It’s primary election day in Wisconsin! On today’s episode, hear a variety of election perspectives with guest host Gil Halsted. First, we talk with Matthew Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign to get a bird’s-eye view of election issues, including campaign finance. Next, we discuss the relationship between prison reform and elections with Eric Howland […]
Election Prep: What You Need to Know When You Head to the Polls
Tomorrow, August 14, is a statewide partisan primary election in Wisconsin. What do you need to know before heading to the polls? Find out on today’s show! Our guests are Eileen Newcomer, voter education coordinator of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, and Brook Soltvedt, board president of the League of Women Voters of […]
Parsing the arts in the Wisconsin governor’s race
Earlier this week, Tone Madison published a survey asking the candidates in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary about how, if elected, they would go about supporting the arts in our state. Seven of them got back to us. Since we posted the survey responses straight-up, without any commentary or analysis, we also wanted to step back and have a […]
Scott Harbach: Democratic Party has become an atheist party
8 O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing interviews Democratic Party, US Senate Candidate, Scott Harbach, in the studio his morning. It is the eve of the Democratic Party primary election run-off, pitting today’s guest Scott Harbach against Russ Feingold. From the front page of Scott Harbach’s official website www.harbachforsenate.com “Somehow God has been pushed out of […]
Voting Update with the League of Women Voters
On today’s A Public Affair, Patty Peltekos discusses Wisconsin voting issues with Andrea Kaminski, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, and Erin Grunze, education director of the organization. Wisconsin’s partisan primary election is next Tuesday, August 9th. Dane County voters will select the candidates for U.S. senator, U.S. representative, state representative, and at the county level, […]