Author: Scott Bauer

A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers and most state government employees has rekindled a battle over labor rights in a state where the first public sector unions were formed 65 years ago. But before unions head back to the bargaining table, more legal fights await. Here are five things to know about the law, the current challenge and what happens next: WHAT IS THE FIGHT ABOUT? At its core, the battle is over whether tens of thousands of teachers, nurses, prison guards and other state government employees can bargain over their...

As election officials across the country boost security ahead of November’s election, the leader of one of the most intensely scrutinized offices in a presidential swing state said it’s not personal threats or worries about conflicts at the polls that keep her up at night. It is the little things that could loom large once voting begins, the day-to-day logistics of making sure everything runs smoothly at 180 polling sites in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city, from ensuring there are enough ballots to having a sufficient number of poll workers. “Being a new election administrator is a big challenge,” Paulina...

A federal judge ruled on July 8 that protesters cannot march through a security zone at the Republican National Convention, handing a defeat to liberals who had pushed to have closer access to where delegates will gather in Milwaukee. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024 filed a lawsuit last month against the city of Milwaukee, alleging that the city’s plans for protesters violated their free speech rights. They had asked the judge to order that the city design a protest parade route that is within sight and hearing of the Fiserv...

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The state charges are the first to come in Wisconsin and follow separate charges brought in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Georgia related to the fake electors scheme. Democratic Governor Tony Evers offered a one-word response to news of the charges being filed: “Good.” The Wisconsin charges were filed against Trump’s attorney in the state, Jim Troupis, 62, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, 62, who was advising the...