Evers also vetoed GOP bills aimed at breaking up Milwaukee’s school district into up to eight smaller districts, creating a "Parental Bill of Rights" and expanding private school vouchers in the state.
Several Democratic candidates have also reported raising millions in the first quarter of 2022.
On April 14, 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development held a media briefing following the release of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary employment estimates for March 2022. As reported by WisPolitics.com, Wisconsin's unemployment rate dropped to a record low 2.8 perce…
Madison businessman Eric Hovde will not be joining the GOP race for governor this fall, but instead is considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2024 for the seat currently held by Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
A preliminary cost estimate was largely based on a cost per square foot, not the detailed plan that is now driving cost projections, officials said.
Nine Assembly Democrats have already decided not to seek reelection this fall, in addition to 13 Assembly Republicans who have also announced they won't seek another term.
Moore, along with many of Wisconsin's highest-ranking Democrats, attended Wednesday's inauguration of Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson.
While Wisconsin’s rainy day fund has reached the highest level in state history, the account, which is reserved to be used in times of financial hardship, could stand to be nearly double in size in order to properly withstand a future recession, according to a new report.
Republican legislators have refused to fund all the lab positions Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul requested in the last two state budgets.
On April 13, 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Richard Teigen v. Wisconsin which centers around whether drop boxes are allowed and what the requirements are for a voter to return an absentee ballot either in person or by mail. As reported by WisPolitics.com, several o…
The Biden administration made secret plans to weaken protection for whooping cranes, and documents obtained through an open records request show officials "seem to have been deliberately misleading the public," an environmental group says.
"I believe they engaged in reprehensible conduct to force tenants to move out of the property," the tenant said of the owners, who want to demolish the office building.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said he's confident the County Board will approve the one-time payments aimed to stave off the impacts of rising prices.
The ongoing battle over the use of drop boxes has persisted since the 2020 election, due in part to unfounded claims of election fraud by former President Donald Trump, who lost Wisconsin to President Joe Biden by about 21,000 votes.
Gableman made is remarks in an interview that largely focused on the former justice's ongoing and unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Months after Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board rejected groundwater standards for toxic “forever chemicals” and dozens of other contaminants, the state is restarting the 2 ½-year process to update regulations for bacteria.
Sen. Melissa Agard, D-Madison, said holding a hearing on the bill after the Legislature had adjourned was "a cynical political ploy."
With his retirement, Hebl, 70, became the seventh Assembly Democrat to announce they won't be running for reelection.
On April 12, 2022, the Rotary Club of Milwaukee hosted Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman as the featured Tuesday Speaker. Chief Norman was appointed to the Milwaukee Police Department in 1996. Before being sworn in as the Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department in 2021, he was the execu…
The preliminary proposal calls for 240 to 260 apartments, retail space, offices, resident amenities including a deck top pool, and underground parking for the project at 131 W. Wilson St.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed the bill, which creates a state licensing board for genetic counselors.
The invoices span an eight-month period between July and February when Huebsch fended off efforts to question him and inspect his cell phone for messages, a fight that eventually landed in the state Supreme Court.
Thirteen Assembly Republicans have now announced they won't seek reelection. Six Assembly Democrats have said they're not running again.
The "resource recovery special charge" would apply to all curbside recycling customers in the city.
On April 11, 2022, the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth traveled to the State of Wisconsin to conduct a series of field events in Kenosha and Milwaukee focusing on higher education, affordable housing, and community workforce development. This field he…