A new bipartisan bill would allow for local municipalities to decide whether to issue new tobacco bar licenses with indoor smoking for cigars and pipes.

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Gov. Tony Evers says he’s “hoping” the next state budget will be completed on time, even as the state of federal funding remains largely unknown.

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A state Senate committee heard more than three hours of impassioned testimony Tuesday on a bill that would cut funding for local sheriff's offices if those sheriffs don't assist federal immigration enforcement.

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Days after a deadly fire ripped through a Milwaukee apartment complex, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, says lawmakers will tread carefully when considering changes to building codes.

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As written, the bill would allow a pharmacist to dispense hormonal birth control, rather than require a user to first get a prescription from a doctor.

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Republicans took their first step toward rewriting Wisconsin’s state budget Thursday, eliminating more than 600 ideas proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers with a single vote.

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Republicans who run the Legislature are scheduled to remove hundreds of provisions from Evers’ budget with a single committee vote Thursday, covering everything from a state-funded child care subsidy to a new tax bracket for the wealthiest Wisconsinites.

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Republicans in the state Assembly approved a series of changes to Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance program Tuesday, including renaming it “reemployment assistance” and adding requirements for eligibility.

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who run the Legislature both say they’re having productive conversations about passing a tax cut, even as timing of the state budget is in limbo.

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Wisconsin Republicans are reviving bills that would make wide-ranging changes to unemployment benefits and prevent local communities from establishing guaranteed income programs.

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Sen. Eric Wimberger, co-chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, joined WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” for a discussion about the released and forthcoming audits.

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Republican-ordered audits released Friday found that Wisconsin state agencies and the Universities of Wisconsin have failed to track the millions of dollars they spent on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, making it difficult to fully assess the initiatives.

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