Emilee Fannon, Capitol Reporter
Emilee Fannon joins CBS 58 after serving as the Capitol Bureau Chief for WKOW in Madison, Wisconsin for three years.
During her time in Madison, she enjoyed covering the 2020 presidential election and having the opportunity to interview major party candidates including Vice President Mike Pence, former vice president Joe Biden, as well as other prominent figures tied to the Trump and Biden campaigns.
Emilee is looking forward to continuing to build her career as a political reporter in the Milwaukee market, an area familiar to her as many of her family members are from the suburbs of Milwaukee.
Her passion to report on politics began six years ago in Springfield, Illinois where she received her Master's degree in political affairs reporting. Shortly after, she was hired as a statehouse reporter at the capitol covering Illinois politics including the rise and fall of the longest budget impasse in modern day history as well as historic school funding reform.
Even though Emilee was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, she is a huge Green Bay Packer fan and happy to continue rooting for her team in Wisconsin.
Articles by Emilee Fannon
- Thousands fill the streets of Milwaukee for annual Pride Parade
- Finance Committee OK's $2M to help Packers host NFL draft
- Bills targeting sexual assault procedures at Wisconsin National Guard receive public hearing
- Gov. Evers: State agencies prepping to return federal COVID aid under debt deal
- Low inventory, competition driving up home prices -- here are the bills Republicans say could help the problem
- Democrats hold roundtable on paid family leave after Republicans reject proposal
- New bill targets sexual harassment at schools
- 'Doomsday scenarios': Milwaukee leaders testify about deep cuts residents could face without local aid package
- Drastic cuts to police, library closures, and filing for bankruptcy: The scenarios Milwaukee could face without lawmakers' lifeline
- GOP leaders clash over proposal to raise Milwaukee's sales tax, putting bill in jeopardy
- Vos: 'We are done negotiating' on local government funding bill, Evers still 'optimistic' on finding compromise
- The Wisconsin mom helping kids cope with mental health by using tools in their 'Back Pocket'
- Lawmakers to consider pay raises for prosecutors, public defenders in state budget
- Tweaks to bill on funding local government likely, lawmakers poised to vote next week
- 4 hurt in explosion at Madison condo building
- How gun shops could help curb suicides in Wisconsin under bipartisan bill
- Judge hears arguments over Wisconsin's abortion ban
- Gov. Evers 'disappointed' with aspects of GOP shared revenue proposal, still reviewing bill
- GOP proposal gives 10% funding boost to local governments and series of requirements for Milwaukee
- GOP removes marijuana legalization, paid family leave from state budget
- Top Democrat opposes key provisions in 'historic' shared revenue plan
- Tax cuts: What we know about lawmakers' plan
- Ron Johnson urges action on abortion, renews calls for referendum as GOP grapples with the issue
- Cost of keeping the Brewers: How taxpayers might have to fund AmFam field repairs
- Lawmakers act to prohibit bans on gas-powered cars, equipment
- GOP lawmaker wants to drastically limit minors' access to social media, fine companies that don't impose restrictions
- Bipartisan bill seeks to expand welfare eligibility for high-risk pregnancies
- Bills targeting unemployment benefits reintroduced by Republicans
- Senator Tammy Baldwin announces 2024 reelection bid
- Wisconsin joins multistate coalition challenging abortion pill removal
- Miscarriage treatment, abortion pill availability at risk for Wisconsinites after conflicting rulings
- GOP bill would allow guns in Wisconsin schools
- Liberal law firm preparing new redistricting challenge
- 'We have a statewide problem': GOP irritated over losing streak, Democrats prepare for new era of Wisconsin politics
- Janet Protasiewicz wins election to Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Republicans' grip on Wisconsin politics, abortion laws at stake in state Supreme Court race
- New moms could receive expanded Medicaid coverage up to a year under bipartisan bill
- Secretary of State Godlewski wants to improve election transparency, dismisses GOP calls for special election
- Disability advocates speak out about absentee voting laws after some voters turned away
- Report: Wisconsin home prices increase by $28,000 compared to 2022
- Stiffer penalties for reckless driving and drug overdose bills pass with bipartisan support
- Republicans want Gov. Evers to hold special election for Secretary of State office, here's why he won't
- Lawmakers to vote on reckless driving bills, stiffer penalties for overdose deaths
- New calls for marijuana legalization after report shows Wisconsinites gave Illinois $36M in tax revenue
- Republicans unveil bill to update Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban
- Republicans pass bill mandating police officers in schools with high crime
- Republicans vote to continue 'conversion therapy' in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Republicans receive fundraising boost, state party chair says
- GOP bill defines "violent crimes" for statewide bail amendment
- Vos: Gov. Evers Brewers proposal "dead"
- Republicans, state health officials clash over new student vaccine requirements
- AG Kaul, advocates seek funding for DOJ's Office of School Safety
- "Shambolic" GOP election review: Michael Gableman issued another ethics complaint
- UW-System proposes 5% tuition increase for students
- Bill seeks to implement stiffer penalties on carjacking
- Protasiewicz will recuse herself from WI Democratic Party cases, but 'absolutely not' on abortion matters
- Toll roads in Wisconsin: Top Republican proposes the idea again to meet transportation needs
- GOP budget co-chairs cast doubts on 1% sales tax in Milwaukee, GOP flat tax
- State Supreme Court race becomes most expensive in US history
- RNC 2024: Bars could stay open until 4 a.m. during convention
- Abortion, ‘Soft on Crime’: The issues defining the State Supreme Court race
- Former Gov. Tony Earl dies at 86, Evers orders flags to half-staff
- Exceedingly high turnout in Tuesday's primary election
- State party chairs on fundraising blitz in SCOWIS race & unifying base
- Liberal Judge Protasiewicz secures nomination in state Supreme Court race
- SCOWIS candidates respond to attacks, defend judicial records
- Could Gov. Evers' paid family leave proposal gain GOP support?
- Key takeaways from Gov. Tony Evers' budget proposal
- Gov. Evers pitches using state surplus for Brewers stadium improvements, to keep team in Milwaukee until 2043
- 'It has to stop': Gov. Evers announces initiatives to curb reckless driving in state budget
- Can a shortage of health care workers be addressed? Industry leaders weigh in on UWM panel
- Biden promotes economic plan to WI union workers as 2024 reelection bid looms
- Republicans launch audit to review licensing delays, staffing at DSPS
- Felons must pay off all fines, court fees before their right to vote is restored under GOP bill
- GOP bill seeks to expand transparency at state Parole Commission
- 'Farfetched,' 'ludicrous': GOP critical of MKE red light camera proposal to reduce reckless driving
- 'It takes a while to educate people': GOP chair determined to tackle PFAS contamination
- High egg prices ruffling your feathers? Is building your own chicken coop worth it?
- Partisanship creeping into state Supreme Court race: Are candidates violating judicial code of conduct?
- More money for local governments: Evers signals support for GOP shared revenue proposal