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Jan 10, 2025 · In Wisconsin’s great progressive tradition, we aim to hold the powerful accountable to the people, follow the money, and dig out the truth. Although we give you the inside scoop, we are not a publication for “insiders.”
Two candidates officially challenge state schools Superintendent …
Jan 7, 2025 · The race for Wisconsin state superintendent is shaping up with three candidates, including incumbent Superintendent Jill Underly and two challengers who filed their paperwork to run Monday. The deadline for candidates to file their ballot access papers is Tuesday at 5 p.m. Brittany Kinser, an ...
Assembly passes voter ID constitutional amendment proposal.
3 days ago · The Wisconsin State Assembly passed a proposal Tuesday that could enshrine voter ID requirements in the state constitution if the majority of Wisconsin voters support it. The passage sets it up to go to Wisconsin voters in April — on the same ballot as a consequential election for the state ...
Senate quickly passes voter ID amendment Tuesday as Assembly …
Jan 9, 2025 · Republican lawmakers continued their swift work Wednesday to enshrine voter photo identification laws in the Wisconsin Constitution with the Senate passing the proposal on the floor and the Assembly holding a public hearing on it. Wisconsin is one of nine states in the country with a strict photo ...
Live 2024 election coverage • Wisconsin Examiner
Nov 5, 2024 · On a national election protection update for reporters Tuesday afternoon, there were reports of long lines in several states and what turned out to be false bomb threats in Georgia.. In Wisconsin there have been long lines as well, said Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause Wisconsin, one of the call’s panelists, but except for a glitch at the Milwaukee Central Count requiring 30,000 ...
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4 days ago · Trump pick for Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, grilled at lengthy confirmation hearing BY: Ashley Murray - January 14, 2025 WASHINGTON — Senators jockeyed to magnify contrasting aspects of Pete Hegseth’s life at his confirmation hearing Tuesday on whether the veteran, Fox News personality and accused perpetrator of sexual misconduct is qualified to lead the nation’s military and its nearly ...
Democrats win several key races in Wisconsin Senate, breaking ...
Nov 6, 2024 · Tuesday’s election results for the Wisconsin State Legislature were mixed. Wisconsin Democrats won several key state Senate races, breaking the Republican 22-seat supermajority and laying the groundwork for Democrats to compete for a majority in 2026.
What would it mean for state prisons if unions win the Act 10 legal ...
Dec 19, 2024 · Amidst a staffing crisis that worsened living conditions in Wisconsin prisons, the state gave corrections officers a large raise.. The number of vacant positions for correctional officers and sergeants across adult institutions has declined over 20% from a peak of 35%. But there’s still a struggle with working conditions, former correctional officer Joe Verdegan said.
Experts, officials confident in voting system despite efforts from ...
Oct 28, 2024 · Election officials have expressed confidence in Wisconsin’s election system and its ability to withstand any 2020-style attempts to overturn the results — yet some members of the state’s Republican party, and Donald Trump himself, have continued their work of the past four years to undermine trust in the system.