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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signs an executive order, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Madison, Wisconsin, creating a new statewide office of violence prevention a month after a school shooting.

Evers creates new Office of Violence Prevention in wake of Abundant Life shooting

Wisconsin Supreme Court election will steer state policies on abortion and labor rights

Wisconsin Supreme Court entrance

Sen. Tammy Baldwin introduces bill to protect affordable health care access

Tammy Baldwin

House Republicans propose bill to preempt state gun safety laws

Richard Hudson

Republicans move to repeal law that saves older Americans billions in health care costs

Tom Tiffany

This combination of file photos shows former Republican attorney general Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford.

What to know about the candidates running for Wisconsin Supreme Court in April

Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin talks about her victory over Republican challenger Eric Hovde Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Biden signs Baldwin bill to build Women’s Suffrage National Monument on the National Mall

Donald Trump

Trump says he now supports elimination of federal debt ceiling

U.S. Supreme Court

Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds

A view the Capitol in Washington DC, United States on July 12, 2024.

AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers

Crosses at Madison school shooting vigil

Madison community unites to mourn victims of Abundant Life Christian School shooting

Medicine bottles

Big Pharma pushes repeal of drug price negotiation that lowers costs for consumers

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

Reproductive Rights

Patients in Wisconsin get abortion pills via telehealth from providers in other states

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump

Sexual misconduct charges and allegations dog many of Trump’s appointees

Wisconsin Capitol building

Will Wisconsin state lawmakers get more done with a more evenly divided Legislature?

A crowd fills the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda on the fifth day of labor demonstrations, Feb. 16, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Thousands came to protest the governor's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining for most public workers. Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, attempting to end the state's near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees.

‘It’s about time’: Wisconsin teachers celebrate judge’s Act 10 ruling

Mike Johnson

Narrow 220-215 GOP House majority may have a tough time governing