Wisconsin legislators call it quits at near-record pace

The number of Wisconsin state lawmakers hanging it up this year is near a modern-day high, and could even exceed the record set during World War II.

Growing pessimism among Wisconsin voters, new poll shows

Wisconsin voters are growing more pessimistic, a Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday showed.

Kansas lawmaker said she didn't want to share restroom with transgender colleague

LGBTQ-rights advocates are calling for a Kansas state lawmaker to be formally censured after she said she didn't want to share the women’s restrooms at the Statehouse with a transgender colleague.

Rep. Cawthorn found with loaded gun in airport again: TSA

A loaded gun was found in North Carolina U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn's carry-on bag at an airport security checkpoint Tuesday -- the second time he has been stopped with a gun at an airport in the past 14 months, officials said.

Wisconsin election investigation will continue, Vos says

The investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin will continue, but with no more taxpayer money to pay for it, the state's top Republican said.

Santa Claus is running for Congress for Alaska’s lone House seat

A man named Santa Claus, who is currently a two-time city council member for North Pole, Alaska, has filed to run for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat on a platform similar to Bernie Sanders’.

Tim Michels launches campaign for governor

A shakeup in Wisconsin's race for governor as business owner Tim Michels jumps in.

Tim Michels launches campaign for governor
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A shakeup in Wisconsin's race for governor as business owner Tim Michels jumps in.

Tim Michels for Wisconsin governor: Republican launches campaign

Republican Tim Michels, a multimillionaire construction company co-owner, cast himself as an outsider candidate in launching his campaign for Wisconsin governor Monday.

Bob Donovan State Assembly run announced

Republican candidate and former Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan announced on Monday, April 25 that he will run for state Assembly in the 84th District.

French President Emmanuel Macron wins 2nd term

The second five-year term for the 44-year-old centrist spared France and Europe from the seismic upheaval of having firebrand populist Marine Le Pen at the helm.

Marjorie Taylor Greene testifies in legal challenge to her reelection

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she did not remember liking and making various social media posts surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year and accusing an opposing lawyer of using chopped videos and twisting her words.

Michels running for Wisconsin governor; joins 3 others in GOP race

Business owner Tim Michels filed paperwork Friday to run in the Republican primary for Wisconsin governor, arriving late to a crowded field, but with the personal wealth to back a campaign.

Judge orders Wisconsin investigator to stop deleting records

A judge on Thursday ordered an investigator in Wisconsin looking into the 2020 election to stop deleting records, the latest blow against the former state Supreme Court justice whose contract is nearing an end.

Wisconsin medical marijuana legalization debated at Capitol hearing

Proponents of legalizing marijuana in Wisconsin get their first chance to make their case at a public hearing of a legislative committee.