(The Center Square) β 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) β An audit is expected to be ordered of Wisconsinβs educational license program as Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly will appear before the stateβs Joint Audit Committee at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
(The Center Square) β Democrat Brad Smith is running for Wisconsinβs 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) β 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) β The office of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers spent $16,500 on airfare and hotel nights for Eversβ economic development trip to Europe in April but records provided by his office were unclear on whether any of thoseβ¦
(The Center Square) β Most voters in Wisconsin havenβt decided who they support to be the stateβs next governor, according to a new Marquette Law School poll.
(The Center Square) β A pair of Republicans have joined Wisconsinβs 7th Congressional race to fill the seat currently held by Tom Tiffany, a Republican running for governor.
(The Center Square) β An increasing number of Wisconsin voter registration information does not match information from the stateβs Department of Transportation.
(The Center Square) β 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 Vantageβs new dataβ¦
(The Center Square) β 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 βthe legislature may not authorize gambling in anyβ¦
(The Center Square) β Thursdayβs committee hearing looking at the sexual misconduct investigation process for Wisconsinβs Department of Public Instruction included plenty of questions but no DPI superintendent.
(The Center Square) β Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly will not attend hearing this morning on how her department investigates sexual misconduct and grooming allegations against teachers and school staff, according to Rep. Amanda Nedweski, R-Pleasant Prairie.
(The Center Square) β The definition of grooming in a new law being proposed in Wisconsin will include influence from a 2021 Illinois law and a 2024 law passed in Florida, according to the billβs sponsor.
(The Center Square) β If Wisconsin Democrats want to avoid having kings, one Republican senator thinks they should be big proponents of a constitutional amendment to limit the power of a governor.
(The Center Square) β Milwaukee voters would rather consolidate schools in the district than see a future referendum for additional property taxes, according to a new poll.
(The Center Square) β A pair of Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced a bill to create a $25 per diem payment to nonprofits or non-governmental entities that house homeless veterans.
(The Center Square) β A bill looking to assure free speech is upheld at campus in the University of Wisconsin system and Wisconsin Technical Colleges would carry a punishment of two academic years of frozen tuition if a school violatesβ¦
(The Center Square) β Wisconsinβs top education official has claimed that a story about how her department conducts investigations is inaccurate and demanded a public correction on an article claiming that the Department of Public Instruction has hidden its investigationβ¦