Wisconsin

The $37m question: why do US states elect judges in expensive, partisan elections?
The Wisconsin state supreme court election urges the question: why are partisan groups able to be involved?
Kira Lerner
31, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM

Wisconsin’s disabled voters face barriers amid ‘massive confusion’
Disabled voters push for better protection voting absentee and with assistance after temporary ban that disenfranchised some
Alice Herman
28, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM

Election-denying donors pour millions into key Wisconsin supreme court race
‘An organized group of insurrectionists’ is seeking to swing a vote with big implications for voting rights, redistricting and abortion
Alice Herman
14, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM

Wisconsin judicial race: contenders chosen in pivotal election for 2023
Liberal Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Daniel Kelly advance to final vote in state supreme court election
Sam Levine in New York
22, Feb, 2023 @6:47 PM

In Wisconsin’s supreme court race, a super-rich beer family calls the shots
Members of the Uihlein dynasty are pouring millions into opposite sides of one of this year’s most important elections
Ed Pilkington and Sam Levine
21, Feb, 2023 @10:00 AM

‘Stakes are monstrous’: Wisconsin judicial race is 2023’s key election
Control of state supreme court could flip from conservative to liberal with big consequences for most gerrymandered US state
Sam Levine
13, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

Kenosha off-duty officer sued for kneeling on 12-year-old girl’s neck
Lawsuit accuses the officer, whose actions were caught on tape while working as a school guard, of an illegal chokehold
Richard Luscombe
08, Feb, 2023 @5:51 PM

Trump campaign promised to ‘fan the flame’ of 2020 election lie, audio reveals – as it happened
Audio recording shows strategy in Wisconsin to spread word of stolen election
Gloria Oladipo
03, Feb, 2023 @9:02 PM

‘Seniors are getting ripped off’: progressive congressman Mark Pocan on overhauling Medicare
Pocan is introducing legislation prohibiting insurance companies from preying on seniors and marketing their plans as ‘Medicare’
Joan E Greve
01, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

Wisconsin Republican who bragged about low turnout faces calls to resign
Robert Spindell, who sits on bipartisan state election commission, told party members to be ‘proud’ of low voting figures in Democratic areas
Sam Levine
12, Jan, 2023 @8:47 PM

River of melted butter blocks Wisconsin waterway after fire at dairy plant
Firefighters describe struggling through butter ‘three inches thick’ on steps as they battled blaze at factory
Victoria Bekiempis
05, Jan, 2023 @5:14 PM

‘I was throwing up with anxiety’: how Democrats fought back in America’s most gerrymandered state
Ben Wikler, Wisconsin’s Democratic party chair, on midterm success that means ‘democracy is going to survive in our state’
Chris Stein
26, Dec, 2022 @10:00 AM
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