Landmarks across Wisconsin are lighting up purple this week to mark National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and the five-year ...

But at the heart of Wisconsin’s remarkably enduring competitiveness is a bit of a puzzle. Demographically speaking, you would expect this to be a red state, not an almost perfectly purple one.

retaining her position as state superintendent of public instruction. "Wisconsin is the purpliest of purple states," said Lawrence University professor Jerald Podair. While it may not make sense ...