Associated Press
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The Stewardship program is the focus, but there could be wider implications.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says she won't seek another term next year, setting up a high-stakes fight for control of the battleground state’s highest court.
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Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday put forward by Republicans in reaction to grants received in 2020 that were funded by donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying he won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there. That’s according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails.
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Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first.
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Democrats are almost certain to gain seats in the state Assembly and state Senate under the new maps, which will be in place for the November election.
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission has complied with court orders and voted to tell the more than 1,800 local clerks who run elections in the battleground state that they can accept absentee ballots that are missing parts of a witness’s address.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will allow U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips to add his name to the state's Democratic presidential primary ballot. The court ruled Friday that state Democratic leaders on a presidential selection committee didn't properly exercise their discretion when they left Phillips off the ballot without any discussion during a five-minute meeting on Jan. 2. The court's decision leaves Phillips and President Joe Biden as the only Democrats on the April 2 primary ballot.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit against the Republican-controlled Legislature arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions. The court’s liberal majority agreed to hear the case, with the three conservative justices dissenting. It set oral arguments for April 17.
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The Milwaukee Bucks have fired coach Adrian Griffin after just 43 games despite having one of the league’s top records midway through his first season.