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Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid

5:35am November 11, 2024

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced.

Donald Trump Campaigns In Michigan In Final Days Before Election

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Harris and Trump enter the home stretch with rallies in 2 key Midwest swing states

11:32am November 01, 2024

The campaigns crisscrossed Michigan and Wisconsin. Trump tried to woo Arab Americans and zeroed in on Friday's jobs data as Harris criticized the GOP nominee for violent comments about Liz Cheney.

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Kamala Harris made an unusual pilgrimage today — to the birthplace of the GOP

5:00am October 03, 2024

Ripon, Wis. — where the Republican Party began — was the backdrop for a Harris campaign speech from former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney. She said former President Donald Trump is not fit to serve.

This boss vowed to help his workers with child care. It hasn't been easy

5:00am September 04, 2024

by Andrea Hsu

Child care continues to vex working parents. In Wisconsin, the CEO of the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has been trying — and struggling — to make a difference.

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President Biden Speaks With ABC's George Stephanopoulos

Politics & Government

Defiant Biden says 'only the Lord Almighty' could convince him to leave the 2024 race

10:25pm July 05, 2024

Democrats and donors wanted to see how President Biden handled unscripted questions after a disastrous debate fueled party anxiety about whether he should stay on the ticket.

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Located less than an hour outside Madison, Wis., Columbia County has both city commuters and people in more rural, small towns. Portage, with a population of around 10,000, is the largest town in the county.

One voted Biden. One picked Trump. It's a tale of two counties in pivotal Wisconsin

11:42am May 21, 2024

Wisconsin is one of a handful of pivotal states in the 2024 presidential election. Within the swing state, there are swing counties that could decide the election — even as people remain divided.

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., spoke with students as a surrogate for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign at college campuses across Wisconsin, a state that had the highest youth turnout in the country in the 2022 midterms.

Six months out from the election, Wisconsin students weigh voting for Biden

5:01am May 04, 2024

Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on Wednesday. A pair of rallies in the pivotal states of Wisconsin and Michigan are his first campaign trail appearances since his trial in New York over alleged campaign finance violations started.

Away from his New York trial, Donald Trump's campaign rallies are business as usual

8:48pm May 01, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

In Wisconsin and Michigan, Donald Trump largely avoided the hush money trial that has mostly sidelined his campaign efforts as he tried to woo voters with a familiar speech in two major swing states.

President Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisc., on Monday.

Politics & Government

Wisconsin's 'Mad City' is a rational choice for Biden's appeal to youth

5:00am April 13, 2024

by Ron Elving

It is not much of an exaggeration, if it is one at all, that college towns are to the Democrats today what factory towns were through most of the 20^th century.

A steel billboard and its support were blown over in Dunbar, W.Va., Tuesday, April 2, 2024, after severe storms blew through the area.

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Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes

4:18am April 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and Georgia were under tornado watches, while Wisconsin was experiencing a spring snowstorm.