Wisconsin’s conservative high court hands GOP another weapon
Republicans are likely to control the Legislature for years to come largely due to gerrymandered districts.
By Associated Press - July 01, 2022Republicans are likely to control the Legislature for years to come largely due to gerrymandered districts.
By Associated Press - July 01, 2022The results of the midterm elections will determine where in the United States abortion is legal and how draconian abortion bans may be.
By Emily Singer - June 24, 2022Local first responder departments will be able to use the funds for ‘whatever help they need the most.’
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022Rebecca Kleefisch, Kevin Nicholson, and Tim Michels condemned Democratic state officials after shootings in Milwaukee on May 13.
By Adrian Cole - May 18, 2022Wisconsin is one of nine states with so-called ‘trigger laws’ that would make abortions illegal if the Supreme Court overturned Roe.
By Adrian Cole - May 09, 2022The front-runner for the Republican nomination said she would provide no exception for rape or incest.
By Emily Singer - May 06, 2022Seventeen Democratic governors signed a letter urging congressional leaders to ‘take immediate action’ to protect reproductive rights.
By Adrian Cole - May 04, 2022Wisconsin Republican Kevin Nicholson founded and ran a conservative nonprofit advocacy group with an anti-abortion agenda.
By Adrian Cole - April 21, 2022Rebecca Kleefisch has falsely accused Wisconsin school officials of promoting ‘critical race theory’ in the classroom.
By Emily Singer - October 27, 2021The Democrat said he is running to fight anti-democratic legislation brought by Republicans in the state Legislature.
By Emily Singer - June 07, 2021‘No more kneeling and social media posts — we’ve had enough of the performative acts. Real police reform is needed now,’ said state Sen. Steven Bradford of California.
By Associated Press - April 25, 2021Republican state lawmakers are introducing bills that would give them the power to control future elections.
By Emily Singer - April 02, 2021Reince Priebus had the shortest term of any White House chief of staff.
By Josh Israel - February 19, 2021‘If the Legislature keeps playing politics and we don’t keep wearing masks, we’re going to see more preventable deaths, and it’s going to take even longer to get our state and our economy back on track,’ Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said.
By Associated Press - February 05, 2021By overturning Gov. Tony Evers’ emergency health orders, the Legislature could cost the state $49 million in federal food assistance.
By Josh Israel - January 28, 2021The annual accusations of a ‘war on Christmas’ could have deadly results in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Donna Provencher - December 09, 2020Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is trying to prevent a superspreader event in a state that its chief medical officer says is “in a crisis.”
By Amy Lieu - October 01, 2020The Republican-authored laws curtailed powers of the governor and attorney general, both Democrats.
By Associated Press - July 09, 2020‘They have provided no plan. There’s no question among anybody that people are going to get sick. Republicans own that chaos,’ Gov. Tony Evers said.
By Associated Press - May 14, 2020Democratic governors in those states face lawsuits, legislation, and other moves by Republicans trying to seize control of the response to the virus.
By Associated Press - May 11, 2020Republican lawmakers have been challenging stay-at-home orders despite the significant risk to public health posed by COVID-19.
By Oliver Willis - May 05, 2020Both the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Democratic efforts to postpone Tuesday’s primary.
By Associated Press - April 07, 2020Holding the election on Tuesday would mean forcing voters to risk their health to cast in-person ballots.
By Emily Singer - April 06, 2020Democratic Gov. Tony Evers made the call on the eve of the state’s primary, after Republicans refused to work with him to postpone it due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2020Gov. Tony Evers signed executive orders aimed at helping farmers and rural communities throughout the state who have suffered as a result of Trump’s long-running trade war with China.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 27, 2020Young people are organizing in high schools across the country, Connecticut residents will see lower health care costs, and several states made strides for LGBTQ equality.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 24, 2020The state’s districts have one of the largest Republican tilts in the nation.
By Associated Press - January 23, 2020Wisconsinites elected a Democrat to the governorship in 2018, but the GOP is making sure he can’t get anything done.
By Lisa Needham - November 12, 2019On one of his last days as governor, Scott Walker signed a law stealing power from the Democrat who beat him.
By Oliver Willis - December 14, 2018As Wisconsin Republicans run roughshod over voters, outgoing Gov. Scott Walker is defending the GOP power grab.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 13, 2018