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Government & Politics

WisEye Morning Minute: SCOWIS Hears Challenges to Congressional Map

WisEye Morning Minute: SCOWIS Hears Challenges to Congressional Map

    The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two challenges to the map, including one that claims the lines amount to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The other argues the map is an anti-competitive gerrymander because the lines are drawn in a way to protect most incumbents f…

    WisEye Morning Minute: Absentee Ballots on Their Way to Voters

    WisEye Morning Minute: Absentee Ballots on Their Way to Voters

      On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Statehouse Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss absentee ballots being sent to some Wisconsin voters, even as President Donald Trump’s executive order …

      WisEye Morning Minute: State Agency Oversight of Certain CAP Expenditures Audit

      WisEye Morning Minute: State Agency Oversight of Certain CAP Expenditures Audit

        As reported by Jesse Lin of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, "Wisconsin's Joint Legislative Audit Committee on Aug. 25 unanimously voted to audit money given by state agencies to shuttered anti-poverty nonprofit Newcap and WISCAP, the larger family of anti-poverty agencies in the state." In an A…

        WisEye Morning Minute: Wisconsin Elections Commission on Milwaukee Central Count

        WisEye Morning Minute: Wisconsin Elections Commission on Milwaukee Central Count

          During a special meeting, the Wisconsin Elections Commission discussed a proposed letter directing the Milwaukee Election Commission to take a series of actions, including making public the audit logs of each tabulator used at central count to show no unauthorized activity occurred relating …

          WisEye Morning Minute: Mail-In Voting in the Courts

          WisEye Morning Minute: Mail-In Voting in the Courts

            On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, WPR Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and WisPolitics-State Affairs Editor JR Ross discuss how the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for an executive order by President Donald Trump to move forward that would establish a list o…

            WisEye Morning Minute: Study Committee on District Attorney Funding Formula

            WisEye Morning Minute: Study Committee on District Attorney Funding Formula

              The Study Committee on District Attorney Funding Formula convened to discuss the state’s weighted caseload formula, which helps determine staff allocations for district attorney offices. Members will consider whether the formula accurately reflects the workload of these offices and whether c…

              WisEye Morning Minute: Graduate nursing student clinical placements

              WisEye Morning Minute: Graduate nursing student clinical placements

                The Senate Committee on Health convened after Senate Chair Rachael Cabral-Guevara heard about numerous graduate nurse practitioner students struggling to find clinical placements, both in Wisconsin and nationally. Coverage features Wisconsin Nurses Association Executive Director Gina Dennik-…

                WisEye Morning Minute: Data centers and the governor's race

                WisEye Morning Minute: Data centers and the governor's race

                  On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, WPR Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and WisPolitics-State Affairs Editor JR Ross discuss data centers as a central issue in the governor's race.

                  WisEye Morning Minute: Data centers and the governor's race

                  WisEye Morning Minute: Data centers and the governor's race

                    On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, WPR Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and WisPolitics-State Affairs Editor JR Ross discuss data centers as a central issue in the governor's race.

                    WisEye Morning Minute: Study Committee on Cryptocurrency

                    WisEye Morning Minute: Study Committee on Cryptocurrency

                      Representatives from Wisconsin’s banking lobby and the Department of Financial Institutions told a legislative committee examining crypto staking that they oppose deregulating the practice.

                      WisEye Morning Minute: Study Committee on Regulating AI Use in Health Care

                      WisEye Morning Minute: Study Committee on Regulating AI Use in Health Care

                        Lawmakers on a study committee on regulating artificial intelligence use in health care want rules that keep people in decision-making roles and protect patients’ data.

                        WisEye Morning Minute: WisPolitics-State Affairs Panel on Wisconsin primary results

                        WisEye Morning Minute: WisPolitics-State Affairs Panel on Wisconsin primary results

                          At a WisPolitics virtual luncheon, Democratic strategist Tanya Bjork, Republican and Platform Communications founder Keith Gilkes and Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin all agreed affordability and the economy will be a top issue for Wisconsin voters in the fall.

                          Photos: Women won the right to vote on Aug. 18, 1920, and Wisconsin had a starring role

                          Photos: Women won the right to vote on Aug. 18, 1920, and Wisconsin had a starring role

                            When the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920, Wisconsin played a starring role in the effort: it was the first state to ratify the measure on June 10, 1919. The last of the required 36 states ratified it on Aug. 18, 1920.

                            Photos: Women won the right to vote on Aug. 18, 1920, and Wisconsin had a starring role

                            Photos: Women won the right to vote on Aug. 18, 1920, and Wisconsin had a starring role

                              When the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920, Wisconsin played a starring role in the effort: it was the first state to ratify the measure on June 10, 1919. The last of the required 36 states ratified it on Aug. 18, 1920.

                              Photos: Women won the right to vote on Aug. 18, 1920, and Wisconsin had a starring role

                              Photos: Women won the right to vote on Aug. 18, 1920, and Wisconsin had a starring role

                              When the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920, Wisconsin played a starring role in the effort: it was the first state to ratify the measure on June 10, 1919. The last of the required 36 states ratified it on Aug. 18, 1920.

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Primary election review

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Primary election review

                              On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, WisPolitics-State Affairs Editor JR Ross and Gray Media Wisconsin State Capitol Bureau Chief Vanessa Kjeldsen discuss the primary election results and what will define the race between David Crowley and Tom Tiffany for governor.

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Gubernatorial Candidates Tom Tiffany and David Crowley Face Off in November

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Gubernatorial Candidates Tom Tiffany and David Crowley Face Off in November

                              Republican Tom Tiffany and Democrat David Crowley declare victory in the partisan primary. Now the gubernatorial candidates will face off in the general election on Nov. 3, 2026.

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Wisconsin Elections Commission ahead of Tuesday's partisan primary

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Wisconsin Elections Commission ahead of Tuesday's partisan primary

                              On August 10, 2026, Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief election official, held a news conference to discuss the administration of Tuesday’s Partisan Primary Election.

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Wisconsin Elections Commission ahead of Tuesday's partisan primary

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Wisconsin Elections Commission ahead of Tuesday's partisan primary

                              On August 10, 2026, Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief election official, held a news conference to discuss the administration of Tuesday’s Partisan Primary Election.

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Final fundraising numbers

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Final fundraising numbers

                              On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, WPR Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and WisPolitics-State Affairs Editor JR Ross discuss the final fundraising numbers for the gubernatorial candidates ahead of the August 11 partisan primary election.

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Gubernatorial candidates address public safety

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Gubernatorial candidates address public safety

                              WisconsinEye and WisPolitics–State Affairs are proud to present Campaign 2026 gubernatorial primary election candidate interviews. Hosted by WisPolitics – State Affairs Editor JR Ross and produced by WisconsinEye. Hear directly from the candidates on issues that define their platform and vis…

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Gubernatorial Candidates Address Health Care

                              WisEye Morning Minute: Gubernatorial Candidates Address Health Care

                              WisconsinEye and WisPolitics–State Affairs are proud to present Campaign 2026 gubernatorial primary election candidate interviews. Hosted by WisPolitics – State Affairs Editor JR Ross and produced by WisconsinEye. Hear directly from the candidates on issues that define their platform and vis…

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                              Parkside men’s basketball will face the University of Wisconsin in an Oct. 10 exhibition at the Kohl Center, marking a Madison homecoming for coach Kyle Blackbourn.

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                              Parkside volleyball earns seventh straight AVCA academic award
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                              Parkside volleyball earned the 2026 AVCA Team Academic Award, its seventh straight honor, with 12 Rangers also recognized for GLIAC academic achievements.

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                              Parkside to host fifth annual Parkside Classic 3K and American Heart Association walk
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                              Parkside Athletics and Vonco Products will host a free 3K run and 1-mile walk benefiting the American Heart Association on August 15 at UW-Parkside in Kenosha.

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