Three Democrats have already announced campaigns to succeed Wikler, who is touted with leading the party through a transformation.

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More than $12 million in research grants destined for UW-Madison have been cut by the Trump administration, according to a lawsuit filed by Wisconsin and 15 other states.

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After facing stiff opposition from within their own party, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have introduced a new version of a bill aimed at giving state utility companies first dibs on building new high-voltage transmission lines.

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A championship wrestler whose title was stripped from him in the course of a protracted legal battle lost his appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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The head of Wisconsin's preeminent business advocacy group says they're not sure how a rash of steep tariffs on global trading partners will affect companies in the dairy state.

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After a bruising Wisconsin Supreme Court defeat, conservatives are searching for answers — and some are pointing fingers.

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For the first time since 2015, a liberal has been elected chief justice of Wisconsin's Supreme Court. Outgoing Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will take the helm for the next two months before retiring and will be succeeded by fellow liberal Justice Jill Karofsky for the remainder of the two-year term.

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Billionaire Elon Musk says he’ll visit Wisconsin to personally give $2 million to two people ahead of the state Supreme Court election, despite a state law that explicitly bans giving people anything of value in exchange for voting. Wisconsin Attorney General filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court Friday seeking to stop the event.

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The number of people choosing early, in-person voting is nearly double what it was during the state's last supreme court election with Waukesha County currently leading Milwaukee and Dane counties in early votes.

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The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives says Wisconsin's Supreme Court election is vital because the only way to challenge "gerrymandered" congressional voting maps is "if you have an enlightened Supreme Court" overseeing a legal challenge.

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Elon Musk hosted an online forum on Saturday on his social media site, X, to promote conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel.

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President Donald Trump has endorsed conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel's run for Wisconsin Supreme Court, a move Republicans hope will motivate more Trump voters to turn out on April 1.

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All told, clerks across the state report receiving nearly 29,000 more votes this year than at the same point in the 2023 Supreme Court race.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told Democrats at an Eau Claire town hall Tuesday the road to fighting back against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk starts with getting liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 1.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will visit Eau Claire next week to rally Democrats ahead of key elections this year and next.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will visit Eau Claire next week to rally Democrats ahead of key elections this year and next.

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As Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, initiates federal funding cuts and mass layoffs, Wisconsin Republicans' version is just getting started.

The first hearing of the Legislature's Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency, or GOAT, focused on state employees working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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After a liberal blowout in the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Brad Schimel says his campaign won't make the same mistakes. 

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In a unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to hold depositions of Madison elections officials including city Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl. The commission wants more information about how 193 ballots went uncounted during the presidential election and weren't reported to state officials for weeks.

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Four Madison voters have launched a class-action lawsuit seeking $175,000 each because the city clerk's office failed to count their ballots during the November presidential election.

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