By T. J. Muscaro Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 13, after being arrested and accused of helping an illegal immigrant evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month. Her indictment comes after she was arrested by the FBI on April 25 and subsequently suspended from […]
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Suspect in Wisconsin School Shooting Identified
By Melanie Sun Local authorities have identified the shooter in the deadly Dec. 16 shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. In a press conference on Monday evening, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes identified the shooter as 15-year-old female student Natalie Rupnow. She went by the name Samantha at the school. Police […]
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Police Say at Least 3 Dead, Others Injured in Wisconsin School Shooting
By Jack Phillips At least three people are dead and several others were injured after a shooting on Dec. 16 at a Christian school in Wisconsin, according to police. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes was speaking to reporters when the death toll rose to five. Later, he told reporters that the figure was revised down […]
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Wisconsin Democratic Party Chief Enters Race to Become Next DNC Chair
By Aldgra Fredly Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler announced on Sunday his intention to run for chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in a vote slated to be held on Feb. 1, 2025. Wikler, who has led the state party since 2019, is the latest of a number of candidates who have entered […]
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Wisconsin City Clerk Office Confirms It Sent Out 2,200 Duplicate Ballots
By Jack Phillips The City of Madison has confirmed that more than 2,000 voters in Wisconsin’s capital city were sent duplicate absentee ballots, weeks before the November election. “This was a mistake,” Madison city spokesperson Dylan Brogan said. “The clerk’s office moved to rectify it as quickly as possible.” On Sept. 23, the City of […]
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Trump Flipped These Western Wisconsin Counties. What About This Time
By Nathan Worcester “I am a true neutral.” Matthew Johnson, a short, energetic Texan, was talking politics as he showed off his spread on the south end of Bagley, Wisc., about a thousand feet from the Mississippi River. There was Abby, the miniature horse from the same sure-footed breed that once worked in the nearby […]
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Election Integrity Activist Wants Wisconsin Election Bribery Statutes Enforced
By Steven Kovac Wisconsinite Jay Stone, president of the citizens’ group Honest, Open, and Transparent Government, has filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) alleging that the nonprofit organization Pizza to the Polls provided free pizza to voters and prospective voters in violation of state and federal law. Mr. Stone told The Epoch […]
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2020 Election Fallout: Wisconsin Chief Election Official Facing Imminent Ouster
By Steven Kovac Meagan Wolfe, the administrator of the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC), has suffered another setback in her struggle to hang on to her office as the chief election official. On Sept. 11, the five-member state Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections, and Consumer Protection voted 3-1-1 to recommend that the full Senate hand […]
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Wisconsin Republicans Suggest Impeaching New State Supreme Court Justice
By Jack Phillips Wisconsin’s Assembly speaker said that Republicans may impeach recently sworn-in Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn’t recuse herself from certain lawsuits. “If there’s any semblance of honor on the state Supreme Court left, you cannot have a person who runs for the court prejudging a case and being open about […]
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Wisconsin Is the Most Important Race in the Country in 2023
By Selena Zito Commentary Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus tweeted seemingly out of nowhere last week about the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race coming up next month. In her breezy post, she listed fair maps, abortion rights, and control of Congress as the key reasons to get involved. For added measure, she embedded a cheerful video of […]
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150,000 Votes in the 2020 Election Not Tied to a Valid Address in Wisconsin: Election Watchdog
By Steven Kovac Election Watch (EW), a Wisconsin election integrity watchdog organization, has discovered that more than 150,000 votes cast in the 2020 presidential election cannot be connected with a valid address. EW computer analyst Peter Bernegger said the group’s study of Wisconsin’s voter rolls found 45,000 such occurrences involving people who were living out […]
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Wisconsin Court Shoots Down Attempt to Change Rules for Absentee Ballots Before Midterms
By Katabella Roberts A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday dealt a blow to a group in the state who hoped to change rules governing absentee ballots, denying their request that local election clerks accept absentee ballots that contain partial addresses of witnesses. Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas said in his ruling (pdf) that in the past 56 years that Wisconsin elections […]
