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A sign is posted outside Judge Hannah Dugan courtroom at the Milwaukee County courthouse, on Friday, April 25, 2025 in Milwaukee. (Scott Bauer via AP)

Responses to the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan

Traffic passes the Federal courthouse in Milwaukee on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Devi Shastri)

Update - Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested

Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People

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Army suspends Wisconsin training base's first female commander after Trump portrait flipped to wall

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin governor's guidance on dealing with ICE agents draws GOP backlash

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Evers can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

FILE - Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway speaks at a news conference, Dec. 17, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

Wisconsin clerk who failed to count almost 200 ballots resigns amid internal investigation

Wisconsin audits find lack of tracking of DEI spending at university system and state agencies

Senator Smith press conferrence

Democrats in the Wisconsin State Legislature Announce Introduction of Constitutional Amendment Ballot Measure to Overturn Citizens United

Supreme Court Candidates

Buckle up: Wisconsin will have a Supreme Court election every year until 2030

Wisconsin ballot

Early voting starts today

Governor Tony Evers

Gov. Evers Announces Historic Capital Budget Projected to Generate Over $7 Billion in Economic Activity and 37,000 Jobs Statewide

dairy barn

WI group pushes back after controversial CAFO expansion OK'd

An Eau Claire County farm. (Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner)

Republican lawmakers no show as western Wisconsin farmers complain of Trump chaos, disruption

The polling place at Village on Park on Madison’s South side in 2023. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner)

Wisconsin voters go to the polls Tuesday for state superintendent primary

The budget process is picking up speed at the Wisconsin State Capitol, seen on Nov. 11, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)

Here’s how Wisconsin’s state budget process works

graphic of candidates from WPEN

Primary election Tuesday Feb. 18

Governor Tony Evers

Gov. Evers Announces Comprehensive Corrections Reform Plan

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford, liberal candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Televised Supreme Court Debate on March 12

A sign warning of PFAS risks in Starkweather Creek in Madison, Wis., is posted along the creek on July 20, 2021. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is now proposing more funding to clean up toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. (Isaac Wasserman / Wisconsin Watch)

Wisconsin is still sitting on $125 million for PFAS cleanup

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