PRIMARY ELECTION | SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Incumbent Wisconsin schools leader and GOP-backed challenger advance in primary ABBEY MACHTIG Feb 19, 2025 Feb 19, 2025 Updated Feb 20, 2025 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ABBEY MACHTIG kAm(:D4@?D:?’D s6>@4C2E:4\324<65 :?4F>36?E y:== &?56C=J 2?5 #6AF3=:42?\324<65 qC:EE2?J z:?D6C H:== 4@>A6E6 7@C DE2E6 DFA6C:?E6?56?E 27E6C 25G2?4:?8 :? %F6D52J’D E9C66\A6CD@? AC:>2CJ]k^AmkAmp3@FE bf]`T @7 G@E6CD DFAA@CE65 &?56C=J 2?5 bd]bT 324<65 z:?D6C] %96J H:== ?@H 7246 @77 @? pAC:= ` 7@C (:D4@?D:?VD E@A 65F42E:@? 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Tony Evers' budget Evers' proposal would spend $245.3 million to convert Waupun's prison into a medium-security institution that would become the state's first "… National Democratic Party sees Wisconsin as next priority Wisconsin has been added to a list of six "battleground" states by the state Legislature-focused fundraising arm of the national Democratic Pa… Brady Williamson, leader in First Amendment, constitutional law, dead at 79 "He was big in bankruptcy law and just about everything. And he was very good at helping young lawyers get their footing," a colleague said.
Complete results from Tuesday's primary election Voters narrowed the three-way race for state superintendent for several municipal and school races on Tuesday.
Green Bay prison would close, Waupun renovated under Gov. Tony Evers' budget Evers' proposal would spend $245.3 million to convert Waupun's prison into a medium-security institution that would become the state's first "…
National Democratic Party sees Wisconsin as next priority Wisconsin has been added to a list of six "battleground" states by the state Legislature-focused fundraising arm of the national Democratic Pa…
Brady Williamson, leader in First Amendment, constitutional law, dead at 79 "He was big in bankruptcy law and just about everything. And he was very good at helping young lawyers get their footing," a colleague said.
