Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Gov. Tony Evers’ creative use of his expansive veto power in an attempt to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years appeared to be “extreme” and “crazy” but questioned whether and how it should be reined in.
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Scott Bauer is the head of the AP bureau in Madison, covering state government and politics.
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DA eyes investigation of Wausau mayor’s removal of absentee ballot drop box
A Wisconsin district attorney said her office is pursuing an investigation into the removal of an absentee ballot drop box by the mayor of Wausau.
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Wisconsin congressman falsely suggests Madison city clerk was lying about absentee ballots
The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots themselves.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question merits of case brought by election activist
The case involves whether the public should access private health information to ensure the integrity of election results.
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Waukesha mayor condemns GOP Senate race ad tying Tammy Baldwin to Christmas parade killings
The mayor of Waukesha condemned a campaign ad run by a Republican independent group that links Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin with the killings of six people at a 2021 Christmas parade.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West, Jill Stein approved for ballot in Wisconsin after attempts to oust them fail
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected attempts to oust independent candidate Cornel West and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
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Wisconsin voters reject ballot questions that would limit governor’s power to spend federal money
Wisconsin voters rejected Republican-authored ballot questions that would have limited the governor’s power to spend federal money that comes to the state for such things as disaster relief, a big win for Democrats.
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Wisconsin Capitol Police won’t investigate state Supreme Court abortion order leak
Wisconsin Capitol Police have declined to investigate the leak of a state Supreme Court abortion order in June citing a conflict of interest, but the court’s chief justice said she is pursuing other options.
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Wisconsin judge refuses GOP request to pause absentee voting ruling sought by people with disabilities
A judge refused to put on hold his ruling that allows disabled people in Wisconsin to be emailed absentee ballots at home in November’s presidential election.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court keeps ban on mobile absentee voting sites in place for now
The Wisconsin Supreme Court kept a lower court’s ruling banning the use of mobile voting sites in the upcoming presidential election in place for now, a win for Republicans.
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Former Trump attorney Jim Troupis suspended from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel
The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer from a state judicial ethics panel a week after he was charged with a felony for his role in a 2020 fake electors scheme.
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Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Susan Crawford, a liberal judge who previously represented Planned Parenthood in a case related to abortion access, entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court.