Three people in Wisconsin who filed a federal lawsuit alleging widespread fraud in absentee voting have dropped the lawsuit.
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider mask mandate challenge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court was hearing arguments Monday on whether to strike down the state's mask mandate, which being challenged by conservatives as an unconstitutional overreach of power by. Gov. Tony Evers.
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Read More »Whitmer says she has authority to do 2nd stay-home order
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary, pointing to an epidemic-powers law that her administration has used since a setback at the state Supreme Court.
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Read More »GOP leaders in 4 states quash dubious Trump bid on electors
Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won't participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state's electors to vote for President Donald Trump.
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Read More »Madison city budget includes $139,000 decrease funding for city attorney’s office
The city of Madison's approved 2021 operating budget includes a $139,000 decrease in funding for the city attorney's office.
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Read More »Private reprimand requested for Rock County attorney accused of four counts of misconduct
The Office of Lawyer Regulation is requesting a private reprimand for a Rock County attorney who's accused of four counts of misconduct.
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Read More »Growing number of universities going virtual for semester
An increasing number of universities in Wisconsin are telling students heading home for Thanksgiving not to return for the rest of the semester.
Read More »Lawsuit challenges vote count in 3 Wisconsin counties
Three voters in northeastern Wisconsin have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude election ballots in Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee counties that helped deliver the state to President-elect Joe Biden.
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Read More »Wisconsin elections head says still no evidence of fraud
There remained no evidence of any wrongdoing, fraud or irregularity in Wisconsin's presidential election on Thursday, as counties worked to wrap up the certification of their votes and their estimates of how much it would cost to recount them, the state's top elections official said.
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Read More »State sets COVID record, Evers prepares bills for next week
Wisconsin health officials reported more jaw-dropping COVID-19 infection numbers Thursday as people continued to flaunt recommendations to wear masks and avoid gatherings and state government remained gridlocked on how to beat the pandemic.
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Read More »Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraud
During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer whether he had found any signs of fraud from among the 592 ballots challenged.
Read More »Police stumped by theft of rare tree in Wisconsin capital
Police are stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
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Read More »Report: Outside groups spend $9.9M on legislative races
Outside groups spent nearly $10 million trying to influence Wisconsin's legislative races, according to a report a government watchdog group released Thursday.
Read More »Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants.
Read More »DNR investigating Vernon County manure spill
The state Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure spill that has apparently killed scores of fish in Vernon County.
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Read More »Hearing on Wisconsin officer’s fate will start in December
A suburban Milwaukee police commission will begin deciding next month whether to discipline an officer who has killed three people in five years.
Read More »More than two-thirds of Wisconsin counties finish canvass
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than two-thirds of Wisconsin counties had completed certifying the results of last week’s presidential election by Wednesday, but the last one is still not expected to be finished until the ...
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Read More »Missing records raise questions in 9th-offense OWI case
Missing records in a ninth-offense OWI case have the Wisconsin Supreme Court considering what constitutes enough proof to support a conviction.
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Read More »Wisconsin business leaders given bleak update on virus
The only way to stop the coronavirus pandemic from getting even worse in Wisconsin is to "triple down," individually and collectively, on public health measures, the state's business leaders learned in a bleak update on Wednesday.
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Read More »Mayo says beds full in northwest region of Wisconsin
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Mayo Clinic Health System says its hospitals in the northwest region of Wisconsin are full to capacity. System officials say 100% of their beds are full at hospitals in the region, which encompasses Barron, Bloomer, ...
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Read More »LeMahieu removes Darling from budget committee leadership
New Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu removed long-time budget committee co-chair Alberta Darling from her leadership post on the panel Wednesday.
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Read More »Republicans searching for flaws in Wisconsin election
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are grasping for ways to reverse Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin over President Donald Trump, despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud or voting irregularities in the state. Instead, ...
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Read More »Wisconsin legislators keep same leaders for 2021-22 session
Meet the Wisconsin Legislature's new bosses, same as the old bosses.
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Read More »Gov. Evers advises people to stay home as coronavirus surges
Gov. Tony Evers renewed his pleas Tuesday for people to stay home to avoid the coronavirus in an unusual prime-time speech hours after the state set new records for infections and deaths.
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Read More »Kyle Koenen hired as WILL policy director
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has hired Kyle Koenen as its policy director.
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Read More »Wisconsin legislators to select leaders for upcoming session
Wisconsin lawmakers were expected to finish selecting their leaders for the upcoming session in a series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon.
Read More »Homicide charge filed in fatal bus stop crash
A man is faced with felony charges for a school bus stop crash that killed a six-year-old girl.
Read More »Trump Wisconsin recount can’t start until counties canvass
Twenty-four counties in Wisconsin had completed their canvassing of last week's election results as of Monday morning, but all 72 must be in before President Donald Trump could call for a recount, as his campaign has said it intends to do.
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Read More »Man charged with supplying gun in deadly Wisconsin protest
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with supplying the gun that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a protest over police brutality in August.
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Read More »Husch Blackwell moving into new downtown Milwaukee office (PHOTOS)
Husch Blackwell is moving into its new, state-of-the-art office space in downtown Milwaukee.
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