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Associated Press correspondent covering Wisconsin, politics and music. Not always in that order.
Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.”

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November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Some Republicans have embraced the possibility of Evers getting arrested by the Trump administration.

Wisconsin Republican state Rep. Calvin Callahan posted this fake image.
May 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Col. Heg welcomes you to Friday.
May 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said President Donald Trump's return to the White House "is looking more like a coup than a transition right now."

She called on Republicans to join Democrats in Congress in pushing back against Trump. She spoke following a UW pharmacy school tour
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who is fighting to keep his law license after regulators filed a complaint related to his work leading a discredited review of the 2020 election, supports Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in this year's Wisconsin Supreme Court race
February 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The seventh State of the State for Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers tonight and my 29th (would be 30 but I missed 2016).

I’ve covered speeches by 7 governors in 3 different states.

They all highlight priorities, some with more gimmicks than others.

Evers is fond of ending with the UW marching band.
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A tie dye tie in the front row of the Wisconsin Supreme Court this morning.
January 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
January 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The band plays “Yesterday” as newly inaugurated members of the Wisconsin Assembly sign the book to start their two-year term.
January 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Col. Heg thinks the lights are pretty in the snow.
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 PM
The Festivus pole is back at the Wisconsin Capitol. Festivus is Monday.
December 18, 2024 at 8:07 PM
The Wisconsin Capitol tree is lit.
December 5, 2024 at 6:26 PM