Walker-appointee Fred Prehn has refused to step down since his term expired May 1, denying Gov. Tony Evers’ appointee Sandra Naas a seat and maintaining a Republican majority on the board.
The federal court also combined two lawsuits -- one filed by voters represented by a prominent Democratic attorney and the other by voting advocacy groups.
Her visit comes days after health officials warned that COVID cases among children are rising “very rapidly” and now account for about a third of cases in the city and county.
An email from the lead investigator landed in the junk folders of at least 7 counties, wasn’t received by at least 10 others, and several that did get it flagged it as a security risk, according to an Associated Press survey of all 72 county election clerks.
The court has already allowed the Legislature to intervene in the lawsuit that seeks to have federal courts draw new boundary lines if the Democratic governor and Republican-controlled Legislature can’t reach agreement.
Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell says the county’s security official tells him not to respond to the email signed by the leader of the Republican-ordered investigation because it came from a Gmail address and he can't verify it's authentic.
The new national rule could affect up to 80 million Americans - some two-thirds of the country’s workforce, according to the White House. All federal employees and contractors will now be required to get the shot and no longer have the option to be tested regularly.
Mike Gableman sent a letter to the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday asking commissioners to tell local clerks to preserve “any and all” records and evidence related to the election, including router information and computer access logs.
Representatives Ron Kind and Mark Pocan, State Senators Brad Pfaff and Jeff Smith and State Representatives Katrina Shankland, Jodi Emerson and Samba Baldeh will join Sen. Baldwin in touring the facilities, a release said.
Milwaukee County has rejected a subpoena issued by a Republican lawmaker seeking ballots, voting machines and other material related to the 2020 presidential election.
The wife of a Wisconsin state senator is speaking out after her husband was hospitalized earlier this month, just days after testing positive for COVID-19.
Fred Prehn’s six-year term ended in May, but the Senate majority leader, who's included in those emails, hasn't scheduled a confirmation vote on Prehn's successor.
Since data from the 2020 census was released just weeks ago, some Wisconsin voters and lawmakers are raising their voices and making some noise when it comes to redrawing the state’s political maps.
Property records from both states show that Lasry received at least $23,000 in tax breaks in New York for a condominium he owned there after he moved to Milwaukee in 2014.
Republican State Senator Patrick Testin, of Stevens Point is one of a handful of GOP lawmakers who arrived in Fort McCoy Wednesday to learn how the Army post plans to house Afghan refugees.
Senator Ron Johnson and several state Republican lawmakers will head to Fort McCoy on Wednesday to learn how the Army post plans for housing Afghan refugees.
