Sam Stockbridge is an award-winning data and politics reporter from Minnesota. He previously covered the Texas Legislature for Reform Austin News and tracked local, state and federal government and ...

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From WisPolitics ... -- In the eight weeks since the August primary, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany and his allies have outspent Dem David Crowley and his backers more than 2.5-to-1 on ads ...

TOP STORIES GOP outspending Democrats in battle for Wisconsin Legislature … thanks to nearly $8 million in donations from billionaire Diane Hendricks. [$5.5M to RACC, which raised $6.2M in 3Q26, spent ...

The must-know stories shaping South Carolina politics today Today is Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026 ☀️ Good morning, South Carolina ! The state is putting $10 million behind a new effort to keep teachers in ...

President Donald Trump’s efforts to squelch the “patchwork” approach to artificial intelligence regulation likely altered what types of bills state lawmakers passed but did little to limit the ...

Prediction market operators, state regulators and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the last 18 months have engaged in nearly 100 legal cases over the authority to regulate the trading ...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Marsha Blackburn held a fundraiser at the Tennessee governor’s mansion in Nashville on Monday, landing $1.3 million in donations. Term-limited Gov. Bill Lee introduced ...

From WisPolitics … -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court is seeking nearly $3 million more in the 2027-29 budget to provide enhanced security for the justices and to create new grants to counties for safer ...

Text of column. Volume 26, Number 35 Summary: Pittsburgh City Council raised property taxes 20% in December and reopened and passed a revised 2026 operating budget in April. Text of press release.

Quotes of the Week My nightmare scenario is one where Democrats assume everything’s fine and Republicans keep adding to their money deluge. Then, after the election, Democrats have picked up some ...