Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Racine County Republican, sat down for an interview with WKOW's Capitol Bureau Chief A.J. Bayatpour.Vos told Bayatpour "The elections commission doesn't have a right to waive law ... That's illegal. It doesn't matter if they have good intentions or not. They hav…
MADISON — Leaders in the Racine County Sheriff’s Office are not mincing words about their discontent with state Attorney General Josh Kaul for not taking up their call to launch a statewide investigation into allegations of election fraud in the 2020 election.
Wisconsin lawmakers are to hear testimony from the Racine County Sheriff's Office Wednesday regarding the RCSO's investigation into the Wisconsin Elections Commission and alleged election fraud at nursing homes.
Republican Party leadership in Wisconsin is not backing Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling's recommendation that five of the state's six elections commissioners to be charged with election fraud and related criminal offense.
A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel millions to GOP candidates, including Donald Trump and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson.
RACINE COUNTY — Sheriff Christopher Schmaling is recommending five members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, three appointed by Democrats and two by Republicans, be criminally charged for having waived the law requiring the use of Special Voting Deputies during elections in 2020, he ann…
The administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission said she does have concerns with how absentee voting was handled at Mount Pleasant’s Ridgewood Care Center following allegations of potential criminal activity made public Thursday by the Racine County Sheriff's Office.
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands offer chilling commentary about the most frightening things on the left and the right
Three elected Democrats representing overlapping parts of Racine and Kenosha counties are questioning Mount Pleasant’s village clerk over a letter issued to 1,570 voters in the village who had identified as “Indefinitely Confined."
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands urge local school officials not to panic at the first outbreak. Our children need the schoolhouse doors to stay open.
In 2018, Republicans ran for Assembly seats in 69 out of 99 Wisconsin districts, allowing Democrats to run unopposed almost one-third of the time. Two years later in 2020, Republicans ran in 92 districts, leaving a mere seven Democrats running unopposed.That’s part of the Republicans’ plan t…
The City of Racine's new "mobile voting precinct" has arrived. The city clerk's office plans to use the vehicle to make early voting and voter registration easier.
Maureen Ryan — executive director of the Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, a Racine-based nonprofit — said in a statement “The proposed voting bills will result in additional barriers and hurdles for people with disabilities to vote, particularly those who are rarely able to…
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Rochester Republican who is the de facto leader of elected conservatives in Wisconsin, agreed with a statement during a radio interview Thursday morning that "shady dealings" occurred in 2020 election, while still maintaining that Joe Biden is the president. The…
Gov. Tony Evers said he fully expects the maps Republicans draw following the 2020 Census to be "gerrymandered," that he will veto those maps, and that at least one lawsuit will follow. Republican leaders are pushing back against those claims.
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands highlight how politics shapes our views of the MVP quarterback's controversial standoff and potential split with the Green Bay Packers.
A group with the support of the Racine County GOP has continued alleging the 2020 presidential election that Joe Biden won was fraudulent is taking aim at the City of Racine and Mayor Cory Mason for aiding in bringing money donated by Facebook's founder into Wisconsin to support election efforts.
A single statewide race for schools superintendent and no major school referendums contributed to a relatively low spring election turnout in Racine County compared to prior April elections.
While statewide races remain up in the air, most local races have been called. See the first set of results here.
Tuesday, April 6, marks Election Day for the first major Wisconsin election of 2021. Here is every contested race and referendum Racine County voters get to weigh in on.
Three current Muskego-Norway School Board members are facing three challengers in Tuesday's election. Multiple candidates stressed the need to focus on and update the district's STEM programs, while one aims to immediately get rid of the mask mandate.
RAYMOND — Incumbent Daniel Hying will face newcomer Karl Winderl in Tuesday’s election for one open seat on the North Cape School Board.
Jayden Welch, a 2019 graduate of Burlington High School, has entered the April 6 school board race as a write-in candidate who has support from the leader of a community coalition battling racism. But he has drawn some ire. Radio host Mark Belling played a censored recording of a Welch campa…
Party politics is surfacing on both sides of the political aisle in the Muskego-Norway School District. After the Republican Party announced it was backing all three challengers in the race, the Democratic Party responded by supporting all three incumbents in an April 6 election that is offi…
Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce, in cooperation with The Journal Times, sent a questionnaire to the five candidates on the ballot in Tuesday’s Racine Unified School Board election.
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