(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Joint Finance Committee approved a bill on Tuesday with a 12-4 vote that will increase state special education funding, provide tax rebate checks and replace some local property tax funding with state school aid.
(The Center Square) – Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders announced a deal that will send $600 million more to Wisconsin K-12 schools, ends income tax on cash tips and overtime income and includes a $300 tax refund for…
(The Center Square) – The University of Wisconsin system is moving forward with its search for a new system president as state lawmakers remain interested in why the opening exists.
(The Center Square) - Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson announced Friday that he won’t be running for governor and that he is endorsing Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany for the post.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin state Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek, announced that she would not run for reelection while Rep. Bob Donovan, R-Greenfield, said that he will be running to retain his seat.
(The Center Square) – A Milwaukee woman is being accused of defrauding Wisconsin’s Medicaid program out of nearly $2.2 million and using the proceeds to buy Kitt’s Frozen Custard in Milwaukee, along with an Octopus Car Wash and a Mercedes…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin saw an unemployment rate drop in 65 of its 72 counties in March with all 13 metropolitan areas and 30 of the largest 35 cities in the state seeing unemployment drops as well.
(The Center Square) – While those supporting sales tax breaks for data center projects say they believe the breaks are necessary to compete for projects amongst the 38 states that currently offer the incentives, a growing number of state Legislatures…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin saw a 44.8-cent increase in the average price per gallon over the past week and diesel prices hit a record high Monday with an average price of $5.62 per gallon, topping the previous record set…
(The Center Square) – WisconsinEye wants $1 million in the form of $50,000 per month through December 2027 from the state’s Joint Committee on Legislative Oversight as it works to keep operating in the state.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly had two events on her calendar marked “private appointment” and another at noon April 15, the day an Assembly committee meeting was scheduled to look into a 2024…
(The Center Square) - Wisconsin state Sen. Andre Jacque, R-New Franken, announced Thursday he won’t be running for reelection in the state Legislature.
(The Center Square) – The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas in Wisconsin rose to $4.20 on Thursday morning, up from just more than $2.50 in late February and below $3.70 just 10 days ago, according to GasBuddy.
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources asked those attending their spring county hearings and online if it’s users would support increases in license fees or a state sales tax increase as the department looks to increase…
(The Center Square) – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Wisconsin’s attempt to block prediction markets from operating in the state.