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Macco says he told Kleefisch that he would work with her to defeat Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
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The political battleground becomes the latest front in the national push by the GOP to exert more control over elections before the 2022 and 2024 elections.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2021 at 4:26 PM CST
|By Gillian Rawling
U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) issued a joint statement on Saturday, directed towards groups or individuals trying to exploit the Waukesha tragedy.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2021 at 5:26 PM CST
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A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous after the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.
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Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 10:05 PM CST
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Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate will pay up to $270,000 over the next six months to have a consulting firm examine the 2020 election with an eye toward developing changes to state election law.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 10:25 PM CST
|By Elise Romas
At one point, however, there was a back-and-forth shouting match between two demonstrators.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 3:22 PM CST
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There are lawsuits pending in both the Wisconsin Supreme Court and federal court.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 9:04 PM CST
|By Juliana Tornabene
NBC15 Political Analyst Professor Emeritus Richard Haven joined us to give his take on how the Biden presidency has been going.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 8:34 PM CST
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The campaign for Democratic lieutenant governor became a three-way race among state lawmakers when Rep. David Bowen announced he was running for the position.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 3:08 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Witzel-Behl laid out those options, which she described as “the worst-case scenario,” in a letter to the Legislative Audit Bureau’s State Auditor Joe Chrisman.
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Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 8:44 PM CST
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The Assembly passed their plans Thursday on a 60-38 vote along party lines.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:56 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Republican leaders announced the upper chamber issued a subpoena demanding the information.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:54 PM CST
|By Elise Romas
They include funding for improving public safety, addressing mental health and addiction and community anti-violence programs for kids.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 7:16 PM CST
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Wolfe says the bureau decided to publish the report without giving the agency or its staff a chance to respond.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 1:15 PM CST
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator has come under attack by Republican legislators with claims of voter fraud.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 11:54 AM CST
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The office of lieutenant governor is open after current Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes decided to run for U.S. Senate next year.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Associated Press and Juliana Tornabene
The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows that Wisconsin’s featured incumbents are losing some support.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 9:28 PM CDT
|By NBC15 News Staff
The series will focus in on seven counties across the country, include Dane County.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 2:00 PM CDT
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Gov. Tony Evers says Racine County officials should file charges if they believe election laws were broken.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
This comes a few days after the Racine County Sheriff, Christopher Schmaling, shared results of an investigation of a local care facility.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 10:29 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani and Associated Press
The Racine Co. Sheriff’s Office claims to have proof that election laws were broken across Wisconsin and that it will reveal the results of its investigation during a Thursday morning news conference.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 7:22 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
A public hearing on the matter prompted a heated debate at the Wisconsin State Capitol Thursday morning.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 10:51 AM CDT
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Republicans unveiled legislative and congressional maps last week that are largely based on the current districts.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 4:07 PM CDT
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The memo released Wednesday said clerks appeared to be following federal guidance.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 10:22 AM CDT
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Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch is downplaying threats against school board members.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM CDT
|By Tim Elliott
“What happens in a college town like Madison happens in college towns in East Lansing, in Ames, Iowa City, and these other battleground states," Todd explained.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The measures are up for approval on Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Fresh on the heels of the Legislative Audit Bureau’s review of the 2020 November election, the Wisconsin Senate is launching its own investigation, citing the findings of the non-partisan agency.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 9:24 AM CDT
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A judge has set a December hearing on whether to block a subpoena demanding records from the state Elections Commission.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 4:28 PM CDT
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The report released Friday by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau did make dozens of recommendations on how the state might improve its elections.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 3:52 PM CDT
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The state Senate is set to vote on a package of Republican-authored bills designed to discourage abortion in Wisconsin.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 12:04 PM CDT
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Teenagers would be allowed to work longer hours over the busy summer tourism months in Wisconsin under a bill up for approval in the state Senate.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 2:10 PM CDT
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A judge earlier this month ordered Vos to release records requested by a liberal group under the state’s open records law.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 10:54 AM CDT
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Teenagers would be allowed to work longer hours over the busy summer tourism months in Wisconsin under a bill up for approval in the state Senate.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 3:08 PM CDT
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Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes raised more money from donors over the past three months than any other Democrat in the crowded primary race for U.S. Senate.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 11:00 AM CDT
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Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis is also one of 12 Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 3:32 PM CDT
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Godlewski is one of a dozen Democrats seeking the nomination.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 10:59 AM CDT
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The endorsement on Thursday came the day after another Democrat, Eau Claire businesswoman Rebecca Cooke, got in the race.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 9:20 AM CDT
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Eau Claire businesswoman Rebecca Cooke is running for Congress in an open southwestern Wisconsin district, hoping to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Ron Kind.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 8:28 PM CDT
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The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy filed the lawsuit in 2019.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The Motor City Madman rolls into Madison this week to join GOP lawmakers in promoting more than a dozen bills targeting hunting, fishing, and firearms.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 9:16 PM CDT
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His comments came after Michael Gableman, the retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading the investigation, issued a video taking aim at Gov. Tony Evers.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 12:34 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
On Monday, the state’s top law enforcement official plans to weigh in on the Wisconsin Assembly’s ongoing probe into the 2020 presidential election.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 9:43 AM CDT
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Godlewski are in a crowded Democratic field that also includes Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Alex Lasry, and Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By WBAY news staff
This will be the first time we hear from the senator since his hospitalization with COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is all but certain to veto the bills if they get to his desk.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 10:50 AM CDT
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An attorney for the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature says it plans to vote on a redistricting plan when it convenes in November.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 7:29 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Baldwin sits on the Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, which hosted the hearing.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 6:38 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Rhodes-Conway wanted the testimony to be open to the public.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 10:17 AM CDT
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Attorney Michael Gableman told the Green Bay Common Council about his plans to issue a subpoena to that city’s mayor and four others.