(The Center Square) β Recent flooding in southeastern Wisconsin led to 1,500 homes being destroyed or receiving major damage with an estimated $33 million in residential damage over three counties and $43 million in public sector damage across six counties.
(The Center Square) β A federal judge denied Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Duganβs request to dismiss charges against her based on judicial immunity in a Tuesday afternoon ruling.
(The Center Square) β A group of Wisconsin Democrats are pushing to fund the stateβs Knowles-Nelson Stewardship public land purchasing program with $72 million each year for the next six years while creating a new board to oversee future landβ¦
(The Center Square) β Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservation wardens and county recreation deputies will be out Labor Day weekend looking to enforce and educate those driving all-terrain and utility off-road vehicles of state safety laws as part ofβ¦
(The Center Square) β A new lawsuit is fighting against a Wisconsin law that prevents the Public Service Commission from considering air pollution when approving power plants.
(The Center Square) β A Wisconsin lawmaker has introduced a bill to prevent state and local governments from paying for health care services for undocumented individuals in the state.
(The Center Square) β Wisconsinβs Republican legislative leadership is pushing back on Gov. Tony Eversβ attempt to push through rulemaking without legislative oversight.
(The Center Square) β Wisconsin lawmakers are looking at a bill that would exempt tips from state income tax, a measure that would match an end to taxes on tips in a federal reconciliation bill.
(The Center Square) β A group that lobbies for utility companies in Wisconsin claims that recent reports on the increase of transmission rate increases in the state were presented out of context and legislation to create right-of-first-refusal laws in theβ¦
(The Center Square) β One Wisconsin lawmaker is asking the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewas to reimburse the town of Lac du Flambeau more than $600,000 after what he calls an βillegal shakedownβ related to payments forβ¦
(The Center Square) β A bipartisan group of former Wisconsin lawmakers has denounced President Donald Trumpβs plans to eliminate mail-in voting and voting machines from elections.
(The Center Square) β Data center projects across Wisconsin have been moving forward as the stateβs energy demands are set to increase significantly in upcoming years and transmission rates in the state have already increased.
(The Center Square) β Wisconsinβs unemployment rate was at 3.1% in July, down from 3.2% in June. The stateβs labor force participation rate dropped slightly to 65.0%.
(The Center Square) β Wisconsin has seen a series of large damage totals from flooding since 1997, with the largest being $49 million in flood insurance claims in 2008 along with $24 million in 2018.