WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) to review the past year and look ahead to 2024. Program was taped on December 20, 2023 and published on December 21, 2023.

On December 18, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down with former Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) and newly elected Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) to review the past year and look ahead to 2024.

School choice and public education advocates across the country are anxiously awaiting a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on whether they will take a case that could change the state’s school voucher program. On December 11, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down with Julie Underwood, former Dean of UW–Madison School of Education and […]

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu closed out this year’s final floor period with a few significant wins under his belt, including bi-partisan support for repairs to the Brewers stadium and an overhaul of the state’s liquor laws. On December 4, 2023, Senator LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) joined WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers host Lisa Pugh to reflect on what he […]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow, Tuesday, November 21st in a case that has the potential to upend the entire State Legislature. Interested parties will be weighing in on if the state’s current legislative map is constitutional – and if not, what should be done about it. On November 20, 2023, WisconsinEye’s […]

On November 13, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down with Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce President Tim Sheehy and President-Elect Dale Kooyenga. Mr. Kooyenga joined MMAC in January in the newly created role of senior vice president as the regional economic development and their board began planning for the retirement of his predecessor, Tim Sheehy, who has […]

Wisconsin’s gun deer hunting season opens on November 18th, and for a number of reasons, harvest numbers are expected to be down this year. But, beyond those harvest estimates is perhaps the biggest question in Wisconsin: What is the health of the state’s deer population? On November 6, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down […]

Governor Tony Evers (D-Wisconsin) and the Republican-controlled legislature have been trading dueling proposals in the months since the introduction and passage of Wisconsin’s 2023-25 biennial budget. Taped on October 27, 2023 and premiered on October 30, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers features a check-in with the Governor to discuss the potential for common ground over numerous issues […]

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-Designee Kirsten Johnson received bipartisan approval in a Senate Committee earlier this month. Prior to that, she led the Public Health Department in the city of Milwaukee during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She now leads the state as the Medicaid program unwinds from pandemic enrollment and faces other […]

Grey wolves remain on the federal endangered species list even while Wisconsin celebrates a successful recovery of the wolf population. Next week the Natural Resources Board will consider a hotly debated wolf management plan that the DNR says is a logical step toward federal delisting, returning control of the wolf population to the state and […]