(The Center Square) – Wisconsin budget negotiations have reached an impasse with both sides pointing fingers at the other in Wednesday afternoon statements.
(The Center Square) – A pair of bills related to promoting nuclear energy’s future in Wisconsin passed through Assembly committee on Wednesday with its $2.25 million appropriation removed.
(The Center Square) – Increasing the number of films and TV shows shot in Wisconsin is one of three priorities for Wisconsin’s Department of Tourism, Secretary Anne Sayers told the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
(The Center Square) – Rep. Jerry O’Connor, R-Fond du Lac, said he has been confused at the polling place. He has heard others confused. He has even seen yard signs that have to resort to oversimplifying a ballot initiative or…
(The Center Square) – Separating the funding for Wisconsin’s school choice program from the state’s public school funding formula could either be a smart fix to simplify funding Wisconsin’s school choice program or it could lead to a large cost…
(The Center Square) – The overturning of Wisconsin’s Act 10 was judicial overreach and took power over Wisconsin’s budget away from the Legislature, a new amicus brief argues.
(The Center Square) – A public hearing is set for Tuesday on a bill that would require all referenda or proposed constitutional amendments in the state to include a full explanation of the amendment or referendum, date it will be…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin voters are very confident in the state’s elections, with 54% of respondents saying so in a new poll released by the bipartisan Democracy Defense Project.
(The Center Square) – Separating the funding for Wisconsin’s school choice program from the state’s public school funding formula would have saved local property taxpayers $337 million this year but that expense would have been shifted to $343 million in…
(The Center Square) – Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan should not be prosecuted for her actions related to a defendant in her courtroom set to be arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers outside the courtroom due to judicial immunity,…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin should grade all of its K-12 public schools along the same standards, follow nationally recognized standards and make sure simplified summaries are available each year by Aug. 15, a policy statement from City Forward Collective…
(The Center Square) – A group of Wisconsin Republican lawmakers is looking to increase spending by $31 million annually in state payments to municipalities to cover the expense of providing services to state buildings.
(The Center Square) – A public hearing will be Wednesday for a bill claiming Gov. Tony Evers’ administration kept $172 million in taxpayer dollars from interest earned on unspent funds since the COVID-19 pandemic.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin saw the unemployment rate drop in all 13 metropolitan areas in April from a month before but those rates were up from April 2024.
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany is calling for a Wisconsin judge facing federal charges of allegedly helping a foreign national avoid federal officials to be barred from her role as judge.
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin bill would give a blanket exemption for all future data centers in the state that would allow the projects to be part of tax capture districts even if that means that more than the…
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin bill that would allow retired police officers and firefighters to return to work while still collecting their retirement pensions is headed through Assembly committees.
(The Center Square) – Inflation and the cost of living are the largest concerns in the U.S. while President Donald Trump’s 46% approval rating remained the same in a new Marquette Law School poll.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said that a budget meeting has been set with Republican legislative leaders but he wants to make sure the discussion focuses on more than just a Republican-backed set of tax cuts.