Mandela Barnes, the former Wisconsin lieutenant governor and frontrunner in the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary, withdrew from the race Thursday amid an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel into allegations that he used his position in the state Democratic Party to have sexual encounters with young adult women.
A dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America has surged to a double-digit lead in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin and sent establishment party leaders scrambling to stop her.
Wisconsin's liberal-majority Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a conservative voter-integrity group cannot access guardianship records that could identify voters legally barred from casting ballots, dealing a setback to election transparency efforts in one of the nation's most contested swing states.
Three former advisers to President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony forgery charges in Wisconsin, as the state's Democratic attorney general pressed forward with a prosecution that has survived two years, a change in presidential administration, and federal pardons issued by Trump himself.
An FBI agent visited the private residence of Milwaukee County's elections director this week, leaving a business card and prompting a sharp rebuke from the county clerk, who called the unannounced home visit inappropriate and politically motivated.
A bill advancing through the Wisconsin Legislature would require admissions to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to rely primarily on standardized testing.
The headquarters of the Republican Party of Eau Claire County in Wisconsin was vandalized overnight Friday, prompting a police investigation in Altoona.
