(The Center Square) - A group of Wisconsin Democrats and labor leaders are pushing a minimum wage bill that would increase the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 immediately, progressively increase that to $20 by 2030 and then have…
(The Center Square) – There is a new fear among education reformers in Wisconsin following the lawsuit to change how the state pays for public schools.
(The Center Square) - The Green Bay, Eau Claire, Beloit, Necedah and Adams-Friendship school districts along with parent-teacher groups, educator associations and individuals are suing the Wisconsin Legislature saying that it does not properly fund K-12 public education in the…
(The Center Square) - Wisconsin’s K-12 education leadership group said that its $368,000 standards-setting meeting in 2024 at a waterpark in the Wisconsin Dells was a "common approach" for state educational leaders across the country and in the two dozen…
(The Center Square) - Wisconsin is a leader in pushing for legislative authority over the authority of unelected bureaucrats, according to the Institute for Reforming Government’s Wisconsin Administrative Reform Toolbox.
(The Center Square) - The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill that would make the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association subject to open meetings and public records and now that bill will be sent to Gov. Tony Evers.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin voters are going to get to decide on the governor’s veto powers after lawmakers in Madison approved a constitutional amendment aimed at limiting what the governor can do with a veto.
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Assembly passed a pair of bills on Friday aimed at combatting issues with teachers in the state who have faced accusations of sexual misconduct.
(The Center Square) - The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is asking the Iron County Circuit Court for judicial review of a recent ruling from Administrative Law Judge Angela Chaput Foy, who allowed permits for a Line 5…
(The Center Square) - The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill that would send $14.6 million in general purpose taxpayer funds to University of Wisconsin-Madison annually for maintenance and debt service on athletics facilities.
(The Center Square) – A bill that would allow sports wagering in Wisconsin through the state’s tribes passed the Assembly on a unanimous voice vote Thursday, the final day the Assembly was scheduled to be in session.
(The Center Square) – The Republican running for governor in Wisconsin says he will pull the state out of the World Health Organization if he’s elected.
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill on a voice vote Wednesday afternoon that would fund WisconsinEye with more than $585,000 in taxpayer funds for the next year while collecting requests for proposal for a public affairs…
(The Center Square) - Wisconsin sports wagering bill sponsor Rep. Tyler August said Wednesday afternoon that he was “still confident” that he could get a bill passed in the state Assembly this session, with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos saying that…
(The Center Square) – Charlie Berens said he couldn’t be at a Madison committee hearing on non-disclosure agreements for data centers in person because he had to go to the casino with his grandma, but his video testimony began a…
(The Center Square) – There is not much of an appetite from Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers for a summer session to draw a new congressional map for the state.