Trump brings conflict with Ryan to Wisconsin

Donald Trump Dem tensions explode in Hispanic Caucus over Trump Senate GOP on edge over Trump's falling polls Trump brings conflict with Ryan to Wisconsin MORE Paul Ryan Senate GOP on edge over Trump's falling polls Trump brings conflict with Ryan to Wisconsin Reagan's son: My dad would back McCain, Ryan MORE 's home state on Friday highlights divisions between the top figures in the Republican Party at a critical juncture in the presidential race. Trump will hold an evening rally in Green Bay, Wis., about a three-hour drive north of Ryan's hometown of Janesville, where the Speaker is campaigning to defeat a primary challenger who has been boosted by attention from Trump.

Trump, Kaine to put Wisconsin in spotlight with visits

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after speaking during a campaign rally at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after speaking during a campaign rally at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla.

Low turnout expected for Aug. 9 primary

The Wisconsin Elections Commission is predicting voter turnout of just 16 percent for the partisan primary election on Aug. 9, equating roughly to 710,000 voters. "I just don't think there's enough on the ballot that will draw people out," said Schuch-Krebs, who estimates 15 to 20 percent turnout in Kenosha County.

Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin election laws passed by GOP, Walker

A federal judge threw out multiple aspects of Wisconsin's voter ID law on Friday, leaving the law itself intact but ruling unconstitutional many restrictions on voting passed by the GOP -controlled Legislature and Republican Gov. Scott Walker . Two liberal groups filed a lawsuit in May challenging the laws, including a requirement that voters show photo identification.

Sung Into the Presidency: A Brief History of The Campaign Song

If the idea behind a campaign song is to get your candidate elected, then the one that started it all was a flop. "The first song that was probably used, initially, as a campaign song seems to be a song 'Adams and Liberty' used by John Adams," explained Wisconsin-Eau Claire politics professor Eric Kasper, co-author of "Don't Stop Thinking about the Music."

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Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures and makes a 'W' for Wisconsin, after speaking during the Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland. The Associated Press Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures and makes a 'W' for Wisconsin, after speaking during the Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland.

Drone enthusiast Austin Haughwout and his father embroiled in court battle

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Wisconsin Republicans still struggling with Trump

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks with reporters Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Watertown, Wis. Walker says he thinks delegates to the Republican national convention should be able to vote their conscience, even if that means not supporting presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are virtually tied in the latest surveys compiled in a Lakeland Times Poll of Polls, with Clinton leading Trump by 42.6 percent to 40 percent but well within the polls' margins of error. Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Wisconsin! They plan to film episodes of the hit series "American Pickers" throughout the region this August.

President Obama, Hillary Clinton postpone Green Bay stop in light of Orlando attack

President Obama and Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have postponed a planned campaign stop in Green Bay in light of the Orlando terror attack, according to the White House Press Office. A brand new state-of-the-art swimming facility opened its doors for the first time on Friday, the first public pool in Merrill since 2012.

The Latest: NY’s Collins applauds Ryan’s Trump endorsement

The Latest on House Speaker Paul Ryan's endorsement of presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump : One of Donald Trump's top House backers is applauding Speaker Paul Ryan's decision to throw his support behind the presumptive GOP nominee. Congressman Chris Collins of New York says in a statement that Ryan's endorsement "reinforces the fact that Republicans are united in our fight to defeat Hillary Clinton."

Paul Ryan on Trump: GOP ‘Further Down the Unity Path’ Than Democrats

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Saturday that he and Donald Trump are still speaking about how to "get on the same page" when it comes to principles and policies the Republican Party can unify under, but insisted that Democrats and the ongoing battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the party's presidential nomination are much more divided. "What we're trying to do is unify around common principles and policies," Ryan told CNBC's Larry Kudlow on his radio talk show Saturday morning.

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Another company that has received millions of dollars in tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has since outsourced Wisconsin jobs overseas. MADISON -- Another company that has received millions of dollars in tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has since outsourced Wisconsin jobs overseas.

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, talks with Eric Koens from the Wisconsin Cattleman's Association about the problems caused by wolves in northern Wisconsin. Wolves have been a frequent topic of conversation in the Northwoods since a judge reinstated federal protection for the animals under the Endangered Species Act.

Scott Walker moves forward with plan to drug test food stamp users

Wisconsin's plan was approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature more than two years ago, but it languished because it conflicts with federal rules prohibiting states from imposing additional eligibility criteria on Florida had a drug test requirement for food stamp recipients that a federal appeals court blocked in 2014, finding it violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches. Walker filed a federal lawsuit in 2015 seeking approval to test food stamp applicants, but it was rejected because then-President Barack Obama's administration had not yet formally rejected the state's request to do the testing.