The U.S Army Reserve says the suspension of a commander at Wisconsin's Fort McCoy isn't tied to an investigation of pictures of President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth being tampered with.

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Republicans on a legislative audit committee questioned the legality and usefulness of diverstiy, equity and inclusion initiatives at state agencies and universities during a public hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol Wednesday.

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The Wisconsin Senate voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to pass a bipartisan bill to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers, but the plan faces an uncertain future in the state Assembly.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Tony Evers’ partial budget veto that extended a temporary school funding increase by 400 years, despite justices previously calling it “extreme” and “outrageous.”

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The changes are being attacked by local GOP chairs who've been at odds with state party leadership, but a top Republican says the party is "trying to take the temperature down" when it comes to contentious votes on party business.

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About 250,000 people are expected to descend on Green Bay next week for the NFL draft. Republican lawmakers from the region say they'll seek more than $1 million in the next state budget to reimburse local law enforcement agencies tasked with keeping it safe.

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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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