This weekend – June 10th and 11th – Democrats from across Wisconsin will gather in Green Bay for their state party convention. They’ll hear from party leaders, participate in training sessions and make plans to re-elect Senator Tammy Baldwin and President Joe Biden in 2024. On June 5, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers was joined by Brown […]
The future of the Milwaukee Brewers (American Family Field) in Wisconsin is expected to be the next big budget debate in the state legislature. GOP leaders pulled the Governor’s plan to spend nearly $300 million to help fund necessary repairs to the stadium and lock the Brewers into a contract through 2043, but no one […]
On May 19, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers guest host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon sat down with Sen. Romaine Quinn (R-Cameron) and UW-Madison Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Kurt Paulsen to discuss making more workforce housing in Wisconsin.
In the midst of declining enrollment, Wisconsin’s higher education institutions are making the case for increasing their operating budgets and student aid, saying additional funding is crucial to building Wisconsin’s workforce and essential for the health of the economy. On May 15, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers host Lisa Pugh was joined by President of the Wisconsin […]
The end of federal pandemic relief dollars, record inflation, a teacher shortage and increasing student mental health needs are creating a perfect storm in school districts across Wisconsin. The final deal on the next 2 years of education funding is expected to be among the last decisions the legislature’s joint finance committee makes as they […]
On May 1, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers guest-host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon discussed the latest on the topic of shared revenue in this year’s state budget deliberations with Rep. Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc), Sen. Melissa Agard (D-Madison) and Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow. See the bill.
On April 24, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers with Lisa Pugh was joined by Representative Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) and Thomas McCarthy, Executive Director of the Office of the State Superintendent at the Department of Public Instruction for a discussion on improving literacy. Despite Wisconsin’s significant partisan divide – the issue of how to teach reading to […]
The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee will wrap up its public budget hearings next week in Minocqua and Wisconsinites from all corners of the state have been turning out to share their priorities – ranging from K-12 education to local government funding and health care. It is the busy season for advocacy organizations that work to […]
Economists have been predicting a recession, or at least a slowdown for sometime, but Wisconsin is seeing record low unemployment and steady job growth, defying national numbers. A strong manufacturing sector has helped the state avoid a downtown thus far, but will growth continue and what are the challenges in coming months and years. On April […]
Solar energy in Wisconsin is still in early stages, but there is marked progress as the state moves toward a goal of carbon-free by 2050. Still, some policymakers say burdensome regulation has kept growth slower than in other states. On April 4, 2023, Newsmakers was joined by two Republican legislators – Senator Duey Stroebel and Representative […]
You wouldn’t know it by watching the news, but there is more than a race for State Supreme Court on the ballot this coming April 4th. Wisconsinites will be asked several questions, including two which would change the state’s constitution. Voters in the 8th Senate District will also weigh in on a race that could […]
