A lawsuit filed by criminal justice advocacy groups seeks to block two Republican-sponsored measures from appearing on the April ballot, arguing that they were not submitted on time to the correct elections officials
Spending in Wisconsin’s governor’s race shattered the previous record by more than 75%, with more than $164 million spent on the contest won in the battleground state by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has laid out his priorities to the Republican-controlled Legislature twice in the past month, first in his inaugural address and in more detail this week in his State of the State speech
Gov. Evers spoke before a divided audience inside the state Capitol as fellow Democrats cheered his plans and Republicans, who control both the Senate and Assembly, sat in silence.
The measure would make it harder for violent criminals to get out of jail on bail, but opponents are concerned it could worsen inequities in the criminal justice system.
Republican Wisconsin lawmakers have rejected calls from Gov. Tony Evers and other Democrats to ask voters whether the state should continue to ban abortions, opting instead to advance a ballot question on welfare eligibility
Commissioner Robert Spindell bragged about GOP efforts to suppress votes in Milwaukee in an email to Republicans in the 4th Congressional District, it was reported Tuesday.
The proposal has been around for years, but it gained new momentum last year after a man out on bail drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha.
The inauguration speech emphasized the reasons the governor says he won in November and how he believes voters care about democracy, rejecting what he called “the bitter politics of resentment.”
The now-former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman testified that Sen. Johnson talked about having the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature, rather than voters, choose Wisconsin’s presidential electors.
Wisconsin’s state health secretary who has held the job the past two years, including as the COVID-19 vaccine was first being distributed, is leaving Gov. Tony Evers administration
Each Republican member of Congress from Wisconsin sent a letter to the governor asking him to ban the China-based social media app, calling it a security threat.
Outside special interest groups spent at least 50% more than the previous record high in the midterm election in Wisconsin this year, pouring more than $93 million into races for governor and other state offices
The Wisconsin Election Commission postponed considering a massive data request that could tie up the voter information system for two weeks until it's clear whether Republicans replace the chair of the Assembly Elections Committee who made the request.
Losing Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels says that former President Donald Trump told him five days before the election that Michels was going to win and he didn’t need to come to the state to campaign for him
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow has been considering getting into the race for weeks, after she garnered national attention while presiding over Darrell Brooks's trial.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says he wants his lawsuit challenging the state's 173-year-old abortion ban to move quickly but that's probably not going to happen after defense attorneys signaled they would try to dismiss the case
Wisconsin Judge Jennifer Dorow drew fan mail and gifts from people who admired her handling of the often disruptive actions of a man on trial for killing six people by driving through a Christmas parade
Rep. Janel Brandtjen, chair of the Assembly elections committee, embraced conspiracy theories and wanted to decertify President Biden’s victory in Wisconsin.
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