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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2020 photo, Baltimore Police Academy cadets listen to an instructor during an on the field class session learning to direct traffic, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Baltimore. As rising murder rates gain attention in U.S. cities, Republicans have ramped up misleading attacks by casting Democrats as anti-police. It's a message they believe helped them stave off greater Democratic gains and one with renewed potency particularly in cities that cut police department budgets amid calls to overhaul policing last year. It's not clear whether the GOP strategy, with roots back to President Nixon's law-and-order message, will be a success for a party that has little support in American cities. But Republicans hope to stem their decline in suburbs with by attacking Democrats' on domestic safety. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 13, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2020, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during a news conference in Kenosha, Wis., as Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, left, accompanies him. Gov. Evers made it official Saturday, June 5, 2021, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he stands as a Democratic block to the Republican-controlled state Legislature. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Wisconsin Democrats focus on beating Johnson, helping Evers

By Scott Bauer Jun. 05, 2021 09:19 PM EDT

Elesha Gayman, Democratic chairwoman in Scott County, Iowa, stands outside her office, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Davenport, Iowa. Iowa's 2nd Congressional District race last year might have ignited a rally from Democrats whose six-vote loss was the narrowest for any U.S. House seat in almost 40 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
'Past the point of no return'? Iowa Dems feel hopes fading

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 01, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2021, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks with media at a news conference in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin will receive $700 million less than initially expected in federal coronavirus relief money and get it in two payments a year apart, news that Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said Tuesday, May 11, 2021 was problematic. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer File)
Evers promises to preserve grants in face of less stimulus

May. 12, 2021 04:17 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. March 25, 2021. Editorial: Iowa Republican lawmakers make a stand for freedom — well, one freedom (to get and carry...

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2020, file photo, Theola Carter, left, and Carrie Braxton fill out their ballots on the first day of the state's in-person absentee voting window for the Nov. 3 election outside the City-County Building In Madison, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP File)
Trump, Biden in close race as Wisconsin again in spotlight

By Todd Richmond Nov. 02, 2020 11:57 PM EST

FILE - In this June 14, 2020, file photo 5th Congressional District Republican candidate Bob Good leaves Lynchburg's Tree of Life Ministries, in Lynchburg, Va. Good is running against Democrat Cameron Webb. (Amy Friedenberger/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
Dems, GOP stretch for hard-to-get districts in House races

By Alan Fram And Sarah Rankin Oct. 14, 2020 12:14 AM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after he arrives at at New Castle Airport, in New Castle, Del., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, as he returns from Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Biden headed to Manitowoc for second Wisconsin visit

By Scott Bauer Sep. 20, 2020 05:43 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press Aug. 17, 2020 06:19 PM EDT
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Aug. 16 ‘Tariff Man’ strikes again with beer can tax Donald Trump might have learned...

FILE -This May 13, 2019, file photo shows Brad Pfaff, former secretary, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, in La Crosse, Wis. (La Crosse Tribune via AP, File)
Wisconsin Senate leader Fitzgerald wins US House primary

By Todd Richmond Aug. 10, 2020 11:51 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
The Journal Times of Racine, Aug. 3 If no in-person schooling, then no school sports Nearly three months ago NCAA...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2020 02:09 PM EDT
The Capital Times, Madison, July 22 If Ron Johnson wants to honor John Lewis, he should support voting rights Toward...

Biden, Wisconsin Democrats rally, virtually, to defeat Trump

By Scott Bauer Jun. 12, 2020 10:48 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden urged Wisconsin Democrats in a brief recorded message broadcast during an online...

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2018, file photo, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden greets supporters during a rally with Wisconsin Democrats in Madison Wis. While Democrats are still planning to meet in person in Milwaukee in August, Wisconsin's state convention was scaled back from a two-day event to a two-hour virtual meeting. But the goal of focusing on beating Trump remains the same. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
Wisconsin Democrats gathering online in bid to defeat Trump

By Scott Bauer Jun. 11, 2020 11:20 AM EDT

Aid to Wisconsin farmers, renters due to pandemic announced

By Scott Bauer May. 20, 2020 03:42 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents who lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic can get help paying their rent, and farmers will be eligible for...