The Wisconsin Supreme Court today takes up a much-anticipated case involving the state’s political boundaries.
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As other states mull results, recruiting starts for WI school board candidates
While many other states analyze school board races from this week, Wisconsin candidates will soon begin filing paperwork for elections next spring. An education group says there’s a need for people to run in response to a more divisive era.
Backlash against voter suppression is changing politics in Wisconsin
In the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday, the people the Republicans have been working so hard to suppress came together, coalescing around the very policies Republicans have concocted to try to keep them down.
Analysis: WI Has Yet to Eradicate ‘Election Denialism’
Election denialism still could be a problem in Wisconsin and other battleground states in next year’s race for the White House, according to a new analysis.
As Trump Case Proceeds, New Legal Fight Looms Over Democracy in WI
In Wisconsin, those behind a new lawsuit said their action addresses another threat to a fair election system: partisan gerrymandering.
Pro-Democracy Group: Regulators Should Say “No Dice” to Election Betting
Common Cause has sent a filing to the commission, asking that it reject the proposal. Leadership with the House Task Force on Strengthening Democracy issued a similar request. Rep. Marc Pocan, D-Wis., is on the task force but declined comment.
WI Voter-Outreach Group Applauds SCOTUS Redistricting Ruling
Civic engagement groups around the country, including in Wisconsin, are cheering Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
New York Times Report Finds Political Network With Wisconsin Ties Deceived Donors
Three Wisconsin men are identified in a New York Times report published Sunday as organizers of a network of political nonprofit fundraising groups that raised $89 million, ostensibly for political ends, but spending very little of that on anything except to pay the fundraisers themselves or other consultants.
Protasiewicz Wins Big in Seismic Shift for Wisconsin
As Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz took the stage at her election victory party Tuesday night, the three current members of the liberal minority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court watched from off stage, arm-in-arm, as they took in the moment they became a majority.
April 4 Ballot Measures Sow Confusion, Resentment | Opinion
With all the attention focused on the Most Expensive State Supreme Court Race in U.S. History, Wisconsin voters have not had much of a chance to absorb the ballot measures — including two that would amend the state constitution — they are expected to ratify or reject in the April 4 election.