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Our Legislature could be doing more to help Wisconsinites, but they aren’t By Mel Barnes It didn’t have to be this way. Our state Legislature could be doing more to help Wisconsinites, but they aren’t. Why? Because too many legislative districts are drawn so that...

By Deon J. Hampton At one point during the pandemic, Black residents of Milwaukee County were six times more likely to die from the coronavirus than Wisconsin's white residents, state health officials said. The state's governor, Tony Evers, a Democrat in his first...

By David Foust Dear Editor: I recently saw an alarming op-ed written by Jay Heck about some GOP proposals surrounding how electoral votes are counted in Wisconsin. Apparently, there is a new proposal to apportion them by congressional district in the state...

By Stef W. Kight Democrats are preparing a mix of tech and legal strategies to combat expected gerrymandering by Republicans, who are planning to go on legal offense themselves. Why it matters: Democrats failed to regain a single state legislature on Election Day,...

By Hansi Lo Wang The U.S. Census Bureau has stopped working on a Trump administration-initiated project to produce citizenship data that could have politically benefited Republicans when voting districts are redrawn. Citing President Biden's executive order...

Taking a position as inflammatory as refusing to certify a fair election would be riskier for G.O.P. lawmakers if they needed to appeal to an electorate beyond their next set of primary voters. By Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio...

By Larry Eriksson Republicans have made Wisconsin one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. In the Nov. 3 elections for the state Assembly, Democrats received 46% of the votes, but only 38% of the Assembly seats. In the elections for the state...

With several states poised to gain or lose seats in the House, Republicans and Democrats gear up for fights in legislatures, courts By Natalie Andrews The fight over House districts in 2022 is starting well before new lines on state maps are drawn. Lawmakers, outside...

By Henry Redman In a time of overlapping crises, rural Wisconsin shifted further to the right in 2020, voting overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump by often higher margins than in 2016. But in just over a month, President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in and the...

“Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.” By Laura Schulte When Republicans won the Legislature and governor’s office in 2010, the party was in the driver’s seat for a vital function: Redrawing...