Anya van Wagtendonk is WPR’s state Capitol reporter.
Anya van Wagtendonk
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Elections expert testify about noncitizen voting in Wisconsin
State officials and clerks testified at an informational hearing of the Joint Committee on Campaigns, Elections, Shared Revenue and Consumer Protection at the state Capitol Thursday.
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Biden courts Black voters in Milwaukee radio interview
In an interview on “The Truth with Sherwin Hughes,” Biden highlighted his record on issues that affect African Americans to draw a distinction between himself and former President Donald Trump.
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Senate Republicans vote to override Evers vetoes on PFAS, 8 other bills
Senate Republicans voted to override nine of Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoes Tuesday, rekindling fierce debates over partisan issues with the 2024 election on the horizon.
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Republicans vow veto overrides on PFAS, hospital funds
Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate say they’ll convene Tuesday to potentially override dozens of Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoes. At the same time, Evers announced he’d taken the Legislature to court over funding for a literacy program.
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UW-Madison negotiates removal of pro-Palestinian protest encampment
Tents that have stood on UW-Madison’s Library Mall for nearly two weeks in protest of Israel’s war in Gaza will come down as university leaders announced they reached an agreement with student protest leaders.
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Progressive firm calls on US Attorney to investigate GOP operatives for ‘Souls to the Polls’ texts
A progressive law firm is calling on the U.S. Attorney’s office to investigate two Republican operatives for potential federal civil rights violations over texts they sent before the 2020 election.
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Legislative budget committee disburses opioid settlement money amid PFAS stand-off
The Joint Finance Committee — the powerful legislative body that allocates state spending — approved a plan for using opioid settlement money on Tuesday, but did not take up a PFAS funding plan put forward by Gov. Tony Evers.
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UW encampments continue as university leaders meet with pro-Palestinian protesters
A day after police arrested more than 30 pro-Palestinian protesters, university leaders met privately to talk with student organizers and agreed to let an encampment on the UW-Madison campus stand for at least another day.
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Trump blasts Biden’s economic record in Waukesha visit
The event came as Trump is on trial in New York facing criminal charges connected to an alleged scheme by his campaign to pay off an adult film actress in the weeks before the 2016 presidential election.
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Jewish UW students, groups respond to pro-Palestinian encampments
As pro-Palestinian encampment protests entered their second day at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee Tuesday, some Jewish students and organizations expressed concern about what the protesters’ message meant for them. But the protests also exposed a division within the student body, as some Jewish students participated in the encampment.