Shawn Johnson
State Capitol Bureau Chief at Wisconsin Today
State Capitol Bureau Chief for @WPR.
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
wpr.org | Shawn Johnson
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who run the Wisconsin Legislature say they're done negotiating over the state budget, leaving GOP lawmakers to write the document themselves. While the impasse is hardly shocking in a state that's lived under divided government since 2019, it followed what Evers' office said was months of negotiations.
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1 month ago |
wpr.org | Shawn Johnson
Republicans took their first step toward rewriting Wisconsin's state budget Thursday, eliminating with a single vote more than 600 ideas proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The move by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee has become routine as a matter of practice in Wisconsin, where Republicans have run the Legislature during Evers' entire tenure as governor.
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1 month ago |
wpr.org | Shawn Johnson
The state budget proposed by Gov. Tony Evers earlier this year is about to look a lot different. Republicans who run the Legislature are scheduled to remove hundreds of provisions from the governor's budget with a single committee vote Thursday, covering everything from a state-funded child care subsidy to a new tax bracket for the wealthiest Wisconsinites.
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2 months ago |
wpr.org | Shawn Johnson
Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election was unambiguously a good one for Democrats. The only debate is over how many superlatives to add. The case that it was "just" good is that judicial elections are not general elections. Even big races have lower turnout than presidential contests. Democrats were favored to win in this format, and they did.
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Mar 28, 2025 |
wpr.org | Shawn Johnson
Billionaire Elon Musk says he'll visit Wisconsin to personally give $1 million each to two people who have voted in the state Supreme Court election, despite a state law that explicitly bans giving people anything of value in exchange for voting. Musk announced the step on his social media platform, X, saying that on Sunday he would "give a talk in Wisconsin.""Entrance is limited to those who have voted in the Supreme Court election," he wrote.
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