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Wisconsin
the chain gang
Nov. 28, 2018
By Nikita Richardson
2020 elections
Nov. 16, 2018
Should Democrats Focus On the Heartland or the Sunbelt in 2020? The midterm results don’t really dictate either approach, but a 2020 candidate might.
By Ed Kilgore
Scott Walker Is Trying to Dodge the Midwest’s Backlash Against Trump For the Wisconsin governor, the question of how to handle Trump is a tricky one.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
2018 elections
Aug. 15, 2018
Leah Vukmir’s Victory in Wisconsin Is a Rare Win for Republican Women The veteran conservative state legislator will now face incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin in another uphill race in Wisconsin.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 14, 2018
Scott Walker and Tammy Baldwin Prepare for a November Slugfest in Wisconsin Democrats will choose an opponent for longtime nemesis Scott Walker while Republicans are staging a pricey primary to challenge Tammy Baldwin.
By Ed Kilgore
SCOTUS Punts Again on the Question of Partisan Gerrymandering It’s now unlikely the Supremes will clarify any limitations on using redistricting for blatantly partisan purposes until the eve of 2020.
By Ed Kilgore
Scott Walker Will Give 671,00 Wisconsin Families an Election-Year Check The Wisconsin governor’s $100 child subsidy is a dumb, cynical policy — but there’s a lot Democrats can learn from it.
By Eric Levitz
Progressive Judge Wins Big in Wisconsin Special Election It was a sweet and auspicious victory for Wisconsin progressives, who have recently taken a beating.
By Ed Kilgore
Scott Walker Abandons Fight Against Special Elections The hyper-partisan governor of hyper-polarized Wisconsin loses a round to the courts.
By Ed Kilgore
The Clock Is Ticking on SCOTUS’s Decision about Partisan Gerrymandering The second major partisan gerrymandering case before SCOTUS isn’t clearing up the Court’s future direction.
By Ed Kilgore
Court Orders Scott Walker to Hold Special Elections Republicans Want to Avoid Scott Walker figures the best way to avoid embarrassing special election results is to not hold the elections at all. But a judge disagrees.
By Ed Kilgore
Tammy Baldwin’s Tough Reelection Fight in Hyperpolarized Wisconsin An awful lot’s going on politically in Wisconsin this year, and Senator Tammy Baldwin’s right in the middle of it.
By Ed Kilgore
Lamb Win Could Point to Democratic Resurgence in Lily-white Districts Under the right circumstances, it looks like Democrats can again win in places where they don’t have their customary minority base.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Jan. 17, 2018
Democrats Pick Up Wisconsin State Senate Seat in District Trump Won by 17 Points Scott Walker, the state’s Republican governor, called it a “wake-up call” for his party.
By Margaret Hartmann
transgender rights
Jan. 10, 2018
By Amanda Arnold
Oprah Should Run — for Governor of Wisconsin Democrats won’t need star power to win the White House in 2020. But they sure could use some at the state level next fall.
By Eric Levitz
hair crimes
Dec. 29, 2017
A Man in Wisconsin Called Police Over This Bad Haircut His stylist snipped his ear and buzzed the middle of his hair like one of the Three Stooges .
By Lisa Ryan
Children of Any Age Can Now Hunt With Guns in This State A new law eliminated the previous age minimum of 10 years old.
By Gabriella Paiella
Voter Suppression In Wisconsin May Have Won the State for Trump There’s growing evidence that GOP efforts to discourage voting were as important as any Clinton mistakes in turning the crucial state red.
By Ed Kilgore
Will Justice Kennedy Sink Partisan Gerrymandering — or Save It? In a potential landmark case from Wisconsin, SCOTUS tries to decide if intent to rob minority-party voters of influence can be measured and corrected.
By Ed Kilgore
horrible things
Sept. 29, 2017
By Clint Rainey
Wisconsin Just Gave Foxconn Preferential Treatment in Its Court System Scott Walker lured the tech company to Wisconsin by giving it special privileges in the state’s courts. That could be unconstitutional.
By Eric Levitz
early and often
Aug. 20, 2017
Poll: Trump Embarrasses More Than 60 Percent of Voters in 3 Crucial States Trump’s response to Charlottesville doesn’t seem to have gone over so well in the three states that narrowly handed him last year’s election.
By Chas Danner
Trump Announces $10 Billion Foxconn Plant in Paul Ryan’s District The plant will initially employee 3,000, with the potential to add 10,000 more jobs, and eat up billions in incentives.
By Adam K. Raymond
news you can booze
July 7, 2017
Scott Walker Is in a Twitter War With Beer Nerds, America He was reminded emphatically that Miller Lite is a bad beer.
By Clint Rainey
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Big Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case It is well established that states cannot draw district lines to disadvantage racial minorities. Political minorities have no such protection — yet.
By Ed Kilgore
7th Circuit Court Issues Sweeping Decision Protecting Transgender Rights There’s no telling what the Supreme Court will do with this broad decision extending transgender rights, but it won’t be able to dodge the big issues.
By Ed Kilgore
crimes against meat
May 30, 2017
Let This Scott Walker Tweet Be a Lesson in How to Never Grill Meat The Wisconsin governor’s Memorial Day–weekend kebabs were raw and unseasoned.
By Clint Rainey
Will the Reality of President Trump Help Reverse the Black Turnout Slump? A sharp drop off in African-American voting helped Trump defeat Clinton. Democrats need a way to reverse that without Obama on the ballot.
By Ed Kilgore
the national circus
Apr. 6, 2016
Ted Cruz’s Win in Wisconsin Proves No One Can Unify the GOP Spiraling closer to a contested Republican convention in Cleveland.
By Frank Rich
early and often
Apr. 6, 2016
Cruz Wins Wisconsin, Keeps Hope Alive for Contested Convention The big question is whether Cruz can stop Trump from recovering with big wins in the Northeast.
By Ed Kilgore
Sanders Keeps Winning Streak Alive in Wisconsin, But Breaks No New Ground His support tracked its usual demographics. The final margin will be key.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Apr. 5, 2016
Cruz, Sanders Take Wisconsin Primaries Both have been favored in the polls all week.
By Claire Landsbaum
Cruzin’ in Wisconsin? Ted Cruz might be on the verge of crushing Donald Trump in Wisconsin next Tuesday.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Mar. 31, 2016
Wisconsin’s Largest Newspaper Blasts Clinton Over Her Emails “No president, no secretary of state, no public official at any level is above the law.”
By Claire Landsbaum
Wisconsin Bar Denies Using Pet Camel for Burgers Foolery’s promised the animal, Dooley, would not be made into a meal.
By Chris Crowley
Why Did Two Girls Want to Kill for Slender Man? The problem wasn’t that they didn’t know they were living in a fantasy world. The problem was that they couldn’t — or didn’t — extricate themselves.
By Lisa Miller
Unbelievably American Festival Features a 200-Pound Burger and ‘Ketchup “I’m not sure why, but people sure like to watch contestants slide in ketchup.”
By Clint Rainey
crimes and misdemeanors
May 13, 2015
No Charges Against Wisconsin Cop Who Shot and Killed Unarmed Black Teenager The DA said Tony Robinson Jr.’s “tragic and unfortunate death was the result of a lawful use of deadly police force.”
By Chas Danner
early and often
Mar. 9, 2015
President Obama Takes Swipe at Scott Walker Being the focus of Obama’s ire only boosts Walker’s 2016 chances.
By Margaret Hartmann
early and awkward
Oct. 21, 2014
RNC Co-Chair Calls Wisconsin Voters Stupid “Some of them might not be as sharp as a knife.”
By Joe Coscarelli
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