David Crowley promised Act 10 repeal, a BadgerCare option and universal pre-K in his first 30 days. A shrinking budget balance, a lost federal Medicaid bonus and a one-vote Senate cushion stand in the way.
David Crowley will be Wisconsin's first Black governor, with 18-15 and 53-46 majorities behind him. Bargaining rights, BadgerCare and school money top a long Democratic list, while two new constitutional amendments narrow the field.
Crowley carried Brown County, reportedly the first Democrat to do so since 1982, while Brandy Tollefson flipped the 88th and Green Bay's $158 million referendum passed. Gillett, Pulaski and Seymour voters said no.
A captain says the officer's PA-and-siren approach fell short of department practice, after weeks of park enforcement that pushed unhoused residents from park to park ahead of the Nov. 1 shelter season.
Evers' plan to close Green Bay Correctional has climbed 80% in cost and slipped three years. Crowley and Tiffany offer different paths, and a draft bill from two Republican lawmakers offers a $628.7 million alternative.
Appleton Area NOW says it's taking the state to court after lawmakers from both parties and two Evers budgets failed to exempt tampons and pads from Wisconsin's 5% sales tax.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's 2027-29 budget request adds eight circuit court branches, two in Brown County and one in Shawano-Menominee. A state workload study says Brown County alone needs more than five.
