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Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Special Election

Elon Musk said 'the future of civilization' was at stake in special election

(Newser) - Democrat Susan Crawford won Wisconsin's Supreme Court special election Tuesday, leading with 54.3% of the vote to Republican Brad Schimel's 45.8% with 92% of votes counted, PBS reports. The win retains a Democratic 4-3 majority on the state's high court for at least the next...

Prosecutors: Killer Teen Lived With Dead Bodies for 2 Weeks

Wisconsin's Nikita Casap, 17, charged with fatally shooting mom, stepdad on Feb. 11

(Newser) - A teenager in Wisconsin shot and killed his mother and stepfather, then went to school the next day like nothing happened, according to prosecutors. The bodies of 35-year-old Tatiana Casap and 51-year-old Donald Mayer were discovered partially decayed in their Waukesha home on Feb. 28 after odd text messages prompted...

It's the Most Expensive Judicial Race in History
It's the Most Expensive
Judicial Race in History
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Apr 1, 2025 6:30 AM CDT

It's the Most Expensive Judicial Race in History

Wisconsin voters decide a high-stakes contest for state Supreme Court on Tuesday

(Newser) - It's a big day at the voting booth, thanks mainly to two closely watched races. One is a special House election in a deep-red district of Florida that is shaping up to be surprisingly close. The one getting even more attention, however, is for a seat on the Wisconsin...

SCOTUS Appears to Side With Catholic Charities Bureau

Religious rights case could have wide-ranging effects

(Newser) - The Supreme Court appeared Monday to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the State of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court. In a case that could have wide-ranging effects, the justices suggested the Catholic Charities Bureau should not have to...

Elon Musk Hands Out $1M Each to 2 Wisconsin Voters

State Supreme Court declined to stop him from carrying out his plan

(Newser) - Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Trump's agenda and "the future of civilization." "It's a...

Wisconsin Judge Rejects Musk Voter-Payment Case

State AG Josh Kaul says he'll appeal to bar Musk's $1M payments tied to state Supreme Court race

(Newser) - A Wisconsin judge on Saturday declined to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters in the state at a planned rally days before the closely contested Supreme Court election. The state attorney general, who argues that the offer violates the law, immediately appealed after...

Musk Scrubs Post Offering $2M to Wisconsin Voters

It's not clear if billionaire will still pay two people who've voted in state Supreme Court race

(Newser) - Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday deleted a social media post in which he'd announced plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to "personally hand over" $2 million to a pair of voters who've already cast their ballots in the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race. Musk...

Musk PAC Offers Wisconsin Voters $100 Ahead of Big Election

They just have to sign a petition decrying 'activist judges' before state Supreme Court election

(Newser) - A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to "activist judges," a move that comes two weeks before the state's Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground...

4-Year-Old Calls Cops on Treat-Stealing Mom

Boy complaining of stolen ice cream gets a frozen delivery from police

(Newser) - A 4-year-old boy in Wisconsin called 911 last week, demanding officers arrest his own mother for theft. "My mommy is being bad. Come and get my mommy," the boy told the dispatcher, who listened as the boy's mother took the phone from her son and tried to...

Disaster Victims Could Get Incentive to Move to Wisconsin

Republicans suggest $10K tax credit for people who lost homes to Hurricane Helene, California wildfires

(Newser) - People who lost their homes to Hurricane Helene or California wildfires could get a sizeable tax break to move to Wisconsin. Republican legislators in the Dairy State have proposed a bill that would give anyone who moves to Wisconsin from North Carolina or Los Angeles County because they were displaced...

The Best States for Families
The Best States for Families
Feb 15, 2025 9:03 AM CST

The Best States for Families

Massachusetts tops WalletHub's list; New Mexico comes in last

(Newser) - Looking to start or expand your family? You've likely got a checklist in mind on schools, cost of living, recreation, and the like—and so does WalletHub , which looked at all 50 states across more than four dozen metrics in five main categories: family fun, health and safety, education...

The Cost of His Inhaler Spiked 700%. He Died Days Later
The Cost of His Inhaler Spiked
700%. He Died Days Later
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Feb 9, 2025 6:35 AM CST

The Cost of His Inhaler Spiked 700%. He Died Days Later

Family of Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, sues Optum Rx, Walgreens, for abrupt break in insurance coverage

(Newser) - The family of a young Wisconsin man is suing after they say his health insurance abruptly dropped coverage for a much-needed asthma inhaler, which they say helped lead to his death days later. Per the complaint filed by the family of Cole Schmidtknecht and cited by ABC News , the 22-year-old...

Victims in Wisconsin School Shooting Identified

Girl, 14, and teacher killed at Christian school

(Newser) - The student and teacher killed in a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday have been identified. Rubi Vergara, 14, and Erin West, 42, were fatally shot at Abundant Life Christian School, CBS News reports. Vergara was a freshman in high school who had attended the private school since kindergarten,...

Wisconsin School Shooter Had 'Unsettled' Childhood

According to a Washington Post review of court records

(Newser) - Police are still working to piece together the motive of the 15-year-old girl who killed two and injured six more at a Christian school in Wisconsin Monday and haven't said much about their suspicions, but details are starting to trickle out about her background. Court records paint a picture...

Wisconsin School Shooter Identified as 15-Year-Old Girl

Natalie 'Samantha' Rupnow was a student at the Christian school

(Newser) - Police have identified the shooter who killed a student and a teacher at a private school in Wisconsin as Natalie Rupnow, who went by "Samantha" and was a student at the school herself. The 15-year-old ( previously reported to be 17 ) wounded six others, two of them critically,...

She Was 15, He Was 17. Theirs Isn't a Love Story
She Was 15, He Was 17.
Theirs Isn't a Love Story
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Dec 15, 2024 6:00 AM CST

She Was 15, He Was 17. Theirs Isn't a Love Story

Maylia Sotelo sold fentanyl pills to Jack McDonough that killed him, and ProPublica digs in

(Newser) - When the fentanyl crisis began, most of its victims were adults. But as ProPublica reports, the rate of overdose deaths among teens has been surging since the pandemic. The outlet's in-depth story by Lizzie Presser brings home that truth by looking at how the lives of two Wisconsin teens...

Wife of Kayaker Who Faked His Death Wants a Separation

Ryan Borgwardt is back in the US after fleeing the country

(Newser) - Already hit with a criminal charge upon his return to the US after faking his death, Ryan Borgwardt now is looking at a petition from his wife for a legal separation. Wisconsin court records show Emily Borgwardt filed Thursday in Dodge County Circuit Court, the AP reports. The document calls...

Kayaker Who Faked Drowning, Abandoned Family Is in Jail

Update on Wisconsin man Ryan Borgwardt will be provided Wednesday, police say

(Newser) - A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children to go to Eastern Europe is in police custody, online records show. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, was booked into the Green Lake County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Victim Information and Notification Everyday system,...

Wisconsin Results Go Unchallenged This Time

Trump fought 2020 loss on multiple fronts without success

(Newser) - Wisconsin's election commission leader quietly certified Donald Trump's victory on Friday, moving past the chaos that surrounded the 2020 election results in the battleground state. Commission Chair Ann Jacobs certified results that show Trump won the state with 1,697,626 votes compared to Democrat Kamala Harris' 1,...

10-Year-Old Calls 911 With Math Emergency

First responders help with homework assignment

(Newser) - "Hey, it's not really an emergency," a 10-year-old Wisconsin caller said after dialing 911. But he needed help on what he said was an eighth grade-level math problem. "I'm sorry to waste your time." The boy apparently didn't know where to turn. "...

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