Inside the auditorium at a Wisconsin technical college Monday, Joe Biden was outlining his latest student loan relief effort—a plan that could not only give more than 30 million Americans the “freedom to chase their dreams,” but that could also, in theory, appeal to the young voters he needs in order to win this key … Read more
Biden-Harris campaign works to court Black swing state voters, a vital bloc – CBS News Watch CBS News Black voters in swing states like Wisconsin were key to President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, but their support may be waning ahead of the 2024 election. The campaign is paying millions to court such voters. Be … Read more
Mike Johnson’s razor-thin House majority got even tinier on Friday, after Wisconsin Representative Mike Gallagher announced plans to retire in April. Gallagher, who has served in Congress since 2016 and currently chairs a congressional select committee investigating the Chinese Communist Party, said in a statement that the move came “after conversations with my family,” but … Read more
Chef Manny Barella went into the premiere episode of Bravo’s “Top Chef” Season 21 terrified of being eliminated first. “I’ve never been more nervous in my life, even when I proposed to my fiancee,” he joked. “As chefs, we fail in private, but failing in public is a whole different animal.” Barella, a 2022 James … Read more
Wisconsin voters weigh in on presidential race – CBS News Watch CBS News A day after President Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their party’s nominations, several voters in the battleground state of Wisconsin spoke with Nancy Cordes about what issues are important to them heading into the 2024 election. Be the first to … Read more
Biden kicks off intense month of campaigning after State of the Union – CBS News Watch CBS News President Joe Biden is taking his message from Thursday’s fiery State of the Union to several battleground states as he hits the campaign trail. Biden will visit Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the coming days, and held … Read more
Colorado might not have anyone to root for in this year’s Super Bowl, but there is a local player worth cheering on your big screen next month. Chef Manny Barella is one of 15 chefs competing on Bravo’s “Top Chef” Season 21, set in Wisconsin and airing weekly on March 20. He will go head-to-head … Read more
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson won reelection in 2022 in Wisconsin by just over 25,000 votes — the latest slim-majority victory in the state, which gave its 10 Electoral College votes to former President Donald Trump in 2016 with a victory of 22,000 votes and then flipped to President Joe Biden in 2020, who won the … Read more
Former U.S. Senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl has died at the age of 88 after a brief illness. The Herb Kohl Foundation announced his passing Wednesday afternoon, memorializing him as someone who “always put people first.” “Throughout his life, Herb Kohl always put people first — from his employees and their families to … Read more
In an ideologically split 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s electoral maps, which were gerrymandered over a decade ago to favor Republicans, were unconstitutional, setting up a redrawing of the maps in advance of the 2024 election in the crucial presidential swing state. The court’s majority said that over half … Read more
