The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that political parties can raise and spend as much as they want on campaigns. That will change the campaign finance landscape nationwide — but a little less so in Wisconsin, where state parties have been allowed to transfer unlimited money to campaigns for years.

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The Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin has officially gone negative, with former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes attacking current Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, and Rodriguez responding in kind.

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President Donald Trump's administration had another setback in its attempt to get unredacted voter registration data from Wisconsin. The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals denied its request to rush its case demanding sensitive data like driver license and partial social security numbers.

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The chairman of the Wisconsin Election Commission wants the Attorney General Josh Kaul to push for more than 100,000 absentee ballots from Milwaukee's 2020 election to be destroyed, after the FBI interviewed city officials and police. It comes after the FBI seized 2020 ballots in Georgia earlier this year amid President Donald Trump's repeated false claims the election was stolen.

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Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein said Tuesday that she’d be willing to revisit negotiations over spending the state surplus. But nobody has asked her about it.

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President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its effort to force the Wisconsin Elections Commission to turn over unredacted Wisconsin voter data after being rebuked by a federal judge last month.

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Seven Democrats made their case for how they’ll make Wisconsin more affordable and how they can beat Tiffany in November.

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A Republican running for Wisconsin's deep red 7th Congressional District has lost her attempt to keep two GOP challengers, including one endorsed by President Donald Trump, off the primary ballot in August.

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Attorneys for Jim Troupis, who served as President Donald Trump's 2020 Wisconsin campaign lawyer, are arguing that Troupis cannot receive a fair trial in Madison. They're asking for his criminal trial to be moved out of Dane County.

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The city and county of Milwaukee are seeking outside legal counsel to help with any federal actions related to the 2020 election.

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A group of retired judges asked the state's highest court to consider changing rules that govern when judges should step down from a case because of conflicts of interest.

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Political journalist Craig Gilbert tells “Wisconsin Today” Trump’s visit to Wisconsin this week could play a role in the races for the state’s 3rd and 7th Congressional Districts, which Democrats are hoping to flip.

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Rep. Francesca Hong, a leading Democratic candidate for governor, was recently sued over credit card debt.

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A liberal provocateur who on Monday turned in signatures to run for governor has hit a major roadblock after it was revealed that dozens of pages of signatures he submitted were invalid.

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The U.S. Postal Service is proposing major changes to absentee voting by mail, including creating new lists of which voters are eligible to do so. Wisconsin elections officials say they're not in a hurry to respond to the proposal because it may not survive legal challenges.

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Harry Wait was sentenced on Tuesday to three years of probation on election fraud and identity theft charges. 

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Wisconsin candidates for governor are one step closer to getting on the ballot — and the crowded Democratic primary field remains robust.

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Currently, some disabled Wisconsinites have to rely on help from someone else when filling out an absentee ballot at home. Disability Rights Wisconsin says that violates the right to a secret ballot.

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What questions would you like the candidates to answer as they compete for your vote?

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission is asking the U.S. Postal Service for "extraordinary measures" to speed up deliveries of absentee ballots after two thirds of clerks reported problems during the April 7 election.

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