A Madison clerk committed “profound failure” that resulted in nearly 200 ballots going uncounted in last November’s election, and she displayed an “astonishing” lack of urgency in reporting and rectifying her mistakes, an investigation by the Wisconsin Elections Commission has found.

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Homeowners and the city of Superior for the first time will be apply to apply for funding help to replace the city's lead pipes.

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Health policy experts are concerned that the law's new requirements will remove qualified BadgerCare recipients from the program and raise premium prices for people with marketplace coverage.

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The project called for widening sidewalks, installing bike and bus lanes, and infrastructure work to prevent sewage from flowing into the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan. Construction was set to start in 2028. 

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Philip Rocco, a political scientist from Marquette University, says that even a 1 percent undercount of the Wisconsin population could cost the state hundreds of millions in federal aid.

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Family planning clinics in Wisconsin are facing funding cuts under the massive law signed by President Donald Trump last week.

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The $111 billion budget recently signed by Gov. Tony Evers didn’t set aside money for key conservation and environmental priorities, including funding for the state’s land purchase program.

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The bill has support from groups across the ideological spectrum, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and the conservative Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty.

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President Donald Trump has signed his signature bill of tax and spending cuts at the White House Fourth of July picnic.

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An eleventh hour amendment made in the Senate will allow renewable energy projects that begin construction by 2026 or come online by 2027 to receive tax credits, which is slightly less restrictive than a previous version of the bill.

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If Congress's budget had become law first, Wisconsin could have lost out on more than $1 billion in federal funds to help the state pay for its BadgerCare medical assistance program and help hospitals offset losses from treating low-income patients.

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Wisconsin lawmakers voted to approve a state budget late Wednesday night that spends more than $111 billion over the next two years, cuts more than 300 state jobs and increases funding for the child care industry and the Universities of Wisconsin system. It also cuts taxes by about $1.4 billion.

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Lawmakers are aiming to get it to Gov. Tony Evers' desk before a deadline out of Washington could cost Wisconsin hospitals nearly $1.5 billion.

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Democrats in Wisconsin's congressional delegation railed against proposed cuts to social safety net programs in President Donald Trump's budget bill passed by the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who switched his vote to support the plan, hailed the passage but said work to reduce federal spending has "only just begun."

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The final state budget for 2025-27 will include a date to decommission the notorious Green Bay Correctional Institution, increase funding for the Universities of Wisconsin system by $256 million and cut taxes by $1.5 billion.

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Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of votes, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session.

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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court.

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A tentative bipartisan deal between Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders in the state Legislature calls for billions in new spending on public schools, child care and state universities, along with income tax cuts worth more than $1 billion. 

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The owner of Minocqua Brewing Company has been charged with harassment after he held what he called a “political protest” outside the offices of a Northwoods newspaper publisher.

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President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could cause tens of thousands of Wisconsinites to lose Medicaid coverage and force some rural hospitals either to close or reduce services.

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