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Feb 28, 2022

GOP-ordered investigation into Wisconsin election coming out

The findings from a sprawling, taxpayer-funded investigation ordered by Wisconsin Republicans into the 2020 election won by President Joe Biden are expected to be made public on Monday.

Feb 23, 2022

Republican voting changes passed by Wisconsin Senate

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday passed a package of fast-tracked voting changes introduced after former President Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, measures that minority Democrats don't have the votes to stop but that Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto.

Feb 15, 2022

Wisconsin Republican lawmakers call for overturning election

Two Republican state lawmakers, including one running for governor, spoke at a rally Tuesday in the Wisconsin Capitol urging support for the legally impossible act of overturning Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election.

Feb 15, 2022

Kleefisch proposes shifting some election duties to DOJ

Rebecca Kleefisch, a Republican candidate for governor, called on Monday for shifting some election-related duties from the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission to the state Department of Justice.

Feb 10, 2022

Trump backer, 4 others charged with voter fraud in Wisconsin

A supporter of former President Donald Trump who wanted to root out voter fraud is among five people who was charged Thursday with election fraud by a Republican district attorney who's running for Wisconsin attorney general.

Feb 10, 2022

Wisconsin election conspiracy theorist running for governor

A state lawmaker who has won praise from former President Donald Trump for his attempts to illegally reverse President Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin filed paperwork Thursday to run for governor, a move that would shake up the Republican primary.

Feb 9, 2022

Judge orders Vos, watchdog group to resolve records issue

A judge on Tuesday ordered attorneys to meet and try and resolve their dispute over whether Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos turned over all requested records related to the ongoing investigation into the 2020 presidential race.

Feb 7, 2022

2nd guilty plea planned in alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer

A man charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to documents filed Monday, giving prosecutors another insider who could be a central witness at a March trial.

Feb 3, 2022

Wisconsin immigrant rights group allowed to join legal fight

A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday allowed an immigrants-rights group to join a pending lawsuit challenging subpoenas issued by a Republican-hired attorney investigating President Joe Biden's 2020 election win in the battleground state.

Jan 28, 2022

After acrimonious battles, Senate eyes less toxic court fight

In a U.S. Senate that was upended by toxic Supreme Court battles during the Trump era, the confirmation of President Joe Biden's pick has the potential for something else: a return to calmer political normalcy.

Jan 25, 2022

Vos won’t say whether he supports drop boxes for absentee ballots

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos refused to say Tuesday whether he would support legalizing absentee ballot boxes in the battleground state after former President Donald Trump spoke out against it.

Jan 20, 2022

Wisconsin prosecutor weighs in on fake GOP electors

A Wisconsin assistant district attorney has said state or federal prosecutors should look into a complaint filed a year ago alleging that Republicans committed fraud when they submitted false paperwork saying former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state.

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