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FILE - Absentee ballots during a count at the Wisconsin Center, Nov. 8, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin elections officials find clerk broke laws over uncounted ballots

District Attorney Andrea Nodolf

Dunn County officials hail Wisconsin Supreme Court decision involving child sexual assault

FILE - Morgan Geyser appears in a Waukesha County courtroom, Jan. 9, 2025, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Judge OKs release plan for Wisconsin woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man

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

By the numbers: Wisconsin's race for governor

Bill Berrien

Voting in Wisconsin's governor's race is a year away, but the ads are starting

Unhealthy smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the Upper Midwest when people want to be outside

FILE - People vote, Nov. 5, 2024, in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

New lawsuit seeks to redraw Wisconsin's congressional maps before 2026 midterms

Bill Berrien

Wisconsin Republican compares himself to Trump as he launches his bid for governor

FILE - The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen inside the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be enacted

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State budget omits stewardship funds, includes $1 million for timber industry groups

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DHS Celebrates 15th Anniversary of Wisconsin's Smoke-Free Indoor Air Law

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)

Governor signs budget in early morning to secure Medicaid funds

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 lawmakers rush to pass budget deal to help hospitals

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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

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's budget includes tax cuts, university funding boost and prison closure

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, talks on the phone after legislators delayed what was supposed to be the final day of the Joint Finance Committee budget votes on Friday, June 27, 2025, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Friday’s Joint Finance Committee meeting didn’t kick off until after 10 p.m. and left several topics unresolved. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)

Here’s how Wisconsin’s Republican budget compares with public opinion

FILE - The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen inside the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear challenges to the state's congressional district boundaries

Assembly Republicans gathered ahead of the floor session to stress the need for bipartisan negotiations and progress on writing the state budget. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)

Budget deadline looms as Assembly approves new programs without funds, passes nuclear power bills

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 Supreme Court sides with Republican Legislature in fight with governor

Don Millis and Ann Jacob, the former and current chairs of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, testify Tuesday, Feb. 4, at an Assembly hearing on a commission rule for election observers. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)

Elections commission publishes election observer rule

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