(The Center Square) – A pair of Wisconsin legislators are proposing legislation that would create various fees for activities on state land to help fund the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission agreed to a $31.3 million increase settlement to residential rates for electricity and natural gas for Madison Gas and Electric customers over the next two years, according to preliminary estimates from the…
(The Center Square) – The average price per gallon of gas is $2.73 heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the American Automobile Association.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin had two gun incidents, including a death after a self-inflicted gunshot, during the opening weekend of deer-hunting season, which runs from Nov. 22-30.
(The Center Square) – Gov. Tony Evers made an unprecedented move by changing characters on a bill to make a $325 per student annual school funding levy increase each year until 2425.
(The Center Square) – WisconsinEye, which streams the state Legislature, committees and both news conferences and political events across the state, says that it will have to shut down event coverage Dec. 15 and takes its archives offline if it…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Assembly Republicans positioned five school consolidation bills as voluntary assistance for schools with declining enrollment, aging buildings and infrastructure and financial struggles related to both that have led to a record number of referenda across…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s recent Public Service Commission approvals of energy rates for Alliant Energy and Xcel Energy will amount to a $300 million increase in rates for residential customers over the next two years, according to a Public…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s online sports wagering bill won’t be voted on during session Wednesday, Rep. Tyler August confirmed on Wednesday morning.
(The Center Square) – Schools in the University of Wisconsin system will have to justify online class fees if a bill that passed the Senate becomes law.
(The Center Square) – One of the sponsors of Wisconsin’s statewide sports wagering legislation is warning prediction markets could take over the sports wagering marketplace if state lawmakers don’t pass a law in the Assembly Wednesday allowing the state’s 11…
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Senate voted 22-11 on Tuesday to make the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association subject to open meetings and public records.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Republican Senate leadership said it would be back in session in November with a full slate of bills and they will do as promised on Tuesday morning, with a schedule including action on 68 different…
(The Center Square) – The Mequon Police Department told The Center Square on Monday that there was one additional burglary over the weekend related to a string of recent burglaries of area homes. The burglary was reported on Monday morning.
(The Center Square) – Meta’s new $1 billion artificial intelligence data center in Beaver Dam will have 100 operational jobs once it comes online in 2027, the company announced.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission approved a pair of residential electricity rate hikes last week, including 13.9% for Alliant Energy over two years and 20% for Xcel Energy.
(The Center Square) – An education advocacy group has filed a federal Title IX civil rights complaint with The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights over access to gender-specific restrooms on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.