How and when do Wisconsin governors decide to hold special elections to fill legislative vacancies? Scott Gordon of WisContext discusses the potential political and financial reasons for the delay in filling two open seats and the 50 years of precedent related to special elections.

The thing about Cooksville is that it never grew up and so it still looks a lot like a many New England villages did in the 1840s.

The Wisconsin Senate voted to reject the confirmation of Michael Haas and Brian Bell as administrators of the state's elections and ethics commissions. In light of this, UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden discusses what effect these changes may have.

It was a crop that required no seeds. No one had to turn over a single furrow of earth or pull a solitary weed. Year after year, it was simply there.