(The Center Square) – With the ongoing government shutdown dragging on for a record-breaking period of time, U.S. lawmakers are introducing bills to make shutdowns as painful for Congress as they are for federal workers.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin school boards must create rules banning cell phones during instructional time with a deadline by July 1 after Gov. Tony Evers signed the bill into law Friday.

(The Center Square) – An audit is expected to be ordered of Wisconsin’s educational license program as Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly will appear before the state’s Joint Audit Committee at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

(The Center Square) – Southeast Wisconsin’s congressman says once the government reopens, hundreds of thousands of people in the state will see their food stamp benefits restored quickly.

(The Center Square) – Democrat Brad Smith is running for Wisconsin’s 6th congressional seat and plans to hold a campaign launch from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Edison Hall at Inventors Brew Pub in Port Washington.

(The Center Square) – For the first time in the past 10 years of polling, more Wisconsin voters said they would vote against a school referendum than for it.

(The Center Square) – The office of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers spent $16,500 on airfare and hotel nights for Evers’ economic development trip to Europe in April but records provided by his office were unclear on whether any of those…

(The Center Square) – Local governments across Wisconsin could soon lose their ability to raise a tax without asking voters first.

(The Center Square) – The Biden administration’s probe into President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss progressed far beyond investigating potential fraud and potentially targeted 156 conservatives and conservative organizations.

(The Center Square) – Most voters in Wisconsin haven’t decided who they support to be the state’s next governor, according to a new Marquette Law School poll.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin voters believe that the costs of data centers outweigh the benefits, according to a new Marquette Law School poll.

(The Center Square) – A pair of Republicans have joined Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional race to fill the seat currently held by Tom Tiffany, a Republican running for governor.

(The Center Square) – There’s a new request to let the city of Milwaukee off the hook for The Hop. Milwaukee Alderman Scott Spiker wrote a letter to

(The Center Square) – Months after an ice storm devastated Northern Michigan, certain public assistance for recovery efforts has been officially denied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(The Center Square) – An increasing number of Wisconsin voter registration information does not match information from the state’s Department of Transportation.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin is joining the lawsuit to stop the end of SNAP benefits this weekend.

(The Center Square) – An $8 billion planned Wisconsin data center could receive more than $450 million in local property tax breaks to go along with not having to pay state sales taxes on the construction of Vantage’s new data…

(The Center Square) – Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has resumed scheduling abortion procedures after stopping for a month.

(The Center Square) -- Don’t look for Wisconsin lawmakers to do something about the possible end of food stamp benefits in the state.

(The Center Square) – A group of Wisconsin lawmakers are working on legislation to enable sports wagering throughout the state, but the law could meet legal opposition since the Wisconsin Constitution states “the legislature may not authorize gambling in any…