Politics

Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to create stricter rules for how long people can receive unemployment benefits and what they have to do to get them

Noah Lieberman received 1,384 votes Tuesday and is facing former alder Isadore Knox, who received 1,382 votes.

NBC15 sat down with Attorney Doug Poland, who spells out what happens now that a new judge will enter the mix, as well as gives insight into when or if high-profile issues ranging from public health to election administration could be heard.

Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl defeated a Democratic attorney to win an open Senate seat in Tuesday’s special election.

The winner in Tuesday’s election between Democratic-backed Janet Protasiewicz and Republican-backed Dan Kelly will determine majority control of the court.

Madisonians will choose who they want to lead the city as they head to the polls Tuesday.

It will be harder to get out of jail on bail before trial in Wisconsin under an amendment to the state constitution approved by voters on Tuesday.

Every voter in Wisconsin’s spring election will find three questions on their ballot: two relating to bail and one about welfare benefits.

Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and likely the future of abortion access, Republican-drawn legislative maps and years of GOP policies in the key swing state rests with the outcome an election Tuesday that has seen record campaign spending.

Political experts expect numbers will be higher than what is normally seen for a state supreme court race.

The indictment of former President Donald Trump will likely have little impact on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided next week.

NewsChannel 7 sat down with former appointed Justice Daniel Kelly and Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz to make their case to voters and address attacks the other and their supporters have laid against them.

Professor at the UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication Doug McLeod said while everyone’s vote counts, voting in college can set the stage.

Some experts have likened this year’s race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to a congressional or gubernatorial one. Here are characteristics of this judicial race, which in some ways makes it unlike others in the state’s past.

The former state treasurer and US Senate candidate said the offer was completely unexpected.

A perk that allows Wisconsin state lawmakers to apply the value of unused sick days to pay for health insurance premiums upon retirement is being targeted for elimination under a new bill

The governor said he first heard about the possibility La Follette would resign last Tuesday.

ConocoPhillips has said the project will produce an estimated 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak.

Wisconsin voters had a chance to cast ballots in person starting Tuesday in the state’s high-stakes Supreme Court race.

The bill would repeal the 1849 law and leave all other abortion laws standing.

On Monday, the Madison Professional Police Officers Association endorsed Gloria Reyes to lead the city for the next four years.

That is less than 1% of the $9.3 million that Protasiewicz has spent on TV ads since the primary, according to AdImpacts totals.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban.

Should the measure also clear the GOP-controlled Senate, it is almost certain to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

The cost of hiring the officer would be partially reimbursed by the state using federal COVID-19 relief money.

The winner in the April 4 election will determine majority control of the court.

The committee’s co-chair, Republican Sen. Steve Nass, called the new provisions “arbitrary and capricious” in a message to constituents.

Senator Tammy Baldwin has reintroduced legislation that would limit what can be labeled as milk to dairy products.

Wisconsin voters and elections officials are being warned about misleading mailers from a liberal group that have incorrect information on pre-filled absentee ballot applications

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wants bars to stay open until 4 a.m. next year for the Republican Party’s national convention in Milwaukee.