The threatened funding helps Wisconsin organizations pay for advocacy and therapy costs for victims of sexual assault and child abuse, among other crimes.

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Wisconsin state lawmakers are debating a proposal to eliminate taxes on income earned through tips, a policy Gov. Tony Evers proposed in his state budget earlier this year that Republicans nixed.

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Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have created a portable benefits program for many gig workers and another that could have sent thousands of formerly incarcerated people back to prison for violating release conditions.

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Members of the State Building Commission unanimously approved millions of dollars’ worth of projects Wednesday, covering everything from routine maintenance around the state to new lighting at the Circus World Museum.

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Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives have taken a page from Wisconsin's not-too-distant political past by walking out of their state Capitol and holing up in states like Illinois.

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Wisconsin is sharing $1.4 billion with local governments this year, keeping a promise it made two years ago. But the head of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities says cities, villages and towns are still too reliant on property taxes.

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Susan Crawford, formerly a Dane County judge, was elected to her first 10-year term on the bench in April.

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U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany said both the U.S. and Canada need to change forest management practices to harvest more trees and adopt modern technologies that “can detect fire very early on” and help suppress them.

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