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Former President Donald Trump arrives at a rally, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. A Wisconsin judge on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 allowed a civil lawsuit filed against 10 fake electors for former President Trump and two of his attorneys to proceed, rejecting a move to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin judge allows civil case against fake Trump electors to proceed

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Then-Wisconsin state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, speaks at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. on May 29, 2015. Tiffany said Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, that he won’t run for U.S. Senate in 2024 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, leaving an open GOP field with no declared candidates in the swing state a year before the primary. (Michael P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, file)

Republican Rep. Tiffany won’t run for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, leaving open field

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Attendees watch the 170th University of Wisconsin-Madison commencement ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis., on May 13, 2023. Republican lawmakers were poised Tuesday, June 13, to cut funding for University of Wisconsin campuses as the GOP-controlled state Legislature and school officials continue to clash over efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. (Samantha Madar/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Wisconsin Republicans mum on potential UW budget cuts

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., listens during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. Gallagher announced Friday, June 9, 2023, that he won't run for U.S. Senate in 2024 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, leaving an open GOP field with no declared candidates in the battleground state. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Republican Rep. Gallagher won’t run for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, leaving open field

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

The Pride Flag flies at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Governor raises gay pride flag over Wisconsin Capitol

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

University of Wisconsin-Madison students, from left, Marisa Skelley, Martin Jarzyna, Sam Broadnax and Morgan Menke hold up signs protesting racism on campus during a meeting for the UW System Board of Regents on campus in Madison, Wis., Dec. 11, 2015. The debate over free speech and racial equity on Wisconsin's college campuses is intensifying. In a span of days after a student posted racial slurs, a top Republican proposed eliminating campus diversity offices and a medical college canceled a diversity symposium. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Free speech, racial equity battles play out on Wisconsin campuses

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Recount observers watch ballots during a Milwaukee hand recount of presidential votes at the Wisconsin Center, Nov. 20, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wis. A Wisconsin judge says he will order that the state elections commission reconsider a complaint filed against fake Republican electors who attempted in 2020 to cast the state’s electoral ballots for former President Trump. But this time, Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington said Monday, May 8, 2023, the commission must consider the complaint without the participation of one of its six commissioners who was also one of the fake electors. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

Judge: Wisconsin fake electors complaint must be reheard

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Threatening graffiti is seen on the exterior of the Wisconsin Family Action offices in Madison, Wis., May 8, 2022. Hridindu Roychowdhury, the man accused of firebombing the prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion group's office, entered a not-guilty plea Tuesday, April 11, 2023, to one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. (Alex Shur/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Man pleads not guilty in anti-abortion office firebombing

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Former Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl takes part in a New Patriotism Project event on Nov. 13, 2002, in Madison, Wis. Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin's governor in the 1980s and later bemoaned the increasing partisanship in politics, has died., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, He was 86.(Joseph W. Jackson III/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Democrat Tony Earl, former Wisconsin governor, dies at 86

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

A voter casts an early ballot at a polling station Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Milwaukee. Recent revelations about Republican election strategies targeting minority communities in Wisconsin’s biggest city came as no surprise to many Black voters. For years, voting rights advocates have accused Wisconsin Republicans of pushing policies to suppress voters of color and lower-income voters. Many of those policies centered on the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin’s Black voters

By Harm Venhuizen - Associated Press

Voters wait in line outside a pavilion at Center Street Park shortly before the polling site opened on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in Milwaukee. An audio recording of a strategy meeting obtained Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, by The Associated Press shows, that the leaders of then-President Donald Trump's reelection campaign in battleground Wisconsin conceded privately the day after the 2020 election that he had lost, praising Democratic turnout efforts and focusing instead on spreading the lie that Democrats had stolen the election. (AP Photo/Rich Rovito, File)

Trump campaign staff on 2020 election lies: ‘fan the flame’

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

From left, Rebecca Kleefisch, Tim Michels and Timothy Ramthun participate in a televised Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial debate Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Takeaways from the Wisconsin gubernatorial debate

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Dozens of mourners gather for a vigil near Central Avenue and St. Johns Avenue in downtown Highland Park, one day after a gunman killed at least seven people and wounded dozens more by firing an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd attending Highland Park's Fourth of July parade, Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in Highland Park, Ill.. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Police: Highland Park parade shooting suspect contemplated 2nd shooting

By Michael Tarm and Kathleen Foody and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Wisconsin doctors halt abortions following court ruling

By Scott Bauer and Todd Richmond - Associated Press

In this Dec. 13, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis on Dec. 13, 2016. Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday, May 17, 2021, sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

Lawsuit seeks $2.4M damages from Wisconsin fake GOP electors

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2021, file photo, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos speaks at the Capitol in Madison, Wis. Speaker Vos on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, defended not releasing documents related to an ongoing investigation he ordered into the 2020 election, saying he believes the election was &quot;tainted&quot; but that President Joe Biden won. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Wisconsin GOP leader defends keeping election records secret

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, file photo, Kyle Rittenhouse appears in court for a motion hearing in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin in 2020, is due back in court for what could be the final hearing before his trial begins in November. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, File)

Judge refuses to toss Kyle Rittenhouse weapons charge

By Michael Tarm and Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Baseball executive departs before team’s first game

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Wisconsin hikers turn to state parks during COVID pandemic

By GAYLE WORLAND - Associated Press

Minnesota Twins therapist works off-season in South Dakota

By MARY GALES ASKREN - Associated Press