Trump claims his trip to Kenosha amid protests ‘solved the problem quickly’
Donald Trump ignored the requests of local officials not to come and refused to address systemic racism.
By Josh Israel - September 02, 2020Donald Trump ignored the requests of local officials not to come and refused to address systemic racism.
By Josh Israel - September 02, 2020Pastor James Ward encouraged Donald Trump to be a ‘peacemaker.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 01, 2020Trump also dismissed anti-racism protesters as ‘really bad people.’
By Josh Israel - September 01, 2020Donald Trump’s account is at odds with the authorities who charged Kyle Rittenhouse with homicide.
By Associated Press - September 01, 2020A Christian crowdfunding service has collected more than $265,000 for Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal fees.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2020‘Let the city heal. Now is not the time for a photo op.’
By Associated Press - August 31, 2020Video posted online shows what appears to be a white man with a semi-automatic rifle.
By Associated Press - August 26, 2020The state Elections Commission said West’s ballot petition was turned in too late, disqualifying him.
By Emily Singer - August 21, 2020‘I hope the talks remain broken down,’ the Wisconsin senator said.
By Josh Israel - August 11, 2020The rapper’s presidential bid looks increasingly like an effort to siphon votes from Biden to help Trump.
By Emily Singer - August 05, 2020A recent state poll showed Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden by 8 percentage points.
By Associated Press - June 25, 2020The latest New York Times polls show Biden could notch a landslide victory if the election were held today.
By Emily Singer - June 25, 2020Also: The governor of Pennsylvania wants to raise the state’s minimum wage, and Michigan is helping businesses procure protective equipment.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 29, 2020Voters in the state will receive absentee ballot applications in the mail for November’s election.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 28, 2020Also: Virginia decriminalizes marijuana and voter safety wins the day in a couple of key states.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 22, 2020Trump cheered a court ruling overturning the governor’s stay-at-home order entirely, even as experts say such orders are necessary to protect Americans from the virus.
By Josh Israel - May 14, 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, 2020Wisconsin judge Patience Roggensack is being slammed as an ‘elitist’ for her remark that meatpackers contracting coronavirus aren’t like other people in the state.
By Emily Singer - May 07, 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, 2020State legislators in Virginia and Wisconsin are suing to overturn orders designed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Josh Israel - April 22, 2020The new ‘SafeVote’ effort will help people cast a ballot while avoiding the dangers they experienced during the primary.
By Emily Singer - April 22, 2020One poll worker and six in-person voters tested positive for the coronavirus, the Milwaukee health commissioner said.
By Emily Singer - April 21, 2020The Republican push to proceed with the election was viewed by Democrats as a bid to suppress Democratic votes, particularly among minorities in Milwaukee.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2020Republicans fought efforts to delay the state’s election, forcing state residents to choose between voting and protecting their health.
By Associated Press - April 09, 2020Scholars and other observers say Republicans in the state want to keep voter turnout low to boost their chances in a key state Supreme Court election.
By Emily Singer - April 07, 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, 2020Trump has yet to follow through on his previous promise to take ‘strong measures to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous’ people.
By Josh Israel - February 27, 2020States addressed anti-LGBT discrimination, human trafficking, and youth suicide, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to strengthen unions.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 07, 2020