Politics
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Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether mobile voting sites are legal
Racine City Clerk Tara McMenamin and the Democratic National Committee asked the state Supreme Court in February to review the case without letting any lower appellate courts rule on it first.
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President Joe Biden to visit Racine next week, his fourth trip to Wisconsin this year
Biden will travel to Racine on Wednesday to “deliver remarks on his Investing in America agenda,” according to a statement from the White House.
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UW encampments continue as university leaders meet with pro-Palestinian protesters
A day after police arrested more than 30 pro-Palestinian protesters, university leaders met privately to talk with student organizers and agreed to let an encampment on the UW-Madison campus stand for at least another day.
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Former election official gets 1 year probation for sending fake absentee ballots to GOP lawmaker
A former Milwaukee County election official will serve 12 months probation for election fraud under a sentence imposed Thursday.
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Feds recommend easing restrictions on marijuana. What does that mean for Wisconsin?
Wisconsin backers of marijuana legalization say they’re glad to see the federal government recommend easing restrictions on the drug. But they don’t expect to see any sudden shift among Republican state lawmakers.
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Trump blasts Biden’s economic record in Waukesha visit
The event came as Trump is on trial in New York facing criminal charges connected to an alleged scheme by his campaign to pay off an adult film actress in the weeks before the 2016 presidential election.
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US House passes bill to remove gray wolves from endangered species list
Lawmakers in the U.S. House have passed a Republican bill that would remove gray wolves from the endangered species list across most of the country despite opposition from the Biden administration.
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Who counts as an election official? Dane County asks AG to clarify constitutional change
Dane County is asking the state’s attorney general to weigh in on the meaning of a newly adopted constitutional amendment, which limits how elections can be run going forward.
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Jewish UW students, groups respond to pro-Palestinian encampments
As pro-Palestinian encampment protests entered their second day at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee Tuesday, some Jewish students and organizations expressed concern about what the protesters’ message meant for them. But the protests also exposed a division within the student body, as some Jewish students participated in the encampment.
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State Supreme Court upholds firing of police officer over racist memes following NBA arrest
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the firing of a former Milwaukee Police Officer over racist social media posts following the 2018 arrest of former Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown.