MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A disabled Wisconsin Democrat says an all-night lame-duck legislative session last month violated the open meetings law because he had to leave...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers appeared poised Wednesday to defy, or find a way around, a law enacted during the Republican lame-duck legislative session...
Inauguration Day after an election is ideally intended as a time for bipartisanship and for avoiding political criticism. Well, most of the time, anyway. Josh Kaul,...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder acted Friday on many more measures passed during the Legislature’s frantic lame-duck session. All told, the term-limited Republican...
First challenge to new laws in Wisconsin should be in the courts soon. Citizen Action of Wisconsin is among the groups suing over the measure signed...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin returned to federal court Monday, three days after Gov. Scott Walker signed into law...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans determined to dilute the authority of newly elected Democrats could see the power play thwarted by a moderate GOP governor,...
This month’s lame-duck session in the Wisconsin legislature has sparked calls for change from some lawmakers. One Democratic state senator called for a swearing in of...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — His voice nearly gone following all-night negotiations, Robin Vos stood on the floor of the Wisconsin Assembly just after sunrise and calmly...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)–Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a sweeping package of Republican-authored lame-duck legislation that restricts early voting and weakens the incoming Democratic governor...
Lame duck maneuvers by Wisconsin lawmakers this month have become a national punchline. And for good reason, says La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat, among the...
Even if early voting is changed in Wisconsin, they may not last. Gov. Scott Walker is considering, among other bills passed in a lame duck legislative...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker executed a $28 million deal Thursday to save nearly 400 jobs at a Kimberly-Clark Corp. plant, using powers...
It’s a waiting game now on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. What will he sign? What will he veto? The ball’s in his court now with controversial...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended lame-duck legislation Tuesday that sparked protests in the state’s Capitol because it would trim some of his successor’s powers. Critics said...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he has a “straightforward criteria” for determining whether he’ll sign bills passed in that extraordinary lame-duck session of the legislature last...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers said Sunday he’s not optimistic that outgoing governor Scott Walker will veto bills approved by the Republican-dominated...
Republicans didn’t get everything they wanted out of an extraordinary lame-duck session this week in Madison. They did rack up a bunch of wins when it...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans pushing to hang on to power in Wisconsin and Michigan aren’t stopping at curbing the authority of incoming Democratic governors. They’re...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The incoming Democratic governor of Wisconsin said Wednesday that he plans to make a personal appeal to his defeated rival, Gov. Scott...