As if the end of the University of Minnesota men’s basketball season wasn’t difficult enough for Gopher fans, some of the final televised games came with a stream of nasty campaign ads on behalf of two Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates for whom Minnesotans are ineligible to vote.

A new campaign ad in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race tries to tie conservative candidate Judge Brad Schimel to Department of Government Efficiency enforcer Elon Musk by claiming the billionaire campaign donor is trying to buy Schimel a seat on the state’s high court.

Wisconsin Watch statehouse reporter Jack Kelly answers your questions about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, which is scheduled for Tuesday evening. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is to be put to death for the 1996 murder of advertising executive Mary “Molly” Elliott in what would be Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years.

In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being carried out