Amy Blumenfeld Bogost speaks while seated at a table and facing multiple mounted microphones and a video camera with a shotgun microphone, with Timothy Nixon seated to her side, in a room with wood trim on the wall and wood double doors with a brass doorknob and glazed glass windows, with a video graphic at bottom including the text Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges, Amy Blumenfeld Bogost and To serve as a Congressional Dist. 2 Rep. on the UW Board of Regents for term ending 5/1/27.

Politics

Universities of Wisconsin regents cite disputes over AI and transparency practices in president’s firing

In a state Senate committee hearing, two members of the board of regents for the Universities of Wisconsin say that the fired president of the system was slow to address pressing issues like AI, limited public board discussions and open records, and feared upsetting policymakers and UW faculty.

April 9, 2026

Scott Walker on the Wisconsin Legislature elections in 2026
Scott Walker on the Wisconsin Legislature elections in 2026

Elections

Scott Walker on the Wisconsin Legislature elections in 2026

Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, discusses the party's outlook in the November 2026 midterm election and whether or not control of the Assembly and state Senate may flip to Democrats.

April 9, 2026

Tom Tiffany speaks while standing outside in front of a masonry building with a staircase with a balustrades, with parked vehicles, leafless trees and other buildings on one side in the background.
Tom Tiffany speaks while standing outside in front of a masonry building with a staircase with a balustrades, with parked vehicles, leafless trees and other buildings on one side in the background.

Elections

Republicans react to Democratic election wins in Wisconsin ahead of the 2026 midterm vote

Republicans are assessing setbacks following victories by Democratic-backed candidates in votes for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and for the mayor's office in the conservative Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha seven months out from the 2026 midterm election.

April 9, 2026

A weathered wood sign with stylized images of hills and trees and the words Welcome Home to Wausau and City Hall stands in a mulched garden bed in front of a multi-story masonry building with large glass windows in front of small grass lawn, a concrete ramp and a flagpole with a U.S. flag, withe light poles, buildings and leafless trees in the background to the side.
A weathered wood sign with stylized images of hills and trees and the words Welcome Home to Wausau and City Hall stands in a mulched garden bed in front of a multi-story masonry building with large glass windows in front of small grass lawn, a concrete ramp and a flagpole with a U.S. flag, withe light poles, buildings and leafless trees in the background to the side.

Courts

Wausau’s mayor won’t face charges over removing a ballot drop box in 2024

Wausau Mayor Doug Diny posed for photos as he removed a drop box for absentee ballots from outside the city hall in September 2024, and Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney announced that he was unable to prove criminal wrongdoing in an investigation of the incident.

April 8, 2026

Wisconsin’s wide-open 2026 Democratic primary for governor
Wisconsin’s wide-open 2026 Democratic primary for governor

Elections

Wisconsin’s wide-open 2026 Democratic primary for governor

Mandela Barnes, Joel Brennan, David Crowley, Francesca Hong, Missy Hughes, Sara Rodriguez and Kelda Roys are running in the 2026 Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, and polls show a close race.

April 8, 2026

Maria Lazar on her 2026 election loss and judicial politics
Maria Lazar on her 2026 election loss and judicial politics

Elections

Maria Lazar on her 2026 election loss and judicial politics

Wisconsin Court of Appeals District II Judge Maria Lazar discusses losing the 2026 race for the state Supreme Court, politics in judicial campaigns, and whether she would run again for the high court.

April 8, 2026

Justice-elect Chris Taylor on her 2026 election victory
Justice-elect Chris Taylor on her 2026 election victory

Elections

Justice-elect Chris Taylor on her 2026 election victory

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Chris Taylor discusses her perspective on the role of the judiciary and winning the 2026 race for a seat on the high court in an election night victory speech.

April 8, 2026

Jay Rothman speaks while sitting with a lavalier attached to one lapel and a Universities of Wisconsin logo pin attached to the other lapel of his suit coat, in a room with curved walls, a low-pile patterned carpet, and wood double doors, trash and recycling receptacle containers and rolling service window cover.
Jay Rothman speaks while sitting with a lavalier attached to one lapel and a Universities of Wisconsin logo pin attached to the other lapel of his suit coat, in a room with curved walls, a low-pile patterned carpet, and wood double doors, trash and recycling receptacle containers and rolling service window cover.

Education

Former Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman says he felt ‘blindsided’ by getting fired

Jay Rothman, who was fired as the president of the Universities of Wisconsin in a board of regents vote on April 7, said he has not been given a reason for the action and added he is unlikely to sue over the ouster.

April 8, 2026

Chris Taylor waves with both hands while standing behind a podium with a microphone affixed to its top, while other people stand behind her and facing her with a U.S. flag in the background.
Chris Taylor waves with both hands while standing behind a podium with a microphone affixed to its top, while other people stand behind her and facing her with a U.S. flag in the background.

Elections

Taylor wins the 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

Chris Taylor, the Democratic-backed candidate for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, defeated the Republican-backed candidate Maria Lazar in the 2026 election, marking the fourth straight victory for liberal court candidates dating back to 2020.

April 7, 2026

Jay Rothman sits and speaks into a microphone in a room with wood chairs with upholstered backs, wood-paneled walls and a closed window shade in the background.
Jay Rothman sits and speaks into a microphone in a room with wood chairs with upholstered backs, wood-paneled walls and a closed window shade in the background.

Education

UW Board of Regents votes to fire the system’s president

The board of regents for the Universities of Wisconsin voted unanimously to fire Jay Rothman, who has served as president of the 165,000-student, multicampus system since 2022.

April 7, 2026