The Wisconsin Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision agreed with the state’s Democratic Attorney General, Josh Kaul, that while the 19th century law has never been formally repealed, i

Wisconsin's top state court on Wednesday said an 1849 state law banning abortion in virtually all cases cannot be enforced, rejecting claims that it was revived after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling three years ago.

The Department of Justice is considering whether it can charge local or state election officials who don’t adhere to Trump administration standards on voting security. The Trump administration is reportedly driving the effort forward based on its skepticism about the security of the nation’s elections.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.

Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into the election system.

Hundreds of municipalities use Badger Book, but big cities that adopt the technology would likely have to have their own support staff.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday published a new administrative rule guiding the conduct of election observers.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican prosecutors in Wisconsin said they intended to enforce the old law.

The last two elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which determined its ideological makeup, were the most expensive state court races in U.S. history.