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2023-25 State Budget

Updates on the development of the 2023-2025 Wisconsin state budget.

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Last Update
Jul. 31, 2023

Status
Complete

2022 Elections

Offices on the ballot included one U.S. Senate seat, all eight U.S. Congressional seats, governor, attorney general, the 17 odd-numbered state Senate districts, and all 99 state Assembly districts.

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Last Update
Nov. 15, 2022

Status
Complete

PFAS (2019-2022)

Coverage of PFAS rules, legislation, and other issues from 2019 through 2022.

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Last Update
Oct. 4, 2022

Status
Complete

2021-23 State Budget

Updates on the development of the 2021-2023 Wisconsin state budget.

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Last Update
Feb. 16, 2022

Status
Complete

2020 Elections

Offices on the ballot included all eight U.S. Congressional seats, even-numbered state Senate districts, and all state Assembly districts.

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Last Update
Nov. 4, 2020

Status
Complete

Opioid Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Education (2013-2020)

Coverage of Wisconsin’s fight against the nationwide opioid abuse crisis, including the Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse, created by Gov. Scott Walker and chaired by Rep. John Nygren (R-Marinette) and Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch.

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Last Update
Jan. 27, 2020

Status
Complete

2019-21 State Budget

Updates on the development of the 2019-2021 Wisconsin state budget.

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Last Update
Jul. 3, 2019

Status
Complete

2018 Elections

Offices on the ballot included one U.S. Senate seat, all eight U.S. Congressional seats, governor, attorney general, odd-numbered state Senate districts, and all state Assembly districts.

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Last Update
Nov. 7, 2018

Status
Complete

Health Care Policy 2017-18

Health care policy in the 2017-18 Legislative Session centered on lowering rising premiums and creating stability in Wisconsin’s health care markets.

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Last Update
Nov. 2, 2018

Status
Complete

2017-19 State Budget

Updates on the development of the 2017-2019 Wisconsin state budget.

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Last Update
Sep. 29, 2017

Status
Complete

2016 Elections

Offices on the ballot included U.S. President, U.S. Senator, Representatives in Congress, State Senator (even-numbered districts), representatives to the Assembly (all districts).

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Last Update
Nov. 9, 2016

Status
Complete

2015-17 State Budget

Updates on the development of the 2015-2017 Wisconsin state budget.

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Last Update
Jun. 8, 2015

Status
Complete

2014 Election Results

Results of the 2014 elections in Wisconsin.

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Last Update
Nov. 5, 2014

Status
Complete

2014 Election Update

State offices on the ballot included Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Representative in Congress, State Senator (odd-numbered districts) Representatives to the Assembly (all districts).

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Last Update
Aug. 7, 2014

Status
Complete

2013-15 State Budget

Updates on the development of the 2013-2015 Wisconsin state budget.

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Last Update
Jul. 1, 2013

Status
Complete

Health Care Policy

Health care policy in the 2011-12 Legislative Session centered on the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the impact of the new federal health care reform law on both the state’s commercial insurance market and its medical assistance program.

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Last Update
Jan. 1, 2013

Status
Complete

2012 Regular Elections

Although the recall elections have accelerated the process and drawn the attention of election-watchers away from the general elections, the biennial fight for control of the Wisconsin legislature has quietly begun along with Congressional elections and the race for the White House.

This year, Wisconsin has moved its partisan primary election date up one month to August 14 to give military and overseas voters more time to cast their ballots. That change affected the time period for circulating nomination papers.

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Last Update
Nov. 7, 2012

Status
Complete

2012 Recall Elections

2012 might be the year Wisconsin voters make history by recalling a sitting governor. Recall elections were introduced in Wisconsin in the 1920s, and since that time less than 20 public officials have been recalled, but never a governor.

With the political intrigue, the vast amount of money being spent, and the balance of power in the State Senate on the line; Wisconsin could be in the national political spotlight until well after the dust settles on June 5th.

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Last Update
Jun. 6, 2012

Status
Complete

2011-12 Civil Justice Initiatives

In a defining effort, the Wisconsin Legislature, with Gov. Walker’s leadership, enacted sweeping civil justice reforms during the contentious 2011-12 Legislative Session. Landmark reforms relating to product liability, expert opinion testimony, risk contribution, and caps on punitive damages, among others, turned Wisconsin’s souring litigation and business climate into one of the most competitive jurisdictions in the country from a litigation standpoint.

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Last Update
May. 1, 2012

Status
Complete

Ferrous Mining Legislation

The Wisconsin Legislature is working on a bill that would create new statutes to govern ferrous (iron) mining, which is currently regulated in the same manner as non-ferrous (non-iron minerals like gold or copper) mining.

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Last Update
Mar. 1, 2012

Status
Complete

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