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Politics

Wisconsin Democrats reveal new legislation aiming to legalize marijuana in the state.

Wisconsin Democrats make another attempt to legalize marijuana

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Wisconsin Democrats will try again to legalize marijuana in the state.

Politics

Meagan Wolfe won’t step down as Wisconsin Elections yet

Wisconsin Republicans propose impeaching top elections official after disputed vote to fire her

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:09 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The resolution introduced Thursday by five Assembly Republicans makes Wolfe the second state official GOP lawmakers have threatened with impeachment this month.

Politics

The Wisconsin legislature meets on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, for a special session that would...

Wisconsin Legislature rejects governor’s special session on child care, worker shortages

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:21 PM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
Republicans in the Senate and Assembly convened the session as required by law, but adjourned less than a minute later.

Politics

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, who is being targeted for possible...

Wisconsin redistricting fight focuses on the recusal of a key justice as impeachment threat lingers

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 4:32 PM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
Republicans who drew legislative electoral maps are making new arguments in calling for a key liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to recuse from a case about whether to keep the maps.

Politics

FILE - Wisconsin's Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media after Gov. Tony...

Wisconsin Republican leader blocks pay raises in continuation of DEI fight

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 4:29 PM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of Wisconsin employees unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion spending by $32 million.

Politics

Dane Co. seal

Dane Co. board chair picks 3 new supervisors

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 11:59 AM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
Two fresh faces and a familiar one will soon join the Dane Co. Board of Supervisors, Chair Patrick Miles announced.

Politics

FILE - Wisconsin's Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media after Gov. Tony...

Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin

Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 8:18 AM CDT
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By Nicholas Riccardi and Gary Robertson
While both parties engage in gerrymandering, the dynamics in North Carolina and Wisconsin go beyond mere redistricting fights.

Politics

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, who is being targeted for possible...

A member of the secret panel studying Wisconsin Supreme Court justice’s impeachment backed her rival

Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 2:06 PM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
Prosser is one of three former justices tapped by the Republican Assembly speaker to investigate the criteria for taking the unprecedented step of impeaching a current justice.

Politics

FILE - Wisconsin's Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media after Gov. Tony...

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans pass sweeping redistricting reform, but likely veto awaits

Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 7:40 AM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has all-but promised to veto the bill that he called “bogus.”

Politics

Wisconsin Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe attended a town hall organized by Rep. Ron...

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire nonpartisan official targeted by 2020 election skeptics

Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 4:34 PM CDT
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By Harm Venhuizen
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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Politics

Wisconsin Senate to vote on override of Evers’ 400-year veto and his gutting of tax increase

Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 9:23 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republicans have the necessary two-thirds majority to override the vetoes in the Senate on Thursday, but they don’t have enough votes in the Assembly.

Politics

Wisconsin Republicans push redistricting plan to head off adverse court ruling

Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 9:19 AM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to pass a hastily introduced redistricting plan Thursday that Republicans say is nonpartisan, providing Democrats with something they’ve been seeking for more than a decade.

Politics

Wisconsin Republican leader asks former state Supreme Court justices to review impeachment

Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 11:11 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader announced Wednesday that he’s created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment as he mulls taking that unprecedented step against a liberal state Supreme Court justice.

Politics

Wisconsin Assembly passes nearly $3 billion income tax cut that Evers vows to veto

Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 6:53 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The Assembly passed it 64-35 with all Republicans in support and Democrats against.

Politics

Second Wisconsin Republican announces bid to take on Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 4:22 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Trempealeau County Board Supervisor Stacey Klein filed to run on Tuesday and said she would make a formal announcement on Saturday.

Politics

Felon voter fraud remains rare in Wisconsin, report shows

Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 4:19 PM CDT
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By Harm Venhuizen
The number of convicted felons under investigation for voting in recent Wisconsin elections remains a miniscule proportion of the total ballots cast, according to a new report from the state elections commission.

Politics

Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach justice over donations, but conservatives also took party cash

Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 4:18 PM CDT
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By SCOTT BAUER and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press
But the state GOP and other conservative groups have given campaign cash to other sitting justices, and they’re not recusing themselves on cases involving donors.

Politics

Wisconsin Democrats combat threatened impeachment of court justice with $4M effort

Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:30 PM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
After investing nearly $10 million in electing Justice Janet Protasiewicz, the effort is meant to protect what Democrats hailed as a major political victory.

State

Third Democrat launches bid for western Wisconsin swing congressional district

Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 1:10 PM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
A third Democratic candidate has announced that she’s running for a western Wisconsin congressional seat held by freshman Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden.

Politics

Complaints over campaign comments by Wisconsin Supreme Court justice are dismissed

Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 6:30 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The commission’s actions are private unless released by one of the parties involved.

Politics

Why Wisconsin Republicans are talking about impeaching a new state Supreme Court justice

Updated: Sep. 3, 2023 at 10:27 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature is talking about impeaching a newly elected liberal state Supreme Court justice even before she has heard a case.

Education

FLOTUS backs unions and public education at a Verona elementary school

Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 9:43 PM CDT
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By Elizabeth Wadas
Tackling problems public school teachers and union members face in the classroom; that was the theme of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s visit to Glacier Edge elementary school in Verona.

Local

First Lady Jill Biden visits Madison

Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 8:34 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
The First Lady will arrive in the afternoon to Dane County Regional Airport.

Politics

Wisconsin Republicans revive income tax cut after Evers vetoed similar plan

Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 6:28 PM CDT
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By Scott Bauer
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans on Tuesday proposed a nearly $3 billion tax cut targeting the middle class.

Politics

Wisconsin Republicans consider bill to weaken oversight of roadside zoos

Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 3:16 PM CDT
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By Todd Richmond
Right now, public and private zoos accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association are exempt from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' licensure requirements.

Politics

Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberal majority of staging a ‘coup’

Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:04 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment.”

State

Fmr. Gov. Thompson lists winners, takeaways of Republican debate

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 11:55 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
Topics of importance from Thompson listed included inflation, the border, international relations and the economy.

National Politics

Trump attacks rivals in online interview with Tucker Carlson while skipping presidential debate

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 9:13 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The interview was posted online five minutes before the debate aired.

Politics

Money matters: How GOP candidates are raising, spending their dollars

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 6:16 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
Wednesday night’s debate could be a key moment for Republican campaigns and their finances.

National Politics

Who takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 5:25 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Eight Republican candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time Wednesday night in what may be the biggest moment in the GOP’s young 2024 presidential primary so far.

State

ND Gov. Burgum says he’s “in” for GOP primary debate stage on his injured leg

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 4:25 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and Juliana Tornabene
Campaign spokesman Lance Trover said Wednesday that it was “unclear if he will be able to stand at the debate.”

National Politics

Trump won’t be at the GOP’s first presidential debate. But his presence will be felt

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 2:56 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The eight contenders who are scheduled to attend the Milwaukee debate hosted by Fox News will likely face pressure to articulate how they would differ in style and substance from Trump, who holds a commanding early lead in the race.

Politics

Wisconsin Democrats want to ban sham lawsuits as GOP senator continues fight against local news site

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 1:13 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Wisconsin Democrats on Tuesday proposed barring the use of expensive, sham lawsuits to silence criticism after a Republican state senator was accused of trying to bankrupt a local news outlet for reporting on his alleged use of a homophobic slur.

Politics

Wisconsin Republicans ask newly elected liberal justice to not hear redistricting case

Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 11:10 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked that the newest Democratic-backed justice on the state Supreme Court recuse herself from lawsuits seeking to overturn GOP-drawn electoral maps, arguing that she has prejudged the cases.

Politics

NBC’s Kristen Welker says stakes are high in first Republican debate

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 10:37 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
Because President Joe Biden narrowly won Wisconsin in 2020, Welker said Republicans are going to push hard in the Badger State.

Politics

RNC and DNC chairs of Wisconsin share messages from voters

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 10:31 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
The debate begins at 8 p.m. CT at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum.

State

Republican primary debate in Milwaukee sets scene for RNC tourism

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 8:58 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
The City of Milwaukee is hosting 7,000 people the next couple of days for the debate.

Politics

News media descends on Milwaukee, putting city in national spotlight

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 7:23 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
As the nation prepares to tune in Wednesday for the first Republican debate, preparations are also underway for the people who bring viewers their coverage.

Local

Key things Marquette Law Poll director will be looking for during GOP debate

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 7:21 PM CDT
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By Elizabeth Wadas
With the first republican presidential debate slated for Wednesday in Milwaukee, Marquette University has been looking at who is the favorite among voters.

State

Conservative group sues Wisconsin secretary of state over open records related to her appointment

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 7:16 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
A conservative policy group filed an open records lawsuit on Tuesday against Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski, accusing her of blocking a request it hopes can shed light on the events that led to her appointment earlier this year.

Politics

Fmr. Gov. Walker weighs in on GOP debate, says Trump should’ve come

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 5:47 PM CDT
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By Gabriella Rusk and Juliana Tornabene
Walker said he believes former President Donald Trump made a mistake in not coming out for the first debate.

Politics

Who’s in, who’s out, who’s boycotting: The 8 candidates expected on-stage for the first GOP debate

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 2:50 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the RNC

Politics

Thousands of visitors expected in Milwaukee for first GOP debate

Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 7:18 PM CDT
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By Michelle Baik
Milwaukee tourism groups say they’re planning to host roughly 7,000 visitors to the city this week, all related to the highly anticipated Republican presidential debate.

State

Fired Wisconsin courts director files complaints against liberal Supreme Court justices

Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 8:52 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The former director of Wisconsin’s court system who was fired by liberal state Supreme Court justices the day after they gained control of the panel has filed complaints against his replacement and the justices who voted to oust him.

State

Commission won’t tell Wisconsin’s top elections official whether to appear at reappointment hearing

Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 8:48 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The bipartisan elections commission on June 27 deadlocked 3-3 along party lines on a vote to reappoint Wolfe.

Politics

‘The way to the White House is through Wisconsin’: GOP, Dem chairmen preview 2024 presidential campaign

Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 8:18 PM CDT
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By Gabriella Rusk
President Joe Biden’s visit to Wisconsin just days before the first Republican primary debate puts the 2024 presidential campaign at the forefront for voters.

State

President Biden travels to battleground Wisconsin to talk about the economy a week before GOP debate

Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 6:48 PM CDT
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By Fatima Hussein
President Joe Biden on Tuesday travels to Wisconsin to highlight his economic policies in a state critical to his reelection fortunes.

State

PHOTOS: President Biden lands in Milwaukee, talks about the economy

Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 4:38 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
President Joe Biden made a stop Tuesday in Wisconsin to tout his administration’s economic policies.

Local

President Joe Biden arrives in Wisconsin

Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 12:17 PM CDT
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By Juliana Tornabene
President Biden’s trip comes ahead of the Aug. 23 Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee.

Politics

Biden headed to Milwaukee a week before Republican presidential debate

Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 4:30 PM CDT
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By Nick Viviani
President Joe Biden will come to Milwaukee next week to mark one year since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, the White House announced Friday.
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