Politics
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Video: The 2026 candidates for governor hold their first campaign forum
Wednesday marks a milestone in the 2026 election for governor as the first large-scale candidate forum is held in Milwaukee by Main Street Action.
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Video: Wisconsin governor candidate wants new limits to protect Americans from ICE
President Donald Trump says ICE needs a massive national presence to arrest “the worst of the worst:” undocumented immigrants who commit crimes. The truth on the ground has fallen far short of that promise, says Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez.
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Video: Barnes says Wisconsin needs a governor who fights for workers
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes now-candidate for governor says despite politicians’ attempts to drive a wedge between rural Wisconsin and its cities, some issues—like job loss, mergers, trade wars, and corporate cutbacks—are universal.
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Video: Farmers tell Mandela Barnes what they need in a new governor
There’s no certainty that Mandela Barnes will end up winning the August Democratic gubernatorial primary, but he showed farmers in Chippewa County he’s up to task.
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Video: WI taxpayers are subsidizing private islands and jets for the rich
With its tax breaks, President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is allowing rich people to buy more luxury items like private jets, custom yachts, and Lamborghinis.
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Video: GOP leaders will again give WI lawmakers a 10-month paid vacation
In 2026, Wisconsin lawmakers will again be getting a full year’s salary even though they won’t make any laws after February.
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Video: Will Wisconsin have a pro-insurrection governor next Jan. 6?
Not only is this the 5th anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, it’s also the date Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany joined Republicans in refusing to certify the will of the voters in the 2020 election.
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Video: Trump just took power from Wisconsin and give it to Big Tech
Instead of working with Wisconsin lawmakers to regulate AI in Wisconsin, a new executive order from the Trump administration is intended to create a “one size fits all” federal framework for all states, overseen by the federal government.
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Video: Attorney General Kaul joins fight to save AI safeguards
Republicans and Democrats alike are teaming up against Big Tech and Trump to protect people from harmful AI practices. And Wisconsin is joining the fight.
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Video: WI Republican lawmakers catch heck over ‘catch kit’
When three Republican lawmakers recently said women going through a medication abortion or managing a miscarriage at home should be required to collect pregnancy tissue in a medical waste bag, it didn’t go over too well.
