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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he wont sign subpoenas Rep. Janel Brandtjen has tried to issue.

A challenge to Wisconsins congressional and legislative districts will be heard by a panel assembled by the 7th Circuits Chief Judge Diane Sykes.

Former Justice Michael Gableman took the trip to South Dakota as he ramps up his taxpayer-funded review of an election that the courts have upheld.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to take a case that will determine whether officials must release details about COVID-19 outbreaks at businesses.

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind of La Crosse will not seek re-election, according to multiple Democratic sources familiar with his plans.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice warned states that conducting election audits similar to Arizona’s could violate federal law.

View Comments MADISON - Election officials have removed more than 200,000 Wisconsinites from the voter rolls in recent weeks, in most cases because they had not cast ballots in the last four years. State law requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to remove voters from the rolls if they have not voted in the last four years and do not respond to a mailing asking them if they want to keep their voter registrations active.  That resulted in about 174,000 people being taken off the states v...

The motion passed on a party-line vote and directs the Board of Regents to issue COVID-19 requirements as rules, which the committee could block.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court for the time being reinstated the redistricting attorneys for Republican state lawmakers late Thursday in a decision that divided the justices along ideological lines.  The 4-3 ruling means the Republicans can resume working with private attorneys they hired at taxpayer expense while the high court considers the case. The dispute over the lawmakers attorneys is a precursor to what is expected to be a drawn-out legal fight over h...

View Comments MADISON - State election officials sent nearly 100,000 postcards this week to voters who they believe may have moved in recent years. Its the first mailing of its kind since the state Supreme Court in April ruled in favor of the Wisconsin Elections Commission over how it treated thousands of voters in 2019 who officials thought might have moved.  The commission, which consists of three Republicans and three Democrats, does not plan to remove anyone from the rolls based on the lat...