Election integrity advocates contend the probe would be a good first step for addressing vote-counting issues in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously authorized an investigation Thursday into Madison’s mishandling of nearly 200 absentee ballots that were never counted from the November 2024 election. It’s the first such investigation that the bipartisan commission has authorized since becoming an agency in 2016.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly 200 absentee ballots somehow went uncounted in Wisconsin’s liberal capital after the Nov. 5 election, prompting state election officials to launch an investigation Thursday into whether the city clerk broke the law.

The Badgers men's basketball team has its first game in 12 days Friday night at the Kohl Center against Iowa. Here is what you need to know.