(The Center Square) – Wisconsin is one of 47 states with a teacher apprenticeship program, but its size doesn’t compare with other states and it is a large issue in Wisconsin’s struggle to retain teachers, a new report says.

(The Center Square) – A pair of Wisconsin bills that would create treatment courts and commercial courts along with expand access to grants for diversion courts for non-violent offenders related to mental health passed a Senate committee this week.

(The Center Square) – The Madison Police Department has arrested the father of the Abundant Life Christian School shooter and have charged him with contributing to the delinquency of a child and providing a dangerous weapon to someone under 18…

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance took 612 items out of Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal Thursday, including Medicaid expansion in the state, department creations and tax exemptions.

(The Center Square) – A new lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s congressional maps has been filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court with Elias Law Group representing nine Wisconsin voters.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator says President Donald Trump’s tax cut package and budget deal is “big” and “a bill,” but “it’s not beautiful.”

(The Center Square) – A bill that would create a tax benefit extension for a potential data center project in Port Washington will now also include Beaver Dam.

(The Center Square) – The plan to shield Wisconsin police officers from a second chance at a prosecution for an officer-involved shooting is facing a lot of pushback at the Capitol in Madison.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. on Thursday to eliminate a long list of items from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal.

(The Center Square) – A proposed 30% film tax credit is being pushed as a separate bill with a 25% tax credit scheduled to be removed from Gov. Tony Evers budget.

(The Center Square) – Republicans and Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol on Tuesday said their advance practice nurse reform package will become law as soon as it gets to Gov. Tony Evers desk.

(The Center Square) – A pair of Wisconsin Republican lawmakers are looking for more transparency on the ballot related to school referendum, requiring information on how much an initiative would cost an average taxpayer in property tax payments.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is hoping to have $34 million sent to the state Department of Tourism, create a $10 million film incentive program, send $5.9 million to the Wisconsin Arts Board and more in his…

(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin Senate Republican has introduced a bill to require contractors working with the state to verify its employees are in the country and able to legally work.

(The Center Square) – The first official candidate in Wisconsin’s 2026’s race for governor says his plan is simple – keep young people in the state and stop retirees from moving out.

(The Center Square) – The city of Madison had 46 employees who made $150,000 or more in base salary last year, according to data collected by Open The Books and shared with The Center Square.

(The Center Square) – A total of 76% of Wisconsin voters approve of the state allowing absentee ballots to begin being tabulated on the Monday heading into an election, according to a new poll of 600 likely voters in the…

(The Center Square) – The people who run high school sports in Wisconsin are clear: They are not a public school, they don’t take any public money, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court just ruled they’re not a public entity.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that border czar Tom Homan’s Thursday comments about arresting those who harbor illegal immigrants represents a “concerning trajectory in this country.”

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin K-12 education leader Jill Underly decried an end to a $10 million grant for school-based mental health services but a lawyer from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty says that’s because the grants were…