Associated Press

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Her victory Tuesday grows the liberal majority on the court as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights and other hot button issues await.

The vote on Tuesday came just five days after The Associated Press first reported that the board asked Jay Rothman to either resign or face being fired.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Bagdhad streetcorner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

The president of the 25-campus Universities of Wisconsin has said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he’s been told to resign or he will be fired. UW President Jay Rothman says in the letter to the head of the Board of Regents that he won’t step aside from the 165,000-student system.

The longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history, who acted as a block on the battleground state’s Democratic governor and also drew the ire of President Donald Trump, isn't running again.

Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to Gov. Evers.

Jurors handed down the verdict against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on Thursday after deliberating for six hours. She faces up to five years in prison when sentenced.

As the federal government shutdown continues, Milwaukee food pantries are seeing a growing need from people whose FoodShare benefits have been cut off.

The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will provide federal funding to Wisconsin, Kansas, North Carolina, and North Dakota, as well as tribes in Montana and South Dakota.

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade ICE will stand trial in December after she declined to appeal a ruling rejecting her attempt to dismiss the case.