Wisconsin

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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‘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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