• Arizona lawmakers renew push to criminalize abortions in latest challenge to Roe v. Wade

    Arizona lawmakers renew push to criminalize abortions in latest challenge to Roe v. Wade

    Feb 03, 2021 10:23 PM EST

    She said her experiences as a teenager and her experiences escorting pregnant women into abortion centers when anti-abortion protesters were outside of clinics fueled her activism to try gain back the reproductive rights lost since her teenage years. Benesh, of the University of Wisconsin, said it’s unlikely the ...

  • Deported without their children, separated mothers hope to be reunited years later

    Deported without their children, separated mothers hope to be reunited years later

    Feb 01, 2021 11:35 PM EST

    ... bring them back together, and then also provide them with support services to recover from this trauma that they have experienced. Amna Nawaz: Back in Wisconsin, Maria is focused on her studies, and says she now wants to become a doctor. Maria (through translator): God willing, if I can stay ...

  • State officials press White House to do more as coronavirus task force quietly issues dire warnings

    State officials press White House to do more as coronavirus task force quietly issues dire warnings

    Dec 24, 2020 07:12 PM EST

    ... mixed messaging from the president regarding the virus. “It may actually be helping us right now,” said Doug Gieryn, a county health director in northeast Wisconsin, which experienced the country’s fastest growing coronavirus outbreak this fall. “Less information is better than misinformation,” Gieryn said, noting virus levels in the ...

  • Voters saw election as a judgment on Trump, AP survey finds

    Voters saw election as a judgment on Trump, AP survey finds

    Nov 03, 2020 11:57 PM EST

    ... want to see the police be tougher on crime; about a third think police are too tough. Notably, majorities of voters in two battleground states — Wisconsin and Minnesota — disapproved of protests over policing. Both states saw violence and destruction during demonstrations after police shootings of Black men. AP VoteCast is ...

  • How Biden and Trump are talking about COVID as they campaign

    How Biden and Trump are talking about COVID as they campaign

    Oct 28, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    The issue making headlines happened after the speech, as shuttle buses to parking areas got stuck in traffic and didn't arrive, leaving hundreds in freezing temperatures for hours. Today in the Midwest, Vice President Pence spent the day running defense in Michigan and Wisconsin, two other key states he ...

  • Partisan divisions on display as social media CEOs testify before Senate panel

    Partisan divisions on display as social media CEOs testify before Senate panel

    Oct 28, 2020 10:45 PM EST

    ... terms of service. John Yang: Democrats said the hearing, less than a week before the last day of voting in the election, was all politics. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin called on the platforms to be more aggressive in policing content. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.: Tech companies here today need ...

  • Candidates dash to swing states as millions of Americans cast their ballots

    Candidates dash to swing states as millions of Americans cast their ballots

    Oct 27, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    ... fundamentally changed forever. Yamiche Alcindor: The High Court is also at the center of another election-related dispute. Last night, justices ruled 5-3 that Wisconsin may not accept ballots that arrive after polls close on Election Day. That's a rejection of an appeal by the Democratic Party. It ...

  • How the AP calls races and what to expect on election night

    How the AP calls races and what to expect on election night

    Oct 27, 2020 09:08 PM EST

    ... institute, analyzed 2016 data from seven battleground states where any voter could choose to vote by mail: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin. It found that white voters and voters over the age of 65 were more likely to cast ballots by mail in those states. A ...

  • Trump's struggles in the suburbs put North Carolina in play for Biden

    Trump's struggles in the suburbs put North Carolina in play for Biden

    Oct 15, 2020 09:56 PM EST

    ... Biden the heavy favorite in many cities, suburban voters like White in North Carolina -- and in other key battleground states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- will play an outsized role in determining the winner in November.  Both political parties have aggressively courted suburbanites for the past two decades; they ...

  • WATCH: Pence holds campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan

    WATCH: Pence holds campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Oct 14, 2020 04:10 PM EST

    Vice President Mike Pence visited a Michigan manufacturing facility Oct. 14 for a campaign event to re-elect President Donald Trump. Watch Pence's remarks in the player above. The day before, at a campaign stop nearby in Wisconsin, Pence defended President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S ...