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Wisconsin joins challenge of Trump executive order ending birthright citizenship

21 January 2025 at 20:42

Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul say Wisconsin has joined a coalition of 17 other states and two cities filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order claiming to end birthright citizenship.

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6 years later, legal fight over Wisconsin’s β€˜lame-duck’ laws could be headed to Supreme Court

21 January 2025 at 11:00

It's been six years since Wisconsin Republicans passed laws restricting Gov. Tony Evers' and Attorney General Josh Kauls' powers. Now, Wisconsin's Supreme Court and its liberal majority are being asked if parts of those laws are constitutional.

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President Trump pardons more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including 11 from Wisconsin

21 January 2025 at 02:37

President Donald Trump has pardoned more than 1,500 people who were either accused, charged or convicted of federal crimes for their actions during the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Of those, 11 are from Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects effort to release voter records

17 January 2025 at 21:56

Guardianship records for people deemed incompetent to vote will not be released to a conservative activist working on a widely criticized review of the 2020 election, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday.

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End of an era: Hourly workers at Leinenkugel’s Brewery in Chippewa Falls finish their final shift

17 January 2025 at 02:23

The last of the hourly workers at the Leinenkugel's Brewery in Chippewa Falls finished their final shifts and gathered for a pint at the neighboring Leinie's Lodge Thursday evening.

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Leinenkugel brothers interest in buying back historic brewery rejected

15 January 2025 at 22:06

Days before the 157-year-old Leinenkugel Brewery in Chippewa Falls is set to close, two brothers from the family are saying their interest in buying back the facility has been rejected by parent company Molson Coors.

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Ron Johnson reintroduces bill to ban transgender student athletes in school sports

9 January 2025 at 11:00

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has once again signed on to legislation that would ban transgender student athletes from competing on teams that don't match their assigned gender at birth.

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Some Wisconsin communities say they have too many ZIP codes. Congress might step in.

1 January 2025 at 11:00

A Wisconsin village with 14 different zip codes has pushed for years for a unique five-digit number for their residents. This month federal legislation to do just that is nearing the finish line.

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Jim Troupis, other Trump associates appear in court on felony false elector charges

12 December 2024 at 19:58

Speaking to reporters afterwards, Troupis argued he was being targeted, saying Kaul "should be ashamed of himself" for pursuing a "political case."Β 

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Kaul adds 10 felony counts to criminal case against GOP attorneys in false elector case

10 December 2024 at 21:15

The new charges allege longtime Wisconsin GOP attorney Jim Troupis, Kenneth Chesebro and 2020 Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman defrauded Republicans who cast alternate electoral ballots for Trump.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider GOP blockade of conversion therapy ban

4 December 2024 at 20:32

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether Republican lawmakers violated the state Constitution by temporarily blocking an agency's conversion therapy ban over the past four years.

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Dane County judge strikes down Act 10, restoring public employee union bargaining rights

2 December 2024 at 21:22

Public employee collective bargaining rights have been restored by a Dane County judge, who ruled that several sections of Wisconsin's controversial law known as Act 10 are unconstitutional.

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Vos β€˜hopes’ Michael Gableman gets disbarred for 2020 election review actions

25 November 2024 at 23:06

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he hopes former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is disbarred for going "off the rails" during the 2020 election investigation he hired him to lead.

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Home sales tick up slightly in October, according to state realtors

22 November 2024 at 15:10

The Wisconsin Realtors Association reports home sales were up 3.5% in October compared to the same time last year. Still, tight supply means a sellers market and the state's median home price grew to $310,000.

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