This year’s biennial budget had its share of winners and losers, but there is one issue we have not yet highlighted on this program – an endowment grant for WisconsinEye. The grant – which will match up to $10 million in funds raised by WisconsinEye – was one of the only items to pass the […]

It’s been less than a week since Governor Evers signed the 2023-2025 biennial budget, issuing 51 partial vetoes. So what more do we know now about any fallout and the state’s big winners and losers? Also, which key decisions are still left on the table? On July 10, 2023, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers features Anya van Wagtendonk, […]

Crime in Milwaukee has been on a sharp incline following the pandemic – setting records for homicides – but this year’s numbers thus far are more optimistic. Yet, when it comes to violence in Milwaukee, does the data tell the whole story? Experts in the city and county say they are focusing on root causes and solutions that […]

The legislature has been trying and failing since at least 2019 to pass legislation related to regulating PFAS, man-made substances or forever chemicals that can end up in drinking water. This session one bill, Senate Bill 312 and its Assembly companion have some momentum with $125 million of set aside funding in the biennial budget. […]

Historic young voter turnout in recent Wisconsin elections has political party leaders scrambling to ensure they are targeting this segment of the electorate in 2024. This month’s State party conventions featured the voices of young voters who say in a state with slim margins, they have the power to flip results. On June 19, 2023, […]

Republicans statewide are gearing up for their state convention in La Crosse this weekend: on the agenda are trainings, Congressional and state legislative leader panels – and also considerable discussion about 2024. No one knows who may run against Senator Tammy Baldwin and which GOP presidential candidates may be courting Wisconsin delegates. On June 12, […]

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.

On February 21, 2022, Newsmakers host Lisa Pugh sits down with Sen. Kathy Bernier (R-Chippewa Falls) to talk about her legacy and what she plans to accomplish before her term is over. A lifelong Republican who has spent 25 years in public office, including more than a decade in the state legislature, yet this past year has perhaps been the most trying for State Senator Kathy Bernier. She's been on the national stage criticizing former President Donald Trump's 2020 election claims and has been ridiculed for it. As a former County Clerk she has stood up for the integrity of Wisconsin's election system, while some in her own party challenge her publicly. And she's not done.