Best Internet Providers in Waukesha, Wisconsin

What is the best internet provider in Waukesha? Thanks to its wide availability, low costs and speeds up to 1 gigabit, Spectrum is CNET’s pick for the best internet service provider in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Spectrum offers simple service details, including a free modem and unlimited data on all plans. However, if you’re hunting for a … Read more

Trump supporters hoping to oust Wisconsin leader say they have enough signatures to force recall

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition to former President Donald Trump announced Sunday that they’ve collected enough signatures to force a recall vote. Supporters of the recall campaign plan to present signatures Monday to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, saying they … Read more

Top House China hawk to retire, opening seat in battleground Wisconsin

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wi., chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, announced on Saturday that he would not seek re-election … Read more

Wisconsin woman involved in Slender Man attack as child seeks release from psychiatric institute

FILE – Morgan Geyser enters a Waukesha County courtroom for a status hearing, Sept. 29, 2017, in Waukesha, Wis. Geyser, one of two Wisconsin women accused of stabbing a classmate nearly to death almost a decade ago to please horror character Slender Man, again asked a judge on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, to release her … Read more

Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is “super unlikely.” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos originally threatened to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she did not recuse herself from the … Read more

Wisconsin elections commission rejects complaint against Trump fake electors for second time

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission, for a second time, has unanimously rejected a complaint against fake presidential electors who attempted to cast the state’s ballots for Donald Trump in 2020. The Wisconsin Elections Commission first rejected the complaint in March 2022. But a judge in May ordered the commission to rehear the … Read more

Wisconsin secretary of state calls for removal of fake Trump elector from elections commission

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic secretary of state on Monday called for a Republican who served as a fake elector for former President Donald Trump and admitted trying to overturn the 2020 election results to be removed from his position on the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Bob Spindell was one of 10 Republicans who signed … Read more

Wisconsin university regents reject deal with Republicans to reduce diversity positions

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Universities of Wisconsin regents narrowly rejected a deal Saturday reached with Republicans that would have given employees a pay raise and paid for construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. The regents voted 9-8 during an emergency meeting to … Read more

Man buys into small town to draw more travelers

For the past two years, property developer Matt Rogatz made a weekly five-hour round trip from his home in northern Chicago to Green Lake, Wisconsin — population 1,005. Before that, the only thing he knew about the small town was that his high school buddy had family there, he said. But after a 30-year career … Read more

Wisconsin judge rules that GOP-controlled Senate’s vote to fire top elections official had no effect

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate last month to fire the state’s nonpartisan top elections official had no legal effect, and lawmakers are barred from ousting her while a lawsuit plays out, a Dane County judge ruled on Friday. Administrator Meagan Wolfe will continue serving as head of the Wisconsin … Read more