The Badger State may have seen an end to its 28-year streak of choosing the eventual presidential candidates on Tuesday night.
In a staggering decision Friday, a Dane County judge threw out Wisconsin’s year-old right-to-work law, saying it violated Wisconsin’s constitution. In the first known instance of a right-to-work law being struck down by a court, Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Foust wrote that the law, which prohibits union membership as a condition of employment, blocked the property rights of unions. “Unions] have a legally protectable property interest in the services they perform for their members and non-members,” Froust wrote.
Democratic Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson announced Thursday he would run for United States House of Representative in Wisconsin's 8th District. Nelson has served as Outagamie county executive since April 2011.
Three federal judges ruled Thursday that a legal challenge to Wisconsin’s 2011 legislative redistricting will move on to the trial phase, in a case that could set a legal standard nationwide for gerrymandering.
Despite fears of long lines and unprepared voters, for the most part UW-Madison’s first major election under the state’s new voter ID laws went smoothly. The state’s flagship public university was spared hour-plus wait times that existed at colleges elsewhere in Wisconsin, including Marquette University and UW-Green Bay. Nate Moll, social media specialist for UW-Madison Communications, attributed the lack of problems to a robust campaign designed to inform students of what they needed to vote.
Wisconsin handed presidential front-runners of both parties a pair of solid defeats Tuesday, ensuring that the races will continue long into spring.
The state Supreme Court election Tuesday has raised the stakes for future campaign donors and outside groups to contribute funds as the pattern of increased spending on elections continues.
Incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley defeated challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg Tuesday to secure a full 10-year term in a tight race. The Associated Press called the race with 87 percent of precincts reporting and Bradley leading 53 percent to 47. Bradley was appointed last year by Gov.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders surged ahead in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Wisconsin, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with ease. Although this win doesn’t secure the likelihood that Sanders will take the Democratic nomination, it does increase the momentum needed in the April 19 battle for New York.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz easily beat national front-runner Donald Trump in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, making it more difficult for the business mogul to clinch the GOP nomination prior to the convention in Cleveland this summer.
After weeks of campaigning, Wisconsinites have finally gone to the polls to cast their vote for who they want to be president.
In a final push for Wisconsin voters, presidential candidate Ted Cruz came to Madison for a town hall at the Masonic Center on Monday.
A white nationalist group began distributing a robocall endorsing Donald Trump to all Wisconsin landlines Saturday in advance of the April 5 primary.
As election day eve is upon us, candidates are scrambling to make their final appeals to Wisconsin voters.
Voters in Milwaukee will decide Tuesday whether incumbent County Executive Chris Abele will continue serving their community or opt for challenger state Sen.
Scott Walker stars in new TV ad Scott Walker showed his support for Ted Cruz in his new TV ad released Thursday, encouraging voters to join him in voting for Cruz in the April 5 Wisconsin primaries.
Gov. Scott Walker officially signed four college affordability bills into law Monday, despite Democrats alleging the proposals don’t do enough. Two of the bills are concerned with technical college students.
As the April 5 primary approaches, presidential candidates have been busy making their final appeals to voters in the Badger State.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., appeared in Madison Wednesday, holding a campaign rally at the downtown Orpheum Theater six days before the state’s primary election. Sanders was consistent in the talking points that have been evident throughout his campaign.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lead Wisconsin presidential primaries in a new Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday.
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