mailed.
Dems and their allies as of mid-September had more than three times the ad reservations than their GOP counterparts in nine of 12 key Assembly races through Election Day, according to WisPolitics review of AdImpact data.
Hillary Clinton famously failed to visit Wisconsin in the 2016 campaign and lost the Badger State and the presidency to Donald Trump. Neither 2024 ticket is going to make that mistake.
Some smaller and more rural communities in GOP parts of Wisconsin are choosing not to use election drop boxes this fall.
Wisconsin Dems at the DNC spent four days in Chicago basking in the
excitement of seeing new momentum with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at
the top of the ticket.
Insiders are watching more than a dozen fall races under new maps to see if:
Republicans can keep legislative control for another two years; or if Democrats can beat the odds and seize control of the Assembly for the first time since 2010 and set the stage for a Senate takeover two years from now.
The Universities of Wisconsin system, which has been rocked by financial problems and closures, is getting a major review from a legislative study committee.
Interest groups are constantly trying to influence lawmakers and policymakers in Madison. And they spend a lot of money doing it.