Adam Kelnhofer

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Vice President for University Relations Jeff Buhrandt in a letter to Richland County Board Chair David Turk yesterday said UW-Platteville will withdraw from the campus “after careful consideration, and despite tremendous efforts” by both UW and county leaders.

State Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler and state GOP Chair Brian Schimming didn’t offer specific dollar amount estimates at today’s event. But Schimming said the combination of the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Republican Eric Hovde, along with two competitive congressional races and new legislative maps will make for a “very expensive” cycle.

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Vice President Kamala Harris says the "stakes are very high" in key swing states like Wisconsin ahead of November, adding she is confident the roughly 48,000 Democrats who voted uninstructed in April will ultimately support President Joe Biden in November.

Wisconsin Republicans recruiting legion of monitors to observe polls, set stage for lawsuits The Republican National Committee and Trump campaign plan to deploy tens of thousands of volunteers and attorneys to monitor and challenge voting processes in battleground states, including Wisconsin — an effort rooted in the former president's false election claims, characterized as safeg...

In a joint statement last night, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell and three vice-chancellors said they are prepared to meet with protesters “once compliance with campus policy and state law has been achieved” and tents have been removed from campus property.

Dallet argued the state Supreme Court has a long history of interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution as providing greater protections of individual liberties than the U.S. Constitution. That includes, for example, the state court finding a guaranteed right to counsel at the state's expense in a criminal case more than 100 years before the U.S. Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in 1963.

TOP STORIES Police remove tents at UW-Madison's pro-Palestinian encampment

In this week's Capitol Chats podcast, Wisconsin Young Republicans Chair Kyle Schroeder says young GOP voters are enthused and ready to get behind former President Donald Trump. He also says their biggest issues right now are abortion, the economy and issues at the southern border. He also says many are disappointed with the Biden administration isn't cracking down harder on pro-Palestinian protests around the country.