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Production Note: Without additional financial support, WisconsinEye will close its doors by early summer. If you rely on the access to state public policy information and debate WisconsinEye provides, please consider a donation to help keep access to events like these open to all. Thank you! On April 29, 2026, the annual UW-Madison Day at the Capitol featured Faculty Flash Talks […]
On April 3, 2026, WisconsinEye’s Rewind Host and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and WisPolitics Editor JR Ross reviewed this week in state politics. On this week’s episode: Supreme Court Race Governor Taking Action on Bills Congressional Redistricting Lawsuit Dismissed Jay Rothman Letter Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice Energy Rate Hikes Production Note: If you […]
On March 31, 2026, Senator Jodi Habush Sinykin (D-Whitefish Bay) and Senator Melissa Ratcliff (D-Cottage Grove) will hold a brief news conference following the scheduled executive session on the Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice.
On March 23, 2026, Senator Dora Drake hosted a news conference to highlight stories of car crash survivors and victims and to discuss the legislature’s failure to advance the Safe Roads Save Lives Act. The Safe Roads Save Lives Act would give the City of Milwaukee a critical tool to reduce reckless driving and make […]
On March 20, 2026, the Governor’s Pardon Advisory Board held two hearings on applications for clemency. This segment features part 2 with the following applicants: 1:00 to 2:30 pm: Antoine Williams Steven Reilly Robert Fenske Evelyn Melendez Jessica Le Tourneau Allen Banks Anthony Moss Ellen Kluetzman Shawn Halter De’Anthony Walker Clinton Ryczek
On March 20, 2026, Wisconsin Policy Forum hosted a Forum Friday discussion that looks to our state’s criminal justice system, including the aging of our state’s defendant and prison populations. This includes discussion on substance use disorder in these populations, and the increase in the number of Wisconsinites incarcerated for drunk driving. An upcoming Forum […]
On March 20, 2026, the Governor’s Pardon Advisory Board held two hearings on applications for clemency. This segment features part 1 with the following applicants: 8:30 to 10:00 am: Eric May Terry George Jeremiah Plansky Jason Powell Logan Schmit Juan Jauregui Devon Chambliss Monica Smith Ryan Trisler John Laudolff 10:00 to 11:30 am: Matthew Serum Denishia […]
On March 17, 2026, the Wisconsin Senate held a floor session on the following: SJR116: prohibiting the gov from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee; SB176: income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants; SB179: applying the motor vehicle fuel tax; SB225: regulation of amusement rides; SB248: ignition interlock […]
On March 10, 2026, State Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa) and Abby W., a 14-year-old student from Wauwatosa, WI, held a news conference to introduce the Wisconsin Humane Cosmetics Act: a bill to ban cosmetic animal testing in Wisconsin. This bill is co-authored by Representative Chris Sinicki (D-Milwaukee) and Representative Angelito Tenorio (D-West Allis).