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Feb 21, 2023

US Supreme Court weighs liability shield for internet giants

A family's lawsuit against YouTube's recommendations is at the center of a closely watched U.S. Supreme Court case being argued about how broadly a law written in 1996 shields tech companies from liability

Feb 21, 2023

Village moves voting after gunshot closes polls

A gunshot fired outside of a polling site Tuesday forced elections officials in a small Wisconsin village to move to their backup voting location, a county election official said.

Wisconsin state Supreme Court Election
Feb 21, 2023

Primary to set field for Wisconsin Supreme Court election

The field of four candidates running for a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat will be cut in half after Tuesday's primary, with the top two vote-getters advancing to an April 4 general election in the presidential battleground state.

Feb 20, 2023

Judge OKs ballot measures for April election

A Wisconsin judge on Monday ruled that two Republican-backed measures can appear on the April ballot over the objections of criminal justice advocates who said elections officials had missed the state deadline.

Matt Rowe - Ruder Ware
Feb 20, 2023

Ruder Ware’s Rowe joins Badger Institute’s Board of Directors

Ruder Ware's Matt Rowe has joined the board of directors for the Milwaukee-based Badger Institute.

Dan Kelly Twitter
Feb 20, 2023

Supreme Court candidate Kelly worked for Republicans

One of the two conservative candidates for an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat was paid by state and national Republicans to advise on election issues, including the plan to have fake GOP electors cast ballots for Donald Trump even though he lost the state.

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Feb 20, 2023

Major issues at stake in Wisconsin high court race

A conservative tilt on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has given Republicans victories on voting restrictions, gerrymandered legislative districts and other high-stakes cases in recent years.

Feb 19, 2023

Rebecca Blank, who led University of Wisconsin, dies at 67

Rebecca Blank, an economist who served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has died, less than a year after announcing that she had an aggressive form of cancer. She was 67.

Feb 17, 2023

Security experts warn of foreign cyber threat to 2024 voting

Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections, noting that America's decentralized system of thousands of local voting jurisdictions creates a particular vulnerability.

Feb 17, 2023

Cities appealing 2020 census count garner only small wins

Even with just small increases of several hundred residents, cities like Milwaukee are taking what they can get.

Feb 17, 2023

Nurse pleads not guilty to amputating man’s foot

A western Wisconsin nurse accused of amputating a hospice patient's frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor's orders pleaded not guilty Thursday.

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