Aug 02 Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn congressional maps By Scott Bauer, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 05 Wisconsin’s Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years By Scott Bauer, Harm Venhuizen, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
May 18 Wisconsin tribe asks court to shut down Enbridge pipeline due to oil spill risk By Harm Venhuizen, Associated Press Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe argued Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land. Continue reading
May 09 Wisconsin judge rules election commission must revive 2020 fake elector complaint By Scott Bauer, Associated Press A Wisconsin judge has ruled that the state's bipartisan elections commission must disregard its earlier ruling rejecting a complaint filed against fake presidential electors when it rehears the case. Continue reading
Apr 05 Democratic-backed judge wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race By Scott Bauer, Associated Press A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge has won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for the first time in 15 years with the fate of the state's abortion ban pending. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 4:12 News Wrap: Midwest and South brace for more storms days after tornadoes killed 32 In our news wrap Tuesday, parts of the Midwest and South braced for a new wave of severe weather days after tornadoes killed 32 people, Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter being held in Russia, met with his lawyers… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 6:51 The legal impact of Wisconsin’s shortage of prosecutors and public defenders By Nathan Denzin, Wisconsin Public Television Ninety-eight percent of criminal cases in federal courts end with a plea bargain instead of going to trial. It’s a practice that some say prioritizes efficiency over fairness. And with a shortage of both prosecutors and public defenders on the… Continue watching
Feb 08 WATCH: Biden promotes economic agenda in Wisconsin, 1st event after State of the Union speech By Darlene Superville, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Workers lined up in orange shirts and hard hats behind the president as he spoke. A banner that said “union strong” hung to the side. Continue reading
Feb 03 Trump campaign staff pushed 2020 election lies in newly released audio By Scott Bauer, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump's campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 6:25 Filmmaker Sky Hopinka’s unconventional ways of telling Native stories By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson The artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award last fall, celebrating a decade of his experimental work focused on Indigenous people. Jeffrey Brown met Hopinka in New York’s Hudson Valley for the final story in… Continue watching