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Apr 1, 2022

Evers urges Wisconsin justices to affirm redistricting plan

Gov. Tony Evers filed a motion Thursday with the state Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm his legislative district boundary map that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected.

Mar 16, 2022

Wisconsin GOP leader rejects election decertification call

Wisconsin's Republican speaker of the Assembly again rejected calls to decertify President Joe Biden's win in the battleground state after meeting privately Wednesday with advocates for making that move that attorneys across the political spectrum have said can't be done.

Mar 16, 2022

Wisconsin commission won’t punish fake electors

A group of Wisconsin Republicans who took it upon themselves to certify to the U.S. Senate that Donald Trump won the battleground state in the 2020 presidential election didn't break any laws, state elections officials said Tuesday.

Mar 8, 2022

New contract reached for Republican Wisconsin election probe

Wisconsin's Republican Assembly speaker has signed a new contract with Michael Gableman, the former state Supreme Court justice he hired to investigate the 2020 election, Gableman's attorney told a judge on Tuesday.

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Mar 4, 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts governor’s redistricting maps

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday adopted "least change" legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan that largely preserves the current district lines that give Republicans majorities.

Mar 3, 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Wisconsin election probe ignores some facts

A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice examining the 2020 election in battleground Wisconsin laid out his interim findings this week and recommended that legislators should consider decertifying the state's presidential result — a move attorneys have said is illegal.

Mar 3, 2022

Judge rules against Vos, Gableman in open-records lawsuit

A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday ruled that Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman denied or delayed access to requested public records related to the investigation into the 2020 presidential election.

Feb 25, 2022

Justices to consider if victims amendment enacted properly

The state Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether a constitutional amendment expanding crime victims' rights was properly enacted.

Feb 22, 2022

Wisconsin Senate voting on Republican voting changes

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate is moving ahead Tuesday with 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 in the Legislature but that Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto.

Feb 11, 2022

Wisconsin prosecutor won’t bring election fraud charges

A Wisconsin county district attorney said she will not bring election fraud charges against members of the state elections commission or nursing home workers after a sheriff who backed former President Donald Trump called for them to be prosecuted.

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Feb 9, 2022

Editorial: Nonpartisan redistricting still needed in Wisconsin

Back in 1953, East German poet Bertolt Brecht wrote “Die Lösung,” a poem satirizing the government’s response to an uprising earlier that year. In it, he noted government leaflets said the people had forfeited the government’s confidence and must work to win it back.

Feb 2, 2022

Editorial: Iowa Republicans adopt fair maps, proving Robin Vos wrong

It might sound far-fetched here in Wisconsin, with Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, running the state Assembly.

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