GOP lawmaker wins Wisconsin state Senate seat, creating supermajority
Knodl won an open Senate seat in Tuesday's special election, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
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Knodl won an open Senate seat in Tuesday's special election, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
The Associated Press projects Janet Protasiewicz will secure a seat on Wisconsin's high bench, giving liberals the majority on the court for the first time in 15 years.
Spending on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race has topped $42 million, nearly triple the previous record-high nationwide for a court race.
The fate of abortion access in battleground Wisconsin likely rests with Tuesday's outcome of the heated race for state Supreme Court that became the most expensive contest of its kind in U.S. history.
An amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would make it harder to get out of jail on bail before trial will be decided Tuesday by state voters.
Voters are heading to the polls to fill a vacant Senate seat and elect a state Supreme Court justice.
A Republican state representative and a Democratic attorney vied for an open state Senate seat in Tuesday's election in a race that could decide whether the GOP inches closer to a supermajority that could override Gov. Tony Evers' vetoes or even impeach him.
All eyes are on Wisconsin Tuesday as voters are making big decisions for a vacant Senate seat and the state's Supreme Court.
The monster storm spawned deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas, and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.
Voters in Wisconsin will pick their next Supreme Court justice Tuesday.
A man is dead following a house fire Sunday afternoon in the Town of Red Cedar in western Wisconsin.
A special election to fill an open Wisconsin Senate seat could give Republican legislators enough votes to impeach Gov. Tony Evers and other civil officers.
Antoine Suggs, who was accused of killing four Minnesotans who were found abandoned in an SUV in a western Wisconsin cornfield, was found guilty of murder on Friday.
Political observers say the indictment of former President Donald Trump will likely have little impact on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided next week.
Republican lawmakers are questioning the efforts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration to fix a Wisconsin agency's lengthy delays in issuing professional licenses.
Wisconsin has filled its men's hockey head coaching vacancy by hiring Mike Hastings away from Minnesota State.
University of Wisconsin System students will have to pay hundreds of dollars more to attend classes next year under a plan approved by system officials.
A Wisconsin man charged in federal court with making a threat against Gov. Tony Evers and others has pleaded guilty to making a threat against a county official under a deal with prosecutors.
Low-income Wisconsin mothers could stay on Medicaid longer and will less paperwork under a bill that has gained bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Authorities say almost three dozen people were cited for underage drinking after a house party Saturday night in western Wisconsin.
After nearly a year of searching, investigators used DNA pulled from a half-eaten burrito to capture the man they believe firebombed a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group's office.
The Legislature's finance committee has approved a $215,000 deal between the state Justice Department and a factory farm to settle pollution allegations.
The Democratic-funded candidate in Wisconsin's pivotal state Supreme Court contest has raised more than five times as much money as her Republican-backed opponent ahead of the April 4 election.
Gov. Tony Evers has directed that flags to be flown at half-staff in the state Tuesday to honor a Wisconsin soldier who died in World War II and whose remains were recently identified.
Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school aren't letting a first-grade class perform a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance. Administrators also initially banned the song "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppets but later reversed that decision.
