Free speech advocates say the bill is likely unconstitutional and the government shouldn't decide which groups get federal funding based on employees' private comments. 

The post Following Kirk assassination, Van Orden bill would cut off federal funds when employees ‘celebrate political violence’ appeared first on WPR.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is accusing Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature of ignoring a recent state Supreme Court decision about when proposed rules submitted by state agencies can be given the force of law.

The post Gov. Tony Evers sues Wisconsin GOP leaders again in state rulemaking dispute appeared first on WPR.

Wisconsin members of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA say they're shocked, saddened and angry following his assassination at a college campus on Wednesday.

The post Wisconsin members of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA mourn founder’s assassination appeared first on WPR.

Wisconsin officials of all political stripes are denouncing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah on Wednesday afternoon. Kirk, 31, died after being shot at Utah Valley University.

The post Wisconsin politicians, parties condemn killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk appeared first on WPR.

A Democratic state lawmaker from Milwaukee is accusing Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley of abusing his power during the COVID-19 pandemic. The testimony from state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez comes just a day after Crowley launched his campaign for governor.

The post Debate over COVID-19 response surfaces as early issue in Wisconsin governor’s race appeared first on WPR.

Wisconsin livestock markets, dealers and truckers would see massive fee increases under a rule change proposed by state agriculture regulators.

The post Wisconsin agriculture regulators propose massive fee increases for livestock industry appeared first on WPR.

The parents of two Minnesota teens killed in a drunken driving crash in July have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the woman at the heart of a dispute between the Dane County Sheriff's Office and federal immigration authorities.

The post Woman at center of immigration dispute sued by parents of teens killed in crash appeared first on WPR.

An unnamed tech company is proposing a $1.7 billion data center in the western Wisconsin city of Menomonie — and concerned citizens are raising the alarm.

The post $1.6B data center proposed in Menomonie draws strong response from concerned citizens appeared first on WPR.

A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin to give back pay to disabled workers who were denied unemployment over the past decade.

The post Wisconsin ordered to pay disabled workers who were denied unemployment benefits appeared first on WPR.

Republican leaders in the Wisconsin Legislature are punching back after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers told state agencies to publish rules on topics like water quality, licensing and wolf management without waiting for GOP-led committees to sign off. They're doing so by telling the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau it can't publish rules until committees have weighed in.

The post GOP lawmakers pump brakes on Evers administration’s rules overhaul appeared first on WPR.

Gov. Tony Evers is telling state agencies not to wait for Republican-led legislative committees to sign off on a backlog of administrative rules covering topics ranging from wolf management to professional licensing.

The post In rule overhaul blitz, Gov. Tony Evers tells agencies not to wait for GOP committees appeared first on WPR.

Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says the U.S. Department of Justice should investigate the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for charging the Town of Lac du Flambeau hundreds of thousands of dollars to use roads crossing reservation land.

The post Tom Tiffany urges US DOJ to investigate Lac du Flambeau tribe over road access payments appeared first on WPR.

A woman accused of killing two teenagers while driving drunk is back in the Dane County Jail after briefly being held in an immigration detention facility.

The post Woman charged with homicide removed from ICE facility and returned to Dane County Jail appeared first on WPR.

A child pornography case in Eau Claire County is testing a recently enacted state law, because the images that brought six felony charges were created entirely by AI. The defendant's attorney has vowed to challenge the constitutionality of Wisconsin's virtual child porn law.

The post Felony AI-generated child porn case in Eau Claire County is a test of new Wisconsin law appeared first on WPR.

Fond du Lac District Attorney Eric Toney has been appointed to oversee the investigation of Wausau Mayor Doug Diny's removal of a ballot drop box ahead of the 2024 election. Toney, a well known Republican, previously praised the Wisconsin Supreme Court's former conservative majority when it banned the use of drop boxes in 2022.

The post Republican DA Toney will oversee investigation into Wausau ballot drop box removal appeared first on WPR.

Advocates pushing to create an independent redistricting process in Wisconsin say they're alarmed by a partisan push in other states to lock in control of Congress through targeted redistricting.

The post Redistricting reform advocates alarmed by escalating gerrymandering battle appeared first on WPR.

Two facilities providing housing and substance abuse counseling for veterans are slated to close by the end of September. Now, a pair of bills from Democratic and Republican lawmakers aim to save them with around $2 million that was cut amid bipartisan state budget negotiations.

The post Competing bills aim to save homeless veteran assistance facilities from closing appeared first on WPR.

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is paying $265,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was demoted from a diversity, equity and inclusion leadership position because she is white.

The post UW Board of Regents settles racial discrimination lawsuit for $265,000 appeared first on WPR.

President Donald Trump says he's ordering a new census that will exclude undocumented immigrants for the first time in U.S. history.

The post Trump’s plan to exclude noncitizens from census could affect Wisconsin representation, federal funding appeared first on WPR.

In their latest attempts to make Wisconsin's congressional voting map more favorable to Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, liberal law firms are pushing for an untested process first created by Republican state lawmakers in 2011.

The post In push for new Wisconsin congressional map, liberal firms invoke process created by GOP appeared first on WPR.