Here are 7 things to watch for as Democrats take control of Wisconsin state government
Gov.-elect David Crowley must assemble a transition team, legislative leaders will be elected, and Tony Evers may issue first commutations in decades.
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Elections
How Wisconsin Democrats want to transform election law after flipping the Legislature
Top priorities include more election funding and letting clerks process ballots the Monday before an election.
Election Day errors add to Milwaukee’s history of messy elections
Past mistakes have made Milwaukee’s elections a target for Republican critics — but this year, they stopped watching as soon as it became clear they had lost.
DataWatch: How Wisconsin’s political landscape changed this election
A county-by-county analysis shows where Democrats gained ground across Wisconsin — and where Republicans held or strengthened their support.
Fact Briefs – bite-sized fact checks of trending claims
Did Eric Toney’s office receive more new prosecutor staff than the state crime lab in Josh Kaul’s second term?
Yes. Toney has made an issue of backlogs in the attorney general race, but Republicans have authorized few new positions in response to Kaul’s request for more staff.
Did Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Tiffany support a six-week abortion bill?
Yes. Tiffany said his position since announcing for governor has been to support the state’s current 20-week abortion ban.
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Opinion
Your Right to Know: Use of Signal app risks eroding trust
Questions have arisen over revelations that members of the Madison Common Council were using Signal to communicate with each other over the last several years.Â
Guest opinion: Honoring veterans means recognizing lasting health risks of asbestos exposure
Asbestos exposure during military service can lead to serious diseases decades later. Honoring veterans means recognizing these lasting health risks and reconsidering lung cancer screening criteria, Cristina Johnson argues.
Guest opinion: End Wisconsin’s ban on fusion voting to expand political choice
Anoop Prakash and Tom Florsheim Jr. argue that Wisconsin’s century-old ban on fusion voting protects the two-party duopoly, limits voter choice and weakens political competition. Allowing the practice would make elected officials more accountable.
