The Capitol Report

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos continues to talk about the possibility of impeaching liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, while state Democrat Party Chair Ben Wikler announces a $4 million campaign to pressure Republicans to back off the threat.

Signs abound: campaign 2024 in Wisconsin has already begun.

There was the high-spending, high-stakes battle in the spring election for a state Supreme Court seat to determine the philosophical balance of the high court.

Wisconsin’s sprawling university system is under a lot of stress.

A recent WisPolitics.com news item says GOP presidential contenders Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis each raised more money from Wisconsinites over the first six months of the year than Trump, even though they had a smaller window to fundraise after getting into the race.

Some Democrats in the Legislature voted for it, and the former state schools superintendent and current Dem governor, Tony Evers, signed it.

Following Gov. Tony Evers’ signing of the state budget, $125 million to combat PFAS contamination remains in limbo as lawmakers discuss potential changes to GOP legislation to tackle the forever chemicals.

Despite some narrowing over the years, Wisconsin’s governor still has very broad partial veto power.

Getting good broadband to every corner of the state has been an elusive goal.

The Capitol Report, produced by WisPolitics.com — a nonpartisan, Madison-based news service that specializes in coverage of government and politics — provides a weekly analysis of issues being debated in Wisconsin state government.