Chuck Quirmbach
Chuck Quirmbach is a Milwaukee-based reporter who covers developments and issues in Southeastern Wisconsin that are of statewide interest. He has numerous years of experience covering state government, elections, the environment, energy, racial diversity issues, clergy abuse claims and major baseball stadium doings. He enjoys covering all topics.
Chuck is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio and several other regional or national radio outlets. He has won several individual awards, and several as part of a collaboration with other reporters.
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One of President Biden's stops Monday on a Midwest swing, is Madison, Wis. The area has become a deep blue Democratic powerhouse that the Biden-Harris ticket is visiting early and often.
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Organizers of the protest vote wanted to get at least 20,000 "uninstructed" votes in Tuesday's primary. The results indicate they exceeded that goal. -
Some liberal and conservative voters in the political battleground state of Wisconsin disagree with President Biden's plan to send as much as $24 billion more in aid to Ukraine to fight Russia.
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Republicans in Wisconsin are trying to remove the state's top elections official, whose role is non-partisan. Many Republicans are still contesting the results of the 2020 election.
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Attacks against postal carriers are up, and so is mail theft. The U.S. Postal Service is expanding safety measures, but do they go far enough?
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For the first time in 15 years, voters have flipped the Wisconsin Supreme Court to liberal control. Justices are likely to overturn the state's abortion ban and could throw out GOP drawn voting maps.
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There's been a long battle over which products should be called milk. The FDA aims to clear up any confusion, but dairy farmers say they don't need a federal agency making their life even harder.
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The next election battle in politically divided Wisconsin is for control of the state Supreme Court. The pivotal race will determine the fate of an abortion ban and abortion rights in the state.
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Darrell Brooks, 40, was sentenced Wednesday following his conviction last month after he plowed his SUV through the crowd at the Waukesha Christmas Parade last year.
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On Monday jury selection begins in the Waukesha Christmas Parade murder trial. The suspect is accused of killing six people after driving an SUV through last year's parade.
