A grassroots pro-democracy group led by a Republican former state senator is trying to build trust in elections by hosting forums in small towns throughout Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Assembly leader won’t back down from impeachment threat against Supreme Court justice
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos refused to back down Thursday from possibly impeaching Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
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2nd former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises Robin Vos against impeachment
A second former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice asked to investigate taking the unprecedented step of impeaching a liberal justice came out Wednesday against it.
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Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises against impeaching Janet Protasiewicz
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice David Prosser told Assembly Speaker Robin Vos there should be no effort to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting cases
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has threatened to impeach Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn’t step down.
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Security questions swirl at the Wisconsin Capitol after armed man sought governor twice in one day
Wisconsin’s Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk inside with a loaded handgun this week in search of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The man was arrested for illegally openly carrying a weapon, but after posting bail, he returned outside the Capitol that […]
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Republican Wisconsin Senate president urges Assembly to impeach elections official Meagan Wolfe
Wisconsin Senate President Chris Kapenga called on the Assembly to impeach Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe.
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Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to reject commissioner who backed Meagan Wolfe
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate’s elections committee retaliated Tuesday against one of the three Democratic elections commissioners who tried to block them from voting to fire the state’s nonpartisan top elections official.
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Former Speaker Paul Ryan says Republicans will lose if Donald Trump is nominee
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that Republicans will lose the presidential election if Donald Trump is the nominee.
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Open meetings lawsuit targets secret panel studying Janet Protasiewicz impeachment
A liberal watchdog group on Monday sued a secret panel investigating the criteria for impeaching a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, asking a judge to order the panel to stop meeting behind closed doors.
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Wisconsin Republicans propose impeaching Meagan Wolfe after disputed vote to fire her
A group of Republican Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday proposed impeaching Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe as Democrats wage a legal battle to keep the nonpartisan administrator in office.
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Republicans propose spending $614M in public funds on Milwaukee Brewers stadium upgrades
Republican legislators Monday announced a bill that would devote more than $614 million in public funding to repair and renovate the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium — far more than taxpayers spent to build it more than two decades ago.