Politics
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Former Wisconsin officials discuss restoring faith in elections
Republican Scott Klug and Democrat Mandela Barnes are part of the Democracy Defense Project. Speaking in Madison on Wednesday, they hoped to address election distrust in Wisconsin.
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Women could decide Wisconsin elections in November
Moms for Liberty and Motherhood for Good represent dramatically different political visions. But their focus is the same: the mostly white, mostly suburban mothers who both sides say could be the key to control of the White House.
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Wisconsin Elections Commission wants funding for new office focused on election transparency
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is once again asking to create an office tasked with ensuring transparency and accountability in elections.Â
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As ballot deadline nears, RFK Jr. could ask clerks to cover his name
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could ask Wisconsin clerks to cover his name instead of reprinting ballots for the November election.
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Long-planned UW-Madison engineering building nets $75M donation
A long-planned engineering building at UW-Madison is getting a boost with a $75 million donation.
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Latest polling shows Harris edging ahead of Trump in battleground Wisconsin
Among registered voters, Marquette’s latest poll shows Harris with 52 percent of the vote, compared to 48 percent for Trump. Among likely voters, the survey shows the same numbers, 52-48.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 election-related lawsuits
One case focuses on the legality of a mobile-voting van, and the second looks at whether court records determining a voter is incompetent should be public record.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court hears case of brothers who say they were improperly fired after stealing from school district
How the court rules in the case could set precedent for how Wisconsin employers handle investigations of employees moving forward.Â
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RFK Jr. asks appeals court to get him off Wisconsin ballot
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has filed a claim in a Waukesha-based state appeals court, his latest attempt to remove his name from Wisconsin’s ballot.
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Ahead of 2024 election, some voters say they’re tired of incivility in politics
More than a dozen voters responded to WPR’s America Amplified project to say they’re frustrated by heated language and lack of cooperation in politics.