Politics

• Questions Linger Over Post-Roe Landscape in Wisconsin

  Jun 26th, 2022 by Sophie Bolich

  Is the state's abortion ban from 1849 enforceable? Is abortion the first right, thought protected, to be repealed?

• State Leaders React to Overturning of Roe

  Jun 25th, 2022 by Ruth Conniff

  Republicans celebrate, Democrats say they are ‘heartbroken’

• Abortion Rights Protest Calls for Supporters to Organize

  Jun 24th, 2022 by Graham Kilmer

  Activists call on abortion rights supporters to organize political opposition to abortion bans, abortion opponents.

• DA Chisholm Won’t Prosecute Abortion Cases

  Jun 24th, 2022 by Graham Kilmer

  District Attorney John Chisholm signs joint statement committing not to prosecute "those who seek, provide, or support abortions."

• Democratic Senate Candidates Support Ending Filibuster

  Jun 24th, 2022 by Christine Hatfield

  Leading candidates also discuss support for healthcare expansion.

• Outside An Abortion Clinic The Morning Roe Was Overturned

  Jun 24th, 2022 by Graham Kilmer

  Women face harassment as they arrive for procedures they can no longer access.

• State Supreme Court Rules in Milwaukee ShotSpotter Case

  Jun 24th, 2022 by Isiah Holmes

  Court says gunfire detection met standard for reasonable suspicion in man's arrest.

• Judge Lifts Contempt Order for Speaker Vos

  Jun 24th, 2022 by Rich Kremer

  Assembly Speaker Vos faced contempt of court related to missing records in partisan election review.

• Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

  Jun 24th, 2022 by WPR Staff

  High court ends constitutional right to abortion.

• State GOP Lawmakers Reject Special Session on Abortion

  Jun 23rd, 2022 by Christine Hatfield

  GOP-controlled Senate adjourned in 15 seconds a special session to repeal 1849 law banning abortion.

• Data Wonk

  Trump’s “Big Lie” Vs The Election Data

  Jun 22nd, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  The story in Wisconsin and nationally could not have been clearer.

• Poll Shows Ron Johnson Trails Three Democrats, Evers Leads GOP Challengers

  Jun 22nd, 2022 by Bruce Murphy

  MU poll also shows Michels/Kleefisch in virtual tie in GOP primary for governor.