Author: Wisconsin Public Radio

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden narrowly won Wisconsin a day after the election on November 4, a key victory in his pursuit of the White House. President Donald Trump’s campaign promised it would be immediately subject to a recount. Even with Wisconsin, the presidential race was undecided Wednesday afternoon because neither candidate had reached the required 270 electoral votes. Biden won 10 votes by capturing Wisconsin by fewer than 21,000 votes, or about six-tenths of a percentage point, based on unofficial results. The Associated Press declared Wisconsin for Biden at 1:16 p.m. Wednesday, November 4. Biden was leading 1,630,334...

Three years after committing to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin, Foxconn has fallen short on those promises. Now, the company has three years to deliver on another commitment: to begin paying back Racine County taxpayers. Racine County and Mount Pleasant have made substantial upfront investments in infrastructure and land acquisition for the project since 2017. In return, Foxconn was expected to invest $10 billion in private investment in Mount Pleasant by 2023. To date, $550 million has been invested in Mount Pleasant by the company. In 2017, Foxconn had proposed what it called...

The men arrested in connection with a kidnapping plot against Michigan’s governor were connected with a movement of anti-government extremists that is active in Wisconsin. Experts who track extremists say the loosely organized groups can serve as a gateway to radicalization — and in extreme cases, that can lead to planned acts of domestic terrorism such as those described in the Michigan plot. Some of these groups deny being anti-government extremists. On the Three Percenters website, the organization states: “We are NOT a militia.” But a consistent thread among such groups is the idea that people should be prepared...