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2 County Board members move on, 2 don't in primary races Video included

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - Tuesday's primary election feature three La Crosse County Board races.  Plus changes in the voting laws means that a photo ID is now required at the polls. More>>

Poll: Wisconsin voters favor Obama over 4 GOP rivals

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - A new poll shows President Barack Obama easily leading each of his four Republican rivals in Wisconsin.





 
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Wisconsin will apply for waiver from No Child Left Behind

Wisconsin education officials will apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind, hoping to join 11 other states that were already granted breathing room from the landmark educational requirements. More>>

Wisconsin senate passes abortion consent bill

The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill placing new requirements on doctors and women before abortions can be performed. More>>

Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before More>>

UPDATE: Redistricting trial delayed

Opening arguments are set to begin in Milwaukee in a federal case that could affect potential recall elections in Wisconsin. More>>

Assembly approves wetlands bill

The state Assembly has passed a bill that would help developers win wetland construction permits. More>>

Redistricting map released

The long awaited map is out.  On Tuesday, lawmakers sat in their offices at the capitol in St. Paul, discovering where their new district boundaries lines were drawn. More>>

Aaron Rodgers Day ok'd by state Assembly

MADISON, Wisconsin (WXOW) -- The state Assembly has passed a resolution naming a day for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. More>>

Kapanke, lawmakers raised $8M in 2011 Video included

MADISON (WXOW) -- According to a new report, 22 state lawmakers involved in recall and special elections in 2011 raised $8.2 million dollars. That figure includes what former La Crosse State Senator Dan Kapanke raised in his bid to keep his position in Madison.
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Domestic violence legislation passes committees

There is some legislation to help domestic violence victims in Wisconsin, that is moving forward. More>>

GAB: Beware of unofficial voter registration mail

Wisconsin's election officials are warning voters to look out for unofficial registration forms that have been sent to many residents by mail. More>>

Kohl has "no plans to run for Governor"

U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin) will be in Madison on Monday afternoon to meet new recruits at the Madison College Law Enforcement Academy. 
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AFSCME endorses Falk for governor

Another large union has endorsed former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk for Democratic candidate for governor. More>>

Sen. Dale Schultz preparing substitute mining bill

A spokesman for Sen. Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) claims his staff is putting the "finishing touches" on a new mining bill that could be substituted for the version written by Assembly Republicans. More>>

Common prenatal tests become campaign issue

First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race. More>>

Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans

A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows. More>>

Mich. voters: Santorum connects better than Romney

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum promised Monday to revive manufacturing, cut taxes and shrink government, pledges that drew loud applause from conservative Michigan voters who said he was more in line with... More>>

Romney says Obama has 'fought against religion'

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's administration has "fought against religion" and sought to substitute a "secular" agenda for one grounded in faith. More>>

Gingrich tells OK lawmakers he'll reel in feds

A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich pledged Tuesday to state lawmakers in Oklahoma that he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president. More>>

Santorum blasts Obama's motives on power, abortion

A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values. More>>

GOP 'super PACs' overtaking campaigns' fundraising

An unmistakable dynamic is playing out in the money game among Republican presidential candidates: New "super" political action committees are growing more powerful than the campaigns they support. More>>

Obama promotes modest American dream

This time around, President Barack Obama's message can sound decidedly down-to-earth. More>>

Gingrich: Obama has 'anti-American' energy policy

Newt Gingrich is asserting that President Barack Obama pursues an "outrageously anti-American" energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from... More>>

Romney to Ohioans: Santorum is no 'budget hawk'

Mitt Romney says rival Rick Santorum is "no longer a budget hawk" and that he'd do a better job controlling spending as president. More>>

Washington in Transition

Politico.com Blogs

Ben Smith offers a Democratic perspective on the campaign. More>>

Jonathan Martin views the campaign from the Republican side. More>>

A blogger's eye view of Capitol Hill. More>>

AP Political News Video More>>

Fast vote: Congress sends payroll tax cut to Obama

Acting swiftly, Congress sends Obama legislation renewing payroll tax cut, jobless benefits More>>

Congress debates payroll tax cut

Acting swiftly, Congress sends Obama legislation renewing payroll tax cut, jobless benefits More>>

Joseph Kennedy III launches campaign for Congress

Joseph Kennedy III launches campaign for Mass. congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Frank More>>

Top bargainers announce payroll tax cut deal

Top congressional bargainers announce deal to renew payroll tax cut, jobless benefits More>>

Payroll tax cut: Ironing out the final details

Lawmakers putting final touches on renewal of payroll tax cut, jobless benefits for millions More>>

Raw footage: Obama on the payroll tax cuts

Lawmakers weigh GOP gambit for year-long extension of payroll tax cuts as negotiations falter More>>

Obama on the birth control controversy

What's the birth control controversy about and how is Obama trying to put it to rest? More>>

Romney's bad day is Santorum's best in GOP race

Romney's bad day is Santorum's best, but he'll need millions to compete _ and fast More>>

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