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Jessie Opoien

@jessieopie

Covering Wisconsin politics @journalsentinel. Formerly @CapTimes. WI-grown, @IowaStateU + @JHUGovStudies alum, banjo player, dog person.

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What to know about new statue memorializing Vel Phillips at Wisconsin Capitol jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

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Maxwell Anderson charged with killing, dismembering 19-year-old Sade Carleena Robinson jsonline.com/story/news/cri… via ⁦elliot hughes

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Women who had life-changing experiences with abortion laws to campaign in Wisconsin for Biden jsonline.com/story/news/hea… via Jessica Van Egeren

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Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired by ⁦Robin Vos⁩ to review the 2020 election, is now working to oust Vos jsonline.com/story/news/pol… — via ⁦Molly Beck

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Michael Gableman is representing a group seeking to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos at a meeting of the state Elections Commission tonight.

Gableman turned against Vos after being hired by Vos to review the 2020 election. He found no evidence of fraud & spent more than $2M.

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Wisconsin's evening tornado drill has been canceled due to possible tornado conditions jsonline.com/story/news/202… via Claire Reid

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URGENT: The evening portion of the Wisconsin Statewide Tornado Drill has been cancelled due to an increasing chance of funnel clouds, heavy rainfall and the potential for a brief, weak tornado. Any alerts you receive through the afternoon and evening are legit in WI.

URGENT: The evening portion of the Wisconsin Statewide Tornado Drill has been cancelled due to an increasing chance of funnel clouds, heavy rainfall and the potential for a brief, weak tornado. Any alerts you receive through the afternoon and evening are legit in WI. #wiwx
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The man indicted in the May 2022 firebombing of a prominent anti-abortion group's office in Madison was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison. jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

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Another Dane County judge considering a run for Bradley's seat is Susan Crawford.

'I will have more to say in the coming weeks,' said Crawford who was elected to the bench in 2018.

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Gov. Evers at last night's White House State Dinner on importance of Wisconsin in presidential race: 'It’s going to make a difference between a win and a loss for the president.'

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Ann Walsh Bradley's retirement sets the stage for another high stakes Wisconsin court race

jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

via Molly Beck + me

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Wisconsin Republicans have put a constitutional amendment on November's ballot that would do just this.

docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/e…

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NEW: With Justice Ann Walsh Bradley's decision to retire, Appeals Court Judge (and former state rep) Chris Taylor tells me she is 'certainly thinking' about running for the state Supreme Court seat and will have conversations in the coming days.

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Asked about reports he'll join Palantir once he leaves Congress, Mike Gallagher tells me: 'I haven't finalized anything yet. Don't fall for TikTok propaganda.'

On his next steps: 'I haven't made them yet.'

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Seven months before the election, Trump is calling on Wisconsin Republicans to remove the state’s nonpartisan elections administrator, who is widely respected by voting experts around the country jsonline.com/story/news/pol… — story via ⁦Molly Beck

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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona can enforce 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except those to save mother’s life, state Supreme Court rules.

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Trump targets Meagan Wolfe, Robin Vos and Reince Priebus in interview focused on election falsehoods jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

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Police zero in on person of interest as investigations into missing woman, human remains ramp up jsonline.com/story/news/cri… via Journal Sentinel

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