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Changing our election laws is the first step in a well-orchestrated process to weaken and create distrust in American elections.
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Changing our election laws is the first step in a well-orchestrated process to weaken and create distrust in American elections.

The calendars show the Democrat has often put in less than an eight-hour day over his term, much less a 40-hour week, doing the people’s business.

Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has it just right. Which makes him an unlikely ally for those who have been saying for years Wisconsin should allow the people to weigh in definitively on some of the state’s most contentious issues.

Mandela Barnes wants to bring them back.

The city of Milwaukee presents another budget with cuts to the police force.

The state polls released since Labor Day, in contrast with those released earlier this summer, have tended to show Republicans in a somewhat healthier position in key Senate races.

For Biden, a month of woes, then a suspicious surge of popularity.

Enthusiasm for royalty often gives way to enthusiasm for elitist arrangements in our economics and our politics.

My Republican colleagues have been suspiciously quiet this summer about two proposals they floated near the end of session that would take more from Wisconsin consumers and taxpayers.

This is the summer that the climate chickens came home to roost.

To celebrate National Voter Registration Day, we encourage all citizens to take the time to register to vote if you haven’t, double-check your voter registration to make sure it’s correct, and if you would like to early vote, order an absentee ballot to vote from home. You can do it all at: myvote.wi.gov.
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Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raised nearly $6.3 million through Act Blue alone in the month of August, his campaign confirmed. That marks a significant boost in the lieutenant governor’s fundraising. He had raised $6.9 million from the time

The Elections Commission says it hasn’t received any other reports of people illegally requesting others’ absentee ballots since news surfaced that conservative activist Harry Wait sought those of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason. Ahead of a

Yet another poll finds the Wisconsin races for guv and U.S. Senate to be close. Emerson College found 48 percent of likely voters backed U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, in his reelection bid, while 44 percent supported Dem Lt. Gov.

The Republican Governors Association is hitting Gov. Tony Evers over violent criminals who have been released on parole during his term. The RGA said the spot — through its affiliate Right Direction Wisconsin PAC — is part of a $790,000

Gov. Tony Evers and the Democratic Governors Association are both hitting Republican Tim Michels for allegations of sexual harassment and assault at his family business. The Evers campaign declined to provide details on the buy other than it will be
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Changing our election laws is the first step in a well-orchestrated process to weaken and create distrust in American elections.

The calendars show the Democrat has often put in less than an eight-hour day over his term, much less a 40-hour week, doing the people’s business.

Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has it just right. Which makes him an unlikely ally for those who have been saying for years Wisconsin should allow the people to weigh in definitively on some of the state’s most contentious issues.

Mandela Barnes wants to bring them back.

The city of Milwaukee presents another budget with cuts to the police force.

The state polls released since Labor Day, in contrast with those released earlier this summer, have tended to show Republicans in a somewhat healthier position in key Senate races.

For Biden, a month of woes, then a suspicious surge of popularity.

Enthusiasm for royalty often gives way to enthusiasm for elitist arrangements in our economics and our politics.

My Republican colleagues have been suspiciously quiet this summer about two proposals they floated near the end of session that would take more from Wisconsin consumers and taxpayers.

This is the summer that the climate chickens came home to roost.

To celebrate National Voter Registration Day, we encourage all citizens to take the time to register to vote if you haven’t, double-check your voter registration to make sure it’s correct, and if you would like to early vote, order an absentee ballot to vote from home. You can do it all at: myvote.wi.gov.
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Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raised nearly $6.3 million through Act Blue alone in the month of August, his campaign confirmed. That marks a significant boost in the lieutenant governor’s fundraising. He had raised $6.9 million from the time he got into the race more than a year ago

The Elections Commission says it hasn’t received any other reports of people illegally requesting others’ absentee ballots since news surfaced that conservative activist Harry Wait sought those of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason. Ahead of a Wednesday meeting, agency staff provided an update for commissioners on

Yet another poll finds the Wisconsin races for guv and U.S. Senate to be close. Emerson College found 48 percent of likely voters backed U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, in his reelection bid, while 44 percent supported Dem Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. The poll found 49 percent had a favorable

The Republican Governors Association is hitting Gov. Tony Evers over violent criminals who have been released on parole during his term. The RGA said the spot — through its affiliate Right Direction Wisconsin PAC — is part of a $790,000 buy on broadcast and cable TV in Milwaukee. The narrator

Gov. Tony Evers and the Democratic Governors Association are both hitting Republican Tim Michels for allegations of sexual harassment and assault at his family business. The Evers campaign declined to provide details on the buy other than it will be on broadcast and cable statewide. WisPolitics.com previously reported the Evers
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