David Crowley looks to his left toward a speaking Francesca Hong, with both standing behind podiums with two microphones affixed to their surface and logos for WISN-TV and ABC on their fronts, and with logo backdrops behind each with rows of five-pointed stars and the WISN 12 and ABC logos.

Elections

A fight over the Democratic Party’s future shifts to Wisconsin

Wisconsin is the latest state where the battle over the direction of the Democratic Party will play out, with front-runners in the state's 2026 primary for governor featuring a democratic socialist against a candidate endorsed by Gov. Tony Evers.

August 7, 2026

National attention turns to Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race
National attention turns to Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Inside Wisconsin Politics

National attention turns to Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

A nationwide showdown among establishment and insurgent candidates is defining the Democratic Party in 2026 — Inside Wisconsin Politics explores how this clash is playing out in the race for governor.

August 6, 2026

Wisconsin’s 2026 primary for governor hits the home stretch
Wisconsin’s 2026 primary for governor hits the home stretch

Elections

Wisconsin’s 2026 primary for governor hits the home stretch

Four Democratic candidates — Francesca Hong, David Crowley, Joel Brennan and Kelda Roys — remain in the 2026 primary for governor, all vying to face Republican Tom Tiffany in the general election.

August 5, 2026

Violet LaClair attaches a blood pressure monitor cuff to the arm of a person seated in a high-backed exam chair, in a room with medical exam tables and cabinets along a wall in front of windows with light streaming through blinds.
Violet LaClair attaches a blood pressure monitor cuff to the arm of a person seated in a high-backed exam chair, in a room with medical exam tables and cabinets along a wall in front of windows with light streaming through blinds.

Economy

UW Health moves to expand its health apprenticeships model around the nation

To fill openings for nurses, surgical techs and more, UW Health pays staff to train for new health careers, on the clock — as other states struggle to find enough health workers, the company has launched WorkForward to show how it's done.

August 4, 2026

Salah Sarsour holds the index finger of his left hand in the air while speaking into a wireless microphone held in his right hand while standing behind a wood podium with a laptop computer on its surface and multiple microphones with the flags of different media organizations affixed to its top, with out-of-focus children standing in the foreground to his side and out-of-focus adults standing behind him in a room with painted concrete block walls.
Salah Sarsour holds the index finger of his left hand in the air while speaking into a wireless microphone held in his right hand while standing behind a wood podium with a laptop computer on its surface and multiple microphones with the flags of different media organizations affixed to its top, with out-of-focus children standing in the foreground to his side and out-of-focus adults standing behind him in a room with painted concrete block walls.

Courts

Witness testifies that US efforts to deport Salah Sarsour rely on coerced confessions

A former attorney says Israeli authorities coerced Salah Sarsour, the leader of Wisconsin's largest mosque, into confessing to crimes in the 1980s and '90s, and that the U.S. is wrongfully relying on those convictions in a move to deport him.

August 4, 2026 • Southeast Region

A stack of different sets of absentee ballots bound with rubber bands sits on a table, with out-of-focus people and a tray with absentee ballots arranged on their side in the background.
A stack of different sets of absentee ballots bound with rubber bands sits on a table, with out-of-focus people and a tray with absentee ballots arranged on their side in the background.

Courts

Dane County judge rules paper absentee ballots violate rights of disabled voters

Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell ruled that absentee voting practices in Wisconsin discriminates against disabled voters, setting up a trial in which groups are seeking to require elections officials to allow for electronic ballots.

August 4, 2026

David Crowley speaks into a microphone mounted to the top of a podium with both of his hands holding papers on its surface, with a teleprompter mirror facing him and an out-of-focus projector screen in the background.
David Crowley speaks into a microphone mounted to the top of a podium with both of his hands holding papers on its surface, with a teleprompter mirror facing him and an out-of-focus projector screen in the background.

Elections

Mainstream Democrats pin hopes on David Crowley’s reboot campaign for governor

David Crowley suspended his campaign and then jumped back into the 2026 race for governor, receiving the backing of Gov. Tony Evers but with little time remaining to win over Democratic primary voters.

August 4, 2026

Donald Trump sits in a high-backed leather chair with out-of-focus torso of people standing behind him in the background.
Donald Trump sits in a high-backed leather chair with out-of-focus torso of people standing behind him in the background.

Courts

Wisconsin, two dozen other states sue over Trump’s Section 301 tariffs

Wisconsin and 24 other states sued the Trump administration on Aug. 3 over double-digit tariffs issued under Section 301 of a 1974 law, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in February.

August 3, 2026

Jazzman Brown on homelessness and the killing of Corey Ruiz
Jazzman Brown on homelessness and the killing of Corey Ruiz

Social Issues

Jazzman Brown on homelessness and the killing of Corey Ruiz

Jazzman Brown, an organizer of a memorial to Corey Ruiz, describes how his experiences being homeless inform how activists are seeking to provide aid and services to others who are seeking community.

August 3, 2026 • South Central Region

Lorien Carter on maintaining a street memorial to Corey Ruiz
Lorien Carter on maintaining a street memorial to Corey Ruiz

Social Issues

Lorien Carter on maintaining a street memorial to Corey Ruiz

Lorien Carter, an organizer of a memorial to Corey Ruiz, describes the goals of a protest encampment at the intersection of two streets in Madison where he was shot and killed by a police officer.

August 3, 2026 • South Central Region