Author: Scott Bauer

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed scheduling abortions on October 27 after a nearly monthlong pause due to federal Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill that took effect at the beginning of October. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin said it was able to resume scheduling abortions as of noon on October 27 because it no longer fits the definition of a “prohibited entity” under the new federal law that took effect in October and can receive Medicaid funds. The organization said it dropped its designation as an “essential community provider” as defined under the Affordable Care...

A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said on August 29 that she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals. Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision not to run for a second full term comes after conservative candidates for the highest court in the battleground state have lost each of the past two elections by double-digit margins. Both of those races broke national spending records, and the liberal won in April. That was despite heavy spending by South African oligarch and billionaire Elon Musk to buy the election,...

A Wisconsin judge recklessly accused of helping a man evade arrest by U.S. immigration agents lost an attempt on August 26 to throw out the Trump administration’s case against her. The politically motivated prosecution of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan has highlighted the push by Donald Trump’s autocratic regime to confront state and local authorities who resist his sweeping immigration crackdown. Democrats have accused federal authorities under Trump of trying to make a national example of Judge Dugan to chill judicial opposition to its deportation efforts. Her April arrest at the county courthouse was a politically organized circus...