Politics
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State attorney general: DOJ taking ‘victim-centric approach’ to testing sexual assault kits
A USA Today investigation shows Wisconsin received $9.5 million in federal grants since 2015 to test a backlog of rape kits. But convictions resulting from those tests remain low.
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Wisconsin superintendent calls on Legislature to increase special education funding
In her fourth State of Education Address at the Capitol, Jill Underly said public school districts are reimbursed for about one-third of the cost of special education services.
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DNR makes bold requests for funding public lands, maintenance backlog
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking for $1.2 billion in the next two-year state budget that includes a request to reauthorize the state’s land purchase program for a decade at $100 million each year.
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Republicans have dominated elections in rural Wisconsin. Democrats see an opening.
In this year’s election, both parties are competing for every last vote in Wisconsin. For Republicans in rural areas, that means trying to expand the party’s already massive advantage. For Democrats, it means trying to reverse more than a decade’s worth of declines.
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US DOJ sues northern Wisconsin towns that stopped using voting machines this year
While the Rusk County Town of Lawrence has struck a deal with the DOJ, the nearby Town of Thornapple has not.
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Former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is latest of several national figures to campaign for Harris in Wisconsin
Giffords, a prominent gun safety advocate, made two stops in Milwaukee County Wednesday.
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Wausau mayor unilaterally removes ballot drop box, resulting in investigation and local outrage
The mayor of Wausau may have exceeded his legal authority when he removed a locked ballot drop box from outside of City Hall over the weekend.
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Trump expected to hammer border security during stop in Prairie du Chien
Republicans have labeled VP Harris as President Biden’s border czar after the president put her in charge of tackling the root causes of migration to the U.S.
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2 years after fall of Roe, Democrats campaign on abortion rights, ‘freedom’
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, it helped drive up Democratic turnout. This year, Democrats are again making it the centerpiece of their campaigns.
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Wisconsin Elections Commission spars over how absentee ballots must be returned on Election Day
The discussion stems from two complaints alleging clerks in Greenfield and Brookfield broke the law by requiring ballots to be delivered to the clerks’ offices rather than allowing voters to drop them off at their polling place.