An election that could tip the ideological balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is less than one month away, but large numbers of Wisconsinites in a new poll say they don't know enough about the two candidates who are vying for the job.

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The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is working to tie state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel to Elon Musk with an ad campaign titled the "People v. Musk."

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Congress has set targets for cutting $2 trillion in federal spending and $880 billion of that could come from programs including Medicaid.

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U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson got an earful from constituents concerned about mass federal layoffs, potential cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency during dueling virtual town halls, Thursday.

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Republican supporters of the bill say it would make Wisconsin safer, while opponents say it raises civil rights concerns and would erode trust in law enforcement among members of migrant communities.

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Gov. Tony Evers' proposed state budget seeks to strip the state Senate of some of its power to block his political appointees from serving on state boards and in state agencies. 

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Students at public schools across Wisconsin would be banned from using cell phones in the classroom during instructional time under a Republican bill passed in the state Assembly Wednesday.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Racine mobile-voting van is illegal, ruling that the Republican man who filed the challenge didn't have legal standing to do so.

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A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk has scheduled hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of TV ads in Wisconsin this week.

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As Gov. Tony Evers prepares to release his two-year budget plan for Wisconsin, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau anticipates the budget surplus will reach nearly $4.3 billion. That gives Evers — and the Legislature — plenty of options.

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A man whose domestic violence conviction was expunged from his record is urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to let him buy a gun. During oral arguments Thursday, justices questioned whether federal law allows it.

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A union representing nurses in Madison is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to require UW Health to collectively bargain despite Act 10 stripping those rights from most public employees in 2011.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are considering whether to drop an inmate's assault conviction because he had to wait 46 months before going to trial.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the state's top election official can keep her job despite Republican attempts to remove her from office.

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