ELECTION 2024 | CONGRESS Eric Hovde, GOP challenger to U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, spent millions on campaign in first quarter of 2024 MITCHELL SCHMIDT Apr 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024 Updated Apr 19, 2024 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm|25:D@? 3FD:?6DD>2? tC:4 w@G56[ H9@ :D CF??:?8 E@ F?D62E &]$] $6?] %2>>J q2=5H:?[ s\|25:D@?[ C2:D65 >@C6 E92? Sh >:==:@? — E96 =2C86 >2;@C:EJ @7 E92E 4@>:?8 @FE @7 9:D @H? A@4<6E — :? E96 7:CDE BF2CE6C @7 E96 J62C[ 244@C5:?8 E@ C6A@CED 7:=65 H:E9 E96 u656C2= t=64E:@? r@>>:DD:@?]k^Am kAmq2=5H:?[ H9@ :D D66<:?8 2 E9:C5 E6C> E9:D }@G6>36C[ C2:D65 Sd]c >:==:@? :? E96 7:CDE E9C66 >@?E9D @7 a_ac[ 96C 42>A2:8? C6A@CE65] $96 925 >@C6 E92? 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Tony Evers over partial vetoes to literacy program bill Evers issued partial vetoes when signing the bill, including striking language that he argued would have provided ongoing per-pupil increases … Vice President Kamala Harris to visit La Crosse next week Harris' Monday stop in La Crosse will be her third of the year as President Joe Biden and his surrogates crisscross the battleground state lea… Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde says he doesn't oppose elderly people voting Eric Hovde said he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home" is at a point in life where they a…
Wisconsin's largest utility company requests more rate increases for next 2 years Under We Energies' request, the average residential electric customer's monthly bill would increase by $10 to $11 next year, followed by a $7 …
Wisconsin's largest business group sues Gov. Tony Evers over veto to boost school funding for 400 years Attorneys claim the governor violated a 1990 constitutional amendment that banned the use of the so-called "Vanna White" veto to delete digits…
Statue honoring Wisconsin traiblazer Vel Phillips to go up this summer Phillips was the first Black woman to graduate from the UW-Madison School of Law and first African American, as well as the first woman, to be…
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley not seeking reelection next year Bradley's decision comes as liberals will try to keep their 4-3 majority next year and conservatives hope to regain control.
Biden or Trump? Baldwin or Hovde? In Wisconsin right now, it's anyone's guess The poll is the first since Republican Eric Hovde entered the race for the seat currently held by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is seeking a th…
Wisconsin Legislature sues Gov. Tony Evers over partial vetoes to literacy program bill Evers issued partial vetoes when signing the bill, including striking language that he argued would have provided ongoing per-pupil increases …
Vice President Kamala Harris to visit La Crosse next week Harris' Monday stop in La Crosse will be her third of the year as President Joe Biden and his surrogates crisscross the battleground state lea…
Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde says he doesn't oppose elderly people voting Eric Hovde said he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home" is at a point in life where they a…
