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Politics

Jarchow, Toney vie for chance to take on Wisconsin AG Kaul

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By TODD RICHMOND
A race between the Republicans seeking to knock off Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is headed to voters

Politics

Low voter turnout expected for August partisan primary

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By Gabriella Rusk
According to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, voter turnout is anticipated to be 16 percent.

Politics

Kleefisch downplays Trump endorsement on final swing

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 10:06 AM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch is downplaying Donald Trump’s endorsement and rally for her opponent on a final campaign push across Wisconsin, declining to respond to the former president’s criticisms of her

Politics

Dems look ahead to Barnes in fall race against Ron Johnson

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:44 AM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
Support has coalesced around Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to be the Democratic choice to take on Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in the state's closely watched U.S. Senate race

Politics

Trump ally takes on Walker protégé in Wis. governor’s race

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:34 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Donald Trump held a rally in Waukesha on Friday night in support of Tim Michaels.

Local

Governor Evers grants 49 pardons

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 8:36 PM CDT
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By Brandon Landsberg
Governor Evers announced 49 more pardons on Friday.

Politics

Milwaukee to host 2024 Republican National Convention

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 12:38 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Republicans voted unanimously to hold their 2024 national convention where the party’s presidential nominee will be officially named in Milwaukee.

Politics

Where to vote: List of polling places in Madison

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:03 PM CDT
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By Brandon Landsberg
List of polling places in Madison

Politics

Michels goes after Kleefisch in Wisconsin governor’s race

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 12:01 PM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
Days after saying that running negative ads is “just bad policy” and politicians who do that are “losing,” the Wisconsin Republican candidate for governor backed by Donald Trump has launched his first attack ad against his primary opponent

Local

Flags to be flown at half-staff in Wisconsin to honor 10th anniversary of Sikh temple shooting

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:29 PM CDT
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By Brandon Landsberg
On the 10th anniversary of the Oak Creek Sikh Temple shooting, Governor Evers has signed an executive order into effect which will have flags flown at half-staff.
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Politics

Pence touts Wisconsin GOP governor candidate Kleefisch

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 12:11 PM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
Former Vice President Mike Pence is campaigning with his pick in battleground Wisconsin’s Republican gubernatorial primary, calling Rebecca Kleefisch “a proven conservative” as she faces an opponent endorsed by Donald Trump

Politics

Republican who finished 4th in Mich. gubernatorial primary wants recount

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:46 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Ryan Kelley has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Politics

Michels reverses, tells crowd he will support Trump in 2024

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By Jason Zimmerman
The change in rhetoric comes less than 24 hours after Michels said he wasn't committed to endorsing Trump in 2024.

State

Wisconsin senators move to remember victims of Oak Creek temple shooting

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 9:10 PM CDT
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By Gillian Rawling
Both Wisconsin senators moved to remember the 10th anniversary of a Sikh Temple shooting that killed seven worshipers in 2012.

State

Former VP Pence to join Kleefisch in Wisconsin for round table discussion

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 6:16 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
Former Vice President Mike Pence will join Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate and former Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch Wednesday for a round table discussion in Pewaukee.

Politics

Republican Michels spends nearly $12 million on governor run

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 12:47 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republican Tim Michels has spent nearly $12 million of his own money on his run for Wisconsin governor, campaign finance reports filed ahead of next week’s primary election show

Wires

GOP legislative candidates outraise Democrats

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 12:08 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republicans running for the Wisconsin Legislature easily raised more money than their Democratic opponents over the first half of the year

Politics

Trump-backed Wis. candidate won’t commit to backing him

Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 9:11 PM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor endorsed by Donald Trump would not commit to supporting Trump should he run for president again in 2024, but also didn’t rule out trying to decertify his 2020 loss in the battleground state

Politics

Judge awards $163,000 in fees in GOP election probe

Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 3:27 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
A judge has awarded about $163,000 in fees to attorneys for the liberal watchdog group American Oversight in an open records lawsuit it brought against the investigator hired by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to investigate the 2020 election

State

Former Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate back Barnes in ‘unity’ before primaries

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 8:10 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
With the primaries less than two weeks away, some Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate see the fight as far from over. Others have turned to party unity, as they look further down the road to the general election.

Politics

Alex Lasry releases new TV ad targeting Ron Johnson

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 5:24 PM CDT
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By Brandon Landsberg
Alex Lasry's new TV ad targets Senator Ron Johnson.

News

Godlewski dropping out of Senate race, helping clear way for Barnes

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 10:32 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
For the third time this week, the Democratic field of Senate candidates is shrinking.

News

Wisconsin election board rejects Racine sheriff’s latest accusations

Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 4:41 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The state election board dismissed a Wisconsin sheriff’s claim that its MyVote system for getting an absentee ballot is particularly vulnerable to election fraud.

Politics

Judge: Wisconsin probe found ‘absolutely no’ election fraud

Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 11:33 AM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
A Wisconsin judge says that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found “absolutely no evidence of election fraud,” but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired

Politics

Pence backs Kleefisch in Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial primary

Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 4:35 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Mike Pence revealed the Republican gubernatorial candidate he would like to see take on Gov. Tony Evers this fall – and it isn’t the one the former vice-president’s old boss picked.

Wires

Wisconsin GOP hopefuls Kleefisch, Michels clash over gas tax

Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 11:22 AM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels says he can be taken at his word that he won’t raise gas taxes

Politics

Alex Lasry drops out of Senate race

Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 10:16 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The Milwaukee Bucks executive had been running neck-and-neck with Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes in the Democratic primary.

Politics

In-person absentee voting set to begin Tuesday

Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 2:33 PM CDT
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By Gillian Rawling
Voters that ordered their ballots in the mail will be able to turn them in starting Tuesday at several locations in the City of Madison.

Politics

Wisconsin Dem U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson quits race

Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 8:07 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Tom Nelson, a candidate who tried to position himself as the most progressive in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate, says he's dropped out of the contest to face Republican incumbent Ron Johnson in November

Politics

What to expect in the gubernatorial debate with Charles Benson

Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 11:26 AM CDT
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By Gillian Rawling
NBC15 is proud to be the only Madison station to broadcast the gubernatorial debate in advance of the August 9 primary elections. The debate, held at Marquette University’s Varsity Theatre, will be hosted by TMJ4 and co-moderated by TMJ4 anchors Charles Benson and Shannon Sims on Sunday.

Politics

Legal battles begin over abortion pill as several states move to restrict or ban abortion

Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 12:17 PM CDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Access to the abortion pill is set to be the subject of legal challenges nationwide

Politics

Illinois congressman leads “final” January 6th Committee hearing focusing on Donald Trump

Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:36 AM CDT
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By Nicole Neuman
Kinzinger and panel expected to reveal what Trump was doing as the Capitol attack unfolded.

Politics

Spielberg among big donors to Wisconsin governor’s campaign

Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 12:03 PM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER
A tally shows filmmaker Steven Spielberg, the most commercially successful director of all time, donated $20,000 to Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign

Politics

Watch full Democratic Senatorial debate

Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:52 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Unfortunately, a technical error at the debate location caused an audio issue on the statewide feed that caused the hosts and candidates’ words become briefly muffled.

Politics

Milwaukee alderwoman removed, enters pleas to misconduct

Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 12:03 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
A Milwaukee alderwoman has been removed from office after she was convicted in Milwaukee County Circuit Court of two felonies related to her conduct in office

Politics

Reports: Milwaukee wins GOP recommendation for presidential convention

Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 4:36 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
It looks like a major party’s presidential nominee may be anointed in Milwaukee after all.

Politics

Wisconsin secretary of state outraised by GOP opponent

Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 5:07 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Wisconsin’s longtime Democratic secretary of state says he’s not worried about a Republican opponent who has raised more than 6 times as much money as he has

Politics

Jarchow raises $447,000 for attorney general run

Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 5:03 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republican attorney general hopeful Adam Jarchow says he raised more than $445,000 over the first half of 2022

Politics

‘It’s high time the 383 people who didn’t come back got recognized:’ Veterans celebrate ground-breaking of Desert Storm memorial in Washington

Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 2:59 PM CDT
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By Molly Martinez
Veterans have waited 32 years to break ground on this memorial

Wires

Wisconsin official: Voters must mail own absentee ballots

Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 1:04 PM CDT
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By TODD RICHMOND
The Wisconsin Elections Commission's administrator says voters must place their own absentee ballots in the mail in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision last week

Politics

Republican Kleefisch raises $3.6 million in 6 months

Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 11:14 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch says Thursday her campaign has raised more than $3.6 million over the first six months of the year

Politics

Gubernatorial, Senate debates on WMTV

Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM CDT
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By Gabriella Rusk
Top Democratic candidates for Senate face off. Watch live now on NBC15 News.

Politics

Madison to weigh tougher penalties for harassing election workers

Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 6:57 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
The proposal is being introduced jointly by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Alder Patrick Heck, Council President Keith Furman, and Vice President Jael Currie.

Politics

Sen. Baldwin backs bill protecting travel for out-of-state abortion care

Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 3:13 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
U.S. Sen. Baldwin is among over two dozen democratic U.S. senators backing the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022

Politics

Republican Michels’ position on immigration questioned

Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 11:51 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels once led an organization that fought a proposal to get tough on people who were in the country illegally, but he’s campaigning as someone opposed to illegal immigration

Politics

Steineke to resign from Assembly July 27

Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 9:00 AM CDT
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By WBAY news staff
Steineke announced in January that he would not be seeking another term in office.

Politics

Former Speaker Paul Ryan ‘sobbed’ watching Jan. 6 attack, book reveals

Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:46 AM CDT
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By CNN
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was reportedly “sobbing” as he watched the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol unfold on television.

Politics

Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias

Updated: Jul. 10, 2022 at 5:27 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park has more than doubled in size since Saturday afternoon.

State

Wisconsin court says parents suing school can’t be anonymous

Updated: Jul. 9, 2022 at 8:43 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that parents suing the Madison School District over its gender identity policies must disclose their names to opposing attorneys, but they don’t have to be revealed to the district or made public.

State

Wis. Supreme Court rules ballot drop boxes unlawful ahead of fall elections

Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
With fall elections around the corner, the state Supreme Court challenged a widely used elections practice.
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