Scott Bauer
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Wisconsin Republicans take redistricting fight to high court
Wisconsin Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a state ruling that would enact legislative maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, saying allowing it to stand would put in place "racial gerrymandering." → Read More
Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts governor's redistricting maps
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has adopted "least change" legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan that keeps Republican majorities in place by making few deviations to current districts. → Read More
State Rep. Timothy Ramthun running for Wisconsin governor
A Wisconsin lawmaker who has won praise from former President Donald Trump for his attempts to illegally reverse President Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin has filed paperwork to run for governor. → Read More
Evers proposes $150 checks under plan to spend surplus
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has unveiled an election year plan that would send $150 to every Wisconsin resident, bolster funding for K-12 schools and help defray child care costs. → Read More
Republican Kevin Nicholson joins Wisconsin governor's race
A former Marine and losing candidate for U.S. Senate is running for governor in Wisconsin, setting up what is expected to be a costly and contentious Republican primary. → Read More
Wisconsin budget forecast improves by $2.9 billion
Gov. Tony Evers, who signed two Republican-authored budgets into law that cut taxes, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. → Read More
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson will seek reelection
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, one of former President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters, says he will seek reelection to a third term. → Read More
Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors have convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright. The jury deliberated for about four days before finding Kim Potter guilty of both counts on Thursday. Potter, who is white, was a Brooklyn Center police officer when she shot and killed the 20-year-old Wright during… → Read More
Wisconsin lawsuit seeks reinstatement of 31,000 voters
The commission deactivated the registrations for the voters after a two-year legal fight. → Read More
Wisconsin attorney general won't enforce any abortion ban
Wisconsin's Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul says he would not investigate or prosecute anyone for having an abortion should the state's currently unenforceable abortion ban go into effect. → Read More
Wisconsin COVID patients packing hospitals, no omicron yet
Amid concerns about the new and little-understood omicron variant, Wisconsin health officials on Thursday urged people to get vaccinated and take other steps to slow the spread. → Read More
Man charged with 5 homicide counts in deadly Waukesha crash
Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged a man with intentional homicide in the deaths of five people who were killed when an SUV was driven into a Christmas parade. → Read More
Police: Parade-crash suspect was in a domestic disturbance
Police say the suspect in a deadly Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee was in a domestic disturbance just minutes before he killed five people and injured 48. → Read More
SUV driver ID'd in parade crash; was he fleeing a crime?
A person taken into custody after an SUV plowed into a crowd of holiday parade marchers in Wisconsin, killing at least five people, has been identified as 39-year-old Darrell Brooks. → Read More
Expert at Rittenhouse trial zeroes in on just a few minutes
A use-of-force expert says less than three seconds elapsed between the time a protester in the streets fired a shot in the air and Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire with his rifle. → Read More
Survivor expected to testify in Rittenhouse trial's 2nd week
A man who suffered a severe arm injury when he was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during a night of protests against racial injustice last year is expected to testify this week. → Read More
Wisconsin Assembly to vote on workforce housing bills
The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to vote on a package of bills touted by Republicans and the state's building and real estate industries as a way to create more affordable housing for workers, reduce regulations and reform outdated practices. → Read More
Wisconsin Assembly passes critical race theory ban
Wisconsin public schools would be prohibited from teaching students and training employees about concepts such as systemic racism and implicit bias under a Republican bill up for passage in the state Assembly. → Read More
Wisconsin high court to hear GOP-backed redistricting case
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a redistricting lawsuit supported by the Republican-controlled Legislature instead of requiring it to start in lower courts like most cases do. → Read More
Officials: Latest COVID-19 surge hasn't peaked in Wisconsin
Wisconsin health officials say the latest surge of COVID-19 infections due to the highly contagious delta variant has not yet peaked in the state. → Read More