Florida reinstates controversial congressional map backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis
A Florida appeals court reinstated a new and controversial congressional map backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who calls the map "race-neutral." CBS News anchor Lana Zak spoke with William March, a Florida political reporter and analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, about what sparked the controversy.
news.yahoo.comWisconsin Republicans agree on 'no endorsement' option
Wisconsin Republicans agreed Saturday to have a “no endorsement” option when voting on whether to throw the party's official backing behind a candidate in the hotly contested governor's race. The top candidates in the governor's race were slated to make their pitch later Saturday for an endorsement to more than 1,500 delegates attending the annual convention near Madison. Winning the endorsement requires support from 60% of delegates.
news.yahoo.comWisconsin Democratic lawmaker sparks fury for calling women ‘birthing bodies’ in defense of abortion
A Democratic legislator in Wisconsin has drawn backlash on Twitter after referring to women as “birthing bodies” while defending abortion. Rep. Francesca Hong, who serves the 76th Assembly District, was among many to comment on the recent leak of a Supreme Court draft expected to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, which would make abortion immediately illegal in at least 13 states. “Birthing bodies have the right to freedom,” Hong wrote in a tweet.
news.yahoo.comFamily speaks out about pressures that led star college runner Sarah Shulze to take her own life at 21
Sarah Shulze ran on the University of Wisconsin's track and cross country teams. Her family said, "Balancing athletics, academics and the demands of everyday life overwhelmed her in a single, desperate moment."
cbsnews.comFamily speaks out about pressures that led star college runner Sarah Shulze to take her own life at 21
Sarah Shulze ran on the University of Wisconsin's track and cross country teams. Her family said, "Balancing athletics, academics and the demands of everyday life overwhelmed her in a single, desperate moment."
cbsnews.comFamily speaks out about pressures that led star college runner Sarah Shulze to take her own life at 21
Sarah Shulze ran on the University of Wisconsin's track and cross country teams. Her family said, "Balancing athletics, academics and the demands of everyday life overwhelmed her in a single, desperate moment."
cbsnews.comWisconsin cross country, track runner Sarah Shulze dies
Sarah Shulze, a runner on the University of Wisconsin’s track and cross country teams, has died. Shulze’s family announced on April 15 that she had died two days earlier, and gave the cause of death. “Sarah took her own life,” the family said.
news.yahoo.comJudge orders Wisconsin investigator to stop deleting records
A judge on Thursday ordered an investigator in Wisconsin looking into the 2020 election to stop deleting records, the latest blow against the former state Supreme Court justice whose contract is nearing an end. Michael Gableman has released two interim reports on the election won by President Joe Biden and has suggested the GOP-controlled Legislature look into the legally impossible move of decertifying his victory. Republican leaders, including Assembly Speaker Robin Vos who hired Gableman, have repeatedly said they have no intention of trying to decertify the win.
news.yahoo.comWisconsin governor vetoes Republican election bills
Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who is up for reelection in November, on Friday vetoed a package of bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have made a series of changes to the battleground state's election laws. The bills are part of a nationwide Republican effort to reshape elections following President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump. The bills were quickly passed earlier this year amid Trump's insistence that the 2020 election was stolen from him and that there was widespread fraud, despite no evidence to back up his claims.
news.yahoo.comSupreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps
The Supreme Court has thrown out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state’s Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin’s top court, a win for Republicans that also makes it unclear what boundaries will be in place for the fall election.
Rittenhouse verdict comes amid a fraught gun landscape
The upcoming verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial for shooting three men during street unrest in Wisconsin comes against a backdrop of deep political divisions and expanded access to guns in the United States – factors that some fear could lead to more dangerous encounters.
Wisconsin audit finds elections are 'safe and secure'
A highly anticipated nonpartisan audit of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin did not identify any widespread fraud in the battleground state, which a key Republican legislative leader says shows that the state's elections are “safe and secure.”.