Anya van Wagtendonk

A bill that would have created a task force on missing and murdered African American women failed to pass as time ran out on the legislative session this year.

Meagan Wolfe, the state’s top elections official, is receiving heightened security, following years of verbal attacks by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

Two local Republican parties have filed complaints against election officials and the Wisconsin Elections Commission asserting Republicans were denied poll worker positions last week’s primary election.

U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde said recently that most nursing home residents are not “at a point to vote” because of limited life expectancy, repeating a claim from 2020 that swathes of older Wisconsinites saw their votes misused.

President Joe Biden announced a new plan while in Madison on Monday that would knock out unpaid student loan interest for millions of borrowers.

Wisconsin lawmakers have taken steps to decriminalize testing strips that allow people using drugs to better understand what’s in their supply.

When former President Donald Trump threw his weight behind U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde, he may have helped Wisconsin Republicans avoid some of the interparty divisions that have hurt them in recent statewide races.

The rules for running elections in Wisconsin have changed after voters approved two constitutional amendments Tuesday that will restrict the use of private money and consultants to support election administration.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily carried Wisconsin’s Democratic and Republican primaries Tuesday, even as both saw protest votes that underscore the challenges they face ahead of their November rematch.

When Wisconsin residents cast their ballots in Tuesday’s primary, many of them will also vote in a race for circuit court judge, an office that’s receiving more attention — and money — from political operatives.