(The Center Square) – The woman who was almost Wisconsin’s state superintendent of schools says 2026 needs to be the year that the adults in charge of education in the state do their part to help children read.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin lawmakers will again work to alter the state’s unemployment laws when bills increasing weekly unemployment pay by $25 and creating a website for employers to report job ghosting along with adding identity verification procedures to…

(The Center Square) – No official complaint has been filed after a co-owner of a Sister Bay restaurant and bar allegedly burned a bartender’s Charlie Kirk hoodie.

(The Center Square) – One of Milwaukee’s most prominent education reformers says it is good to hear Milwaukee Public Schools’ new superintendent talk about closing school buildings, but he says she needs to do more than talk.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly continued her attacks of an investigation of her department’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations related to teachers this week, saying “that headline was completely false” regarding a series…

(The Center Square) – A new Wisconsin law requires both parties in a child support or maintenance agreement to notify the other parent within 10 days of a significant change in gross income or a change of job.

(The Center Square) – A group of Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to make it easier for 70 or older bus drivers to maintain their ability to be school bus drivers.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin schools must now inform the parents by the end of the day if they receive a credible report that their child was the victim or target of sexual misconduct by a member of school staff.

(The Center Square) -- Some of the people who ride the bus in Milwaukee could soon be paying a lot more after County Executive David Crowley announced he signed a new MCTS service plan for 2026.

(The Center Square) – A pair of bills to fund law enforcement databases in Wisconsin, one requiring a statewide database of certain offenses through the Department of Justice will begin on Jan. 1, and another to fund grants for internal…

(The Center Square) – The penalty for impersonating a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical officer is now a felony in Wisconsin.

(The Center Square) – Chronic wasting disease was found in a wild deer in La Crosse County during the state’s annual gun-hunting season, meaning there will now be a two-year baiting ban in the county.

(The Center Square) – The average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline was $2.45 on Tuesday in Wisconsin, according to GasBuddy.

(The Center Square) – Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol are pushing ahead with their latest climate plan.

(The Center Square) – New wedding barn regulations set to go in place Jan. 1 were the subject of lawsuit that was thrown out in Trempealeau County court last month and is now the subject of a bill that would…

(The Center Square) – A financial audit of Wisconsin state government accounting found issues with nearly $900 million in alterations made to Department of Transportation assumptions, issues with the documentation of interest earned on federal funds and found that the…

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s attorney general doesn’t seem to be looking to cooperate with two investigations, one that involves his office directly.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leaders say they will begin impeachment proceedings if Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan does not resign from her post immediately following a felony obstruction conviction Thursday evening.

(The Center Square) – Nearly a year after Milwaukee Public Schools began the work to clean lead out of its school buildings, the district says its classrooms are now lead-free.

(The Center Square) – Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of a felony charge of obstruction by a jury Thursday in a case involving the judge’s actions related to a defendant in her court that Immigration and Customs Enforcement…