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
- 'Much more work to do': Madison activists react to Chauvin verdict
- Gov. Evers, Foxconn reach new agreement regarding Mount Pleasant project
- State could soon provide COVID-19 tests to schools
- Can I test positive for COVID-19 after receiving the vaccine?
- State Treasurer Godlewski next Democrat to enter U.S. Senate race
- Assembly Republicans pass bills to spend billions in federal aid despite warnings it might not be legal
- Evers administration reaches deal to restore millions in federal funding for food assistance program
- Lawmakers to vote on how to spend billions in relief aid, no plans to secure millions in food assistance
- Democrats call Biden’s limited gun restrictions ‘a start’, GOP opposition halts progress in WI
- UW students can show proof of vaccine to bypass COVID-19 testing
- GOP lawmakers propose a summer sales tax holiday to boost local sales
- Jill Underly to serve as Wisconsin’s top education official
- Brewers launch PSA to encourage Wisconsinites to get vaccinated amid spike in younger adults
- GOP plan would require some school districts to host summer classes
- Republican lawmakers want to ban vaccine certificates, prevent businesses from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccine
- Wisconsin ineligible for additional food assistance aid; anticipated to lose $62 million a month in federal funds
- Food pantries prepare for higher demand with food assistance programs at risk
- Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against Gov. Evers' emergency powers, strikes down mask mandate
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide the fate of Gov. Evers' emergency orders related to COVID-19
- All Wisconsin residents 16+ eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting April 5
- State health official anticipates removing vaccine eligibility requirements before May 1st
- Health officials not ruling out more COVID-19 restrictions after spike in cases, hospitalizations
- 'We continue to urge caution': Health officials concerned about new spike in COVID-19 infections
- GOP lawmaker renews calls for gun shops to store firearms, train employees to recognize threats
- Republicans pass proposal to give them control over federal COVID-19 funds, approve vaccine bills
- Gov. Evers defends reclassification of COVID-19 deaths to long-term care facilities; GOP lawmakers call for an investigation
- Republicans demand answers to what caused delay in reporting COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities
- State reports a dramatic uptick in COVID-19 deaths at long-term care facilities
- The politics behind the pandemic: A look back at the policy decisions that changed our lives
- Uptick in racial incidents drives proposal to require schools to teach African American History
- Wisconsin moves up vaccine eligibility for certain medical conditions 1 week earlier than expected
- Democrats seek to repeal tipped minimum wage for restaurant workers
- Gov. Evers signals another COVID-19 relief bill is unnecessary as federal funds head to the state
- CBS 58 Exclusive: Sen. Johnson doesn’t plan to get vaccination since he 'had COVID' despite CDC guidance
- Couples in Wisconsin could remarry sooner after a divorce; bill seeks to eliminate 6-month waiting period
- Last Trump election lawsuit comes to an end, WI voting advocacy groups turn focus towards GOP election bills
- 1 million Wisconsinites have received at least 1 dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
- Education committee, school groups split on starting school prior to Sept. 1
- GOP leaders reject sales tax increase, MKE leaders say communities are in jeopardy without one
- Dozens show up at Capitol maskless, defying mask order
- Democratic leader calls voters 'not smart' if they oppose tax increases
- Proposal to ban transgender athletes from female sports met with immediate pushback
- GOP asks to Evers to prioritize federal funding to districts who offer in-person learning
- Thousands of vaccine appointments postponed due to lack of supply, weather
- Some Democrats question motive behind national anthem bill
- Wisconsin operating with no limits on Evers’ emergency orders; over 50 issued since pandemic began
- Wisconsin experiencing vaccine shipment delays due to severe weather conditions
- Republican leader opposes medical marijuana, puts legislation at risk
- ‘Let’s see more of it’: Compromise between Gov. Evers and GOP
- Budget committee approves proposal to overhaul the unemployment system
- Gov. Evers introduces his 'Badger BounceBack' budget
- 'Compromise is possible': Political strategist weighs in on Gov. Evers' budget proposals
- Gov. Evers proposes allowing communities to raise sales tax
- Republicans propose tax cuts to businesses that received PPP loans
- GOP plan gives more money to schools that offer in-person instruction
- Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn mask mandate
- President Joe Biden to visit Milwaukee next week, Feb.16
- GOP lawmaker pushes to legalize medical marijuana, calls recreational a ‘non-starter’
- ‘Very complex’: Challenges to finding compromise, Gov. Evers & Gov. Walker one-on-one
- Gov. Evers discusses COVID-19 bill, mask order in one-on-one interview
- Gov. Evers issues new mask order amid GOP threat to eliminate it
- GOP leader faces criticism for calling task force on racial disparities a 'political loser'
- Assembly GOP offers new plan to end Wisconsin mask mandate
- 'We are on a roll': Vaccination data improves as more become eligible
- Politics impacting health professionals' message surrounding masks
- Gov. Evers won't commit to issuing another mask order, urges Republicans to reconsider
- Vote to end mask mandate postponed due to concerns over food assistance program
- COVID-19 relief bill in jeopardy after Assembly makes changes
- Wisconsin Republicans vote to toss out Evers' statewide mask mandate
- Budget Committee asks Gov. Evers to request funding to fix outdated unemployment system
- Republicans propose all Wisconsinites become eligible for vaccinations by March, bar prisoners
- Resolution seeks to overturn Wisconsin mask mandate
- 'We need to have more': Gov. Evers hopeful that Biden's vaccination plan will expedite rollout
- Wisconsin lawmakers hold public hearing at Capitol despite warning of potential protests