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|By Nick Viviani
A little more than two weeks after his last trip to Wisconsin, President Donald Trump plans to touch down in the Badger State again this weekend for a pair of stops on opposite sides of the state.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2020 at 11:59 AM CDT
|By Mark Murray
Majorities of likely voters in Michigan and Wisconsin say the winner of the 2020 presidential election should get to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, as Democrat Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in both states.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2020 at 10:05 PM CDT
|By Sanika Bhargaw
Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen visited Madison Saturday, telling voters they have another option besides the two major party candidates.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2020 at 8:54 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The federal lawsuit that national Republicans filed on Saturday claims the election board made a partisan “backroom deal."
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Updated: Sep. 26, 2020 at 6:15 PM CDT
|By Michelle Baik
The City of Madison turned more than 200 parks into drop-off points for absentee ballots, after Republican lawmakers raised questions about the event’s legitimacy.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The grants are from the nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Vice President Mike Pence came to western Wisconsin on Thursday as part of a two-stop tour that also included a trip to Minnesota
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has remained ahead of President Donald Trump for voter support in three battleground states- Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 4:31 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene and Associated Press
State Republican leaders have described Gov. Evers' extension of the mask mandate Tuesday as “ineffective,” “mind-boggling” and “illegal."
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 3:32 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Wisconsin state agencies are cutting $300 million under the most recent round of reductions.
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Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Biden walked through the building and spoke with a few employees. But during his speech, Biden said Pres. Donald Trump did not respond quickly enough to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:53 PM CDT
|By Sanika Bhargaw and Nick Viviani
Ahead of National Voter Registration Day, the city and its libraries are teaming up to make sure everyone can cast a ballot.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The highly anticipated ruling, unless overturned, means that the outcome of the presidential race in Wisconsin likely will not be known for days after polls close.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 4:37 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Reza
Biden said if he were elected as president, he would trust the experts and the science.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 8:21 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene and Tajma Hall
This SCOTUS appointment has parallels to President Barack Obama’s appointment of Judge Merrick Garland in 2016, also an election year.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene
The Department of Workforce Development Secretay Caleb Frostman has resigned effective immediately Friday after Gov. Tony Evers had asked him to.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 11:58 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is coming to Madison next week to deliver a speech at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 1:37 AM CDT
|By Emerson Lehmann
President Trump’s visit to Mosinee on Thursday was the fifth time an active President visited central Wisconsin, the second trip for President Trump to the region.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 9:22 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
President Donald Trump is stepping up his rhetoric on cultural issues, aiming to boost enthusiasm among rural Wisconsin voters.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Wisconsin Democrats' fundraiser centered on a star-packed live reading of “The Princess Bride” script has raised nearly $4.3 million.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 9:28 AM CDT
|By Annemarie Payson
Vice President Pence is scheduled to start his Minnesota-Wisconsin bus tour in Eau Claire on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 9:44 PM CDT
|By Michelle Baik
The Wisconsin Elections Commission reports a historic number of absentee ballot requests as clerks prepare to send the first wave of ballots this week.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 10:16 AM CDT
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Monday that Hawkins should not be on the ballot.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 7:59 PM CDT
|By Tim Elliott and Juliana Tornabene
In his visit on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence said he believes if you win Wisconsin, you win the election.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Sanika Bhargaw
Vice President Mike Pence spoke to supporters at a Make America Great Again! event in Janesville, his second visit to Wisconsin in September.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against Green Party presidential nominee Howie Hawkins' attempt to get his name onto the state ballot.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 4:14 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
American Family Insurance wants to make sure its employees have the chance to make their voices heard this November.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Scott Bauer
Vice President Mike Pence emphasized President Donald Trump’s commitment to “law and order” during a campaign stop Monday in Janesville.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 11:55 AM CDT
|By Scott Bauer
The Green Party’s candidates for president and vice president are demanding that that Wisconsin Supreme Court rule immediately to have them placed on the state’s ballot.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 9:51 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The original cast of the beloved 1987 film reunited Sunday, along with guest stars including Whoopi Goldberg, Eric Idle of Monty Python and Josh Gad.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 1:26 PM CDT
|By Scott Bauer
The court, in a 4-3 decision split along ideological lines, said no ballots can be sent immediately.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Scott Bauer
Gov. Tony Evers says he has not yet decided whether to extend his statewide mask mandate that it set to expire Sept. 28.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Gabriella Rusk
For the presidential race, the poll found that among Wisconsin likely voters, 47 percent say they will vote for Joe Biden and 43 percent will vote for Donald Trump
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Tajma Hall
State lawmakers have yet to come to an agreement, one week after no action was taken on police reform in special session.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Stubbs has been an outspoken critic of Republican legislators’ lack of action on racial disparities and police brutality.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 9:12 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Rapper Kanye West’s lawsuit demanding election officials place him on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in November will remain in state court.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene
Doug Hyant announced Thursday that he will challenge Alder Paul Skidmore for the 9th District of Common Council
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 3:19 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani and Brittney Ermon
Gov. Tony Evers is yet to weigh in on whether he thinks former vice president Joe Biden’s visit to Kenosha should be coming to his state.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Tajma Hall
Presidential polls ahead of election show similarities to 2016.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Both the state Senate and Assembly met for less than 30 seconds each before ending the session.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 11:39 AM CDT
|By Associated Press and Sanika Bhargaw
Republicans who control the Legislature say they don’t intend to take any immediate action on the bills Monday.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 11:17 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani and Sanika Bhargaw
The news conference started less than two hours before the Wisconsin state assembly was set to convene. The group called on the legislature to take up package of bills addressing police reform.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 9:17 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The Madison City Clerk’s Office wants to make it easier for the more than 70,000 people who have requested absentee ballots for this November’s election to hand in their votes.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
A week after he was barred from appearing on the Wisconsin presidential ballot, rapper Kanye West is taking the commission that made that decision to court.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 1:47 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The Wisconsin Senate will hold a special session Monday called by Gov. Tony Evers to address a package of police reform measures in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, but senators will not debate anything immediately.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 4:39 PM CDT
|By Will Weissert and Alexandra Jaffe
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are stepping up their criticism of President Donald Trump by saying he’s rooting for violence in Wisconsin and by blasting his handling of the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 5:21 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden described protests against police brutality “a right and absolutely necessary,” but criticized the violence that plagued recent ones in Kenosha - and in Madison
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 10:25 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Now that the violence that has plagued Kenosha has turned deadly, a Wisconsin Senator and Congressman are calling on Gov. Tony Evers to revisit his decision on allowing federal troops to be deployed to the state.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The college in Franklin announced Pence’s plans last week and the White House confirmed the visit on Monday.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 1:50 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is ordering the state legislature back to Madison for a special session to take up police reform legislation he introduced earlier this year.