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SCOTT BAUER

SCOTT BAUER

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Election|Political|US

Two billionaires that are villains of the left and right take the spotlight in a key Wisconsin race

When Republicans are looking for a political bogeyman, they point to liberal megadonor George Soros

Two billionaires that are villains of the left and right take the spotlight in a key Wisconsin race
Election|Political|US

Wisconsin Democrats vent, cry and issue call to action to counter Musk and Trump

They came to vent and to cry and to exhort

Wisconsin Democrats vent, cry and issue call to action to counter Musk and Trump
Election|Political|US

A group funded by Elon Musk is behind deceptive ads in crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court race

A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a new set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ahead of the election for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court

A group funded by Elon Musk is behind deceptive ads in crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Election|Political|US

Wisconsin audit of Trump win finds not a single voting machine error

A new audit of the November election won by President Donald Trump in swing-state Wisconsin has found that not a single vote was counted incorrectly, altered or missed by tabulating machines

Wisconsin audit of Trump win finds not a single voting machine error
Election|Political|US

Group backed by Musk pours money into ads on behalf of GOP candidate in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of the country’s most important presidential battleground states

Group backed by Musk pours money into ads on behalf of GOP candidate in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Election|Political|US

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring lawsuit challenging mobile voting

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit that challenges the use of a mobile voting van in 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring lawsuit challenging mobile voting
Education|Election|Political|US

Wisconsin's top education official facing challengers on both flanks

Wisconsin’s top education official faces challengers on the right and left as she runs for reelection

Wisconsin's top education official facing challengers on both flanks
Election|Political|US

Wisconsin Supreme Court says swing state’s embattled elections chief can remain in post

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the swing state’s nonpartisan top elections official can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and confirmed by the state Senate

Wisconsin Supreme Court says swing state’s embattled elections chief can remain in post
Election|Political|US

Altered image of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in new ad raises ethics concerns

A new television attack ad in Wisconsin’s hotly contested Supreme Court race features a doctored image of the liberal candidate, a move that her campaign claims could be a violation of a recently enacted state law

Altered image of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in new ad raises ethics concerns
Election|Political|US

Battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are back in the spotlight with high-stakes court elections

Republicans put Pennsylvania and Wisconsin back in the win column in the 2024 presidential race

Battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are back in the spotlight with high-stakes court elections
Crime|Economy|Education|Health|Political|US

Wisconsin's Evers calls for gun control measures and a bipartisan approach to immigration

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has used his seventh State of the State speech to urge the Republican-controlled Legislature to enact a wide range of Democratic priorities they have rejected in the past

Health|News|Political|US

Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling

Planned Parenthood says that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn’t apply to abortions

Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling
Election|News|US

A member of the secret panel studying Wisconsin Supreme Court justice's impeachment backed her rival

One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching a current member of the court for taking Democratic Party money himself accepted donations from the Wisconsin Republican Party

A member of the secret panel studying Wisconsin Supreme Court justice's impeachment backed her rival
Crime|News|US

A man seeking Wisconsin's governor illegally brought guns to the state Capitol — twice in one day

Police say a man brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol and demanded to see Gov. Tony Evers and returned at night with an assault rifle

A man seeking Wisconsin's governor illegally brought guns to the state Capitol — twice in one day
Crime|News|US

Security questions swirl at the Wisconsin Capitol after armed man sought governor twice in one day

Wisconsin’s Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk in this week with a loaded handgun in search of the Democratic governor

Security questions swirl at the Wisconsin Capitol after armed man sought governor twice in one day
Election|News|Political|US

Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting cases

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted 4-3 along partisan lines to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly elected liberal justice declined to recuse herself

Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting cases
Crime|Opinion

Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states

Impeachments are supposed to be for crimes committed in office while recalls are intended to remove elected officials suspected of corruption or gross negligence

Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states
Business|Finance|News|Sports|US

Wisconsin Republicans float changes to win approval for funding Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs

Wisconsin Republicans are floating changes to a funding proposal for Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs, including the idea of taxing non-Brewers events

Wisconsin Republicans float changes to win approval for funding Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs
Food

Wisconsin snubs bourbon by elevating brandy old fashioned to state cocktail status

In Wisconsin, the old fashioned cocktail comes with brandy, not bourbon

Wisconsin snubs bourbon by elevating brandy old fashioned to state cocktail status
News|US

Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps

Democrats are urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps

Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps
Election|US

Fake Donald Trump electors settle civil lawsuit in Wisconsin, agree that President Biden won

Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state have settled a civil lawsuit and admitted their actions were part of an effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory

Fake Donald Trump electors settle civil lawsuit in Wisconsin, agree that President Biden won
Election|US

Wisconsin Republican leader stands by fake Trump elector, will keep him on elections commission

A Wisconsin lawmaker is rejecting calls from Democrats to rescind his appointee to the state elections commission, who was one of the Republicans who served as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in 2020

Wisconsin Republican leader stands by fake Trump elector, will keep him on elections commission
News|Political|US

Liberals seek ouster from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel of Trump lawyer who advised fake electors

Liberals are calling for former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer to step down from a state judicial ethics panel

Liberals seek ouster from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel of Trump lawyer who advised fake electors
Health|News|US

A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is coming soon

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Republicans plan to unveil a proposal soon to legalize medical marijuana in the state and could vote on it sometime in 2024

A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is coming soon
News|US

Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely

The Republican leader of Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is “super unlikely.”

Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely

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