Author: Will Kenneally In an early call, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin staves off a challenge by Republican state Sen. Leah Vukmir. “After more than $14 million of nasty attack ads, it means nothing,” Baldwin said in her victory speech. “I …

Author: Sam Buisman The Wisconsin governor’s race was too close to call on Tuesday night. At press time, Democratic challenger Tony Evers edged ahead of Republican incumbent Scott Walker by 304 votes, with 89% of precincts reporting according to

Authors: Sam Buisman and Will Kenneally A 21-year-old Madison woman has been arrested in connection with Sunday’s shooting that left one man dead. According to Madison police, Kenyairra Gadson and the victim — 21-year-old Steven Villegas — were involved in …

Author: Will Kenneally Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers stumped in Madison on Monday with former Obama Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The two criticized Republican Gov. Scott Walker on health care issues, including his opposition to …

Author: Will Kenneally State legislative leaders say the legislature will return to Madison consider a bill to give paper goods company Kimberly-Clark tax incentives to stay in Wisconsin. They plan to hold a public hearing on the bill …

Author: Will Kenneally The Madison Common Council unanimously voted to provide $40,000 to help fund Hmong-based mental health services at the Kajsiab House and an associated Cambodian program. The funding from the city is part of the $150,000 …

Author: Will Kenneally Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir contrasted herself with her Democratic opponent Tammy Baldwin on health care and other issues as she spoke to the College Republicans of UW-Madison Tuesday. Vukmir, a former nurse, criticized Baldwin’s

Author: Sam Buisman Members of the Wisconsin statewide Democratic ticket held an Aug. 26 rally in the North Woods Room of Union South, led by Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez. The Democratic nominees for state treasurer, Sarah Godlewski; …

Author: Will Kenneally The technology company Foxconn announced it will give UW-Madison $100 million–the largest donation in university history for a research partner–for what the company said will be “engineering and innovation research.” The donation coincides with the …

Author: Martin Rakacolli The Board of Regents met Thursday and Friday in Madison to discuss issues related to the University of Wisconsin System. Across two days, they met in committees and convened later to summarize findings and update the …

Author: Will Kenneally Governor State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers claimed victory in the Democratic gubernatorial primary and will face incumbent Gov. Scott Walker in November. The three-term head of state public schools won the eight-way primary with 42 …

Author: Martin Rakacolli Seven of the eight Democratic candidates seeking the gubernatorial nomination gathered for a forum in Madison on Wednesday. They made the case to elect themselves and to elect Democrats ahead of the upcoming Aug. 14 primary. …