(The Center Square) – Education reformers in Wisconsin are celebrating School Choice Week by looking back at the role the state’s courts played in giving thousands of families a choice as to where to send their kids.

(The Center Square) – Sean Duffy, a former U.S. representative from Wisconsin, was sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(The Center Square) – The unemployment rate rose slightly in 11 of the 12 metropolitan areas in Wisconsin in December while the rates lowered year over year in seven of those areas.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s fourth-grade test scores showed a continued decrease in aptitude while the eighth-grade math scores were the third-highest in the country in results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress released Wednesday.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Democrats are pushing legislation to block state officials and resources from being used to detain anyone in the state on an immigration matter without a warrant, whether the individual is a citizen or not.

(The Center Square) – There’s now an official push to get state workers back to their offices in Wisconsin.

(The Center Square) – States, universities, nonprofits and lawmakers were left confused Tuesday after a memo from the White House paused federal grants, loans and other financial assistance-programs, until the new administration can review them.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin voters will have a choice on the April 1 ballot to create a state constitutional requirement to produce valid photo identification for elections.

(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin lawmaker is crediting a state investigation into the cost of diversity, equity and inclusion programs to state taxpayers for the demotion of an official at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(The Center Square) – Two of Wisconsin's conservative supreme court justices say the liberal majority is playing politics.

(The Center Square) – Nearly $55 million in spending was reportedly approved to winterize American Family Field in Milwaukee, with claims the taxpayer district funds will allow for winter events and concerts at the stadium.

(The Center Square) – A pair of Wisconsin lawmakers are asking the state to reverse the process of lowering school standards.

(The Center Square) – One Wisconsin lawmaker says the law is clear, and Milwaukee Public Schools are clearly violating it. But it's much less clear whether a Milwaukee judge can force the city’s school district to bring police officers back…

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin saw another record number of individuals employed in December while the state’s adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3.0%.

(The Center Square) – Republican and conservative leaders in Wisconsin are calling again for tax cuts after Gov. Tony Evers touted his fiscal policy in Wednesday’s State of the State speech.

(The Center Square) – Last year turned out to be another home seller’s year in Wisconsin.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s state and local tax rates went to record low numbers while Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal will include plenty of new spending, including $300 million for mental health services in the state’s schools, Evers said…

(The Center Square) – Clean water and fewer regulations top the wish list for Wisconsin dairymen as lawmakers get back to work as the Dairy Business Association released its priorities list for the new legislative session in Madison.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development spent more than $2.7 billion in Wisconsin over the past four years, according to a report produced by State Director Julie Lassa on her final day as a Biden-Harris…

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin collected nearly $2.1 billion in general purpose taxes and fees in December, up from $2.0 billion in the same month in 2023.