Wisconsin

Wisconsin's Education Savings Account bill represents an important step in ensuring that can happen, and could serve as a model for other states around the country to focus on the needs of high-achieving students. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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Is school choice 2.0 coming?

CJ Szafir and Will Flanders · January 2, 2018 8:32 pm

Kevin Nicholson, who is running in a Republican primary for Senate, said: "I think [Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.,] embodies many of the worst impulses of the Democratic Party, to patronize people, to in no way shape or form focus on opening up opportunities for them, to appeal to peoples' instinct to view each other as competing interests, not as fellow Americans." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Tammy Baldwin ’embodies’ worst of the Democratic Party, says Wisconsin Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson

Emily Jashinsky · December 30, 2017 2:26 pm

Wisconsin Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson is trying to unseat Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin in the fall. He also senses frustration from the GOP base in Wisconsin over what is happening in Washington.

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‘White hot rage’ burning in GOP base over Obamacare repeal failure, says Wisconsin Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson

Emily Jashinsky · December 30, 2017 1:48 pm

These five — Kid Rock, Peyton Manning, Roy Moore, Joe Arpaio, and Paul Nehlen — have their differences with President Trump and each other, but all of them are easier to see as future Republican contenders after his nomination and election. (AP Photos)

5 faces of the Trump-era GOP

W. James Antle III · December 29, 2017 5:01 am

Adviser says Steve Bannon cut ties with Paul Nehlen, far-right challenger to Paul Ryan

Ariella Phillips · December 27, 2017 9:10 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson asked for the name of the GSA staffer who authorized the release of the documents to the special counsel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ron Johnson demands explanation for how GSA turned over Trump transition emails to Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · December 19, 2017 9:48 pm

Wisconsin, the Surveillance State

Christian Schneider · December 15, 2017 9:00 am

Hunger? Or Just the Munchies?

The Scrapbook · December 15, 2017 9:00 am

For a while, America's Dairyland really did a decent job cultivating conservative talent. In 2011, Reince Priebus took the helm of the Republican National Committee. Scott Walker moved into the governor's mansion, and seemed like a promising presidential candidate. Most promising and most well-known, Paul Ryan (pictured above) won the chairmanship of the House Budget Committee. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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When Paul Ryan walks, the Wisconsin era ends

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2017 6:47 pm

The ad buy is part of a multi-million dollar investment 45Committee has sunk into helping Trump and the Republican Congress pass the first tax reform package in three decades. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pro-Trump group running new ads promoting GOP tax bill

David M. Drucker · December 8, 2017 5:33 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said the House Administration Committee will start the "comprehensive review" process of Congress' handling of sexual harassment complaints next week with a hearing on the matter. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Paul Ryan calls for ‘comprehensive review’ of Congress’ sexual harassment problem

Susan Ferrechio · November 29, 2017 4:15 pm

Bryce was delinquent on his child support payments for almost two years, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the past, and failed to satisfy a 2004 small claims court judgment issued in a case brought by a former girlfriend. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

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Democrats throwing their cash at Randy ‘Iron Stache’ Bryce who is still dogged by his personal finances

Emily Jashinsky · November 28, 2017 11:07 pm