Wisconsin
Wisconsin Republicans Paid $676,000 For A Trump-Supporting Ex-Judge To Tell Them To Decertify The 2020 Election, Which They Cannot Do
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos hired a former judge to investigate the 2020 election following pressure from Donald Trump and his supporters.
Sarah Mimms
The Controversial Informant At The Heart Of The Michigan Kidnapping Case Just Got Very Good News
Defense attorneys had worried that a gun possession charge might cause Stephen Robeson to plead the Fifth in the trial of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor.
Ken Bensinger
Trump Supporters Believe Wisconsin Withdrew Its Electoral College Voters For Joe Biden. It Never Happened.
An inaccurate story from Gateway Pundit that has since been updated is going viral among election conspiracy theorists.
Sarah Mimms
Democrats In Wisconsin Are Figuring Out How They Should Campaign Against One Of The Senate’s Biggest Conspiracy Theorists
The race offers Democrats a high-profile test at how forcefully they should counter conspiracy theories promoted by candidates like Johnson.
Lissandra Villa
An Informant In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Has Been Charged With Fraud
Even while he was assisting the FBI, Stephen Robeson allegedly used a fake charity to defraud a Wisconsin couple out of an SUV.
Ken Bensinger
A Man Has Been Charged With Intentionally Ramming An SUV Into A Christmas Parade In Wisconsin, Killing At Least Five People
The driver struck several students in a high school marching band. At least six children injured in the crash are in critical condition, officials said.
Alex Campbell
Wisconsin Republicans Said They'd Hire Three Former Cops To Investigate The 2020 Election. It’s Not At All Clear What They Are Doing.
The identity of one of the investigators isn't even known.
Sarah Mimms
The Trump Campaign Is Paying For A Recount In Wisconsin — But Only In Areas With Large Black Populations
Trump’s lawyers are asking for tens of thousands of ballots to be tossed out in a long-shot bid to flip Wisconsin. But even if it succeeds, Joe Biden would still win the election.
Paul McLeod
Biden Narrowly Won Wisconsin, A State That Has Been Hit Hard By COVID-19
Biden won Wisconsin by a razor-thin margin, and the Trump campaign declared it will "immediately" push for a recount.
Peter Aldhous
What Happens If There Is A Recount In Wisconsin?
With the critical state going down to the wire, here are the rules for how such a scenario could unfold.
Albert Samaha
A Moving Portrait Series Shows How Divided Wisconsin Really Is
"Sometimes that love is challenging how a loved one got to a belief or idea, and sometimes it is as simple as asking strangers about their day and really listening."
Kate Bubacz
The Supreme Court Gave Republicans A Win In Wisconsin, Ruling That Ballots That Arrive After Election Day Won’t Count
The court voted 5–3 to leave in place Wisconsin’s Election Day deadline for absentee ballots to come in. Democrats argued that would disenfranchise potentially tens of thousands of voters.
Zoe Tillman
Wisconsin Is Opening A 530-Bed Field Hospital As Coronavirus Cases Continue To Surge
"We are one of only a few states in the country to need to open an alternative care facility. This is not a list we ever wanted to be on."
Stephanie K. Baer
A Wisconsin Man Allegedly Killed A Motorcyclist Because He Was White
Daniel Navarro, 27, allegedly told detectives he’d been the victim of racism from white people because he’s Hispanic and that “people are going to have to die.”
Craig Silverman
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Struck Down The Stay-At-Home Order, And People Immediately Crowded Into Bars
"We’re going to have more cases. We’re going to have more deaths," the governor said.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
At Least Seven People Contracted The Coronavirus During Wisconsin's Elections, Officials Say
In-person voting went ahead earlier this month after Republicans fought a delay and mail-in ballots. Now people are beginning to get sick.
J. Lester Feder
Coronavirus: Americans Turned Out To Vote In Wisconsin During A Deadly Pandemic
On Tuesday, Wisconsin residents turned out en masse to vote in the state's primary election despite the danger of spreading COVID-19.
Gabriel H. Sanchez
People In Wisconsin Waited In Line For Hours To Vote Despite Fears Over The Coronavirus
"I laid in bed for a while...thinking about how my options were to stay home and feel defeated, or go out, make my voice heard, and potentially contract a horrible virus."
Clarissa-Jan Lim
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruled In-Person Voting Must Proceed Tuesday Despite The Coronavirus Pandemic
Democrats had tried to postpone the primary election, citing low voter turnout and the potential to spread the virus.
Dominic Holden
Jake Patterson Was Sentenced To Life In Prison For Kidnapping Wisconsin Teen Jayme Closs After Killing Her Parents
Patterson murdered James and Denise Closs and abducted 13-year-old Jayme Closs for 88 days before she escaped. The judge told him he was "the embodiment of evil."
Tasneem Nashrulla
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Doesn’t Know How A Venn Diagram Works So People Went In On Twitter
Walker showed a chart on Friday to argue Wisconsin Republicans’ power grab was not a power grab.
Claudia Koerner
Scott Walker Just Lost The Wisconsin Governor Race
Walker made it through a recall, two gubernatorial elections, and an unsuccessful presidential campaign. He couldn’t make it through 2018.
Henry J. Gomez
Three Girl Scouts And One Adult Were Killed In A Hit-And-Run Crash In Wisconsin
The Girl Scout troop was picking up trash along a county highway in Lake Hallie when a pickup truck left the roadway and struck multiple people.
Stephanie K. Baer
Wisconsin Governor Hopeful Says Ending “Racism And Division” Is Vital To The State’s Future
Politically, Mahlon Mitchell argues, the leading Democrat is a “retread,” the kind of candidate who has unsuccessfully run against Scott Walker in the past.
Darren Sands
A Liberal Judge Won In Wisconsin — And That's A Bad Sign For Republicans This Year
"Tonight’s results show we are at risk of a #BlueWave in WI," Gov. Scott Walker wrote on Twitter, after Judge Rebecca Dallet cruised to victory in the first statewide election in Wisconsin since 2016.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
A Liberal Judge Has Defeated Her Conservative Opponent In A Closely Watched Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
The race was seen as a bellwether of voter attitudes ahead of the midterm elections.
Katherine Miller
Why A Judicial Race In Wisconsin Is A Big Deal For Midterms
The first statewide election in the major battleground state could offer real insight into whether Democrats can really create a "blue wave," and how Republicans might be able to stop them.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Former University Of Wisconsin-Madison Student Plead Guilty To Sexually Assaulting Women
Alec Cook was arrested in 2016 for allegedly raping a female student at his Madison apartment. His arrest prompted dozens more women to come forward with similar allegations.
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos
A Former University Of Wisconsin Student Who Confessed In A Text To Sexually Assaulting A Woman Was Not Found Guilty
Prosecutors say Nicholas Ralston also told a friend "I kind of knew that I was doing" when asked about the alleged assault.
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos
Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Ban On Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
The judge held off on issuing an injunction stopping enforcement of the ban until at least June 16. [Update: Some counties are marrying couples immediately, but the state's attorney general is trying to stop that and the judge will consider that request in a hearing Monday afternoon.]
Chris Geidner
