Politics Oct 17 Wisconsin Senate approves bill banning gender-affirming surgery for minors Republican lawmakers across the country want to limit the rights of transgender youths, sparking fierce pushback from the transgender community and triggering discrimination lawsuits along the way.
Politics Oct 06 Wisconsin Capitol security under scrutiny after armed man returned the same day of his arrest Wisconsin's Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk inside with a loaded handgun this week in search of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Politics Oct 05 Man with handgun who demanded to see Wisconsin Gov. Evers then returned to Capitol after posting bail A state spokesperson says a man brought a loaded handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol and demanded to see Gov. Tony Evers and returned at night with an assault rifle.
Politics Sep 19 Wisconsin Republican leader blocks university employee pay raises unless college cuts diversity programs The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of Wisconsin employees unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion spending by $32 million.
Nation Sep 14 Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after court ruling Planned Parenthood says that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn’t apply to abortions.
Politics Sep 07 Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach Supreme Court justice over donations, but conservatives also took party cash A government watchdog group says the lack of ethics rules is of conservatives' own making. In 2010 the court's then-conservative majority passed a rule allowing justices to take cases even if they involve donors.
Politics Aug 21 First GOP debate set for Wednesday in battleground state of Wisconsin Republicans who chose Milwaukee for the first debate and for the national convention in 11 months are clearly aware of Wisconsin’s well-earned status as a swing state.
Politics Aug 04 Wisconsin judge orders the release of records sought related to fake Trump elector A Wisconsin judge has ordered the state elections commission to release all records it has related to one of its Republican members and his role as one of 10 people who posed as fake electors in 2020 for former President…
Politics Aug 02 Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn congressional maps The long-promised action from a coalition of law firms and voting rights groups comes the day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped from a conservative to liberal majority.
Politics Jul 05 Wisconsin's Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years Evers angered Republicans in the ways he used partial vetoes, with some saying Wednesday that the Democratic governor was going back on deals he had made with them.