(The Center Square) β State Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, D-Milwaukee, agreed to plea guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and will pay a $300 fine after she was charged following a Sept. 2 phone call where she reportedly threatenedβ¦
(The Center Square) - The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas in Wisconsin was up nearly 60 cents from a month ago at $3.21 as of Thursday, according to the American Automobile Association.
(The Center Square) - An audit of how Wisconsinβs Department of Public Instruction handles grooming and sexual misconduct cases involving teachers will be completed in the coming weeks, according to Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Gillett.
(The Center Square) β A University of Wisconsin name, image and likeness athletics bill that would send $15 million to the universities for facilities and remove most college athletics spending from being a public record passed the stateβs Joint Committeeβ¦
(The Center Square) - A Wisconsin Senate bill would require local governments to approve a solar or wind project before it can be approved by the stateβs Public Service Commission.
(The Center Square) β A Wisconsin bill headed to the Senate would require the University of Wisconsin-Madison admissions to be predominantly based on standardized testing.
(The Center Square) - A group of Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to ensure the state shares information on recipients of the Supplementation Nutrition Assistance Program with the federal government.
(The Center Square) β Only 9% of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty identify as conservative while 70% identify as liberal, according to a new faculty poll from the schoolβs Department of Political Science and Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
(The Center Square) β Conservative Wisconsin state Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler announced on Monday that she will not be seeking reelection.
(The Center Square) - A Wisconsin bill would ban student cell phone use throughout the school day, expanding on a previous law that requires all school districts to approve a plan to prohibit cell phones during instructional time by Julyβ¦
(The Center Square) - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed bills Friday to define grooming as a crime and requiring school districts to define appropriate communication between staff and students.
(The Center Square) β A Wisconsin name, image and likeness bill that would send $15 million annually for athletic facility debt to the University of Wisconsin system could soon reach the Senate floor after passing the Assembly.
(The Center Square) β A Wisconsin lawmaker charged with disorderly conduct is scheduled to have her initial court appearance Friday afternoon in Milwaukee County where several judges will be recused from the case.
(The Center Square) - As the Wisconsin Senate prepares to act on a sports betting bill that passed the Assembly, the Sports Betting Alliance is continuing its push to have the legislation changed to include SBAβs members.
(The Center Square) β Public opinion on large-scale data centers in Wisconsin has shifted as 70% of voters say that the costs of the data centers outweigh the benefits.
(The Center Square) β Wisconsin taxpayers are growing in their concern over property taxes, as witnessed by a recent Marquette poll showing that 60% of voters are more concerned about reducing property taxes than increasing spending on public schools.
(The Center Square) - A group of Wisconsin Democrats and labor leaders are pushing a minimum wage bill that would increase the stateβs minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 immediately, progressively increase that to $20 by 2030 and then haveβ¦
(The Center Square) - The Green Bay, Eau Claire, Beloit, Necedah and Adams-Friendship school districts along with parent-teacher groups, educator associations and individuals are suing the Wisconsin Legislature saying that it does not properly fund K-12 public education in theβ¦