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Feb 12, 2024

WisDems unlikely to fully control state government

The Wisconsin Supreme Court appears set to enact more competitive legislative maps soon.

Feb 12, 2024

Wisconsin Elections Commission votes to allow clerks to accept partial addresses on absentee ballots

State law requires absentee ballots to be submitted with a witness’s signature and address on the outside envelope that contains the ballot.

Feb 12, 2024

Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings

The stakes are huge in battleground Wisconsin.

Feb 12, 2024

Faced with wave of hostile bills, transgender rights leaders are playing “a defense game”

Groups are merging as a new wave of anti-trans measures were already introduced this year.

Feb 9, 2024

Bayshore Mall parking structure collapse prompts new legislation

On Tuesday, Rep. Madison, Rep. Maxey, Rep. Donovan, and Sen. Larson introduced bipartisan legislation to require parking garages to have their structural integrity inspected every five years. “When the parking garage collapsed at Bayshore Mall last year, my first thought was how thankful I was that no one was hurt, especially after the 2010 Milwaukee […]

Feb 9, 2024

Wisconsin DMV investigates increase in odometer rollbacks, title fraud

In the last two months, 32 wholesale dealer licenses were revoked.

Feb 9, 2024

Wisconsin Bad River tribe’s attorney: Shut down pipeline immediately

Bad River Tribe: protect the environment from a potential spill and increase the financial penalties.

Feb 9, 2024

Wisconsin elections official claims he’s done more for Black community than any white Republican

Bob Spindell, who is white, made the remark after two members of the public called for him to resign during a commission meeting.

Feb 9, 2024

Minnesota mom arrested for abusing 15-year-old boys in hotel

Allison Schardin, 38, was arrested Thursday on charges of criminal sexual conduct.

Feb 9, 2024

FEDS: Jan. 6 rioter tells cop that ‘blue lives matter,’ then ignores police orders

Fraize has since been charged with four misdemeanors for trespassing and disorderly conduct.  

Feb 9, 2024

Special counsel: Biden ‘willfully’ disclosed classified materials, but no criminal charges warranted

Attorney General Merrick Garland in January 2023 named Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland, to handle the politically sensitive Justice Department inquiry.

Feb 9, 2024

Daughter of Wisconsin inmate who died in solitary files federal lawsuit against prison officials

Dean Hoffmann was found dead in his cell at Waupun Correctional Institution in June.

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