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Teen is in custody after trying to enter Wisconsin elementary school while armed, police say

November 8, 2024 at 3:43 p.m.

A 13-year-old boy who had researched school shootings online was arrested hours after he tried to enter a Wisconsin elementary school with suspicious bags, police said.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses a joint session of the legislature at the state capitol in Madison in 2017. Democrats reportedly won 54 percent of the popular vote for Wisconsin State Assembly but, due to the Republican-friendly map, only 36 percent of the seats.

Republicans retain control of Wisconsin Legislature

November 6, 2024 at 3:11 a.m.

Republicans emerged from Tuesday's elections still in complete control of the Wisconsin Legislature, overcoming new district boundaries that Democrats had hoped would give them a chance at finally making major...

Election inspector Cindy Mueller, right, checks voter's identification at a polling place in the Kenosha Public Museum on Nov. 5, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Wisconsin voters prohibit noncitizen voting while legislative control is still in doubt

November 5, 2024 at 10:40 p.m.

Wisconsin voters have approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits foreign nationals from voting.

An image captured from Wisconsin Department of Transportation video shows a suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 94, traveling within feet of Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade following a campaign stop on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wis. (Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation via AP)

Suspected drunken driver arrested after passing Harris’ motorcade the wrong way in Wisconsin

October 23, 2024 at 5:36 p.m.

A suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way passed within feet of Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade following a campaign stop this week in Wisconsin.

Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, holds a sign outside her Madison office, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, urging voters on Nov. 5 to reject a Republican-authored amendment to the state constitution that would explicitly prohibit foreign nationals from voting in Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)

Wisconsin voters consider constitutional amendment barring noncitizens from voting

October 19, 2024 at 5:57 p.m.

Republican legislators are asking voters for permission to amend the state constitution to clearly prohibit foreign nationals from voting in any election held in the state.

Rae-Ann Eifert, a lake monitor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, braved sub-freezing temperatures to gather buckets of water for testing off a Lake Michigan breakwater in Racine, Wis., on Feb. 28, 2024, as part of an effort across the Great Lakes to understand the effects of an iceless winter. Unseasonable warmth has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice, leaving scientists scrambling to understand the consequences as climate change accelerates. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

October 2, 2024 at 8:47 a.m.

Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up.

The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen inside the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on swing state’s ballot

September 27, 2024 at 4:46 p.m.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on the swing state’s presidential ballot.

Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow and his wife, Carmen Wilson, take questions after a hearing before a committee that will determine whether he can teach after being fired as the campus leader for making pornographic videos on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

University of Wisconsin fires former porn-making chancellor who wanted stay on as a professor

September 27, 2024 at 9:35 a.m.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the...

FILE – Rev. Al Sharpton pauses at the funeral for D’Vontaye Mitchell, July 11, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Milwaukee hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death

August 7, 2024 at 2:58 p.m.

Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death.

Poll workers sort out early and absentee ballots at the Kenosha Municipal Building on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall

July 5, 2024 at 10:08 a.m.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections.

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