Democrats picked Milwaukee on Monday for their 2020 national convention, setting up the party's standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House.

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he is "confident" that Milwaukee will beat out Houston and Miami and win the contest to be host of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

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Republican lawmakers on Wednesday passed a series of bills meant to restrict the powers of the incoming governor and attorney general, both Democrats.

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Assembly Democrats have picked Gordon Hintz to lead them again this session.

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Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday he is open to looking at ways to limit the power of the incoming governor, Tony Evers, before he takes office in January.

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Republicans silenced any talk Tuesday of a blue wave sweeping them out of control of the Wisconsin Legislature, with GOP incumbents turning back more than enough Democratic challengers to maintain majorities in both the state Assembly and Senate.

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As the Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers was looking ahead to leading Wisconsin with a Republican-controlled Legislature, the ousted Republican Gov. Scott Walker eyed a possible recount following the state's closest governor's race in more than half a century.

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The Democratic candidate for governor Mahlon Mitchell's 19 percent salary increase as head of the state firefighters union is raising questions among Republicans.

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The Immigration lawyer Marisabel Cabrera wasn't looking for more motivation to challenge Democratic state Rep. Josh Zepnick in next week's legislative primaries, but she got it six months ago.

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The Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mahlon Mitchell has the backing of a bevy of state and national union groups — and the campaign cash to prove it — unlike his opponents in an eight-person race to challenge Gov. Scott Walker this fall.

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