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Drop boxes are designed to provide voters an alternative spot to deliver their absentee ballot, as opposed to traditional mail service. (Photo by Ethan Duran)
Elections How a Ballot Drop Box Ban Will Hurt Voters and ‘Create More Distrust’
In the screen image from WisconsinEye on Dec. 1, 2021, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman interrupts a state legislator asking questions about the nature of his 2020 election investigation created by Republican lawmakers.
Opinion Opinion: Audit Bureau Needs to Do a Better Job, Starting with Gableman’s Folly
Courts Ballot Drop Boxes Are Legal Again After Appeals Court Blocks Waukesha Judge’s Order
January 24, 2022 4:29 pm CST
Three-judge panel says circuit court judge’s ruling comes too close to Feb. 15 primary.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Milwaukee about the Biden administration's lead pipe and paint remediation efforts. (Screenshot via C-SPAN) Infrastructure ‘Moral Imperative’: Harris Talks Lead Remediation in Milwaukee
Senate President Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield) speaks during a press conference unveiling a Republican legislative package that would make it harder to access unemployment benefits and BadgerCare. GOP lawmakers claimed the bills will help address the worker shortage. (Screenshot via WisEye) Economy Public Assistance Would Be Harder to Access Under GOP Bills
Graphic via Desirée Tapia Healthcare Health Insurance Sign-Ups Hit New Record in Wisconsin During Biden’s First Year
State Capitol dome interior Elections Years After Stripping the Office of Its Powers, GOP Sees Secretary of State as Key to Controlling Elections
Elections John Kraft, former St. Croix County Republican Party chair, has been approved as a poll worker in Hudson despite his violent rhetoric. A City Council member who objected to his appointment was forced to apologize. (Screenshot via River Channel/YouTube)
Elections Ex-GOP Official Who Told People to ‘Prepare for War’ Will Be a Hudson Election Worker

The pushback against a city council member who objected shows GOP's efforts to exert control over all aspects of elections.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson January 20, 2022 3:14 pm CST
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Local Coverage Tell Us What You’d Like to Hear from Candidates in 2022

Tired of vague promises? Help us ask them the right questions, so we can make sure they address the things that matter to you, instead of speaking in platitudes or engaging in negative attacks.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow January 18, 2022 2:23 pm CST
Elections Michael Gableman, the conservative former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) to lead a partisan, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election. (Screenshot via WI Office of Special Counsel/YouTube)
Elections Gableman Denied Working With a Group That Tried to Overturn the Election. The Group’s Leader Says Otherwise.

Gableman's taxpayer-funded investigation has right-wing ties and is shrouded in secrecy.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring January 18, 2022 11:29 am CST
Social Justice FILE - Martin Luther King, Jr. crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., heading to the capitol in Montgomery on March 21, 1965. (AP Photo/File)
Social Justice Activists Want You to Remember All of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Messages—Even the Hard Ones

As the push for racial equality continues, those leading the fights against injustice want us to dig deeper, and think about how we all can improve the future for Black Americans.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring January 14, 2022 5:29 pm CST
Elections Drop boxes are designed to provide voters an alternative spot to deliver their absentee ballot, as opposed to traditional mail service. (Photo by Ethan Duran)
Elections How a Ballot Drop Box Ban Will Hurt Voters and ‘Create More Distrust’

Last-minute rule change before February and April elections could lead to confusion and hurt elderly and disabled voters, officials say. 

Cara Spoto Cara Spoto January 14, 2022 5:01 pm CST
Opinion In the screen image from WisconsinEye on Dec. 1, 2021, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman interrupts a state legislator asking questions about the nature of his 2020 election investigation created by Republican lawmakers.
Opinion Opinion: Audit Bureau Needs to Do a Better Job, Starting with Gableman’s Folly

A nonpartisan state agency with a once-pristine record could fix its recent miscues by shining a light on a sham election “investigation.”

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow January 14, 2022 3:21 pm CST
Coronavirus (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Coronavirus Masks and a Return to Virtual Classes: How Schools Are Dealing With COVID Outbreaks

Wisconsin school districts are struggling to address the ever-spreading virus, and some are taking action.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson January 13, 2022 3:45 pm CST
Our Wisconsin Snake venom guy
Our Wisconsin Oshkosh Man Has Been Bitten Three Times by Deadly Snakes, That’s Not Stopping Him from Collecting Venom

MToxins Venom Lab delights visitors while helping to save lives across the world.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring January 11, 2022 5:25 pm CST