(The Center Square) - The Institute for Reforming Government is joining a push to get Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction to release information related to changes in its benchmarks for the Forward Exam.

(The Center Square) - Wisconsin’s labor force has dropped by nearly 67,000 while the state’s unemployment rate has remained stead at 3.1%, according to numbers released Thursday afternoon for December.

(The Center Square) – The plan to give people a say on wheel taxes in their communities has cleared its first major hurdle at the Wisconsin Capitol.

(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Senate voted to approve a measure that would allow Wisconsin voters this fall to limit the governor’s partial veto power.

(The Center Square) – A group of Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing a bill that would end the ability of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to raise fees for animal market licenses, animal dealer licenses, animal trucker licenses…

(The Center Square) – One of the candidates for supreme court in Wisconsin continues to want to take abortion out of the conversation for this spring’s election.

(The Center Square) - A bill that is aimed at helping Wisconsin school bus drivers older than 70 maintain their ability to drive for schools is headed to the Senate.

(The Center Square) - Wisconsin Republicans are looking to root out fraud by changing the way state agencies go through the budget process.

(The Center Square) – Nate Pollnow says he has a plan to do something if he’s elected as secretary of state.

(The Center Square) - Wisconsin and other states did not receive October unemployment numbers due to the federal government shutdown but the state’s November numbers show that Wisconsin remains well below the national average on unemployment.

(The Center Square) - Wisconsin is now expected to have $1.5 billion more in surplus after its current budget cycle ends on June 30, 2027, after new estimates were announced by the state’s Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

(The Center Square) - A bipartisan election integrity group is warning that the city of Madison’s argument for not counting nearly 200 absentee ballots in the 2024 presidential election could set a dangerous precedent in the state.

(The Center Square) – The latest look at right-to-work states shows big differences in jobs, wages and state debt.

(The Center Square) - Wisconsin has collected 4.9% more in general purpose revenue taxes and fees through November compared to the year before, according to recently released numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.

(The Center Square) – Most business owners in Wisconsin say the state’s economy is okay, but they’re not going beyond that.

(The Center Square) - A group of Wisconsin Republicans are pushing a data center bill that would require utility rate increases are paid by data centers and not the general public, that the centers used closed-loop cooling systems to limit…

(The Center Square) - A bill that would make grooming a felony in Wisconsin is now headed to the Senate.

(The Center Square) – The reaction from Wisconsin Republicans to Gov. Tony Evers’ property tax relief plan was immediate, and almost unanimous.

(The Center Square) – An Assembly vote is expected to come early this year on a bill to allow online sports wagering in Wisconsin but it’s less certain when the full Senate will take up the bill.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants to rehash his proposal to send $1 billion of state tax money to local entities that agree to freeze property taxes.