One more No Kings photo I took in Madison today.

Ali Muldrow, a Madison school board member and activist who is emceeing the rally, said there are about 20,000 people at the protest in Wisconsin’s capital city.

Dane Co. Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell tells the Madison No Kings crowd that “yes judges are out here too. I might get in trouble on Monday, but I'm here right now.”

"You're living in the redefinition of our democracy right now ... The war for civil rights is being waged all over again."

The Wisconsin State Capitol lawn before the march gets here.

The No Kings protest is about to make it to Capitol Square. There are quite a few people up there already to meet them and join.

Madison No Kings protest is now making its way down E. Washington avenue towards the Capitol.

The march is about to get started a little before the UW-Madison football team is scheduled to kick off against Ohio State. A Bucky the Badger is here. Asked about missing the game for the protest, he said "the People's Bucky believes in democracy... Without democracy, there would be no games."

Candy Neumeier said she's attending to "stand up for our rights,” which are “being trampled on by this wannabe dictator and his crew." She wore a trash bag with Jeffrey Epstein's face and President Donald Trump's hand drawn on it. “I really believe that we need to release the Epstein files."

Growing crowd is being led in a couple of call and response chants — “Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!” and “We are unstoppable! A better world is possible!”

I'm covering the No Kings protest in Madison today for @wisconsinexaminer.com . Official start time is 2pm and a large group is already gathering at McPike Park. They plan to march from here to the Wisconsin State Capitol

Quick turnaround, Gov. Evers just signed the 2025-27 state budget into law.

Wisconsin Assembly just passed the budget 59-39. Here's the breakdown:

The Wisconsin Senate just passed the budget bill, it's now in the Assembly. Five Democrats voted for it and four Republicans voted against it. Here's how the vote broke down:

Talking about concerts on the square @govevers.wisconsin.gov is here. Says he's not talking about politics and tells people "Let's enjoy tonight!Don't drop any meatballs in your lap."

A look at inside the Capitol where the Assembly looks to be about to start its floor session on the budget bill v. outside the Capitol where concert on the square is soon to start

12 hours after the meeting was originally scheduled, JFC getting started, won't be taking up everything that was originally noticed

Lots of people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to participate in nationwide Hands Off protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

GOP lawmakers announced today a bill that would require local law enforcement in Wisconsin to verify the citizenship status of people in custody for felony offenses and to alert ICE if citizenship cannot be verified. Noncompliance could result in a 15% loss in shared revenue payment. Story to come