Politics

Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election was unambiguously a good one for Democrats. The only debate is over how many superlatives to add.

At issue is a six-year-old state law which gives the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance the final say about whether to approval settlements in civil lawsuits prosecuted by state’s attorney general.

The state superintendent and education officials in northeast Wisconsin are calling on the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee to boost funding to K-12 schools in the next two-year state budget.

UW-Madison professor J. Michael Collins explains what impact Social Security changes will have for recipients.

The heads of the Universities of Wisconsin system and the state Department of Corrections faced critical questions from Republican state lawmakers Tuesday over requests for new state funding.

State Superintendent Jill Underly was reelected Tuesday, beating educational consultant Brittany Kinser to continue leading Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction. 

Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, preserving liberals’ 4-3 majority after a hard-fought, highly politicized contest that attracted national attention and shattered spending records.

Wisconsin voters have agreed to add a voter ID requirement to the state constitution.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Gov. Tony Evers announced the state is among a group of Democratic attorneys general and governors from 23 states that is suing the Trump administration for abruptly cutting off about $11 billion in public health funding.

Wisconsin is voting again. And this spring’s election is as hotly contested — and expensive — as ever.