Politics

We sit down with a professor who says there's a reason this year's presidential political activity is starting earlier than usual.

Democrats will hold an almost entirely virtual presidential nominating convention Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee using live broadcasts and online streaming, party officials said Wednesday.

State lawmakers on both sides Wednesday asked for an end to violence after unrest in Madison.

Wisconsin, where Trump won by fewer than 23,000 votes in 2016, joins newly emerging battleground Arizona as the first two states where Biden has named his campaign team.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign is doubling down on the battleground state of Wisconsin this week as pundits say the Badger State is looking like a toss up between the incumbent and Democrat Joe Biden.

FOX News commentator Sean Hannity has announced that he will present a one-hour town hall with President Trump on Thursday in Green Bay.

The Pence visit comes two days before President Donald Trump was to be in Marinette for a tour of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard.

State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are now weighing in on a police reform package proposed by Governor Tony Evers.

The president will tour Fincantieri Marinette Marine on Thursday, June 25.

Thompson, 78, will take over duties on July 1.

Absentee ballot applications will be mailed to 2.7 million registered voters before the November presidential election.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has given final approval to a mailing that will put absentee ballot application forms in the hands of 2.7 million registered voters ahead of the November presidential election.

President Donald Trump spoke one-on-one with Gray Television's Washington Bureau Chief Jacqueline Policastro Wednesday at the White House.

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a judge’s decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child custody case he was hearing created at least the appearance of bias.

The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee has approved four more legal settlements under the state's lame-duck laws.

The ruling was the first of its kind in Wisconsin and the latest in a series of examples across the country where a judge’s actions on social media call into question their ability to fairly consider cases before them.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has blocked the University of Wisconsin System from taking the first steps toward complying with new federal rules that will bolster the rights of those accused of sexual misconduct.

The chief attorney for the Legislature's Reference Bureau says if the person in Gov. Tony Evers staff who recorded a telephone meeting between the governor and Republican legislative leaders did so without anyone's approval, they could be guilty of a felony.

In addition to putting a Democrat in the White House, state Democrats are concerned about stopping a veto-proof majority in the Legislature.

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel made the announcement Thursday night.

Evers appointed Democratic state Rep. Chris Taylor, of Madison, to replace Judge Jill Karofsky, who is joining the Wisconsin Supreme Court in August.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers faced bipartisan calls Thursday to fire the staffer who secretly recorded a private telephone meeting between the governor and Republican legislative leaders last month.

The Milwaukee Police Department is asking city leaders to reconsider purchasing more tools for deploying chemical irritants, saying the equipment might be needed at the Democratic National Convention in August.

Gov. Tony Evers’ office recorded a telephone meeting he had with Republican legislative leaders last month, prompting the Senate majority leader on Wednesday to compare the Democratic governor to Richard Nixon in the latest fallout between the governor and lawmakers.

With police brutality on the forefront of society, Wisconsin lawmakers are working on bills related to deadly force and officer-involved death investigations.

In an exclusive interview, Gray Television Washington Bureau Chief Jacqueline Policastro speaks one-on-one with Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee. Policastro also speaks one-on-one with Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee.

The fight over the redrawing of political boundaries started Wednesday, a full year before any new maps are created.

The challengers argued that King's loss of clout, even more than the continuous string of provocative and racially-charged statements over his career, was reason enough for turning on him.

Jennifer Shilling resigned last month after 20 years in the Legislature to work for a La Crosse-based utility, Dairyland Power Cooperative.

Candidates had a Monday deadline to qualify for the ballot.