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Trump administration request for speedy resolution of voter roll lawsuit rejected by 7th Circuit

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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UW-Madison’s food delivery robots are no more

The army of small, white food delivery robots crisscrossing the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus for the past seven years have vanished. They're destined for city streets around the world as the company behind them transitions from mobile campus snack packs to grocery delivery drones.

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Shuttered Eau Claire hospital to house company using genetics to β€˜build hearts’

After being shuttered for two years, a vacant hospital in Eau Claire is the new home of a company using genetics to make heart muscles for people with congenital heart disease. It's part of a new initiative backed by major donors from western Wisconsin intended to make the former Sacred Heart Hospital a medical research hub.Β 

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Wisconsin elections chair wants state to speed destruction of Milwaukee’s 2020 ballots amid FBI probe

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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Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts another appeal aimed at redrawing congressional map

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken up a second appeal of a lawsuit aimed at redrawing Wisconsin's congressional voting districts. This comes amid a multi-state redistricting battle aimed at tilting the odds of which party will control the U.S. House of Representatives after the November election.

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Jessi Ebben fails to keep GOP, Democratic rivals off 7th Congressional District primary ballot

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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US Postal Service proposes big changes for mail-in voting, including list of eligible users

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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Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up appeal seeking redraw of congressional map

The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority will take up an appeal of a lawsuit dismissed in April that claims the state's eight congressional districts represent an "anti-competitive gerrymander." It comes amid an ongoing redistricting battle stretching across the nation as states run by Republicans and Democrats draw new maps in hopes of boosting their odds controlling congress after the November midterm elections.

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Wisconsin Elections Commission asks postal service to speed up deliveries of absentee ballots

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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