The Secretary of State’s Office carries few duties in Wisconsin, but whoever holds the seat does serve on the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, one of the state’s oldest agencies.
- MITCHELL SCHMIDT
Republicans David Varnam and Will Martin will meet in the August primary, with the winner advancing to the November ballot to face Democrat and current Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski.
- MITCHELL SCHMIDT
Two Democrats, Yee Leng Xiong and Dylan Helmenstine are running for state treasurer. The winner of the August primary will advance to a matchup with Leiber, a Republican, in November.
- MITCHELL SCHMIDT
The attorney general is the state’s top law enforcement officer and prosecutor, and is authorized to sue on behalf of the state, the governor and state agencies.
- GEORGE WIEBE
Dane County may revive license plate reading cameras but with new safeguards requiring data control, privacy audits, retention limits and public reporting after canceling its contract with Flock Safety in April.
- JOHN GITTINGS
The 30-year-old woman died on Saturday morning in the Hawk’s Nest area of the park.
- MITCHELL SCHMIDT
The Legislature’s budget committee voted unanimously to sell the Art Deco Downtown Madison landmark for $10 million.
Milwaukee saw both extremes, going from its wettest April ever to its driest May, according to the National Weather Service.
A look at some of the best photos from May by State Journal photographers Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.
Why are many Americans so scared or even angry about AI, even when people in China, India, Brazil, Singapore, Malaysia and many other countries outside Europe are not?
The 23-student Class of 2026 is the first group to have spent all four years of high school at KTEC Schools of Innovation in Kenosha. The charter’s high school first opened its doors in 2022.
The man and woman, both in their 50s, were traveling north on Fox River Road before being ejected from the vehicle.
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Juneteenth Legacy Venture Inc., a local group presenting the Kenosha Juneteenth Celebration, will host an official Juneteenth dedication from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 19, at Civic Center Park, 900 57th St.
Memorable images from his coaching, athletic director stretches at Wisconsin.
Bucky Badger wasn't always Bucky. And he wasn't always huggable, either. Scroll on for a history in photographs of one of the best mascots in college athletics.
The winter of 2007-08 was Madison's snowiest on record, with Mother Nature dumping a cumulative 101.4 inches of snow in the city. (For comparison, the previous record was 76.1 inches in the winter of 1978-79.) The record snowfall included a lot of middling storms that added up over time, as …
President Donald Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence Tuesday, elevating a loyalist with no national security experience to lead the U.S. intelligence community.
CNN's senior White House reporter Kevin Liptak joins "The Situation Room" to discuss Trump's appointment of housing official Bill Pulte for the country's top job in national intelligence.
A surge in voluntary departure agreements in immigration courts is raising concerns that Trump administration tactics are unfairly pressuring immigrants into leaving the United States.
In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court could rule in favor of Republicans in two more significant election-related cases ahead of the November midterms.
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Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.
On March 6, 2015, Madison police officer Matt Kenny, who is white, shot and killed 19-year-old Tony Robinson, a black man, after an altercation at a home on Williamson Street. Robinson's death sparked weeks of demonstrations. Kenny was cleared of any wrongdoing by Dane County District Attorn…
Virgil Thew, 47, of New Lisbon, is being sought as a "person of interest" in the deaths.
On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, WPR Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and AP Statehouse Reporter Scott Bauer discuss results of the recent Marquette University Law School poll on the failed surplus deal. The poll showed 80 percent of respondents wanted the L…
Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany spoke on the failed surplus deal during a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon. "We should return all of the surplus to the tax payers. That was the difference of opinion that I had with Governor Evers," Tiffany said. "[Evers] was …
Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany spoke on the failed surplus deal during a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon. "We should return all of the surplus to the tax payers. That was the difference of opinion that I had with Governor Evers," Tiffany said. "[Evers] was …
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